(25 Apr 2014, 1:30 pm)AdamY wrote Have you ever read Dynamite's book? - It's an unabashed testament to how hard he considered himself to be in the fake world of pro wrestling. He wrestled hard and, like most wrestlers of the era, played harder. But he does come across as a bell-end and, despite his fall from grace, it's quite hard to feel sympathy for the man. By all accounts, Davey Boy Smith was just as bad but less stubborn and bitter and more sycophantic which probably made him more likeable to others.
Going by interviews I have seen, Davey was mischieveous but likable and from what I have read and heard over the years he calmed down once Dynamite was off the scene, but your right, wrestlers played as hard as they worked in that era, I find it hard to have any sympathy for a man who had it all and threw it all away, I havent read his book, but would like too, will keep an eye out on amazon and bookshops for it, unfortunately I have no real clear memory of wrestling back then, so cannot really remember Dynamite, I only started watching probably very early 90's, Dynamite was probably still around, but I was more into Davey Boy, Bret and early Undertaker