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

Super positive and uplifting. This is also a really easy read. At 161 pages, I read it in a day and a half.

Very big HBK fan, however this was the first religious book that I've read (outside of the Bible) so I was a little hesitant. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and shared it with my book club whom some of which have never watched wrestling and they all enjoyed it as well.

When I was 9 years old, my first exposure to wrestling was watching the 1995 Royal Rumble where Shawn Michaels won the Rumble match even though he was the Number 1 entrant. Ever since, Shawn Michaels has been my favorite wrestler.I found this book to provide good insight into a man who hit a low-point in his life, and the ways he came around to overcoming the obstacles to his happiness. The only complaint I would have about the book was that it was quite short, and there were many parts where he just glossed over some topics without going into more detail about them.Regardless, this book isn't primarily one about wrestling. It's more about a story of how one's priorities in life change, and just one example of how one comes to their own happiness.I would like to comment on an earlier review where a person said that liberal Non-Believers should not read this book. I am an agnostic who leans heavily towards atheism, and yet, I still found great value in reading this book. Just because I don't share the Christian faith, that does not mean I cannot appreciate a story of the journey a man went through to go from being a drug-addicted, deeply unhappy person who just lived for themselves to a sober, happy man who lives primarily for his family and faith. Everyone has their own journey to happiness, and we as humans should celebrate our diversity. Even if you are not Christian, one can appreciate and value the ideas expressed by Shawn Michaels: the importance of family, the importance of not having one's happiness be exclusively determined by what one does for a living and the ability for people to dramatically change their lives around. These are not ideas exclusive to Christianity, but are shared by people of all beliefs. And although Shawn Michaels talks about these things through the lens of Christianity, that does not make them irrelevant to non-Christians.

What Shawn shared here is truly inspiring. How he used what opportunity God has given to guide others to find God. A platform to witness.

Shawn Michael's Wrestling for Life is a wonderful diversion in our tabloid obsessed world. Possibly the most controversial wrestler of all time, Shawn Michaels had a change of heart a few years into his first retirement that would turn his life around.Instead of sensationalizing what happened before or since, Shawn gives a measured look at what he has done wrong and what he's done right, indicating a man of character and maturity who wants to help others. He freely admits to his mistakes without going into salacious detail and gives simple advice using well worn scriptures.I found the simplicity of this book quite comforting and appealing. In the cacophny of life we often are search for short cuts and new ways of looking at things that will revolutionize everything without real work or change. Although never pretending to be perfect, Shawn tells how real change is a daily choice of repentance, faith, and making the simple choices God wants you to make.Shawn's memoir gives details of his wrestling life and homelife, but he keeps the focus on where it belongs: the God who saved him and to whom he gives all the glory.Well done, Showstopper, well done.

I love this book because it really tells the live of Shawn through his own eyes and everything he’s been through but also some life altering moments during his wrestling career.

Shawn's story is a testimony of the healing power of the good news of Christ Jesus for all Christians; and that includes Catholics. The unfortunate part of Shawn 's witness is that he has fallen for the ole evangelical false dichotomy that Catholics are not Christians even though he was raised Catholic. It reminds of the typical person who says, "I went to Catholic school for blank amount of years..." and then says something completely contrary to Catholic doctrine. Catholics are Christians, Shawn.

There is some familiar ground covered here, but not so much that it felt like a retread, only enough for people who are unfamiliar with who he is to be brought up to speed. It was pretty much exactly what I had hoped for and expected. The only downside, as it is with most audio books, is it's not read by the author. Other than that, I thought Shawn gave a very honest, often very specific and introspective account of how he went from growing up in a nominal Catholic family, to for all intents and purposes, Catholic in name only, to both his and he's wife's conversions to Christianity. I've watched all the WWE produced stuff on Shawn, as well as read his other book, and even seen a RF video shoot interview with Shawn, and this is a fabulous addition if you share Shawn's world view, which I do. He addresses a lot of specifics troubles he had trying to navigate through the landmines of life as a celebrity in a business that is often viewed as low brow entertainment. I was very happy to hear how well thought out his decisions were and that he was sincere with God as his primary focus in his decision making.

Amazing book about his faith and wrestling it’s more of a religious book then wrestling and it’s a amazing story about his faith and a wrestler.

A very inspiring book

I'm from Singapore and grew up watching Shawn Michaels almost every week. Very courageous of Shawn Michaels to come out and share this. God bless HBK and his family !

Piacevolissima autobiografia "cristiana" di Shawn. Ce ne fossero. Grande coraggio di un uomo che non ha paura di mostrare la sua fede al giorno d'oggi (e soprattutto nel mondo del Wrestling) dove dichiararsi cristiano sembra sia uno scandalo. Personalmente amo queste storie di fede perché mi aiutano tanto nella mia stessa fede. Storia che dimostra che cambiare si può, SEMPRE.

I loved this book so much when I realized it was more about him finding god then his last few years in the wwe I was put off a bit but I am glad I read it because it is a amazing read any wwe fan will like this