<< Remember this is one of my relatives I'm talking about. He was part of the WWF training league(whatever they call it) and what I posted earlier is true. >>
I'm not doubting your side of your story. I'm saying the average professional does NOT spend spend days preparing for a TV match. The case may be different for your relative here, but in the WWF the cases ARE NOT the same.
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<< 0.5 Are matches scripted or improvised?
A bit of both.
Type "A" wrestlers (like most of WCW's cruiserweights and people with strong training backgrounds like the Armstrongs and the Harts) can usually go into a ring and make up a watchable match with no time needed beforehand. Brad Armstrong and the Great Muta once improvised a ****1/2 match on five minutes notice for WCW Saturday Night, for instance.
Type "B" wrestlers (most everyone else) will generally have an idea of the finish and flow of a match, and will "call spots" during the match (whisper moves into their opponent's ear) to keep the match fresh and interesting. This is the most common match method.
Type "C" wrestlers (Hogan, Kevin Nash and most roided monsters) will generally plan out the entire match beforehand, and sometimes choreograph the action days in advance to ensure a minimum of trouble. The Hulk Hogan-Ultimate Warrior match from 1990 was rehearsed several times, weeks before the event.
The rule is generally that one type of wrestler v. the same type of wrestler are usually capable of producing at least a decent match, because the styles are compatible. The trouble comes when the "C" type wrestlers fight "B" type wrestlers, because those on the lowest tier of match quality are generally incapable of improvising a match, and a wrestler who *is* capable of doing so will be bored and disinterested in a choreographed match. The most glaring example of completely mismatched styles was Shane Douglas v. Pitbull #2 at ECW's Barely Legal PPV, where Shane attempted to improvise a match and the Pitbull was desperately trying to maintain a match flow devised hours before the match began.
In the end, of course, the above is merely a general guide and not an iron-clad classification of wrestling styles. Feel free to use your own judgment. >>
<< I know it breaks your heart to find out that the WWF isn't a real sport but accept it. >>
I really see it's sad you have to settle for 6th grade level insults to attempt to make your point here.
It only serves to hurt your side further.
<< was not comparing the XFL to Hitler, what I was doing was stating the fact that most people are stupid. >>
Your argument is totally falling apart here. If you did some research, you might learn some things..
<< If you were to do some sort of survey I think you would find that by far the majority of people who watch the WWF are uneducated, lower class, "she's my sister AND my wife", buffons who wouldn't know culture if it bit them in their a$$. Well, except of course for the cutlure in their ears and on their teeth...err...tooth. >>
The people that I find as uneducated and lower class are ones that make very gross and high generalizations. Your prejudice is very insulting to me, and the millions of fans that do tune into wrestling broadcasts every week.
Judging from message boards that I've frequented, I suspect that a whole lot of fans are no strangers to institutions of higher learning. Of course, the stereotypical ?truck driving redneck who never graduated from high school? also tunes in to Raw and Smackdown every week.
William Shakespeare?s works are now taught in every major University. However, back in the late 16th century, Will was just a struggling playwright trying to make a living. He had to please the groundlings (poor folks) as much as the Queen. Therefore, he threw in many ?naughty? jokes and double innuendoes. Shakespeare was creating art, but he had to cater to everyone in his potential audience. Wrestling is no different. Educated lawyers watch it. So do high school dropouts. And both able to derive the same amount of enjoyment upon seeing their favorite sports-entertainers duel in the center of the ring or on the microphone.
Blacks were once viewed as being ?less intelligent? than whites and were used as slaves. Women didn?t always have the ability to vote. Times changed. ?Perceptions? changed. Those may be extreme examples, but the principles in them still apply.
I'm not doubting your side of your story. I'm saying the average professional does NOT spend spend days preparing for a TV match. The case may be different for your relative here, but in the WWF the cases ARE NOT the same.
http://www.rantsylvania.com/home/rspwfaq/prelude.asp
Check out this FAQ here:
<< 0.5 Are matches scripted or improvised?
A bit of both.
Type "A" wrestlers (like most of WCW's cruiserweights and people with strong training backgrounds like the Armstrongs and the Harts) can usually go into a ring and make up a watchable match with no time needed beforehand. Brad Armstrong and the Great Muta once improvised a ****1/2 match on five minutes notice for WCW Saturday Night, for instance.
Type "B" wrestlers (most everyone else) will generally have an idea of the finish and flow of a match, and will "call spots" during the match (whisper moves into their opponent's ear) to keep the match fresh and interesting. This is the most common match method.
Type "C" wrestlers (Hogan, Kevin Nash and most roided monsters) will generally plan out the entire match beforehand, and sometimes choreograph the action days in advance to ensure a minimum of trouble. The Hulk Hogan-Ultimate Warrior match from 1990 was rehearsed several times, weeks before the event.
The rule is generally that one type of wrestler v. the same type of wrestler are usually capable of producing at least a decent match, because the styles are compatible. The trouble comes when the "C" type wrestlers fight "B" type wrestlers, because those on the lowest tier of match quality are generally incapable of improvising a match, and a wrestler who *is* capable of doing so will be bored and disinterested in a choreographed match. The most glaring example of completely mismatched styles was Shane Douglas v. Pitbull #2 at ECW's Barely Legal PPV, where Shane attempted to improvise a match and the Pitbull was desperately trying to maintain a match flow devised hours before the match began.
In the end, of course, the above is merely a general guide and not an iron-clad classification of wrestling styles. Feel free to use your own judgment. >>
<< I know it breaks your heart to find out that the WWF isn't a real sport but accept it. >>
I really see it's sad you have to settle for 6th grade level insults to attempt to make your point here.
It only serves to hurt your side further.
<< was not comparing the XFL to Hitler, what I was doing was stating the fact that most people are stupid. >>
Your argument is totally falling apart here. If you did some research, you might learn some things..
<< If you were to do some sort of survey I think you would find that by far the majority of people who watch the WWF are uneducated, lower class, "she's my sister AND my wife", buffons who wouldn't know culture if it bit them in their a$$. Well, except of course for the cutlure in their ears and on their teeth...err...tooth. >>
The people that I find as uneducated and lower class are ones that make very gross and high generalizations. Your prejudice is very insulting to me, and the millions of fans that do tune into wrestling broadcasts every week.
Judging from message boards that I've frequented, I suspect that a whole lot of fans are no strangers to institutions of higher learning. Of course, the stereotypical ?truck driving redneck who never graduated from high school? also tunes in to Raw and Smackdown every week.
William Shakespeare?s works are now taught in every major University. However, back in the late 16th century, Will was just a struggling playwright trying to make a living. He had to please the groundlings (poor folks) as much as the Queen. Therefore, he threw in many ?naughty? jokes and double innuendoes. Shakespeare was creating art, but he had to cater to everyone in his potential audience. Wrestling is no different. Educated lawyers watch it. So do high school dropouts. And both able to derive the same amount of enjoyment upon seeing their favorite sports-entertainers duel in the center of the ring or on the microphone.
Blacks were once viewed as being ?less intelligent? than whites and were used as slaves. Women didn?t always have the ability to vote. Times changed. ?Perceptions? changed. Those may be extreme examples, but the principles in them still apply.
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