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Best Seat in the House

Your Backstage Pass Through My WWE Journey

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Best Seat in the House

By: Justin Roberts, Tommy Dreamer - foreword
Narrated by: Justin Roberts
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Justin Roberts always dreamed of being a ring announcer at World Wrestling Entertainment. From playing with action figures of the Ultimate Warrior, the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels, Bret Hitman Hart and Hulk Hogan to actually announcing these larger-than-life characters to the ring, Roberts lived out the dream of countless, passionate wrestling fans worldwide.

Best Seat in the House is the inspirational story of Roberts' ambitious journey to becoming a full-time ring announcer at WWE, performing all over the world and announcing weekly live events, TV shows, and the enormously popular pay-per-view spectaculars for more than a decade.

In addition to announcing the top wrestlers in sports entertainment from Nature Boy Ric Flair, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Sgt. Slaughter, King Kong Bundy, and the Iron Sheik to Dwayne the Rock Johnson, Stone Cold Steve Austin, John Cena, Brock Lesnar, CM Punk, Chris Jericho, and the Undertaker, Roberts also relives entertaining and candid moments with his real-life superhero coworkers, workplace politics, grueling travel schedules, harsh requirements of WWE talent, and the overall merciless treatment from the higher-ups whose decisions can affect nearly the entire wrestling industry.

This book is the all-access backstage pass for those who have always wondered what it would be like to work at WWE under the infamous Vince McMahon and travel all over the world in cars, buses, and planes with the biggest stars of professional wrestling.

Justin Roberts pulls no punches and gives you an uncensored, raw look at the journey of a young man chasing, catching, and living his dream.

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A very interesting account of what life is like in the WWE from someone with no incentive pander to the company. Justin doesn't come across as bitter, just honest about how working at his dream job both lived up to, and failed to live up to, his expectations. It's kind of bittersweet how his great experiences were sullied by his negative ones.

My only criticism of this book is the production quality. I get the impression Justin recorded this himself with no help as there are quite a few places where he does a second take of a phrase, takes lengthy pauses or background noises are heard. It could do with someone listening through it and cleaning up these sections.

An eye opening account of life in WWE

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incredible story, my respect and admiration for this man and his work has grown 100 times over.

Brilliant insight

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Loved this book. Such an interesting and amazing story from someone deep within the business. Highs lows and everything in between. This story could be made into a movie!! Highly recommend to anyone to read Justin's story. You don't have to be a fan of wrestling to enjoy this book.

Great read

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As a fan of Justin's era in WWE this was a great story. a must read for a long term fan of wrestling

Great Story

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Justin Roberts gives a great insight into his life before and during his tenure in WWE. His way of writing is refreshingly direct, giving a view behind the scenes of WWE that, unlike many other WWE talent biographies, doesn't smell of WWE's marketing department. Justin also performs greatly as the narrator, turning on his announcer voice to great effect.

Entertaining and unfiltered

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