How serendipitous that this comes the day before I present on Leno at PCA about his Oprah interview during this whole furor! The title of this entry really hits on how Leno tried (and still tries) to circumvent the corporate and ethical logics on the whol ...
Just my frame of mind, I guess. Cornette's quote (and this is actually verbatim): "What we've done is is we've taken a business where grown men pretended to hurt each other but really didn't and people believed that they were and ...
One of the great takeaway quotes from A&E's "Unreal World of Professional Wrestling" special from 1998 is Gerald Morton's assertion (paraphrased slightly) "When you're shaking Tom Cruise's hand, you're not shaki ...
Hello, all, this is my first post to InMediaRes and the subject of wrestling is an appropriate place to start. What I wonder about in this discussion about "crossing lines" and the positive reception of the NXT angle is, to what degree is wrestl ...
...on what element of "gets what's coming to him" heat "the Ultimate Fighter" (the Spike! reality-based show) adds to UFC. One could argue that former WWE performer Brock Lesnar has worked that type of heat better than anyone. H ...
As I recall, ECW did a few "curtain calls" from the roster in its day; which segues to a worthy discussion about the value of wrestling characters vs. the *ensemble* of characters. Tod Gordon in defending ECW once said (this is *heavily* paraphr ...
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Mavis and endless hard work as publicity tools
Why Have I Been Quoting Jim Cornette *All* Week?
"When you shake the hand of Ric Flair..."
Does "Heat" Die With the Intent to Curb Realism?
Shane Could Possibly Comment...
ECW Was a Bit Ahead of its Time in This Way As Well
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