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First off, Steph and I started a new relationship recently. It's nobody's business why we did it, and if you think that you're privy to such information or have an itch to ask anyone, you are best to keep your mouth shut about it. We're having different days than we have in the last two years, and that's a good thing. They're not 100% completely better days, but they are a whole lot more promising. I'm not a passive person; I have just learned to stop and think before I make any steps in correcting anything. She has been good to me, and I've tried to be good to her. We've both been through too much in our lives to give up so easily.
Where do I sit with wrestling? Right now, I'm done. I'm in a mindset that the business is so watered down with too many shows, and not enough interest even half of them. There's very little growth in anything around here, regardless of what the Chicago Kids think. Everything overlaps and no one is happy. No one fixes it, because everyone working nowadays is a fan. What happened to wrestling being a job, a task? Now everyone wants to entertain themselves that most (I'll give a little credit) forget that they are selling a product, just like a toy store, or a sandwich shop. If you're pandering more to yourself and the others in the back, and not to the paying customer, then cannot say that you're doing good business. A lot of places make great matches, but not great shows, and end up having to base their income on Tape sales... but what if you had the comprimise of the two? I'd love to have a great gate and then interest in the DVD's. One of the Ultimate Goals in wrestling needs to be the live crowd. A wrestler controls the emotion of a crowd, but it also works in reverse. Thus a great match should be determined by the reaction of the majority. Don't you dare tell me that you had a great match when you had one reaction to the last move in the match.
Wrestlers, you're not gonna get anywhere by directly copying the guys you see on TV. It's okay to take little bits here and there. But to have carbon copy matches is NOT ENTERTAINING, NOR IS IT RESPECTABLE. You're not that good if you can't think on your own.
"Early in my career during the 1960s, I had to learn the hard way about developing a character that was bold and unique. I had put together a routine that I felt was strong, so I asked former National Wrestling Alliance Champion Pat O'Connor to see what he thought.
He said, 'I saw Buddy Rogers and Don Eagle. When do I get to see you?'
I was stumped. I didn't get what he was saying. But then I realized that because I was green, I picked up all of these moves and mannerisms from the people I idolized and was putting them out there. As many years as he had in the business, Pat had realized that was the case.
So I kept some of those things I was doing, but modified them in a way to make them mine."
~ Les Thatcher
It's okay to see something here and there, but for someone to tell you, "I've seen that match before," should tell you all about your TALENT.
I'll have more later, but I'm in hungry mode, and I thought about getting into shower mode. I smell like tender beef.
Where do I sit with wrestling? Right now, I'm done. I'm in a mindset that the business is so watered down with too many shows, and not enough interest even half of them. There's very little growth in anything around here, regardless of what the Chicago Kids think. Everything overlaps and no one is happy. No one fixes it, because everyone working nowadays is a fan. What happened to wrestling being a job, a task? Now everyone wants to entertain themselves that most (I'll give a little credit) forget that they are selling a product, just like a toy store, or a sandwich shop. If you're pandering more to yourself and the others in the back, and not to the paying customer, then cannot say that you're doing good business. A lot of places make great matches, but not great shows, and end up having to base their income on Tape sales... but what if you had the comprimise of the two? I'd love to have a great gate and then interest in the DVD's. One of the Ultimate Goals in wrestling needs to be the live crowd. A wrestler controls the emotion of a crowd, but it also works in reverse. Thus a great match should be determined by the reaction of the majority. Don't you dare tell me that you had a great match when you had one reaction to the last move in the match.
Wrestlers, you're not gonna get anywhere by directly copying the guys you see on TV. It's okay to take little bits here and there. But to have carbon copy matches is NOT ENTERTAINING, NOR IS IT RESPECTABLE. You're not that good if you can't think on your own.
"Early in my career during the 1960s, I had to learn the hard way about developing a character that was bold and unique. I had put together a routine that I felt was strong, so I asked former National Wrestling Alliance Champion Pat O'Connor to see what he thought.
He said, 'I saw Buddy Rogers and Don Eagle. When do I get to see you?'
I was stumped. I didn't get what he was saying. But then I realized that because I was green, I picked up all of these moves and mannerisms from the people I idolized and was putting them out there. As many years as he had in the business, Pat had realized that was the case.
So I kept some of those things I was doing, but modified them in a way to make them mine."
~ Les Thatcher
It's okay to see something here and there, but for someone to tell you, "I've seen that match before," should tell you all about your TALENT.
I'll have more later, but I'm in hungry mode, and I thought about getting into shower mode. I smell like tender beef.