"What are they doing at TNA?" Al: "Same thing" I love Al Snow's flat out honesty about the wrestling business. He doesn't play politics in talking about it, and he brings it to raw simple principles with his dry sense of humor that I love...
Just watched it three times over two days. Get this DVD. The mentality brought to light through Al Snow is the light bulb going off for this fan. Amazing!
Al is the man. The guy can do anything in this business. He's a great agent, a great booker, and a GROSSLY underestimated worker himself. I've NEVER bought any of the vids in this series, but I'm seriously considering this one.
I once purchased the Dutch Mantel shoot, but when I inserted the disk, (to my surprise) this shoot started playing. It all worked out for the best, as this is a great shoot.
Thankyou, thank you, thank you! Thank you Al Snow, for telling people the REAL reason why the product has gone down hill, instead of why people want to believe why it's gone down hill.
Just received in the mail today. Side note - once opened, there was a distinctive odor that came out of the envelope. After a few seconds, I have to acknowledge the fact that now my apartment smells like Bayonne, New Jersey. I hope you're happy now, Sean!
al snow and john coachman should've been the new raw broadcast team after wrestlemania 18 (2002) when they shifted from the wwf attitude era into the wwe era. new breed of superstars (cena, orton, lesnar, batista), new commentators calling the matches. coachman who went to broadcasting school, al snow a former athlete of the sport he now would commentate. just like all the other sports.
@IDante1Savage What Al meant was that when a talent got to a certain level back in the territory days, he moved onto another territory so fans wouldn't get sick of seeing him. Nowadays, with WWE being the only major game in town, the same people are always on top.
people always knew it was fake, even in the 90s, were it was huge, people knew it was fake, but the actors at play made you love it, the angles were not childish and funny, not like today where " I SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AND I SEE THEM BEEN SOLD ON EBAY! ", i remember Triple H saying, a long ass time i go " people will bring chair with my blood, for me to sign and then sell it on Ebay ", he was cool with it lol.
All you have to do to book is put everybody in catagories like WCW had in the 90s and it pretty much writes its self. The catagories are WCW World Title contenders. US Title contenders. Tag Team Title contenders. TV Title contenders. Cruiserweight Title contenders. Then put together the rest of the pieces without a Title shot or number one contenders match. Its not hard the corner pieces are there just have to know what your doing. Its called strategy!
I remember back in Smokey Mountain and Al Snow was just a star waiting to explode. Out of all the guys who had the tag "The next HBK" I thought Snow was the best but of course he never reached that level. He never made it as high as I thought he would.
@ILSK5150 He's giving a dose of reality to everyone he's trying to talk to, especially on the Internet. Guy knows what he's talking about and is sick of people who don't.
To people saying Al Snow was never a top guy in any promotion he was crazy insanely over in classic ECW, arguably the most over wrestler in the company for months.
I remember a little quasi-push they were giving the Snowman after Mick Foley's first book came out, where HHH made him look like a million bucks, too bad he didn't remember that once get married Stephanie.
Every ROHbot needs to order this dvd and learn what pro wrestling is really about. It's not about having a great match, wrestling is a business. It's about selling tickets. ROH always claims to have great matches, but they are only 200-600 people in the audience and no one knows what ROH is.
My theory on wrestling is only the matches are staged to a certain degree. But a pro wrestler and all that's required is still very real. I know I'll never get to the standard the lads and lasses do on WWE/TNA and so on. But that will not stop me doing what I love doing. I wish there were more wrestling fans like yourself sir.
There will never be another Rock, Hogan, Austin you name it, no one will ever replace them. Those guys are legends in their own right. Idk about some ppl on here, but for me, i am NOT a MARK. Sure you can take big bumps outside and get hurt (you're landing on concrete) Not to cut Ric Flair down by any means, but his bumps are terrible. When you see him take a back body drop, he's ALWAYS landing on his side which explains why he has so many back problems
Hogan was the first big 'hook' character IMO. His personoa reeled in attention. From there many fans found they liked other wrestlers more. But most wrestling companies need such a character. There won't be another Rock and Austin etc. But there will be their place to fill. Mark? You don't mean our Mark do you? Yeah, Flair was a gluten for taking backdrops and top rope slams.
