Welp, maybe we found the anonymous source that stooges off to Meltzer, to sabotage the company. Probably not, but still, Daniel Bryan said this in an article in the Washington Post:
Not to belittle one of the better wrestlers in the world... Ok, actually, this is to belittle him. How stupid can you be? I mean, I get where he's coming from, technical prowess isn't nearly as important as performing for your audience. The problem is, wrestling is more of the latter, than the former. Blokes that wrestle are in the business of making people plop their arses down into a seat, and paying their money. Sure, it's great if the the guy is technically sound, but wrestling is all about entertaining the people that pay the tickets. It's an entertainment medium; it has been since the 1930s, when one of the promoters of the Gold Dust Trio stooged it off to the media that it's predetermined.
Also, where exactly does he mean by he's seen in elsewhere? In Japan? Different audience, largely, and different expectations of the product. In Mexico? Lucha is a type of wrestling, but a different kind, one invented with the purpose of entertaining. ROH? That might be what he means, but again, different audience, who doesn't make up the majority of wrestling fans.
So, Daniel Bryan; moron, no?
"I dont consider it wrestling. Ive done wrestling. Everywhere. And just by being a good wrestler you can become popular. But not here. Its more important to be entertaining than it is to be a great wrestler. Its fascinating to me. Some things just stick. Why it happens, I have no idea."
Not to belittle one of the better wrestlers in the world... Ok, actually, this is to belittle him. How stupid can you be? I mean, I get where he's coming from, technical prowess isn't nearly as important as performing for your audience. The problem is, wrestling is more of the latter, than the former. Blokes that wrestle are in the business of making people plop their arses down into a seat, and paying their money. Sure, it's great if the the guy is technically sound, but wrestling is all about entertaining the people that pay the tickets. It's an entertainment medium; it has been since the 1930s, when one of the promoters of the Gold Dust Trio stooged it off to the media that it's predetermined.
Also, where exactly does he mean by he's seen in elsewhere? In Japan? Different audience, largely, and different expectations of the product. In Mexico? Lucha is a type of wrestling, but a different kind, one invented with the purpose of entertaining. ROH? That might be what he means, but again, different audience, who doesn't make up the majority of wrestling fans.
So, Daniel Bryan; moron, no?