Good story well told.

The authors words told in the authors own voice gives the story the gritty, unpolished realism it deserves.

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Brilliant Book but poor narrator

Let’s get this out of the way…

The narrator sounds like this book has been recorded on his phone and not through a microphone. His strong accent made it difficult at times to understand certain words and sometimes sounded like he was mumbling. You can also hear every gulp, sigh, smacking of lips and even you can hear traffic in the background of the audio tracks. Would have preferred a better quality and a narrator with a less strong accent.

The book itself is really insightful and really does show the incredible but tragic lives of the British bulldogs in a very detailed way. As wrestlers 2 of the very best to step into the ring and represent the United Kingdom!

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A brilliant story

A great, really entertaining and comprehensive story of one of the best teams of all time. You can see the research that went into this book.

The only drawback is the narration, you can hear pages turned and mouse buttons being clicked. If you can deal with that and the volume changes probably from different recording sessions, you're in for a treat!

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For the 1…2…3

You can tell the author enjoyed writing this book and I loved listening. It is filled with great stories and gives you an insight into both men’s characters. As a wrestling fan I heard some of these stories before but they are so well told I enjoyed hearing them again. I wasn’t a huge fan of either wrestler but I’m going to go back and check out their work to see what I missed. I’ve read most wrestling books and this is in my top five, if not my top three.

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Bulldogs forever!

Whilst it wasn't the best produced audio book I've listened to by a long shot, the story itself was great and kept me wanting more. If you are a true wrestling fan then you should absolutely listen to this. Great work

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Would recommend

Hugely detailed recount of the British Bulldogs story from beginning to end, would recommend for any British wrestling fans of that era

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Great story but awful narrator

the story itself is fantastic but the chap narrating it is terrible

you can hear him turning the pages, he often gets names wrong and he sounds like a bunged up 5 year old. one of the most irritating voices ever

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The Bulldogs - immortalised

Dynamite and Davey are two of the biggest stars in the history of wrestling, especially in the United Kingdom. For the highest of highs these gentlemen have had, they're both cautionary tales about what happens when drugs, alcohol, steroids and testosterone get involved.

Steven has clearly researched well for this book and tells their story in an incredibly balanced way. It introduces the cast of characters that would form part of the Stampede scene as well as those whom were majorly influenced by Dynamite. In order to tell the story of Dynamite and Davey, you have to tell that of those around them. There are pieces of the story that made me feel like Dynamite was a reprehensible character at times, but Steven does a great job at ensuring that a slant isn't put onto the perception of these men - there's no agenda other than telling their story.

Additionally, I loved that Steven did the narration. There's something to be said for a story about Davey and Dynamite to be told in a northern accent. I also particularly liked the fact that Steven generally didn't attempt voices - so much so that I want more Mancunian Vince McMahon.

It was well told and intriguing. I finished this over the course of 48hrs.

The only thing I would take into account for future audiobook recordings is the quality of the recording. Throughout there were changes between chapters on volume, sometimes being a little more muffled and at times hearing background noise. I can appreciate however that budgets may not be there to have professionally recorded versions and I will absolutely take this option - it certainly didn't come close to making me turn it off.

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Amazing!!

Absolutely loved this book, would highly recommended!! The author tells the story so well, couldn’t put it down.

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A good read for those both familiar to the Bulldogs story as well as those interested in Wrestling history.

A comprehensive look at the lives of the British Bulldogs. As a fan from the early 80s there was a lot that I was familiar with, but plenty of new material from before and after the 'spotlight' years.

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