tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post9204577825135190513..comments2023-07-15T07:17:49.535-04:00Comments on Professional Wrestling in U.S. Popular Culture: Carelessness of The SuitsSam Fordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-86175148846950432192007-03-21T09:29:00.000-04:002007-03-21T09:29:00.000-04:00I kind of got the impression that Ole Anderson was...I kind of got the impression that Ole Anderson was just blowing off steam throughout the majority of this reading. <BR/><BR/>For this reason, I didn't know how much to really take from the passage--I didn't know how much was really true. This brought to mind some of the other readings we've read thus far, like <I>Drawing Heat</I>. <BR/><BR/>Naturally, the annecdotes that some of these authors relate only convey part of the story. This seems to be a recurring theme in modern pro wrestling. From the seemingly staged "documentary" about Bret Hart to this, Ole Anderson's account of the WCW, there is no such thing as objective view of the workings behind the wrestling machine.Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586811474858202484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-85967323053241462732007-03-20T07:23:00.000-04:002007-03-20T07:23:00.000-04:00Some claim that Ole was too old-school, and we see...Some claim that Ole was too old-school, and we see Eric Bischoff's take on Ole in the readings from his book in response to some of what Ole says. But I think Ole has some interesting points about the lack of check on budget for some of the wrestlers, especially in the idea of guaranteed contracts. WWE always offers a downside guarantee, that is a minimum a person will make, and then adds to that with PPV payoffs and other bonuses based on how well the shows perform. His description of how WCW operated certainly showed a lack of checks in relation to how the talent was compensated, the likes of which explain a lot about how the company could have lost significant money. It seems guys like Jim Herd were universally disliked, as we've seen Flair and Ole both lambast him for being a former Pizza Hut executive who knew little about pro wrestling.Sam Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.com