20 Best Wrestling Books Ever

4. Walking A Golden Mile - William Regal With Neil Chandler

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Today, William Regal spends his time working at the WWE Performance Center and scouting talent around the globe for the company. When Walking A Golden Mile was written in 2005, he had been portrayed as a bumbling British fool on WWF/WWE television for years, working extremely well as both a wrestler and on-screen authority figure.

Finding his feet in Blackpool, England around the carnival-like wrestling industry, Regal learned how to take care of himself the hard way. The World Of Sport era that was huge for British wrestling is touched upon, lending another side of intrigue to Walking A Golden Mile.

Runs in WCW and the WWF would follow, before his personal life went off the rails and Regal became mired in drug addiction.

There's an almost hidden side to the book that many might not expect. Regal does a sterling job of explaining why depending on drugs and alcohol to cope with problems is something people should avoid. He does so in a way that isn't condescending, as he lived through such issues and came out the other end relatively unscathed.

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