Like it or not, John Cena and Triple H both have three headlining WrestleMania each that are in the WWE's 10 highest drawing pay-per-views. They're legit draws.
The sad thing with professional wrestling (yes, Vince, I said "wrestling") now is that we're losing the "wrestlers" and having the "entertainers" shoved down our throats.
I would NEVER knock amateur wrestling. That's as real as it gets. I have all the respect in teh world for amateur wrestling cause in certain respects without that, you really can't prepare yourself for pro wrestling.
@stufaman exactly. Ever since I trained for pro wrestling on the indy scene (which by the way I nvr made it but that's way beside the point) i KIND OF not completly but KIND OF understand why they call it "Tough Enough". They don't call it that cause they wanna see who can endure the quote unquote "Pain and endurance, struggle, sacrifice etc" its more from a mentality standpoint instead of physical. IN MY OPINION (with all due respect) it's tough because 80% of wrestling is physics
@synthfiend i think he was referring to the attitude era when he made that comment. in fact. during that time nobody really did give a shit about quality matches. And it's honestly true. when the attitude era was going on. you didn't hear none of my friends that watched it tell me in school."Hey. did you see that awesome match at WM? No. they were talking about the latest Austin/Rock promo. or the diva's being piratically naked in the ring.
@Volumesofdoom Not an"ROHbot" but if it's not about having great matches then why should anyone buy tickets? Their 200-600 people audience does not mean that they don't put on great matches. They do it all the time.
@86Stooy I find it pathetic that wrestlers hate that. We know it's fake. We know what bumping and selling is. I've trained for pro wrestling, I know how it is. I know the secrets to the basic moves like a suplex. When you give a guy a suplex you don't ACTUALLY lift the guy over your head by urself cause it's physically impossible. Instead what you do is have the guy your giving the move to, have him do a handstand. In other words all he has to do is jump up and kick his feet up. LOL
It is indeed sir. The way I see it. You are a pro wrestler. I wrestle a bit myself. If we were to ever be in a match and you over shadow me in every attribute. Then the match should be ran accordingly. I can accept my place in it all and I know I will job to people clearly better than me. But many fans believe they are entitled to be THE ROCK if they get into a wrestling company. Sorry I'm going all wrestler ego, lol.
Simply wrestlers don't book. He did what was asked of him. Seriously let Al book WWE or TNA for a few months and you'd see a turn around. The issue is soap opera writers are now leading creative for both companies now and that is the reason for its state.
@RSXemperor85 that isnt why his toys were puled from the shelves his tys were pullled from the shelves because parents were offended by the whole head gimmick,it was even on the news.
This video is hilarious. Al Snow was a career midcarder, yet he keeps talking how he knows about how he knows what makes a good match & how to give the fans what they want. If he was truly as smart as he thinks he is on these subjects, don't you think that he would have been much more successful than what he was? Surely if he was selling tickets, Vince wouldn't have ignored that (after all it would be making him money) & gave him a push. I know I'll be flamed... but I am just stating the truth.
i said it once i'll say it again... al snow is the guy he hates the most, a SMARTMARK. thats how he got his J.O.B. moniker. apparently he smells his shit everyday that he cant even smell it anymore
As far as attitude vs pg here's my thoughts...wrestling is a recycling process...Some might hate the PG era but me growing up watch Hogan/Savage/Warrior/Beefcake that was PG style too...I think wrestling gave us PG wrestling, then we as older fans moved on to more hardcore style (ECW) and wrestling followed..Now its back to PG for the younger fans and eventually it might change back to rougher style when those fans get older..I'm not mad at all, I got 20+ years of entertainment.
@RSXemperor85 Because his character, who was always a low mid carder never was successful doesn't mean the Al Snow who worked behind the scenes and wrote stories and helped build matches and careers doesn't know what he's talking about.
@IDante1Savage Fair enough! I agree Im just saying everybody needs a paycheck. I mean i bet their are millions of people who hate their jobs but they still collect that paycheck & in the wrestling industry it isn't like there is a plethora of job opportunities.
