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Topic Started: Feb 4 2008, 01:34 AM (2,040 Views)
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A new idea, sort of. Back on TRT and BEB, I had a monthly article on both the main sites called "Rants of Thy Evil One". After growing weary of writing those long rants each month, I started doing this instead.

Basically, since I feel I am a very opinionated person on the topic of professional wrestling, I'm allowing anyone and everyone to ask me my thoughts/opinions on anything in the history of pro wrestling. Arguing is encouraged.

Multiple people can ask at the same time.

Ask me how I'd book things differently, come up with new angles, talk about things that have happened that you want to know my opinion on, etc. Ask me about my time at WWE when I was an intern for six months. Anything, I just feel like talking wrasslin'.
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*bump* plz :(
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How would you handle the current booking situation of John Cena
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Good question. Cena seems, to many, too diverse to handle anymore. Most thought that a few months off from injury would do Cena good, and it's funny. Alot of reports during the No-Cena Months said that whenever he appeared on a pre-show video package, he usually got extremely loud pops all around. Yet, once he entered the ring at the Rumble (when he first came out, it was all around cheering, and then it slowly deteriorated), it was back to that horrid sounding split decision from the fans. Cena seems to be the exact opposite of what Steve Austin was when it comes to the fans. Vince wanted, originally, Austin to be the hated heel, but fans LOVED HIM. Vince wants Cena to be to the overloved face, but fans LOATHE him. Take a hint, Vin man. It's time to turn Cena heel. And that's how I would do it.

But, if they were going to turn him heel, it would have to wait until after WrestleMania, and it couldn't be like, Cena just comes out and goes "you fans never supported me so i hate you zomg". That's ricockulous. It needs to be done the slow-boil type way, the way Triple H's eventual face turn was handled in 2006.

Cena's booking since his return has been good, although his first two nights back, and where's he at? New York City and Philadelphia...the two most judgemental wrestling cities on the face of the earth, and I don't think even the kids and women were popping for him in those towns. Keep him out of Philly and NYC as a face, or, do as you do with HBK in Montreal, and play him as the heel.

There's numerous posibilities. Keep it simple, make it successful. Turn him heel. Keep him heel. I guarantee you Cena is a natural heel.
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How would you handle Randy Orton? Killing him is an option :twocents:
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Let's say CM Punk won MITB or was just traded to Smackdown, how would you book a feud with him and Edge.
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I don't hate Randy Orton. Infact, I've been a fan of Orton since day one with his feud against Hardcore Holly on Velocity. I don't see what it is people don't like about him. He's improved in his ring work and his mic work. He's another one, like Ken Kennedy, who makes the matches look more real. Grant it, he is Mr. Rest Hold, but hey, that's his style. But he makes the matches look more real, like an actual struggled fight, rather than a planned out choreographed match. He's a natural heel, he's been an awesome heel since he broke away from Rated RKO and re-vamped his Legend Killer business. His feud with Jeff Hardy (love them or hate them) has elevated them both to legit main eventers, in my opinion. I always considered Randy a ME'er because of his status and the fact that he held the World Title once before. But now, he's a legitimate World Title contender.

I do think it will be stupid if they have him drop the title to Cena at No Way Out. Infact, I think it would be stupid if they had Orton drop the belt at WrestleMania. But knowing Cena's "luck" and Triple H's recently revamped variety of politics in the back, there's no way Randy Orton is walking out of WrestleMania WWE Champion. If he's even in a semi-high profile match, I'll be shocked, and it's a damned shame. He's produced some great TV since No Mercy.

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I've always been a fan of the "you can't beat me" feuds, much like the original feud between Sandman and Dreamer, not Raven and Dreamer that you're all thinking of. Raven/Dreamer was a GREAT STORY, don't get me wrong, but the Sandman/Dreamer one was my favorite because it centered more around wrestling, which is what I think a feud between Edge and CM Punk would need to be about being that Punk seems uncomfortable on the mic since coming to WWE and Edge is currently making out with Eddie's widow and not getting a whole lot of meaningful mic time.

Basically, Punk either moves to SmackDown or just starts appearing on SmackDown more (as I really don't think either show has it's own roster, I think it's just one big roster now, which tends to get confusing). Punk wins the Money in the Bank, going with your scenario. Edge taunts Punk constantly to use his MITB briefcase to challenge him for the World Championship. Repetedly, for weeks, maybe even a couple of months, Edge demolishes Punk. Backstage attacks, sneak attacks, post match beat downs, weapon attacks. Cheating in every which way so as to make him more heel and not make Punk look weak.

But always, ALWAYS have Punk come back for more. He never appears "live via satillite" injured. He comes back the next week, knowing some how, Edge is going to beat the shit out of him, but Punk is still there, ready to compete against somebody, anybody, from Jamie Noble to the Undertaker, anyone.

