chazraps
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Post by chazraps on Feb 22, 2015 14:40:40 GMT -5
From an in-ring perspective, how do we feel about Bret's first three months as a competitor in WCW? Meaning his matches with Hennig and Flair?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 15:04:54 GMT -5
On the other side of the coin, if more guys today had Bret's attitude of "I'm not losing a match when the booker tells me to," then the booker loses the ability to make sure the storylines end up making sense in the long run. Giving wrestlers the power to refuse to do what the promotion needs them to do is in many ways the worst thing to happen as far as guaranteeing logical storytelling is concerned. Look at it from the wrestler's point of view though. If Bret does something that he feels will damage his character long-term, then he's hurting his ability to make money elsewhere. Granted, Bret in this case is a bad example since he already had a multi-million dollar deal with WCW, but that's the way the talent of his generation likely viewed things. All a wrestler has is his (or her) name. Do something to tarnish that, and you won't be worth much, especially in the WWF/E. I will never understand the thought process of guys who agree to do stupid gimmicks, or people who job for no reason when the crowd reactions they get suggest otherwise, and so on. If more guys had Bret's protectiveness of their own characters, then they likely wouldn't say yes to every stupid idea pitched to them and they may have a little bit of pride in their brand. The company will always do what is best for them, and that's just not Vince, that's everything wrestling promoter. It's up to the wrestler's to speak their minds and do what's best for them. Bret got that about the industry, and while I wasn't his biggest fan, at least he valued his own self worth. As I get older, I tend to appreciate the people who can do that, because I see far too many people in everyday life who undersell themselves. You're right. A wrestler is like an actor who plays the same character in every movie. The actor has to take into account the future viability of the character in every role he takes, which means sometimes standing up to the writers/directors and saying no. The integrity of the character is that actor's livelihood. You can't say "Well, he shouldn't have taken the role if he didn't want to follow the script", because sports entertainment is different than movies or television. In wrestling, the actor doesn't get to read the script before he accepts the role. He might have an idea of what role he's doing initially, but years down the line? Probably not. The wrestling business was much better when the "actors" had options, because it gave them more leverage to maintain more authority over their own characters. Now they are basically just athletes working off a script, and we see characters that have no continuity. If there had been no WCW in the early 90's, we might have seen Vince turn Sid Justice into a dancing clown like he does with virtually every other big man. Sid's options would have been to participate in the ruination of his own character or take up softball full time.
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Post by DjZonk on Feb 22, 2015 15:37:01 GMT -5
From an in-ring perspective, how do we feel about Bret's first three months as a competitor in WCW? Meaning his matches with Hennig and Flair? He carried Flair to his last great match of the 90's.
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Post by somsta on Feb 22, 2015 17:08:42 GMT -5
From an in-ring perspective, how do we feel about Bret's first three months as a competitor in WCW? Meaning his matches with Hennig and Flair? Probably the best thing he did in the company.
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