Wrestlers have always called their matches outloud. Back then the crowd was so loud to were you wouldn't hear them. Now, some cities are so quite, you can hear their shoes untie.
@bkohler89 I find there's a lot of psychology in wrestling. Yes I see 'tough enough' as how much can we put these through to want it. Fortunately, a lot of people are once again fed up of the distinct paths WWE and TNA takes. So I think sooner or later an indy company will come up with a new method of wrestling entertainment that WWE will have no choice but to either include (or rip off) or tackle. If I ever got anywhere with wrestling, I'd be tempted to go to Japan rather than the US.
Wheather you intend to bury someone or not if the end result is that they dont have the same momentum after the match that they had going in and you blame them and never give them a redemption match very soon after then reguardless you just burried them like it or not.
@UFCfan4lif3 I can see where you're coming from but I have to disagree. Who ran the attitude era? Austin: Always considered a great talent. The Rock could always work a good match and tell a story. HHH a solid worker. Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, Angle all men who could get it done in the ring. And the divas. Trish Stratus, Lita, Molly Holly, Ivory, Victoria, Jacqueline all good women workers..There was serious in ring substance all through the attitude era to balance out the shows.
@IDante1Savage what boils down to is booking and how it is pulled off. we will use rock feuds with venis after loosing to austin at mania 16. next monday night raw val does something like talks how short rock came out. like pissing of the rock badly. the people were already behind rock dispite being a heel was cheered. venis was a heel. it's all about interaction. rocks bears the holy hell out of venis. venis is seriously banged up. rock/austin rematch at backlash happens. venis screws the
@bkohler89 I know a lot of wrestlers feel offended by the 'F' word because although the matches are fake. The requirements to be a high end pro wrestler are very real and demanding. Many have worked so hard to be at this point and have someone essentially claiming it's easy to do. You have to be a tough guy to do well in wrestling or at least handle tough guys well. I am an amateur wrestler too. When people ask to challenge me I simply point them to my booker and say go for it.
Majority of WWE Talent are indy wrestlers. Indy companies don't have the brilliant marketing team amount of money that the WWE has. All indy companies have is great wrestling and creative storylines. WWE doesn't need that cause they have money to blow on crap.
@IDante1Savage well i said it's all about booking. and part of booking is building. rock feuding with val venis would out of the blue. only reason i said mania 16 was u said after that would feud with venis right after that. there has to be something to reason why they are feuding. look what they did with sheamus they made him look a big star. yes brand new guy given. hogan was still hot at the time up till after his feud with slaughter. afterwards...it got old. there needs to fill in when
@IDante1Savage top talent being on top is fine worked up to the late 80's with long world title reigns. unforturnely doesn't work the same way for today. what he means like back in the territory days the top guy would move on to another territory after doing everything in the territory. or top guys would move down to mid card level to build a mid card into a new top guy. it's all about building doesn't have anything to with death to all top stars.
@jb0609 He's a producer, not a booker. He doesn't have the final say in what happens in TNA. It's Vince, Hogan, and Bischoff who are the main bookers in the company. If anyone is to blame for the decline in the story it's those 3. They have great talent, but they've all ended up in god awful story lines.
@MeThinks995 true story. the wwf got sued over al snow's toy (with "head") because they thought head was wwf's way of advocating beating/decapitating women. (paraphrased from "foley is good")
@jb0609 It doesn't matter if its a good match or a bad match at the end of the day as long as it draws money that is that matters. The true art of pro wrestling anyway is popping the crowd not being a technical catch as catch can pro wrestler. Without storylines & promos pro wrestling would not exist, ever hear the term "talk them into the seats" you would simply have Wrestler A vs. Wrestler B & nobody would pay to see that.
"Quality of matches meant nothing to these people." It's odd how that's changed, actually, and it's because of the diehard dirtsheet reading fans of the 80's that match quality became a big deal.
