The guy is either tough or insane (or both). New Jack comes back from that, though. The edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-mouth new Jack Reacher thriller for 2020 - his 25th adventure. An honest look into the life of one of ECW’s biggest stars. Marvel Comics & X-Men #13 Spoilers & Review: X Of Swords Part 10 Sees Fight For Life By Apocalypse! You may have booed him out of the building. 23 Pay-per-view Approaches 96. He also almost kills a green kid. When he comes back, he is turned face… much to everyone’s surprise. Like I said, he’s being open and honest here. And I had to find it from a weird source and then wait for it to arrive. You know what you’re going to get. Jerry Jarrett was fine; Jerry Lawler was not. He does not care about anyone (well, not true – the book makes that clear) and this is not a sanitised for your ears version of history. never miss the latest news, reviews, live event coverage, audio podcasts, exclusive interviews and commentary for Movies, TV, Music, Sports, Comics, Video Games! Javascript is not enabled in your browser. He didn’t care who he upset – he told the truth as he saw it. Okay, so maybe I do know a little bit, but it's mostly on the ladies independent side of things. I've read alot of books about wrestling. You may have even feared him at times. As such, most of the names and groups mentioned in this book were lost on me. Then we’re on the home stretch and he goes into semi-retirement (wrestling retirement, and he even comments on that), marries a woman named Jennifer after suffering another near death experience due to blood clots, and then he regales us with a discussion on injuries and we finish with an epilogue where he just ties things up. This page works best with JavaScript. 26 WCW/WWE 108. Mustafa leaves ECW quite suddenly, annoying New Jack. Then we look at the end of ECW and how Paul Heyman lied. Another issue I have is that there are quite a few things I’ve heard New Jack say in shoot interviews, in documentaries and elsewhere that did not make it in here. This book by ECW wrestler New Jack is filled with controversial comments on his wrestling career and other moments in wrestling. Jason Norman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. You may have booed him out of the building. But, then again, neither does New Jack. Episodic, but interesting memoir of one of the most extreme wrestlers who even got into the ring. Jack Reacher gets off the bus in a sleepy no-name town outside Nashville, Tennessee. If you're familiar with extreme wrestling, you'll probably end up taking a lot more away from this experience. This bit could easily have been double its length. New Jack: Memoir of a Pro Wrestling Extremist Kindle Edition by New Jack (Author), Jason Norman (Author) › Visit Amazon's Jason Norman Page. I binged read it in 3 days because I wanted to know more behind the scenes at ECW. He was one of those weapons wrestlers I didn’t really get excited over. Patrick Hickey Jr. Then New Jack goes to XPW! He has no regrets. I highly recommend! The town has been shut down by a cyber attack. He kept on dealing drugs even after he became a wrestler, until too many people he knew went to prison for it and one convinced him to stop dealing. Not going to happen. Start by marking “New Jack: Memoir of a Pro Wrestling Extremist” as Want to Read: Error rating book. And he describes it as well as he can considering the leaking brain fluid and permanent damage to his eyesight. Review Fix chats with “New Jack: Memoir of a Pro Wrestling Extremist” author Jason Norman, who gives us an inside look into his creation process and what makes the memoir different from every other wrestling book available. Beyond the gimmicks that united white supremacists and the NAACP against him, New Jack discusses his violent youth that nearly led him to a life of crime, his career as a bounty hunter, a near-fatal drug addiction, the last months of ECW, and his place in wrestling history. A while – not completely? Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. But he went to prison as a youngster for armed robbery and assault, copping 2 years. Then we look at the match where he stabbed a guy in Florida. 'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Tweets by @ReviewFixPat I have heard him talk more about it on documentaries and shoot interviews. And it cost a lot. 21 Jack vs. Austin and Pittman 90. ECW fans of the wrestler know how opinionated the wrestler is, from is race filled promos to his outside (and inside) the ring antics. I should preface this with a note that I did not know much about wrestling before going in. Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2020. It'sa quick and fun read. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. This book by ECW wrestler New Jack is filled with controversial comments on his wrestling career and other moments in wrestling. For the first time, the man born Jerome Young opens up about how he became one of the stars who enabled Extreme Championship Wrestling to make a permanent mark on the professional landscape"-- You may have cheered him. With that being said,I think any fan of professional wrestling and any fan of wrestling autobiographies will enjoy this book. And I appreciate his detail why certain events happened. