21.07.2004, 12:48
Hier mal die Meinung von Dave Meltzer zu diesem Thema
It was already kind of sad that Ric Flair's book, which is very good, was getting more pub for what was bad about it, than what was good. Even sadder, from last night, is that the company itself wants to exploit what was bad about it instead of what was good, thinking it will sell more books that way. Jerry Lawler reading the quotes on the air about Bret Hart not being a good draw (and while Hogan, Savage, and Flair were bigger draws, at times, due to timing, fact is, from 1993-March 1997, Hart was the WWE's biggest draw on top which put him ahead of what Flair was doing at the time, as well as Savage, Nash, Michaels, Yokozuna and others). The remark about Mick Foley being a glorified stunt man, while there is that aspect to him, is clearly them trying to build a feud. I'm sure they're trying to talk Hart into coming on TV and making a feud out of the book. The problem is, once you work feuds off the book and promotion of the book, then the book itself becomes like a pro wrestling match and should be taken just as seriously. Which is sad, because I really believe the attempt in writing the book was not to be another layer of the work. At least once a day, you'll find something to laugh your ass off about when it comes to that Kevin Dunn quote of WWE being a classy organization that has to live down the reputation of the past 50 years of wrestling. There are many days when it's the past reputation of wrestling that is taken down by the lack of class of WWE.
It was already kind of sad that Ric Flair's book, which is very good, was getting more pub for what was bad about it, than what was good. Even sadder, from last night, is that the company itself wants to exploit what was bad about it instead of what was good, thinking it will sell more books that way. Jerry Lawler reading the quotes on the air about Bret Hart not being a good draw (and while Hogan, Savage, and Flair were bigger draws, at times, due to timing, fact is, from 1993-March 1997, Hart was the WWE's biggest draw on top which put him ahead of what Flair was doing at the time, as well as Savage, Nash, Michaels, Yokozuna and others). The remark about Mick Foley being a glorified stunt man, while there is that aspect to him, is clearly them trying to build a feud. I'm sure they're trying to talk Hart into coming on TV and making a feud out of the book. The problem is, once you work feuds off the book and promotion of the book, then the book itself becomes like a pro wrestling match and should be taken just as seriously. Which is sad, because I really believe the attempt in writing the book was not to be another layer of the work. At least once a day, you'll find something to laugh your ass off about when it comes to that Kevin Dunn quote of WWE being a classy organization that has to live down the reputation of the past 50 years of wrestling. There are many days when it's the past reputation of wrestling that is taken down by the lack of class of WWE.