Post by Steveweiser on Sept 14, 2013 9:54:00 GMT -5
Though more the interaction on TV than the whole Meltzer thing...
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Amazing how few people realize that wrestling characters are characters. Ryback is a good person-his character is a bully, how does that affect "Be a Star' program? It doesn't unless you think Fred Flinstone also is a real person. However, I get tweets every week about how can WWE allow a character like Ryback-really?
A news flash-if you don't have bad guys you don't have good guys, it's TV.
AJ Lee has a crazy character, she skips into the ring and has had relationships with half the roster-in real life AJ is quite the opposite. I get some tweets from a bunch of (most likely) kids who don't know the difference and believe we are somehow bashing the women's movement because a fake character accuses us of that on a fictional TV show (this is unreal I have to explain this)-in real life I have supported personally the "10,000 Women Program" with my own money and my wife has been named to the Fortune 50 most powerful women in the world list 4 of last 5 years, she's a legit trail blazer I am so proud of-not just a character on TV but real life, and she works in a total male dominated world on Wall Street.
I can tell you personally I have lived the women's movement every day with my wife-because she is not a TV character but a legend on Wall Street that paves the way for other women. What does this have to do with my WWE character-nothing, that's the point.
In real life I was proud to represent a wonderful program in Bermuda this week at Beyond Sport in Philly. This is a program for at risk kids that I work with and support not only with most my free time but financially as well. How does this affect my TV character, it doesn't-again that's the point.
Amazing that folks who are the first to say WWE programming is scripted are also the first to be outraged over a character and think somehow it is real life.
WWE is a world wide phenomenon because of it's entertainment value, I love it and am enjoying every day there-I'm even the new GM of NXT. Enjoy for what it is. See you at Night of Champions!
A news flash-if you don't have bad guys you don't have good guys, it's TV.
AJ Lee has a crazy character, she skips into the ring and has had relationships with half the roster-in real life AJ is quite the opposite. I get some tweets from a bunch of (most likely) kids who don't know the difference and believe we are somehow bashing the women's movement because a fake character accuses us of that on a fictional TV show (this is unreal I have to explain this)-in real life I have supported personally the "10,000 Women Program" with my own money and my wife has been named to the Fortune 50 most powerful women in the world list 4 of last 5 years, she's a legit trail blazer I am so proud of-not just a character on TV but real life, and she works in a total male dominated world on Wall Street.
I can tell you personally I have lived the women's movement every day with my wife-because she is not a TV character but a legend on Wall Street that paves the way for other women. What does this have to do with my WWE character-nothing, that's the point.
In real life I was proud to represent a wonderful program in Bermuda this week at Beyond Sport in Philly. This is a program for at risk kids that I work with and support not only with most my free time but financially as well. How does this affect my TV character, it doesn't-again that's the point.
Amazing that folks who are the first to say WWE programming is scripted are also the first to be outraged over a character and think somehow it is real life.
WWE is a world wide phenomenon because of it's entertainment value, I love it and am enjoying every day there-I'm even the new GM of NXT. Enjoy for what it is. See you at Night of Champions!
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