Post by radiantsilvergun on Jul 14, 2015 19:12:01 GMT -5
I just discovered the whole Willy The Worker thing through Kevin Kelly's WWE 2003 podcast and this is some really fascinating shit.
For those that followed the Willy The Worker saga: Was it ever revealed who was behind the alias? I've been digging through old forum posts and a few of the names that were thrown around were Lance Storm, Jeff Hardy, RVD, and Test.
A few people speculated on some old forums that it was just an April fools hoax but then there's also people saying that Meltz went on his show and confirmed the whole thing was legit and the guy was punished. Can anyone confirm this? Can't find any discussion on this topic that happened after 2003. Weird that this whole situation apparently just fizzled out.
For those that don't know back in 2003 a supposed WWE wrestler anonymously wrote a few columns on the internet under the name "Willy The Worker" to air out his problems with the company after being left off the WM19 card. Heres his first one:
For those that followed the Willy The Worker saga: Was it ever revealed who was behind the alias? I've been digging through old forum posts and a few of the names that were thrown around were Lance Storm, Jeff Hardy, RVD, and Test.
A few people speculated on some old forums that it was just an April fools hoax but then there's also people saying that Meltz went on his show and confirmed the whole thing was legit and the guy was punished. Can anyone confirm this? Can't find any discussion on this topic that happened after 2003. Weird that this whole situation apparently just fizzled out.
For those that don't know back in 2003 a supposed WWE wrestler anonymously wrote a few columns on the internet under the name "Willy The Worker" to air out his problems with the company after being left off the WM19 card. Heres his first one:
Never did I think I'd sit down and pen a column for 1Wrestling about my frustrations and concerns regarding the current WWE product. However, it's not like I have an open forum to do so. I can't exactly can go and post a column on their website talking about all the things they are doing wrong right now. There have been several times when I have wanted to contact Dave Scherer and ask him to let me write an anonymous column in the past, but I never got the balls to do it. But after sitting in the locker room this past Sunday at WrestleMania watching it on the monitors, when I should have been somehow factored into the event, watching my peers perform in front of such an amazing live crowd; I've decided it's time that I spoke my mind.
Now I'm not going to say who I am, I mean, that would be career suicide. I'll just pen this column as "Willie The Worker."
So, let me get this straight. I'm good enough to be on the road with WWE for almost 300 days a year, busting my ass and being away from my family, but I'm not good enough to be a part of their biggest show of the year? They couldn't even throw me a backstage interview or a run-in? Get real. I've been with that company for many years now and I'd like to think that I'm of at least some value to the company. Well, at least I thought I was. However, given the fact that they found spots for Nathan Jones, Albert and the Miller Lite Cat Fight Girls but not myself or many other deserving wrestlers boggles my mind.
Now I have nothing against Albert. Matt is a real nice guy and has always been cool with me. But come on already. How many times are they going to try with this guy? They have been trying to push him down the throats of our fans for years now and he's just not connecting with the crowd. But he continues to get chance after chance because he's a huge guy and Vince is a mark for big guys. I dare to say that they probably sold more merchandise of me at WrestleMania on Sunday than Albert has even drawn for the company in all the years he's been there.
Don't even get me started on Nathan Jones. The guy is a putz. He's the joke of the locker room. Well, maybe the joke is on myself and all the other guys that have busted our asses for the company throughout the years because he had a WrestleMania spot and we didn't. This is what really makes me hot. What dues has this guy ever paid? All he's done since being here has been to hurt guys in dark matches and mess up moves. But yeah, let's give him one of the WrestleMania paydays that are available when it could have gone to at least thirty other more deserving guys that I can think of off the top of my head, myself very much included.
They didn't have enough time on the PPV for Kane, who's been with the company for many years, and RVD, who's without a doubt one of the most over performers we have. But yeah, let's give the Miller Lite Cat Fight Girls ten minutes to go out there and hit each other with the worst pillow shots I've ever seen in my entire life. The Miller Lite girls made the show and Kane and RVD didn't? Yeah, that makes a boat load of sense.
What's my point of this column? Heck, I don't even have a point. I'm just so frustrated and hot right now. I guess I just wanted to let the readers know how it feels to be someone that has busted their ass for WWE for many years and then is not even factored into their biggest show of the year. I felt like a jabronie sitting backstage watching all the boys work one of the biggest shows we ever had, knowing that I should have been out there contributing to the great show they had. Instead, guys like Albert and Nathan Jones were out there instead, stinking the building up. Those guys couldn't lace up my boots.
Yup, that's Vince for ya.
Sincerely,
"Willie The Worker"
Credit: Dave Scherer and "Willie The Worker" @ 1Wrestling.com
Now I'm not going to say who I am, I mean, that would be career suicide. I'll just pen this column as "Willie The Worker."
So, let me get this straight. I'm good enough to be on the road with WWE for almost 300 days a year, busting my ass and being away from my family, but I'm not good enough to be a part of their biggest show of the year? They couldn't even throw me a backstage interview or a run-in? Get real. I've been with that company for many years now and I'd like to think that I'm of at least some value to the company. Well, at least I thought I was. However, given the fact that they found spots for Nathan Jones, Albert and the Miller Lite Cat Fight Girls but not myself or many other deserving wrestlers boggles my mind.
Now I have nothing against Albert. Matt is a real nice guy and has always been cool with me. But come on already. How many times are they going to try with this guy? They have been trying to push him down the throats of our fans for years now and he's just not connecting with the crowd. But he continues to get chance after chance because he's a huge guy and Vince is a mark for big guys. I dare to say that they probably sold more merchandise of me at WrestleMania on Sunday than Albert has even drawn for the company in all the years he's been there.
Don't even get me started on Nathan Jones. The guy is a putz. He's the joke of the locker room. Well, maybe the joke is on myself and all the other guys that have busted our asses for the company throughout the years because he had a WrestleMania spot and we didn't. This is what really makes me hot. What dues has this guy ever paid? All he's done since being here has been to hurt guys in dark matches and mess up moves. But yeah, let's give him one of the WrestleMania paydays that are available when it could have gone to at least thirty other more deserving guys that I can think of off the top of my head, myself very much included.
They didn't have enough time on the PPV for Kane, who's been with the company for many years, and RVD, who's without a doubt one of the most over performers we have. But yeah, let's give the Miller Lite Cat Fight Girls ten minutes to go out there and hit each other with the worst pillow shots I've ever seen in my entire life. The Miller Lite girls made the show and Kane and RVD didn't? Yeah, that makes a boat load of sense.
What's my point of this column? Heck, I don't even have a point. I'm just so frustrated and hot right now. I guess I just wanted to let the readers know how it feels to be someone that has busted their ass for WWE for many years and then is not even factored into their biggest show of the year. I felt like a jabronie sitting backstage watching all the boys work one of the biggest shows we ever had, knowing that I should have been out there contributing to the great show they had. Instead, guys like Albert and Nathan Jones were out there instead, stinking the building up. Those guys couldn't lace up my boots.
Yup, that's Vince for ya.
Sincerely,
"Willie The Worker"
Credit: Dave Scherer and "Willie The Worker" @ 1Wrestling.com