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For those who watched WWE Monday Night Raw last night you probably noticed that all the action was inside the squared circle, which was actually something different, not necessarily better or worst, but something fresh. This got me thinking about how important backstage segments truly are in professional wrestling.
As far as my knowledge goes - Starrcade I: "A Flare for The Gold" in 1983 was the first ever wrestling event to use backstage segments, in this case interviews to hype the matches on the card while on air. It was something unique, you had a locker room where babyfaces like Ric Flair, Steamboat and Yongblood were seen together and even seen shaking hands and stuff and you also had the heels locker room in order to further up kayfabe in that time. After watching the event and knowing some background stuff, I have to say that this interviews really worked to create some hype and some heat for the main event bouts.
I know some people are more purists and love the wrestling and the storytelling and what not, but there is also people like me that likes to add some realism into some things or to at least create some interactivity between the wrestlers in different places, instead of being in the ring all the time. It adds to the characters and to the stories a whole lot and, it may be just me, but that trend of backstage segments have not been used properly for years now. Some things that come to my head is The Rock and Hurricane story for instance, it was something really entertaining and mostly booked in the backstage area with different situations and some comedy.
Nowadays the backstage is used to fake parties by only god knows why. Is used to see people going from the parking lot most of the times to the ring. Is used when we see The Authority in a place that looks like everything but an office. Or when WWE decides to go a little further and throw someone off some stairs or throw some ink at them.
It's also worth noting that TNA uses backstage segments in a different way than WWE. Not necessarily a better way, but at least it adds to the stories most of times and creates some realism.
So what is your take on this particular subject? Do you think that backstage segments are important? You don't care for them or the subject for that matter... Just discuss it properly guys!
As far as my knowledge goes - Starrcade I: "A Flare for The Gold" in 1983 was the first ever wrestling event to use backstage segments, in this case interviews to hype the matches on the card while on air. It was something unique, you had a locker room where babyfaces like Ric Flair, Steamboat and Yongblood were seen together and even seen shaking hands and stuff and you also had the heels locker room in order to further up kayfabe in that time. After watching the event and knowing some background stuff, I have to say that this interviews really worked to create some hype and some heat for the main event bouts.
I know some people are more purists and love the wrestling and the storytelling and what not, but there is also people like me that likes to add some realism into some things or to at least create some interactivity between the wrestlers in different places, instead of being in the ring all the time. It adds to the characters and to the stories a whole lot and, it may be just me, but that trend of backstage segments have not been used properly for years now. Some things that come to my head is The Rock and Hurricane story for instance, it was something really entertaining and mostly booked in the backstage area with different situations and some comedy.
Nowadays the backstage is used to fake parties by only god knows why. Is used to see people going from the parking lot most of the times to the ring. Is used when we see The Authority in a place that looks like everything but an office. Or when WWE decides to go a little further and throw someone off some stairs or throw some ink at them.
It's also worth noting that TNA uses backstage segments in a different way than WWE. Not necessarily a better way, but at least it adds to the stories most of times and creates some realism.
So what is your take on this particular subject? Do you think that backstage segments are important? You don't care for them or the subject for that matter... Just discuss it properly guys!