@jb0609 If Al Snow's ever been good at anything, it's putting on a quality match as the internet would have it. He's not without his technical prowess. Now, what he's never been is a draw, and considering he got further from heat from a maniquen head than he ever did as "Avatar" tells me he knows what the hell he's talking about.
"What are they doing at TNA?"
Al: "Same thing"
I love Al Snow's flat out honesty about the wrestling business. He doesn't play politics in talking about it, and he brings it to raw simple principles with his dry sense of humor that I love...
Just watched it three times over two days. Get this DVD. The mentality brought to light through Al Snow is the light bulb going off for this fan. Amazing!
Al snow knows his shit smart mind for the business and underrated
I really wish Al would appear on Steve Austin's, Jericho's, or JR's podcast.
Al is the man. The guy can do anything in this business. He's a great agent, a great booker, and a GROSSLY underestimated worker himself. I've NEVER bought any of the vids in this series, but I'm seriously considering this one.
I once purchased the Dutch Mantel shoot, but when I inserted the disk, (to my surprise) this shoot started playing. It all worked out for the best, as this is a great shoot.
When he talked about protecting the business the first thing I thought of was Fray Tormenta. The second thing was Ernie Ladd.
Thankyou, thank you, thank you! Thank you Al Snow, for telling people the REAL reason why the product has gone down hill, instead of why people want to believe why it's gone down hill.
Its so interesting to hear Al Snow talk about wrestling. So knowledgable about it and he explains it in a way where anyone can understand it.
I respect this guy so much. He's came a long way & is the true definition of hardcore.
Al Snow did a hardcore match with himself in the Toronto Skydome. He can say whatever he wants.
Just received in the mail today. Side note - once opened, there was a distinctive odor that came out of the envelope. After a few seconds, I have to acknowledge the fact that now my apartment smells like Bayonne, New Jersey. I hope you're happy now, Sean!
Just ordered this and can't wait for it to get here. I need a time machine gosh durn it.
I've never seen this side to Al Snow before. I'm starting to like him more
al snow and john coachman should've been the new raw broadcast team after wrestlemania 18 (2002) when they shifted from the wwf attitude era into the wwe era. new breed of superstars (cena, orton, lesnar, batista), new commentators calling the matches. coachman who went to broadcasting school, al snow a former athlete of the sport he now would commentate. just like all the other sports.
@IDante1Savage What Al meant was that when a talent got to a certain level back in the territory days, he moved onto another territory so fans wouldn't get sick of seeing him. Nowadays, with WWE being the only major game in town, the same people are always on top.
Still one of the best shows KC ever did. Kudos to Al & Sean 👏🏻
You're so well informed I can't even fathom your brilliance.
people always knew it was fake, even in the 90s, were it was huge, people knew it was fake, but the actors at play made you love it, the angles were not childish and funny, not like today where " I SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AND I SEE THEM BEEN SOLD ON EBAY! ", i remember Triple H saying, a long ass time i go " people will bring chair with my blood, for me to sign and then sell it on Ebay ", he was cool with it lol.
This looks like a great DVD. Looks like i share a lot of the same opinion as Al Snow.
This guy knows what he is talking about people.
What does everybody want?
HEAD!!!
AL SNOW!!!
Al Snow's '7 Deadly Steps' interview on UA-cam is a must listen to ....
All you have to do to book is put everybody in catagories like WCW had in the 90s and it pretty much writes its self. The catagories are WCW World Title contenders. US Title contenders. Tag Team Title contenders. TV Title contenders. Cruiserweight Title contenders. Then put together the rest of the pieces without a Title shot or number one contenders match. Its not hard the corner pieces are there just have to know what your doing. Its called strategy!
I remember back in Smokey Mountain and Al Snow was just a star waiting to explode. Out of all the guys who had the tag "The next HBK" I thought Snow was the best but of course he never reached that level. He never made it as high as I thought he would.
the theme for guest booker is pretty awesome
Al Snow should be the booker for TNA.
@ILSK5150 He's giving a dose of reality to everyone he's trying to talk to, especially on the Internet. Guy knows what he's talking about and is sick of people who don't.
Screw Paul Hayman, Put Al Snow in charge of Booking in TNA!!
