Nr1Humanoid
Hank Scorpio
Is the #3 humanoid at best.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Oct 19, 2013 15:04:12 GMT -5
A wrestler doing the booking or a wresler's dad doing the booking?
Maybe other?
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NOwave
Don Corleone
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Post by NOwave on Oct 19, 2013 19:33:01 GMT -5
Tough call. There are examples of both being good and bad.
Parents(Good,at least arguably):
Amarillo-the Funks. It helped that Dory Sr had two tremendously talented sons, but he never abused or over-used them. They both paid their dues, and then rotated in and out of the territory like any other Main event-level talent.
Calgary: The Harts-again, there were some extremely talented offspring in the family who made it easy for Stu. Bret and Owen clearly benefitted from what they learned in the "Basement."
Parents(Bad):
Texas-World Class-Von Erichs-clearly the worst. Despite having at least as much talent among his children as the Funks or Harts, Fritz pushed his kids unmercifully, ignored their drug abuse, and had an indirect role in their multiple suicides.
Tennessee: Gulas-Bad in a different way-George Gulas probably never should have been a wrestler, but his dad pushed him harder than any of his other talent, which was at least part of the reason his promotion collapsed.
Wrestlers: (Good, again at least arguably)
NWA-1980s-Dusty Rhodes had some great ideas(and some duds) and could definitely spot talent. I realize some people on this forum would say Dusty should be in the "bad" category.
Memphis-Jerry Jarrett actively wrestled for several years while also booking the territory. To his credit, he realized the inherent conflict and took himself out of the in-ring action.
Wrestlers(bad):
WCW- late 1990s-Kevin Nash is a perfect example of a talented wrestler who couldn't see past himself as a booker.
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SAJ Forth
Wade Wilson
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Post by SAJ Forth on Oct 20, 2013 12:28:09 GMT -5
I'll say a wrestler themselves. A father has noble intentions sometimes. A wrestler often shows disregard for what's right for company business.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Oct 20, 2013 12:55:00 GMT -5
If a wrestler is booking himself, he will usually already be over the hill enough that he should not be active. If a wrestler is booking his kid, at least there is a young talent involved, and as the above poster indicated there are occasions when second generation wrestlers can be great. Cody and Dustin for another example.
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