A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex

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Grand Central Publishing, Oct 25, 2007 - Biography & Autobiography - 432 pages
Experience the thrilling journey of a wrestling superstar in this no-holds-barred memoir from the first undisputed WWE heavyweight champion.
Chris Jericho is the first undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the WWE and WCW, and has been called one of the fifty greatest wrestlers of all time. Now retired, he is writing his memoir, telling the story of his journey from wrestling school in Canada to his time in leagues in Mexico and Japan to his big break in the WCW. He'll dish the dirt on how he worked his way through the ranks alongside major wrestling stars like Chris Benoit and Lance Storm to become a major superstar.
 

Contents

COVER
PART ONE WINNIPEG
THE OBVIOUS TRANSITION FROM
ROB BENOIT
IRON WILL
HOW TO DRINK LIKE A WRESTLER
PROPER CRACKBUYING ETIQUETTE
MY NAME IS CHRIS
TRUE TO THE CREW
STRANGE KENTUCKY PEOPLE
AINT YOU SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMOUS WRESTLER?
MY WHITE WHALE
PART SEVEN JAPAN
DONALDO MAKUDONALDO
THE DOM DELUISE OF WRESTLING
PRAY FOR BLOOD

THE WORST BALLHUGGERS EVER
THE GOAT
AN EMBARRASSING WAY TO
CORAZON DE POLLO
HALCION BOWLING
WHEN YOU LOSE A BROTHER
PART FIVE GERMANY
THE TRIANGLE OF DECADENCE
THE JERICHO CURSE
THERES SOMETHING ABOUT JERICHO
MY FIRST FELONY
PART SIX KNOXVILLE
AINT NO PARTY LIKE A WALMART PARTY
WRESTLE AND ROMANCE
YASKY
THE WHITE URKEL
THE LOVELY LADS
YOULL NEVER WORK IN JAPAN AGAIN
CALGARY KIDS
KENNY AND DOLLY
PART EIGHT PHILADELPHIA
PRETTY BOYS WERE CRUCIFIED
CAN YOU DIG
THE GOLDEN TICKET
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About the author (2007)

Chris Jericho is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, a six-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, the lead singer of heavy metal band Fozzy, and the host of the Talk Is Jericho podcast. He lives in Tampa, Florida, with his wife and three children, hates thumbtacks, and is obsessed with lake monsters.

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