DAM!...$20 bucks from my next paycheck have already been reserved for this DVD!...
what's the kevin macleod song played here?
can someone tell me the name of the song?
Al you had me at the Job Squad T-Shirt
Al Snow Rules...wish he was back doing Tough Enough....
To people saying Al Snow was never a top guy in any promotion he was crazy insanely over in classic ECW, arguably the most over wrestler in the company for months.
I remember a little quasi-push they were giving the Snowman after Mick Foley's first book came out, where HHH made him look like a million bucks, too bad he didn't remember that once get married Stephanie.
Every ROHbot needs to order this dvd and learn what pro wrestling is really about.
It's not about having a great match, wrestling is a business. It's about selling tickets. ROH always claims to have great matches, but they are only 200-600 people in the audience and no one knows what ROH is.
will this be available for rental anytime soon?
My theory on wrestling is only the matches are staged to a certain degree. But a pro wrestler and all that's required is still very real.
I know I'll never get to the standard the lads and lasses do on WWE/TNA and so on. But that will not stop me doing what I love doing.
I wish there were more wrestling fans like yourself sir.
There will never be another Rock, Hogan, Austin you name it, no one will ever replace them. Those guys are legends in their own right. Idk about some ppl on here, but for me, i am NOT a MARK. Sure you can take big bumps outside and get hurt (you're landing on concrete) Not to cut Ric Flair down by any means, but his bumps are terrible. When you see him take a back body drop, he's ALWAYS landing on his side which explains why he has so many back problems
You don't get any more intelligent than Al on how to do things right.
When I said sell I meant selling in the ring, not selling merchandise.
Hogan was the first big 'hook' character IMO. His personoa reeled in attention. From there many fans found they liked other wrestlers more. But most wrestling companies need such a character. There won't be another Rock and Austin etc.
But there will be their place to fill.
Mark? You don't mean our Mark do you?
Yeah, Flair was a gluten for taking backdrops and top rope slams.
He's been extremely bitter and angry for a while.
Actually, Trips headlined four, John headlined three, further proving my argument.
Al Snow? Now that's a guy who knows the wrestling business.
Like it or not, John Cena and Triple H both have three headlining WrestleMania each that are in the WWE's 10 highest drawing pay-per-views. They're legit draws.
The sad thing with professional wrestling (yes, Vince, I said "wrestling") now is that we're losing the "wrestlers" and having the "entertainers" shoved down our throats.
I would NEVER knock amateur wrestling. That's as real as it gets. I have all the respect in teh world for amateur wrestling cause in certain respects without that, you really can't prepare yourself for pro wrestling.
I agree with everything he said apart from praising Russo, I'd like to see if he would still say that now he doesn't work with him!
can i order this dvd
al snow is a very smart man
@stufaman exactly. Ever since I trained for pro wrestling on the indy scene (which by the way I nvr made it but that's way beside the point) i KIND OF not completly but KIND OF understand why they call it "Tough Enough". They don't call it that cause they wanna see who can endure the quote unquote "Pain and endurance, struggle, sacrifice etc" its more from a mentality standpoint instead of physical. IN MY OPINION (with all due respect) it's tough because 80% of wrestling is physics
Al Snow...is that you!?...
@synthfiend
i think he was referring to the attitude era when he made that comment. in fact. during that time nobody really did give a shit about quality matches. And it's honestly true. when the attitude era was going on. you didn't hear none of my friends that watched it tell me in school."Hey. did you see that awesome match at WM? No. they were talking about the latest Austin/Rock promo. or the diva's being piratically naked in the ring.
agreed.
In response to Mr. Snow - I'm smart enough to know that I'm not all that smart. How's that work for you?
Al Snow seems to be carrying a lot of pent up aggression.
I say give Al or Bully Ray the book in TNA.
duh. It takes a whole show though doesn't it, not just a main event or top 6 guys.
@Volumesofdoom Not an"ROHbot" but if it's not about having great matches then why should anyone buy tickets? Their 200-600 people audience does not mean that they don't put on great matches. They do it all the time.
