20 Best biography books like Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond by Jim Ross

Cover of Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond by Jim Ross

Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

By: Jim Ross

4.30

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From legendary wrestling announcer Jim Ross comes a candid, colorful memoir about the inner working…

"Cutting to the chase, I don't see Sting in WWE any time soon and especially not in the ring vs. the Undertaker in the Georgia Dome. I do think that Sting would be well served to explore potential marketing opportunities with WWE especially considering that all his 'greatest hits' which were in WCW are now owned by WWE."

-Jim Ross, Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

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Cover of Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story by Shawn Michaels, Aaron Feigenbaum

1. Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story

By: Shawn Michaels , Aaron Feigenbaum

3.89

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Winning and losing. Heels and babyfaces. Kliqs and Curtain Calls. Tearing down house shows and tear… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Michaels's Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Hardcore Truth: The Bob Holly Story by Bob Holly, Ross Williams

2. The Hardcore Truth: The Bob Holly Story

By: Bob Holly , Ross Williams

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

“How do you like me now?” In the ring and behind the scenes with Hardcore Holly Long before he beca… read more

Similar categories in Bob Holly's The Hardcore Truth: The Bob Holly Story book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling by Mick Foley

3. Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling

By: Mick Foley

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Foley Is Good,Mick Foley -- former Commissioner of the World Wrestling Federation, aka Cactus Ja… read more

Similar categories in Mick Foley's Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania by Daniel   Bryan, Craig Tello

4. Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

By: Daniel Bryan , Craig Tello

3.70

Format: 24 pages,

One of WWE's most unlikely champions of all time and also one of its most popular, Bryan has proved… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Bryan's Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar by Shawn Michaels, David L. Thomas

5. Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar

By: Shawn Michaels , David L. Thomas

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Wrestling for My Life, WWE superstar Shawn Michaels shares from his heart about the highs and lo… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Michaels's Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex by Chris Jericho, Peter T. Fornatale

6. A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex

By: Chris Jericho , Peter T. Fornatale

3.91

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Chris Jericho is the first undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the WWE and WCW, and has been called … read more

Similar categories in Chris Jericho's A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks by Mick Foley, WWF

7. Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks

By: Mick Foley , WWF

3.63

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

Mick Foley is a nice man, a family man who loves amusement parks and eating ice cream in bed. So ho… read more

Similar categories in Mick Foley's Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports

8. The Stone Cold Truth

By: Steve Austin , None , None , None , None , J.R. Ross , Dennis Brent

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Steve Austin's The Stone Cold Truth book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports

9. Crazy Is My Superpower: How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts, and Breaking the Rules

By: A.J. Mendez Brooks

3.45

Format: 94 pages,

Three-time WWE Diva's Champion A.J. Brooks' Crazy is My Superpoweris a literary memoir chronicling … read more

Similar categories in A.J. Mendez Brooks's Crazy Is My Superpower: How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts, and Breaking the Rules book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling by Bret Hart

10. Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling

By: Bret Hart

4.25

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

In his own words, Bret Hart's honest, perceptive, startling account of his life in and out of the p… read more

Similar categories in Bret Hart's Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports

11. The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling

By: David Shoemaker

3.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Grantland and Deadspin correspondent presents a breakthrough examination of the professional wrestl… read more

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12. The Rock Says

By: Joe Layden , None

3.78

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

The Rock says. . . "Know your damn role--and shut your mouth!" But that simple catch-phrase, embrac… read more

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13. The Death of WCW

By: R.D. Reynolds , Bryan Alvarez

3.74

Format: 168 pages,

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14. Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps

By: Chris Jericho , Peter T. Fornatale

3.97

Format: None pages,

The eagerly awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling A Lion's Taledocuments Chris Jerich… read more

Similar categories in Chris Jericho's Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

15. Best Seat in the House: Your Backstage Pass Through My WWE Journey

By: Justin Roberts , None

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Justin Roberts always dreamed of being a ring announcer at World Wrestling Entertainment. From play… read more

Similar categories in Justin Roberts's Best Seat in the House: Your Backstage Pass Through My WWE Journey book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

16. Ric Flair: To Be the Man

By: Keith Elliot Greenberg , Ric Flair

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Woooooo! (tm)" With that triumphant cry, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair surpassed his predecessors and his… read more

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17. No Is a Four-Letter Word: How I Failed Spelling but Succeeded in Life

By: Chris Jericho , Paul Stanley

3.46

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Three-time New York Timesbestselling author and six-time WWE champion Chris Jericho shares 20 of hi… read more

Similar categories in Chris Jericho's No Is a Four-Letter Word: How I Failed Spelling but Succeeded in Life book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

18. The Best in the World: At What I Have No Idea

By: Chris Jericho , Peter T. Fornatale

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling author, wrestler, metal rocker, and over-the-top media personality sh… read more

