Post by kazz on Jun 4, 2007 17:32:53 GMT -5
The fans...
The fans of professional wrestling deserve everything. People who pay $250.00 for floor seats at Wrestlemania to the fans that pay $10.00 on Schofield Barracks deserve what they pay for.
We ask them to show up, give us their money and it is our job to deliver. There are rare instances where we are unable to fulfill our obligations due to unfortunate personal issues that are beyond our control, BUT more often times than not there are way too many times where things don't happen due to issues that could of been avoided.
I think some people who start to try to make a stand for what they believe in sometimes results in a backfire, not just the promotion, but the entire industry as well.
As children we all remember what it's like to be disappointed, whether it's not getting the Christmas gift we want or it's daddy not being able to come home for Thanksgiving dinner because he's stuck in Iraq. I don't see how that kind of disappointment is any different when a kid begs his parents to go to a wrestling show and he has his expensive merchandise on and he's dressed up like his favorite wrestler and after weeks and weeks of waiting and being a good little boy or girl, he or she gets let down.
Back in September 2006, a group of indivuduals made that choice. They decided that it was best for THEM to leave, which is fine, but the market for professional wrestling in Hawaii on a local basis is too small to start letting the limited amount of fans down.
Just this past week it happened again.
If the fans want to know the story and want to get caught up in the classic high school-esque game of "he said, she said" , then that's fine.
The fact is, MORE fans will just want to move on and they will want to decide in the future if they want to continue supporting local Hawaii wrestling or if they will just stay at home every Monday, Thursday, and Friday night to watch wrestling because they know that at least on those nights, they will be getting exactly what they've been waiting all week for and that's entertainment on a consistant basis with the superstars and wrestlers that they expect to watch.
Every promotion has to deal with this and there is no choice but to move on, however, I sometimes wonder about the decisions individuals make that affect others in the process.
I've been told and I've seen wrestlers stand up for themselves and try to stand up for what they think is right, which is fine, but just like any job, the customers don't care about the reasons they're not getting what they paid for, they just want the product they expect, as they should.
Wrestlers told me that by standing up for what they think is right will only help the business in the long run, but what they forgot to point out is that, when the fans suffer then everybody loses.
The fans MAKE professional wrestling, more so than any other sport. It just seems like people who were once fans themselves forget that.
The fans of professional wrestling deserve everything. People who pay $250.00 for floor seats at Wrestlemania to the fans that pay $10.00 on Schofield Barracks deserve what they pay for.
We ask them to show up, give us their money and it is our job to deliver. There are rare instances where we are unable to fulfill our obligations due to unfortunate personal issues that are beyond our control, BUT more often times than not there are way too many times where things don't happen due to issues that could of been avoided.
I think some people who start to try to make a stand for what they believe in sometimes results in a backfire, not just the promotion, but the entire industry as well.
As children we all remember what it's like to be disappointed, whether it's not getting the Christmas gift we want or it's daddy not being able to come home for Thanksgiving dinner because he's stuck in Iraq. I don't see how that kind of disappointment is any different when a kid begs his parents to go to a wrestling show and he has his expensive merchandise on and he's dressed up like his favorite wrestler and after weeks and weeks of waiting and being a good little boy or girl, he or she gets let down.
Back in September 2006, a group of indivuduals made that choice. They decided that it was best for THEM to leave, which is fine, but the market for professional wrestling in Hawaii on a local basis is too small to start letting the limited amount of fans down.
Just this past week it happened again.
If the fans want to know the story and want to get caught up in the classic high school-esque game of "he said, she said" , then that's fine.
The fact is, MORE fans will just want to move on and they will want to decide in the future if they want to continue supporting local Hawaii wrestling or if they will just stay at home every Monday, Thursday, and Friday night to watch wrestling because they know that at least on those nights, they will be getting exactly what they've been waiting all week for and that's entertainment on a consistant basis with the superstars and wrestlers that they expect to watch.
Every promotion has to deal with this and there is no choice but to move on, however, I sometimes wonder about the decisions individuals make that affect others in the process.
I've been told and I've seen wrestlers stand up for themselves and try to stand up for what they think is right, which is fine, but just like any job, the customers don't care about the reasons they're not getting what they paid for, they just want the product they expect, as they should.
Wrestlers told me that by standing up for what they think is right will only help the business in the long run, but what they forgot to point out is that, when the fans suffer then everybody loses.
The fans MAKE professional wrestling, more so than any other sport. It just seems like people who were once fans themselves forget that.
OR just wait until the show and YELL it all out!!!! lol