@86Stooy I find it pathetic that wrestlers hate that. We know it's fake. We know what bumping and selling is. I've trained for pro wrestling, I know how it is. I know the secrets to the basic moves like a suplex. When you give a guy a suplex you don't ACTUALLY lift the guy over your head by urself cause it's physically impossible. Instead what you do is have the guy your giving the move to, have him do a handstand. In other words all he has to do is jump up and kick his feet up. LOL
when i watched the dvd i kinda woundered if he was defending Russo just cause he was working with him at the time?
It is indeed sir. The way I see it. You are a pro wrestler. I wrestle a bit myself. If we were to ever be in a match and you over shadow me in every attribute. Then the match should be ran accordingly.
I can accept my place in it all and I know I will job to people clearly better than me. But many fans believe they are entitled to be THE ROCK if they get into a wrestling company.
Sorry I'm going all wrestler ego, lol.
I love al snow.........:)
Simply wrestlers don't book. He did what was asked of him. Seriously let Al book WWE or TNA for a few months and you'd see a turn around. The issue is soap opera writers are now leading creative for both companies now and that is the reason for its state.
@RSXemperor85 that isnt why his toys were puled from the shelves his tys were pullled from the shelves because parents were offended by the whole head gimmick,it was even on the news.
This video is hilarious. Al Snow was a career midcarder, yet he keeps talking how he knows about how he knows what makes a good match & how to give the fans what they want. If he was truly as smart as he thinks he is on these subjects, don't you think that he would have been much more successful than what he was? Surely if he was selling tickets, Vince wouldn't have ignored that (after all it would be making him money) & gave him a push. I know I'll be flamed... but I am just stating the truth.
TheShadowBrigade let me guess you made it to the WWE?
i said it once i'll say it again... al snow is the guy he hates the most, a SMARTMARK. thats how he got his J.O.B. moniker. apparently he smells his shit everyday that he cant even smell it anymore
As far as attitude vs pg here's my thoughts...wrestling is a recycling process...Some might hate the PG era but me growing up watch Hogan/Savage/Warrior/Beefcake that was PG style too...I think wrestling gave us PG wrestling, then we as older fans moved on to more hardcore style (ECW) and wrestling followed..Now its back to PG for the younger fans and eventually it might change back to rougher style when those fans get older..I'm not mad at all, I got 20+ years of entertainment.
Al Snow always seems pissed off.
Is he a college professor?
@RSXemperor85 Because his character, who was always a low mid carder never was successful doesn't mean the Al Snow who worked behind the scenes and wrote stories and helped build matches and careers doesn't know what he's talking about.
@IDante1Savage that was only a sinpit so wouldn't get from the trailer the rest of what he was saying along with the reasoning for it.
@IDante1Savage Fair enough! I agree
Im just saying everybody needs a paycheck. I mean i bet their are millions of people who hate their jobs but they still collect that paycheck & in the wrestling industry it isn't like there is a plethora of job opportunities.
Wrestlers have always called their matches outloud. Back then the crowd was so loud to were you wouldn't hear them. Now, some cities are so quite, you can hear their shoes untie.
@sbxlv1 That's right. Cena vs Rock is a huge draw because everyone knows it's going to be the next Flair-Steamboat.
al snow is so right. vince mcmahon is so out of touch with society, he probably doesnt even know who jay-z is
Except Cena has drawn a TON of money.
@bkohler89 I find there's a lot of psychology in wrestling. Yes I see 'tough enough' as how much can we put these through to want it.
Fortunately, a lot of people are once again fed up of the distinct paths WWE and TNA takes. So I think sooner or later an indy company will come up with a new method of wrestling entertainment that WWE will have no choice but to either include (or rip off) or tackle.
If I ever got anywhere with wrestling, I'd be tempted to go to Japan rather than the US.
Wheather you intend to bury someone or not if the end result is that they dont have the same momentum after the match that they had going in and you blame them and never give them a redemption match very soon after then reguardless you just burried them like it or not.
pretty sure flair bumped on his hips because he was in a plane crash in 1975 and couldn't take flat back bumps...could be wrong.
hes the best and hes my uncle by marriage no lie
oh god that promo was awful.. i'm pretty sure they weren't trying to let him get booed. dude, they just needed a platform for Jericho to come in.
