Earl Hebner: The Official Story

By: Earl Hebner, Kenny Casanova

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Earl Hebner used hard work and determination to become the most recognizable officiating name in professional wrestling, if not "the greatest of all time." Starting in Virginia as ring crew, he gained the respect of Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair, going on to referee NWA's biggest events. Then, in front of 33 million fans, Earl debuted on WWF's most-watched event ever as the evil twin ref who stole Hulk Hogan's title. As WWE senior official, he played an integral part in "The Montreal Screwjob", calling an unplanned controversial finish that screwed Bret Hart out of his championship for real. For four decades, he worked with the biggest names and banners everywhere, including TNA: Impact and AEW. Read The Official Story now!

Great Story!! AI Reader's mistakes were distracting

This is one of the best audio books I've listened to in a long time. I appreciate that Earl tells it from his heart and has a great sense of humor. I really appreciate Earl never got preachy or political where the last 4 or 5 audio books I've listened to have been ruined by political preaching and virtue signaling that had nothing to do with the story. Any wrestling fan will enjoy this one! My only issue was that it was read by AI and mispronounced names and used the wrong forms of words. (Would pronounce read as Reed when it was supposed to be red, or say a show was live on TV but pronounced live as in I live in a house). The misprounciations were distracting otherwise the book was perfect

The AI reader is absolutely awful.

The stories were great but the mispronunciations of so many words was atrocious. There were times I had to stop and figure out what they meant.

Was the Montreal screwjob a work?

Earl Hebner, who will be best remembered as the referee for the infamous Montreal screwjob, has many great wrestling stories in his official story. Hebner shares his side of the what happened in Montreal, when the departing Bret "The Hitman" Hart was screwed out of the WWF title in front of the stunned Canadian fans, and a large pay-per-view audience. Hebner also address the many conspiracy theories associated with the Screwjob finish. Was it all an elaborate work?

Hebner is honest in his official story tell out book, praising those he enjoyed working with, but also calling out those he didn't. Hebner tells how the twin referee angle with his identical brother involving Hulk Hogan happened. He also discusses the notorious "Plane Ride From Hell" episode, from his perspective. Hebner a shares his memories on the night Owen Hart tragically fe;l to his death during a WWE live event.

Hebner also shares the full story on his WWE firing, and turning down an opportunity to return and receiving an induction into the WWE hall of fame. Hebner talks about why he didn't originally want to go to TNA, and what ultimately made his change his mind. Trust me, this is a must have wrestling book!

The best ref writes the best book

I hope more and more behind the scenes wrestling books keep coming out they’re just the best

Story is fantastic, The AI narrator is awful

Please have a real person redo the narration. The AI screwed up so many wrestling words…the One Twenty Three Kid, AEW was turned into a sound. It was awful, Earl deserves better. The publisher screwed Earl