Then, around SummerSlam, have Punk pull a trick out of Edge's playbook. Some sort of torunament or battle royal is made to find a challenger for Edge's title at SummerSlam. Punk wins and challenges Edge for the World Title at SummerSlam. This one goes clean, right down the middle. No cheating, no interferences, no dusty finish. Punk makes Edge his bitch, but to the same extent, Edge gets the best of Punk as well. Edge pulls off the "Orton Rumble" finish where his finisher comes out of nowhere, as it usually does, and he scores a win. He's shocked, but he acts confident in the following weeks, feeling he's proven Punk wrong.

Now, from there, do one of two things. Immediately following the match, have Punk get on the mic and say he's cashing in his MITB right now. Edge argues that Punk can't do that with the ref. With Edge's back turned, Punk takes another Edge trick, rolls Edge up and scores a pinfall victory to become the new World Heavyweight Champion.

Continue the feud with Punk being the WHC til about Survivor Series, getting the best of Edge. But eventually, at S.Series, Edge either overcomes Punk, but more than likely cheats to win, beating Punk for the title once and for all.

That's how I would do it, personally.
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While I don't see Jeff Hardy winning the title anytime soon, who would you book him to fued with next? Will he stay at main even level or will he slowly crumble?
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What exactly did you do as part of your internship with the 'E? How'd you get it? How/who were the people you dealt with?

Essentially that and anything more you wana throw in
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Right now the roster split is a bit of a mess with people just appearing on random shows for no apparant reason (like when the Highlanders were on Raw, Heat and ECW all in 1 week), my question is, if you had the choice would you scrap the roster split, enforce it properly or keep it as it is right now?
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OK, the WWE and TNA are trading wrestlers. What 5 would you trade from WWE to TNA and from TNA to WWE and why?
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I really don't want to see Hardy just thrown into the Money in the Bank. Quite frankly, I've loved the feud with Umaga he's had off and on since the Great American Bash. It always draws viewers and ratings, so shit, book them to go at it at WrestleMania in a singles match. It'd be a great match, imho. Run with that from No Way Out to WrestleMania. I say have Hardy get back into the title picture in the summer, perhaps headline Summerslam with Hardy/Cena, Hardy/Orton or Hardy/Hunter.

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I got my internship with WWE through contacts at the school I attended for broadcasting communications. I started with them in March 2007 and my internship was up in October 2007. I worked mainly with the production people. People such as Jon Gabruick and Jim Johnston. From time to time, to get cues right on music and lighting, and to also pitch our own ideas, the group of Interns I was in would be allowed to sit on on some of the Creative meetings, usually two a month out of the maybe 10 they had a month.

On a professional level, I worked with a group of interns and we worked directly under Jon Gabruick and Jim Johnston for music and production. I got to meet alot of people, however. In the offices alone, I got to meet Dusty Rhodes, Dave Lagana, Brian Gerwitz, Michael Hayes, Arn Anderson, Tommy Dreamer, Stephanie McMahon, Mick Foley, Ken Kennedy, London & Kendrick, MVP, Hacksaw Jim Duggan and a few others.

I got to work three live events, two house shows and one live television taping. No on camera work or major stuff for the live television taping of Smackdown/ECW. Basically, we got to sit around and study how it was supposed to be done. While doing those shows, I got to meet even more stars. CM Punk, Bobby Lashley, Jimmy Wayne Yang, Matt Hardy, Finlay, Michael Cole, JBL and most importantly, the Undertaker.

The only two real stories I have of interest that I have time and the strength to type out are about miscuing Bobby Lashley's pyro and Dusty and Arn drunk.

At the first house show I worked, I was helping out on alot of the pyro and lighting work for the show. It was a show in Poughkeepsie, NY. As Lashley went to do his jump into the ring, I set the timing about four seconds off. So as Bobby was in mid air to the ring apron, the pyro went off. His arms started flailing and he caught onto the ropes and started to fall backwards but caught himself. He turned quickly and looked back towards the production area. I know he couldnt see me directly, but I felt like he was staring a hole straight through me. It was a funny moment for me, but after a scolding from the guy who was teaching me, it was quickly forgotten.