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Cover of Death of the Territories: Expansion, Betrayal and the War that Changed Pro Wrestling Forever by Tim Hornbaker

19. Death of the Territories: Expansion, Betrayal and the War that Changed Pro Wrestling Forever

By: Tim Hornbaker

3.93

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

For decades, distinct professional wrestling territories thrived across North America. Each regiona… read more

Similar categories in Tim Hornbaker's Death of the Territories: Expansion, Betrayal and the War that Changed Pro Wrestling Forever book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of MOX by Jon Moxley

20. MOX

By: Jon Moxley

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A vivid trip through the mind of the top professional wrestler in the… read more

Similar categories in Jon Moxley's MOX book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl by Rebecca Quin

21. Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

By: Rebecca Quin

4.51

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

This compelling and deeply personal memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin—a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. B… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Quin's Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will complete you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will destroy you"

-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

"Then and there, I vowed to lose weight so I might have a chance of actually being like my mom when I grew up. But then I got hungry and sad and just wanted pizza. Beauty was my mom's domain. Pizza wa…"

-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

Cover of There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE by Brian Gewirtz

22. There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE

By: Brian Gewirtz

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz brings readers behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at … read more

Similar categories in Brian Gewirtz's There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America by Abraham Riesman

23. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

Similar categories in Abraham Riesman's Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Tod is God: The Authorized Story of How I Created Extreme Championship Wrestling by Tod Gordon

24. Tod is God: The Authorized Story of How I Created Extreme Championship Wrestling

By: Tod Gordon

4.09

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

The uncensored inside story of ECW’s founder Tod Gordon’s journey from jewelry store owner to one o… read more

Similar categories in Tod Gordon's Tod is God: The Authorized Story of How I Created Extreme Championship Wrestling book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Nitro: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW by Guy Evans

25. Nitro: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW

By: Guy Evans

4.28

Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition

Reviews "The most definitive, well written and thoroughly researched book on the rise and fall of W… read more

Similar categories in Guy Evans's Nitro: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
  • audiobook
Cover of Saint Mick: My Journey From Hardcore Legend to Santa's Jolly Elf by Mick Foley

26. Saint Mick: My Journey From Hardcore Legend to Santa's Jolly Elf

By: Mick Foley

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author and WWE Hall-of-Famer Mick Foley comes a Yuletide… read more

Similar categories in Mick Foley's Saint Mick: My Journey From Hardcore Legend to Santa's Jolly Elf book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond by Jim Ross

27. Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

By: Jim Ross

4.30

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From legendary wrestling announcer Jim Ross comes a candid, colorful memoir about the inner working… read more

Similar categories in Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"Cutting to the chase, I don't see Sting in WWE any time soon and especially not in the ring vs. the Undertaker in the Georgia Dome. I do think that Sting would be well served to explore potential mar…"

-Jim Ross, Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

Cover of Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues by Matt Jackson

28. Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues

By: Matt Jackson

4.25

Format: 304 pages, ebook

"The Young Bucks are two guys who not only beat the odds to become one of the greatest, most popula… read more

Similar categories in Matt Jackson's Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of A Chosen Destiny: My Story by Drew McIntyre

29. A Chosen Destiny: My Story

By: Drew McIntyre

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this thrilling, no-holds-barred memoir that shows why he is “an inspiration to millions of WWE f… read more

Similar categories in Drew McIntyre's A Chosen Destiny: My Story book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of I'm Sorry, I Love You: A History of Professional Wrestling by Jim Smallman

30. I'm Sorry, I Love You: A History of Professional Wrestling

By: Jim Smallman

4.08

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

'Filled with passion, humour, and a little bit of welcome weirdness. A must-read for every die-hard… read more

Similar categories in Jim Smallman's I'm Sorry, I Love You: A History of Professional Wrestling book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of We Promised You a Great Main Event: An Unauthorized WWE History by Bill Hanstock

31. We Promised You a Great Main Event: An Unauthorized WWE History

By: Bill Hanstock

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Unauthorized. Unrestricted. No holds barred. In We Promised You a Great Main Event , longtime sport… read more

Similar categories in Bill Hanstock's We Promised You a Great Main Event: An Unauthorized WWE History book and Jim Ross's Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook

16 Top audiobook books like Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond by Jim Ross

Transform Your Habits

The Hardcore Truth: The Bob Holly Story

Bob Holly , Ross Williams

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

Daniel Bryan , Craig Tello

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar

Shawn Michaels , David L. Thomas

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Death of the Territories: Expansion, Betrayal and the War that Changed Pro Wrestling Forever

Tim Hornbaker

3.93

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12 Top nonfiction books like Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks by Mick Foley, WWF

Transform Your Habits

Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story

Shawn Michaels , Aaron Feigenbaum

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

Daniel Bryan , Craig Tello

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar

Shawn Michaels , David L. Thomas

3.93

Transform Your Habits

A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex

Chris Jericho , Peter T. Fornatale

3.91

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