I actually read Kurt Angle's book in two days ... a quick read but not necessarily the best read either.

Let me clarify: readability wise, it's fine. The book flows well and unlike some wrestling books in the past--specifically Chyna--I never felt unsympathetic towards or annoyed with the author.

However, if you are not an amateur wrestling fan, then don't even bother checking out this book. Angle gets into his days with the WWF on the 175th page ... on pages 1-175, is detailed scenarios of Angle's amateur/Olympic matches. Sometimes I wondered if Angle got out old videos and wrote move-for-move about the match? I have a feeling he probably did.

Pages 175-311 cover his WWF "days" ... keep in mind, there are some pictures thrown in there to fill-up page space.

And while Angle does talk candidly about his WWF experience thus far, he mostly discusses old "Angles" (no pun intended).

Angle speaks about not wanting to take a loss (to Owen Hart days before his death) and the transition from amateur to professional ... he does tell some stories about other wrestlers (Undertaker, Triple H, Owen Hart, etc.) all the while with a slightly arrogant attitude that was, at times, kind of annoying.

I think the biggest problem with "It's True! It's True!" (and for Chyna's "If They Only Knew" for that matter) is that Angle has only been in the wrestling business for approximately two years. Thus, a re-telling of Angles is pretty much all you are going to get. Why did Angle get precedence over guys like Steve Austin, The Undertaker and even Vince McMahon? On that note, no one has really ever mentioned a Vince McMahon autobiography ... we hear about all the others, but in reality, McMahon's tale would probably be one of the most fascinating (and lengthy).

Like amateur wrestling? Like Kurt Angle? Then "It's True! It's True!" is probably a book you'll want to check out. If you said "no" to at least one of the aforementioned questions, then pick up Chyna's "If They Only Knew."

(I'm kidding.)