tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post1850001635920083629..comments2023-07-15T07:17:49.535-04:00Comments on Professional Wrestling in U.S. Popular Culture: War is Raw'ngSam Fordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-89062448003831055942007-02-27T10:12:00.000-04:002007-02-27T10:12:00.000-04:00Tess, interesting firsthand account of an outsider...Tess, interesting firsthand account of an outsider's perspective on the wrestling text. Right now, WWE is in the midst of building for thier biggest wrestling show of the year, Wrestlemania, so they are trying to build up some of their villains to look exceptionally unbeatable for these big showdowns, hence the strong positioning of The Great Khali and Umaga, for instance. But I think you make a good point about the wrestling text having something unbelievable happen and then almost moving right on along. Since the show is programmed storyline-by-storyline for each segment, there is often a tendency to move on to another storyline in the next segment and never return to things that happen earlier in the show. While wrestling is very much serialized, this is one of the ways in which that seriality is often somewhat ignored within one particular show. <BR/><BR/>These stories may stretch from week-to-week, but they often aren't referred to again later in the program, unless it's building for the main event match on that particular card.Sam Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.com