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1 x" `) `1 ^1 }The 5 Star Truth: Organic
3 x6 b% _1 ^4 cPosted by Mike Steele on 07/21/2006 at 06:37 PM
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In wrestling there are of course many scripts, storylines, and booking decisions. Each promo, match, and angle is planned out either loosely or in detail. Because it is "fake" and predetermined, the business operates in a very planned and mechanical manner. Usually, how ever, it is the unexpected that provides for the best in wrestling. When a promo is impromptu, when a crowd forces a heel to turn face, or when an idea so off the wall comes to a wrestler that it seems a muse has whispered in his ear, that is where all the great stuff in wrestling comes from. 6 {" {& }3 b1 G* s) E/ h
You may already know that the fruit and vegetables that you get from the market can be complete crap. Sure, the tomatoes are red and round but they taste like dirty water and they aren't very soft. When you grow tomatoes in your own backyard though, they are bumpy and off color, but they are tasty and go pretty good on a hamburger. You see, the tomatoes at the market have been specially grown to be big and red, to look like an ideal tomato. They are essentially manufactured, just like cows have been bred to be twice as big as they were in the wild before humans started keeping livestock. When it comes to wrestling, sure you can manufacture it, but the good stuff is home grown.
- q, H; c2 g, M* R% V; @2 X W$ ]Usually it is the higher ups in the company that decide who will play the bad guy and who will play the good guy. But when Eddie Guerrero smashed Tajiri through the windshield of a truck for no reason and the fans kept cheering for him, it wasn't a hard decision to make to turn Eddie back into a face. The fans can be a mighty powerful bunch. If it wasn't for the demands of the fans, Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero wouldn't have stood as champions at Wrestlemania. If it wasn't for the fans, Matt Hardy wouldn't have been brought back so quickly. And if management was paying attention now, they wouldn't be fighting a losing battle trying to keep John Cena as a face. They need to let the fans dictate where Cena will go. Instead of worrying about selling T-Shirts to bimbos and wristbands to kids, they need to focus on what will work best for a feud. & W9 M- J. ^; Z3 N
Many times gimmicks are given to wrestlers in a seemingly random manner. Other times the wrestlers stumble onto a gimmick themselves. When John Cena was having fun beat boxing with his friends backstage it became apparent that a rap gimmick would be suitable for him. Steve Austin's "What?" chant started with an answering machine message from Christian and is still being used by fans today. Most of the great gimmicks and ideas that have shaped wrestling history have been stumbled onto per happenstance. No one was looking for it, but they found it. ; b+ T5 l/ L8 p( @1 B/ B+ j3 b
Countless wrestlers have said it themselves, the best promos are the ones that aren't scripted. Instead of worrying about remembering a speech, wrestlers should be able to flow freely and let the pieces fall where they may. There are too many rules that should only be guidelines. It is becoming more and more frequent that wrestlers can't use the moves that get them over with the fans. They have to conform to a certain style that conflicts with what they have to offer. Individuality is getting lost on the assembly line. The best way to get a solid storyline is to let it evolve naturally, not completely plan it out from start to finish before hand.
# R9 F5 Q" a) V Y. ~: M. x8 }WWE uses Ohio Valley Wrestling and Deep South Wrestling to train wrestlers who could potentially be brought up to the main roster. While WWE sees them as "home grown" since many of them originate from these training grounds without much prior experience, it is in fact a factory. Now wrestlers aren't paying their dues, gaining experience around the world, and truly growing as an all around performer. Instead their experiences and skills are implanted into their brains like Windows is automatically installed in your PC before you even purchase it. They are trained in the less than unique WWE style. And if you do have prior experience, you are disassembled and reprocessed and reprogrammed with the necessary attributes. WWE's training grounds are not markets that receive their stock from farms, they are large factories that mass produce a limited variation of products. And when they are ready for shipping, Vince McMahon puts on the final coat of paint, a ridiculous gimmick such as The Spirit Squad, The Dicks, and The Boogeyman. & Y. Y' a% c! ^
Any artist of any kind knows that when it comes to creativity, there is no forcing it. You just have to open your eyes and let things flow through your mind. You certainly can't force people to like something or be satisfied with what they know is mediocre or sub-par. The ultimate goal for an entertainer should be to provide their fans with what they truly want. Granted, often times people don't realize what they want until they sample it. Sometimes, it is necessary to force feed. If the less informed fans got their way all the time, there would never be any heels, therefore there would never be any conflict or purpose for a storyline or dramatic feud. But most of the fans, even those who don't get the insider news, they are at least wise enough to know they are displeased with John Cena and they want to see either a different side of him or someone else in his place. To deny the fans the right to boo John Cena is going to be worse for business in the long run than not selling Chain Gang T-Shirts.
, [" c- A! ~; s _If wrestling went back to being more spontaneous and less choreographed it would bring a breath of fresh air to the fans and the talent themselves. Feuds would be more personal and there would be actual shock value. Wrestling can be produced and it can be manufactured on an assembly line, but it bears more fruit when you plant the seed and let it grow and change with the seasons. Simply put, wrestling is better from the organic aisle. |
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