The other was from the very last night of our internship. Mind you, I was living part time during most of the week up in Connecticut in the crummy two bedroom apartments they would give us that we'd share with three other people. Not very cozzy or private. Anyway, on the very last night of our internship, most of the staff we had grown accustomed to had taken us out to dinner "on Vince", which were apparently his words, which was kinda cool. There were alot of people there that I was cool with that were the higher ups and such that many of you would not know. The only ones there with any "name value" were Michael Hayes, Jim Johnston, Arn Anderson, Dusty Rhodes and Dean Malenko. We were at this steakhouse about two miles down from HQ and we were there for a good for hours. Dusty started "reminiscing" about the good ol' days and started ordering Kamikaze's for him and Arn, which according to one of the production guys wasn't Dusty "reminiscing", it was just an excuse for him to get ridiculously drunk for no reason. He did it alot, and I'd assume still does. Anyway, after a few kamikazes, plus the drinks Arn and Dusty already had, they were pretty lit up. Not hammered, not plastered, but they were drunk. They began cutting promos on each other in the middle of the restaurant. For an old school wrestling fan like me, that was one of the greatest moments in my life to see two of the best mic men of all-time cutting drunk promos. It only lasted for a few moments, but it was epic and a great way to end my time there.

In early October, they offered me a position in the productions department along with three of the other interns. The other two were given jobs in Creative. The other two were let go. Me and one of the creative picks decided against taking the jobs. At the time, WWE was still under horrid heat from the Benoit tragedy and had just suspended about 10 people from the Signature Pharmacy scandal. As much of a dream job as it was for me, it wasn't the right time for me to be starting a career there, nor was I ready to be able to move up to Connecticut full-time.

As I was saying my good-byes, Dusty came up to me and I went to shake his hand. He pushed it away and said "GREGGY, COME GIB THE DREAM SUM LOOOOVE". That was awesome and actually got me a bit upset that I wasn't staying.

It's ashame because for six months, I saw some childhood heroes three to four days a week. But if I went up to any of them today, nearly a year after my internship originally started, probably none of them would remember me.

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Here's my thing. SmackDown, even with the addition of ECW, has been the same exact show since the most recent Draft. Literally. Every week. The same matches happen quite often! It's boring! I feel it's wrong to have as much talent on RAW as they do. Proof is in the pudding, look at the two Chamber line-ups for No Way Out. Raw's is epic. SD's is meh. I would keep it the same except I would send maybe a FEW people from RAW over to SD/ECW. I like the joint thing with SD/ECW as both shows desperately needed some refreshment. But it's sad that the only ECW person who really makes an impact on SD is Punk and the only person from SD that is sent over to ECW to "make an impact" is Kane.

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GREAT GREAT Question here.

My Five from TNA to WWE:
1.) Christian Cage
2.) Tomko
3.) AJ Styles
4.) Robert Roode
5.) The LAX

My Five from WWE to TNA:
1.) Shelton Benjamin
2.) Londrick
3.) John Morrison
4.) Matt Hardy
5.) Batista

Alright, here's why. I'd send the original Christian Coalition to the WWE because I believe with the WWE backing them, especially with WWE now seeing Christian at his full potential and that Tomko has talent, it could be epic. Styles in a WWE ring is one of my dreams to see. They'd be a force to be reckoned with, and quite frankly, they'd be what they're trying to have on SmackDown right now with Edge, Chavo and the Edgeheads. I'd send Robert Roode to the WWE because he can only get so far in TNA and I do believe Robert Roode will, one day, be one of the greatest of all-time. He's got the look, the talent, and the mic ability to be one of the best. He's a natural heel. Hopefully, WWE wouldn't turn him face unless the pops were right, and even them, keep him a tweener/edgy face at best. I'd send the LAX to the WWE because I don't want to see a Carlito/Eddie/Apollo version of LAX spark up in WWE in the near future. Hernandez is the perfect, perfect for what the WWE likes and I do believe Homicide would fit excellent as well. All they need is a mouth piece. Shelley Martinez doesn't make or break the deal for me as I do not find her attractive or useful.

Now, the first three picks from WWE to TNA were picked for the same reason. I do not think Shelton, Londrick or Morrison will EVER be top stars anywhere until they go to TNA and are seasoned up more, sort of what I hope is happening with Christian (meaning he WILL go back to the WWE one day). I think the freedom at TNA could do Shelton, Londrick and Morrison goddamn WONDERS, and would be amazing to see as without the WWE restrictions, their matches would be :o . I'd move Matt Hardy there because, wrestling wise, he can reach his peek in the WWE, verbally and character wise, I feel he's held back. As Version One, he was AWESOME because he was being himself. When he cut promos, it sounded like it was actually him, not a script. When he's a face, it sounds like he's just memorizing words from a script and he sounds like a tool. Him and Jeff both. Batista, I feel, has just enough star power to finally give TNA the push they need in the right direction.


KEEP THESE COMING I LIVE FOR THESE. Let's get some old school ECW and WCW stuff too.

ASK ANYTHING ABOUT ANY WRESTLING. It doesn't just have to be WWE.
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If Paul Heyman was given full control of the new ECW like he was suppose to what do you think would be different? What things would have happened that didn't?
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Firstly, if Paul E. had has much creative control and input as he should have and was supposed too, he would've never elected to bring back ECW at all. There's no way you can recreate what ECW was, and there's no way you can repackage ECW to present it to today's audience. Unfortunately, as much as it pains me to say, the wrestling world has moved on and there's not a place for ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) any more. But, I guess that doesn't really answer your question now, does it?

