Dynamite and Davey

The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs

De: Steven Bell

Narrado por: Steven Bell

Dynamite and Davey: The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs is the triumphant but ultimately tragic story of Tom Billington and Davey Boy Smith. Cousins born just a couple of years apart in a small mining town near Wigan, Tom and Davey discovered the art of wrestling as schoolboys. Tom went on to become the Dynamite Kid, arguably the greatest and most pioneering wrestler in history, but his short temper and determination to reach the top of a sport dominated by naturally bigger men would be his undoing.

The more reserved Davey became a global superstar but followed his cousin not just into exceptionalism but into heavy substance abuse as well. Ultimately, the extraordinarily dysfunctional world of pro wrestling would prove too much for the cousins from Golborne--one proud, one naïve. Together they became the best and most influential tag team of their generation. But they could not escape their demons, and their triumphs eventually submitted to their tragedy.

Dynamite and Davey is a gripping cautionary tale.

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©2022 Steven Bell (P)2022 Steven Bell

God-awful reader, and so-so book

Most of the info from this book has been taken from other sources such as Pure Dynamite, and Pain and Passion. The reader was also awful, as well as the room they were reading in which produced poor sound quality. You could hear cars passing by in the background at one point. I guess they can sell anything on Amazon nowadays. Save your money, and even if you got this for free, ask for your money back.

Hard to understand the narration

Being a huge wrestling fan(especially 80’s wrestling) I was excited for this book.After the introduction,which is not by the narrator but a member of the Hart family I could barely understand anything.I know it’s cool to have a British narrator and all since the subject matter is British but I’m American.Stephen’s accident is too thick for my ears to decipher.Please do an alternate version with an American narrator so us yankees can enjoy the book.

Totally let down by the read.

Unfortunately it spends a good amount of the time focusing on everyone but Davey and dynamite. I know it was probably difficult to get info as they are both dead and you need to use other people for sources but I didn’t give me anything I didn’t already know or heard from someone else.