Don't Call Me Fake The Real Story of "Dr. D" David Schultz

The weekend of June 12 - 14th the wife, Wesley, and I spent two nights up in Medway at Pine Grove Campground and Cottages.  We were just looking to get away for a couple nights, enjoy a campfire and some quiet time.  We don't have cell service at the campground and the WiFi doesn't reach the cabin we always rent.  It's great!

Earlier in the week I got my signed copy of Don't Call Me Fake The Read Story of "Dr. D" David Schultz in the mail that I ordered direct from Dr. D after watching his episode of Dark Side of the Ring.  I started reading the book on Friday after we got set up and finished it Sunday morning before we packed up to leave.

Written by David Schultz with John Cosper the book is 470 pages and was published on July 22, 2019.  It has several black and white photos through out the book from his childhood through his life after wrestling and bounty hunting.

The book starts out talking about Shultz childhood growing up and later how he got into the wrestling business.  What his training was like and the early days of traveling the territories across the South and for Stampede in Calgary.  Of course he goes into great detail about the John Stossel 20/20 incident and how it resulted in his departure from not just the WWF (now WWE) but from wrestling.

After wrestling he became a bounty hunter and he goes into great detail about what it takes to be a bounty hunter and several stories.  About half the book is about wrestling and half is about being a bounty hunter.  I found both to be very interesting and exciting. 

Through-out the book there are stories in the book told by stories, friends, and family.  We also get to hear when Schultz has been doing since he left the bounty hunting world as well. I found the book to be a very enjoyable and quick read! 

Friday night when we went to bed my Wesley, who is five, asked me to read the words in my book out loud before bed.  The cabin has a loft with two twin beds and a full size bed.  Wesley and Kate each took a twin and I got the full size bed.  Both Friday and Saturday night I read several pages out loud and both of them enjoyed it.  I didn't have to leave out a few sentences on Saturday night, otherwise it was appropriate.  My wife actually thought it was interesting.

You can order this book on Amazon here or you can order direct from Mr. Schultz like I did to get your own signed copy.  Signed books are $25 in the US or $35 to Canada. Please mail check or money order to David Shults, P.O. Box 24, Henderson, TN 38340. Yes his real name is spelled Schults with and "s" not a Shultz with a "z".

Co-author John Cosper has helped write several other books on wrestlers and wrestling territories as well as some fiction.  You can find more on Amazon here.

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Re-Post: Book Review Positively Page: The Diamond Dallas Page Journey

Re-Posted from my original blog as I am removing all wrestling references off of it making it a family blog.

By: “Diamond” Dallas Page with Larry Genta

Page Count:      443

Publisher:          Positive Publishing

Release Date:   February 1, 2000

ISBN:              0967992206

This book is written in three narratives; Diamond Dallas Page, the co-author Larry Genta, and numerous family and friends sharing their comments and thoughts on Page.

It starts out with Pages life growing up, getting into the night club business, transitioning into a manager with the AWA, to a manger in WCW, and finally to a wrestler in WCW.

Through-out the book it is mentioned several time by both Page and other how great of a self promoter he is.  And that is exactly what this book is, 443 pages of Page and others telling us how great Page is. 

If you are a wrestling fan and are reading the book for the purposes of learning some stories of behind the scenes of his time in the AWA or WCW, this is not the book for your.  Although he tells a few in depth stories, he mostly glosses over everything involving wrestling storylines or backstage gossip.  He does go into great detail about training at the WCW Power Plant and being on the tonight show and back stories of non-wrestling related ventures. 

For the most part though, it’s Page putting himself over.  The book was even self-published to avoid editors and so he could maintain control of the content.  Which is evident when he would tell a story, then someone else would tell the same story using different words and then he would re-cap the story again!  You just spent four pages reading the same story 3 times in 3 different ways. 

I had started reading this back when I first bought it in 2000 and couldn’t get through it because it was so boring.  I recently decided to give it another chance and had to force myself to finish reading it. 

If I could make a couple bucks off it I would sell it, but Amazon has it used for 36 cents, so I am probably better off throwing it away. 

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