If ECW was brought back, no matter what, and Paul E. was in FULL and I do mean FULL control of it (barring any intrusion from Vince McMahon), I do feel that he would've done what Dave Lagana nor Dusty Rhodes could do, and that's combine both the old vision of ECW with the new vision of ECW, which could make for some extremely interesting television. Hardcore, but not too hardcore. Pure wrestling, but not over the top X-Division. Alot of the originals would've stayed put and been happier. While I don't think Tommy, Sandman or even Sabu would've been the "champ", they wouldn't of been far from contention, they'd be used to put people over as well, and that doesn't neccesarily mean having them losing all the time either. Basically, the Originals feud vs. New Breed, you would've seen alot more of that (not neccesarily that storyline, but younger stars getting the rub from vets). I think it worked. I didn't consider Elijah Burke a star until the feud with the Originals wrapped up. RVD would be a certified main eventer. ECW wouldn't be looked at as a third-rate nationally televised Developmental Program. They wouldn't of had four weeks of CM Punk vs. Chavo Guerrero as the main event with nothing new really happening (except Chavo winning the belt, which was kind of a shocker). The ratings would've been much higher. It would've more than likely moved from Sci-Fi. The anal fluid that was Bobby Lashley would've never been the "face of ECW". There'd be at least one other title belt. Armando Estrada would not be the GM who's just never around. ECW wouldn't be used to tie up feuds from RAW & SD as it has done from time to time.

Do I really need to go on? I mean, there's been so many things that not only have spat & shat on the legacy of the name 'ECW', but have shat & spat on what should and could be decent WWE programming, and rarely is.

Paul E., love him or hate him, would have made things better. If he was given the book full time, if Vince and him would've just stopped butting heads, things would be great. He's not a great businessman, no shit. But, his booking skills? Impeccable. Next to none. ECW Original fan, I am, but whether I was or not, you ain't changing my opinion on that, jack.
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How do you feel about the terrible usage of DDP during his WWE tenure?
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Quite frankly, as soon as DDP was revealed to be Sara Callaway's stalker, I already knew his fate was sealed. He said in an interview with Brian Fritz from The Orlando Sentinel: "When I came in, if they were smart, which the fans were but the office wasn't, but if the office was smart, they would've booked me when I was still hot to do a People's Champion vs. People's Champion angle against The Rock. Everyone wanted Austin/Goldberg, and I guarantee you DDP/Rock could draw just as much, even now, as Austin/Goldberg could ever do." And I agree with that to the fullest. It upsets me because I was a DDP mark, just look at my avatar. Now, I will admit. I liked his "Self-Help" gimmick, I really did, and it had potential. And when he started getting that push and he beat Christian at WrestleMania in what was a pretty good program, I was really getting pumped up. And then BAM, injured, career over. DDP could've been a cash-cow for WWE but they never banked on him because he was from WCW, much like 95% of other former ECW and WCW talents have been treated upon going to WWF/E. It's a damn shame, too. It probably didn't help that DDP's best friend is/was Eric Bischoff, whom at the time, was still despised by Vinnie Mac.
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How would you have booked Kurt Angle upon his debut in TNA in November 06?
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Let me start by telling you what I wouldn't have done. I wouldn't of hyped his debut with a video at the PPV before BFG. I wouldn't of had him start his feud with Joe before BFG. I wouldn't of made him the Special Enforcer of Sting/Jarrett. I would've had him just surprisingly show up at BFG, no video hyping, no "OH ITS REAL, ITS DAMN REAL ZOMG" bullshit. Have him appear. Have him interfere. Cut a promo. Something. Maybe what Cornette did at the end of the PPV before BFG he could've done at the END of BFG.

Yes, I would've booked Joe/Angle, the dream match. However, I wouldn't of made it the next PPV. And I wouldn't of had them fight for, what was it, three or four PPV's in a row? Plus a continued feud until the mid/late summer? Fuck that. I would've done the slow build and had it culminate at either Lockdown or Victory Road, or maybe even tease it for a year and have THAT be the Main Event at Bound For Glory 2007. They rushed it, it wasn't that good, hell, it wasn't good at all except for the actual wrestling. The only good thing that came out of that feud was Karen Angle.

I also wouldn't of had Angle win the TNA Title as early as he did. That was ricockulous. Just NOW am I buying into Angle being the legit TNA Champion, and I was the same man who was stumped as to why Angle would drop the title to Sting at BFG only to win it back at the Impact tapings the next night.
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Would you have gone through with the WCW/ECW invasion angle, and if so, how would you have done it differently to how it was originally booked?
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How would you have done WWE's version of the nWo differently?
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