The General Wrestling Thread

[IamMedellin]

Lessons from Vinnie Mac

On his new blog, Dave Lagana, ROH Producer and former member of WWE creative, talked about what he learned from Vince McMahon:

#1 – Know your Brand

Coke is a brand. Tide is a brand. You are a brand. Vince would always make this one point very clear: “Perception is Reality.” Vince McMahon is a brand. From how he walks, to how he carries himself, to the speech patterns he uses. What he does, works for him. Don’t believe me? Check out his net worth.

Vince would sit down with talents to talk with them, to get inside their heads and find out who they are. The best characters always come from inside the person playing them. Vince prided himself with finding a little nugget inside a talent and running with it. All the great characters are a piece of themselves, with the volume turned up.

If you walk into work, complaining everyday; what are you? How people perceive you is how they see you.
This is true in every profession, including wrestling. The “show” doesn’t stop when the red light goes off. Look what being mean to a a catering person did for Randy Moss. The information (publicly and privately) you put out, every interaction you have; this is your foundation. If you don’t know how to communicate, what will happen to your brand? Look at the truly successful people and the brands they create for themselves. It’s really the idea of personal responsibility. You can blame others or take ownership in the things you control.

#2 – What’s your Finish

As talked about in a previous article, storytelling is key to all forms of communication. No matter if it was a storyline being pitched to Vince or details of a match, he’d always ask “What’s your finish?” He wanted to see if you had thought about where you were going, the goal. While this sometimes could be perceived as a power game, it also made you prepare differently for the next time.

Every task you tackle, it has an order. Putting thought into them before starting will save headaches along the way. I have an IKEA desk that will agree with this way of thinking. Know your plan, know your mission. Write it down. That way when asked “What’s your finish?”, you can properly communicate it and then execute it.

#3 No Sneezing

If there is one thing Vince McMahon hates… it’s sickness. “There is no such thing as sick”, was the usual response when someone would try to use it as an excuse. Vince is a workaholic and if anything gets in the way of his work, it makes him angry. Paul Heyman would joke that Vince would get angry with his own sneezes. Perhaps it was because he couldn’t control it. Like the famous quote from the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings”. In the pro wrestling world, “Every time someone sneezes, Vince McMahon gets angry.”

fascinating

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

The best characters always come from inside the person playing them. Vince prided himself with finding a little nugget inside a talent and running with it. All the great characters are a piece of themselves, with the volume turned up.

This is the success for every single wrestler.

If this isn't your character, you will never succeed.

 

[SHOGUN]

MsChif vs. Daizee Haze bored the shit out of me.

 

[IamMedellin]

Not sure if this is true or not but I have heard through non TNA sources that the reason that Shane Helms has not signed with TNA to join the Hardys and Shannon Moore is that his former girlfriend Velvet Sky has threatened to leave the promotion should they sign Helms. Obviously Sky means more to TNA than Helms due to the Beautiful People gimmick and they do not want to risk dumping that idea. Sky and Helms had a very nasty breakup several years back

wait...wait...WAIT!

He

was hitting this?

 

 

[JayDizzle]

:yep:

and also...

:datass:

 

[EmpireWF]

Good to see you back JD.

Where you been?

:smug2:

 

[SHOGUN]

I demand they give Heath Slater more mic time.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkEyQM5c14M&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

One Man Rock Band FTMFW!!!!!!!1111!!!!11

 

[IamMedellin]

 

[JayDizzle]

Did they really just pull the "guy shows up just to show his buddies he's been stabbed" TV/Movie gag?

:facepalm:

The dude's been on fire, through tacks, tangled in wire, grated against steel mesh fencing, rolled on broken glass, beaten with chairs and other assorted implements...

...the list goes on for days...

...and TNA expects me to believe the man can be brought down by some "nails?"

Pfft.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

LOL @ Abyss being slammed with a nail board and not being in the infirmary. They used to use shit like that back in the medieval days...and it would mame a muhfugguh right quick, but they are going to tell me that Abyss is cool and not paralyzed?

 

[SHOGUN]

When I saw that, I felt like throwing up my arms and officially quitting TNA.

 

[Bigpapa42]

When I saw that, I felt like throwing up my arms and officially quitting TNA.

Did that four months ago and I do not regret the decision at all. I've filled that gap in my wrestling viewing with Puroresu and I find myself far less frustrated on Thursday nights..

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Not only have I given up on watching TNA, but I can't even read the fucking TV reports or spoilers without getting bored/annoyed.

 

[Bigpapa42]

Not only have I given up on watching TNA, but I can't even read the fucking TV reports or spoilers without getting bored/annoyed.

I will still frequently read the results. I find myself thinking "well, this had to make more sense to see and maybe if you know the lead-in..." Then I remember watching TNA and thinking "this makes no fucking sense" all the time. Same old TNA.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I haven't actually watched TNA in ages...long ass time. I read spoilers on occasion (it takes five minutes to read about 4 weeks of spoilers)...its mind numbing. Shit just doesn't make cohesive sense.

 

[EmpireWF]

I've watched one night in about 8 months and have no reason to alter my ways.

 

[SHOGUN]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku-lEHg42Rc[/ame]

 

[EmpireWF]

that was odd...so....rumble next week...yep

 

[SHOGUN]

that was odd...so....rumble next week...yep

Over/Under on Darren Young's surviving more than three minutes in the Royal Rumble.