Elsalvajeloco Posted September 29 Posted September 29 From what I've gathered, Verne's camps were pretty much designed to torture people. IIRC Ric quit like 2 or 3 times before finally finishing. That said, someone asked Ric to compare how the WWE PC does it and how Verne trained people. To be fair to Flair, he didn't as much shit on the new generation wrestlers as much as he said he wished he came up today versus the intent on making people quit method. 1
odessasteps Posted September 29 Posted September 29 Imagine if the old timers would have just taken peoples money, trained them for six weeks and send them out to get booked. Some of the lower tier territories prob would hav been even worse (I’m looking at you, KC and Gulf Coast). 1
Elsalvajeloco Posted September 29 Posted September 29 I think there also is a thought of a happy medium. For every Steamboat, Flair, and handful of other guys you produce, you're producing probably as twice as many who can't work to their save their life. All they've shown is they can endure incredible punishment which I guess is great if you want them to be able survive a tough schedule on the road. However, you're also basically creating a Dynamite Kid. Incredible worker, but a physical wreck before he's thirty and a life of hell after wrestling.
Cobra Commander Posted September 29 Posted September 29 (edited) With Kris Kristofferson passing away, a reminder that there's one line in "Me and Bobby McGee" that can be pretty good in a wrestling promo if retooled a little "After our match, you'll wanna trade all your tomorrows for one single yesterday because yesterdays is all you'll have when I'm done with you" (edit: okay there are probably better ways to word the general concept) Edited September 29 by Cobra Commander 3
SovietShooter Posted September 30 Posted September 30 2 hours ago, odessasteps said: Imagine if the old timers would have just taken peoples money, trained them for six weeks and send them out to get booked. 2 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said: I think there also is a thought of a happy medium. For every Steamboat, Flair, and handful of other guys you produce, you're producing probably as twice as many who can't work to their save their life. So, back when I was asked to take over the training school for the NWA in Pittsburgh, I sat down with my partner and we made a pact that we would let anyone with $100 try out, but they were not going to get in the ring at all, and we would try to make them quit. Over the course of about three years, four guys finished training and were booked to actually work shows. I had two more guys finish training with me privately after I stopped working for that promotion. My point is, we kinda found that balance, but we're still protecting the business. We made it legitimately hard, and it ran off the soft folks that couldn't handle it. The guys that finished respected the business. One of the guys I trained works in Japan now, so I think we did alright... 1
The Natural Posted September 30 Posted September 30 (edited) 20 hours ago, COLETTI said: Carting a dog around in a stroller/pram is absolute madness. My dog, Rayven had a very rare cancer. Rayven liked her walks so we walked her and when she couldn't we pushed her in a pram or carried her. Rayven was only 6 when she passed, just made her 6th birthday. Pets are family, I love all the pets I've ever had but I love and miss Rayven the most. Hurts like hell. Edited September 30 by The Natural 2 2 5
The Natural Posted September 30 Posted September 30 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nyXZKmi6N8s CM Punk and Larry.
Zakk_Sabbath Posted October 1 Posted October 1 On 9/28/2024 at 4:17 AM, ExcellenceofAirPollution said: On the latest WOR Meltzer mentions that household income is up for both the AEW and WWE audiences, "way up" for WWE. Note to self: refer to the Bloodline as "cinema" next annual review 2
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