It happened gradually for me, I was about 12 when the Invasion storyline started, and it did occur to me as a bit odd how this billionaire tycoon could cock up the buying out of his rival company so easily.
The thread starts to unravel after that, I started asking questions such as
"Why does Vince have an office in every arena in the USA?";
"Do wrestlers have to press a button to play their own music when they're interrupting someone else's promo? Or do they just threaten the sound guy?";
"Is it American health and safety legislation to have soft landings surrounding stage areas?"
And once I saw the glaringly obvious parts of what made up the television production spectacle of wrestling, it wasn't before long that I saw how orchestrated and choreographed the in-ring entertainment was.
Soon after, I read Mick Foley's Have a Nice Day, and also watched the documentary Beyond the Mat and my mind was blown. 'Calling spots', 'blading', 'the X sign', 'gorilla position', the fact that the wrestlers all carpooled together, Vince is actually a nice person...
Having this 'insider knowledge' though made me appreciate the business and the drama even more; the scale of the industry is huge and you don't realise it when you're thinking in terms of Oh I bet Stone Cold is pissed after last week, I bet when he goes to work today he'll hit someone with a chair.
The thread starts to unravel after that, I started asking questions such as
"Why does Vince have an office in every arena in the USA?";
"Do wrestlers have to press a button to play their own music when they're interrupting someone else's promo? Or do they just threaten the sound guy?";
"Is it American health and safety legislation to have soft landings surrounding stage areas?"
And once I saw the glaringly obvious parts of what made up the television production spectacle of wrestling, it wasn't before long that I saw how orchestrated and choreographed the in-ring entertainment was.
Soon after, I read Mick Foley's Have a Nice Day, and also watched the documentary Beyond the Mat and my mind was blown. 'Calling spots', 'blading', 'the X sign', 'gorilla position', the fact that the wrestlers all carpooled together, Vince is actually a nice person...
Having this 'insider knowledge' though made me appreciate the business and the drama even more; the scale of the industry is huge and you don't realise it when you're thinking in terms of Oh I bet Stone Cold is pissed after last week, I bet when he goes to work today he'll hit someone with a chair.