tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post1770229494146118888..comments2023-07-15T07:17:49.535-04:00Comments on Professional Wrestling in U.S. Popular Culture: another "what-if" Sam Fordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-34995375731657207932014-10-15T07:41:44.935-04:002014-10-15T07:41:44.935-04:00I'm sure Vince would say that it's identif...I'm sure Vince would say that it's identifying the opportunity in that luck and coincidence, though, that set him apart...Sam Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-6610957160292933342014-10-12T23:13:05.812-04:002014-10-12T23:13:05.812-04:00The fact that most of Vince's success in destr...The fact that most of Vince's success in <i>destroying livelihoods and crushing dreams</i> (too melodramatic?) was just based on luck and coincidence almost makes me hate what he did even more. He piggy-backed off the success of the MTV publicity with Wrestlemania, which would have been a flop if he hadn't had a stroke of luck. It seems that everything just clicked into place accidentally to make something big out of the WWWF/WWF/WWE/WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWF (as Ole would say).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347940786457522285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-33225945016096741532014-10-12T15:06:18.657-04:002014-10-12T15:06:18.657-04:00It's a great question. One has to assume that ...It's a great question. One has to assume that part of it is having the vision--not just Vince but others involved as well--to know how to take advantage of an opportunity when it presented itself. But there is certainly a long list of circumstances that helped shape pro wrestling history substantially...Only after the fact does all of this look inevitable. That's why I appreciate reading about Vince's rise from Ole Anderson's perspective, or thinking about it from Verne Gagne's, or Fritz Von Erich's, or Jerry Jarrett and Jerry Lawler's....It's easy to see it much less as a story already written and understand how and why people might have dismissed it at the time.Sam Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.com