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. The edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-mouth new Jack Reacher thriller for 2020 - his 25th adventure. Your email address will never be sold or distributed to a third party for any reason. This is an intriguing read. Be the first to ask a question about New Jack. His versions of events were fascinating and, as far as I could tell, probably much closer to the truth than anyone else. With that being said,I think any fan of professional wrestling and any fan of wrestling autobiographies will enjoy this book. The co-writer, Jason Norman, keeps the pages turning in a well written short book (the chapters are short, some only a few pages) to keep the reader engaged. After starting his career in wrestling on a whim, Submit your email address to receive Barnes & Noble offers & updates. Then he gets to the chapter he says he found hardest to write – when he al most died because of drugs. Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2020. I do understand this is not a WWE approved book, and they seem to own a lot of New Jack’s history, but surely some sort of agreement could have been reached, or fan photos could have been sourced. New Jack: Memoir Of A Pro Wrestling Extremist, by New Jack and Jason Norman (McFarland & Co. Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina; 2020). This incendiary memoir, about the author’s childhood in the 1960s in a small industrial town in Southeast Texas, was published in 1995 and helped start the modern memoir … Promotional material for the book, co-written by Jason Norman, notes: "You may have cheered for New Jack. Second, he does not consider it that big a deal, despite the Kulas family constantly trying to get money out of him after lying about everything, and the father putting his son in that position. The stories vary. 24 Mass Transit 98. This button opens a dialog that displays additional images for this product with the option to zoom in or out. His time in the USWA didn’t last long. Regardless of the feelings towards the person, the book covers his takes on the Chris Benoit murders, his opinions on the ECW, Smoky Mountain wrestling leagues, and his life in the independents. He has also had articles and photos published in The New York Times, The New York Daily News, Complex and The Syracuse Post-Standard. Never mind the talk of the people on that episode of “Darkside of the Ring.” This book is from the man who lived it. I was not a huge fan, but I grew more used to it, especially as WCW suffered from nWoverload and the WWF Attitude Era just sucked (in general). However, the over-riding theme is the racism seems to be prevalent in his life- -in the late 1980s! Retro Review: The Legion #1-33 By Abnett, Lanning, Coipel, Batista & Others For DC Comics, https://insidepulse.com/2020/03/16/on-the-streeter-it-was-20-years-ago-march-2000/. … Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. Al Snow gets the Gangstas to go to and give ECW a shot. 15 Using Drugs 64. For the first time, Jerome "New Jack" Young opens up about his rise to stardom in Extreme Championship Wrestling. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2020, I really enjoyed this piece of work by New Jack. The book starts with a forward by the Blue Meanie – that is the last positive for a while. Copyright © 2020 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes. Please take a minute to review our Privacy Policy. Even I know that and I wrestled in Australia…. The co-writer, Jason Norman, keeps the pa. Jerome ( New Jack) Disnt really hold anything back. I've read alot of books about wrestlers. He has bad things to say about Chad Austin and Brian Pillman. However, it did sound like his voice. Read him. For fans of his career he elaborates on stories you’ve heard before but there’s also plenty of new stuff that I didn’t know. There is fear. It is an intense read, though short (200 pages in paperback). New Jack leaves nothing to the imagination and is very self critical when required. He talks about kayfabe and in 2 ½ pages, explains the end of it quite well. His shoot interviews are always must see. I also could have done with a photograph section. 16 Kayfabe 71. I find that actually quite sad. Okay, look – I watched ECW via tape trading “back in the day”. "You may have cheered for New Jack. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, A well written, page turning book that will keep the audience entertained”—Lance Writes: Reviews by Lance Lumley, ©1997-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. 122 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011, You may have cheered him. I watched many shoot interviews on the computer. But his balcony dives were insane. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The long awaited memoir of former ECW star New Jack, New Jack: Memoir of a Pro Wrestling Extremist has been officially released by MacFarland Publishing. Now he first gets into wrestling. So, what should he be called now? Welcome back. Get specific details about this product from customers who own it. Mostly WWF and CWF. Mike Awesome being terrified of it was funny. Gaming Company Born, Raised and Thriving in the Village, Review Fix Holiday Contest: Win a Copy of ‘Age of Enigma Special Edition’. This book by ECW wrestler New Jack is filled with controversial comments on his wrestling career and other moments in wrestling. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2020. That is something that tells me he had a lot to do with this. I’ve said it before, wrestlers have the best stories to make for an always interesting read! There’s the drug culture.