Doesn't come close to Hogan, Austin, Rock etc. though.
@ozzyisgod from different place around europe but went all out because it was an opporunity to become a bigger star.
@IDante1Savage Everybody needs a paycheck.....
Kevin Sullivan & his damn hot air balloon!
@UFCfan4lif3 I can see where you're coming from but I have to disagree. Who ran the attitude era? Austin: Always considered a great talent. The Rock could always work a good match and tell a story. HHH a solid worker. Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, Angle all men who could get it done in the ring. And the divas. Trish Stratus, Lita, Molly Holly, Ivory, Victoria, Jacqueline all good women workers..There was serious in ring substance all through the attitude era to balance out the shows.
@IDante1Savage what boils down to is booking and how it is pulled off. we will use rock feuds with venis after loosing to austin at mania 16. next monday night raw val does something like talks how short rock came out. like pissing of the rock badly. the people were already behind rock dispite being a heel was cheered. venis was a heel. it's all about interaction. rocks bears the holy hell out of venis. venis is seriously banged up. rock/austin rematch at backlash happens. venis screws the
@bkohler89 I know a lot of wrestlers feel offended by the 'F' word because although the matches are fake. The requirements to be a high end pro wrestler are very real and demanding. Many have worked so hard to be at this point and have someone essentially claiming it's easy to do.
You have to be a tough guy to do well in wrestling or at least handle tough guys well.
I am an amateur wrestler too. When people ask to challenge me I simply point them to my booker and say go for it.
Majority of WWE Talent are indy wrestlers. Indy companies don't have the brilliant marketing team amount of money that the WWE has. All indy companies have is great wrestling and creative storylines. WWE doesn't need that cause they have money to blow on crap.
@IDante1Savage well i said it's all about booking. and part of booking is building. rock feuding with val venis would out of the blue. only reason i said mania 16 was u said after that would feud with venis right after that. there has to be something to reason why they are feuding. look what they did with sheamus they made him look a big star. yes brand new guy given. hogan was still hot at the time up till after his feud with slaughter. afterwards...it got old. there needs to fill in when
if this is a reply to my last comment. Thank you sir I appreciate it :)
@IDante1Savage top talent being on top is fine worked up to the late 80's with long world title reigns. unforturnely doesn't work the same way for today. what he means like back in the territory days the top guy would move on to another territory after doing everything in the territory. or top guys would move down to mid card level to build a mid card into a new top guy. it's all about building doesn't have anything to with death to all top stars.
@jb0609
He's a producer, not a booker. He doesn't have the final say in what happens in TNA. It's Vince, Hogan, and Bischoff who are the main bookers in the company. If anyone is to blame for the decline in the story it's those 3. They have great talent, but they've all ended up in god awful story lines.
@MeThinks995 true story. the wwf got sued over al snow's toy (with "head") because they thought head was wwf's way of advocating beating/decapitating women. (paraphrased from "foley is good")
@jb0609 It doesn't matter if its a good match or a bad match at the end of the day as long as it draws money that is that matters. The true art of pro wrestling anyway is popping the crowd not being a technical catch as catch can pro wrestler.
Without storylines & promos pro wrestling would not exist, ever hear the term "talk them into the seats" you would simply have Wrestler A vs. Wrestler B & nobody would pay to see that.
"Quality of matches meant nothing to these people." It's odd how that's changed, actually, and it's because of the diehard dirtsheet reading fans of the 80's that match quality became a big deal.
Watched the whole DVD. Al comes across a well-educated student of to game but conveys it in a very pompous, arrogant and self-righteous way.
@jb0609 If Al Snow's ever been good at anything, it's putting on a quality match as the internet would have it. He's not without his technical prowess. Now, what he's never been is a draw, and considering he got further from heat from a maniquen head than he ever did as "Avatar" tells me he knows what the hell he's talking about.
@AnEternalEnigma lol when?
Is this the guest booker where he never actually books anything?