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Post by catweazel4life on Dec 8, 2007 9:25:28 GMT -5
Interesting."I have no idea what's going on in the dressing rooms," I say. "Why are we kept away?" "We don't want outsiders back there," he says. "Back there is specifically for our very special fraternity. It's sort of a fraternal atmosphere, although it includes some women, and we don't want to give that away to people." He pauses and looks down into my eyes. "You've got to earn your way into it before you see what happens." "Are we not allowed to see it," I ask, "because it's fantastically mysterious or because it's boring and disappointing?" There is a silence. Kane thinks about this. "It might be a combination of the two, actually."
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Frank Zappa
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Post by Frank Zappa on Dec 8, 2007 9:35:55 GMT -5
"It's Hacksaw Jim Duggan!" Joel yells suddenly.
"HIYO!" the wrestler yells.
I love that.
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Steveweiser
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Post by Steveweiser on Dec 8, 2007 9:38:01 GMT -5
Triple H is on the cover of the magazine this features in...
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Post by angryfan on Dec 8, 2007 9:38:56 GMT -5
Wait, when did Hacksaw become Ed McMahon? Will he start giving out gigantic checks that are stapled to 2X4s?
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King Rich
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Post by King Rich on Dec 8, 2007 9:45:14 GMT -5
Did this happen?? I've only been watching for 10 years, and like to think I'm pretty clued up about the goings-on before I started watching, but haven't heard about this
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Post by Topher is Human on Dec 8, 2007 9:46:19 GMT -5
Hmm, that's a pretty interesting read.
Also at the beginning the author comes off as the most narrow minded, typical "anti-wrestling" figure-head to walk the planet, and his entire grasp on EVERYTHING seems to be way off. But in the end he delivers with some really good words from Regal and Nowinski.
All in all a VERY good read and cheers for the post.
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Post by angryfan on Dec 8, 2007 10:01:12 GMT -5
The last line kinda made me chuckel. Being dumped by WWE is the worst thing that can happen to a wrestler? Left with nothing but backstreet wrestling clubs? Why do I picture Dixie Carter reading this, pausing for like thirty seconds and then yelling "hey...wait a minute!"?
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Post by Topher is Human on Dec 8, 2007 10:03:49 GMT -5
The last line kinda made me chuckel. Being dumped by WWE is the worst thing that can happen to a wrestler? Left with nothing but backstreet wrestling clubs? Why do I picture Dixie Carter reading this, pausing for like thirty seconds and then yelling "hey...wait a minute!"? I actually pictured her sitting perfectly still glaring at the article at her dining table as you see the sunfall/moonrise then moonfall/sunrise out the window before she snaps and rips it up.
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Post by krill on Dec 8, 2007 10:17:34 GMT -5
Very interesting from the Regal interview on.
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Post by Joker on Dec 8, 2007 10:17:49 GMT -5
I haven't finsihed reading it yet, bu the converstaion between intrepid interview man and John Morrison is cracking me up ...
Suddenly, the curtains in our little closet are flung open, and Joel and I gasp. We are face to face with the magnificent John Morrison. He poses for photographs with us. I get out my tape recorder. We begin.
"I very much like, but don't understand, your philosophy about the palace of wisdom," I say. "You say, 'Join me in the palace of wisdom or continue to be slaves to society.' What is the palace of wisdom?"
"Yeah, the palace of wisdom," Morrison nods. "That's vague. It could mean everything. It could mean nothing. To me, it means something."
He falls mysteriously silent.
"Can you elaborate a little?" I ask.
"Anybody's palace of wisdom is the top level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Self-actualisation. Whenever you're pursuing that what makes you happy, you're living in the palace of wisdom."
"Wow," Joel says.
Wow indeed!! lol ;D
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Post by catweazel4life on Dec 8, 2007 11:18:14 GMT -5
Bear in mind that Joel is the interviewer's 9 year-old son.
The bloke who wrote the piece - Jon Ronson - is a brilliant writer. Probably my favourite.
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Post by Baixo Astral on Dec 8, 2007 11:26:03 GMT -5
Yeah, Ronson is a truly tremendous writer.
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Post by Kenny Brockelstein on Dec 8, 2007 11:29:46 GMT -5
The Guardian needs to send Charlie Brooker to write an article about the next WrestleMania. I would love to read that.
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Post by Loki on Dec 8, 2007 11:36:08 GMT -5
Did this happen?? I've only been watching for 10 years, and like to think I'm pretty clued up about the goings-on before I started watching, but haven't heard about this I don't actually recall such thing happening around 1992-93... When was it aired? IF it really happened
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Post by azz0r on Dec 8, 2007 12:36:03 GMT -5
A wrestler yells, "I spit in the face of people who aren't cool." Then he grabs his opponent by the chin, repeatedly smashes his face into the floor,
who don't want to be cool...you mean
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Steveweiser
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Post by Steveweiser on Dec 8, 2007 13:26:47 GMT -5
Bear in mind that the writer has very little experience in wrestling, he won't know all the catchphrases word for word.
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Post by Linestra on Dec 8, 2007 14:37:06 GMT -5
That was well worth the read.
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Post by The Heff on Dec 8, 2007 17:06:02 GMT -5
McMahon's stars of today include John Cena (currently recovering from a pectoral injury and so not on this tour) and the breathtakingly monstrous 7ft Kane.
Kane? If John Cena wasn't mentioned in this paragraph I would have said this was posted 10 years ago ... Nobody cares about Kane anymore. It's almost a Conway pop for him. Take away the mask, take away the character.
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Post by Legion on Dec 8, 2007 17:13:14 GMT -5
The reaction that Kane always gets and has always gotten says differently
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Post by Cactus Jack on Dec 9, 2007 8:46:55 GMT -5
Hmph...Morrison should have explained the Jim Morrison connection, instead of just rambling on in-character.
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