History
Foley did not make use of a ghost writer, writing the book himself while on the road. He wrote the entire book in longhand (over 760 pages; he claimed his typewriter broke). A ghostwriter was originally intended – Lou Sahadi, the father of David Sahadi, the WWF Creative Director of On-air Promotions – but Foley was not satisfied with his work. The book started a trend that saw several wrestlers including Edge (who also wrote his without the aid of a ghostwriter), Shawn Michaels, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, Lita, Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, and Chris Jericho writing their biographies.
In the book, Foley is critical of Ric Flair's booking abilities. In response, Flair wrote negative remarks about Foley in his own autobiography. The real life tension between the two was later translated into a worked feud.
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