Strummer Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 http://www.wrestlingrecall.blogspot.com/ some tidbits from the former WWE writer's blog (JohnasHimself) -the Bellas/Bryan triangle storyline was the Bellas idea and they ran with it -the word "sex" is not allowed on WWE TV so the angle will be full of innuendo -the writer pitched a similar storyline for Evan Bourne -Vince does not see Morrison as a top guy because he "can't kick anyone's ass" -Vince does not see Bryan as a badass but a wrestler who "capitalizes on other's mistakes" -Vince sees Skip Sheffield as a potential top babyface right behind Cena -he pitched Drew McIntrye as the original attacker of Undertaker -Randy Orton was originally going to win the RAW MITB match but it was switched to Miz -McCool does not get any special privilege for being married to Undertaker that's all that I remember. There's more but all these were pretty interesting Overall, and this is not suprising, it seems Vince is scared to death about pushing new guys. Everything seems to go back to Cena and Orton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 This is a cool find. Dave Lagana's blog site: http://iwantwrestling.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronos Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 -McCool does not get any special privilege for being married to Undertaker I just don't understand that position. Even if it's not any kind of official agreement, surely they have pushed her to the moon in order to keep him happy? She's a decent hand in the ring, especially when working with someone else who has talent (granted, that's basically Nattie and Beth only). She can't cut a genuine sounding promo, even when she's being the bitch I think she probably is. She has never been over with fans, as best I can tell from crowd response. LayCool is mildly amusing, but it's not grabbed the fans the way the original Beautiful People did -- the same angle, but one which dominated TNA's ratings for months. It is what it is. Just thought I would mention my thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Seems like McCool didnt get special privilege from this writers perspective at least because she didnt need to: Fun Fact #2: Vince McMahon appointed me the exclusive writer for LayCool. Not because she got that special privilege but because we asked for it. Let me take this time to say Michelle McCool gets zero favors because she is married to Undertaker. Michelle McCool accomplished everything she got because she was the best. If you need to blame someone you need to blame me because I was the one who would push hard for anything Michelle got on TV. Michelle could wrestle and Michelle could talk, a lot of MALE Superstars can’t do that and Michelle would have been successful with or without Undertaker. There were a lot of people who wanted to see Michelle fail and she fought that the entire time I was there. Still not like "they" stopped her push in mid-stream or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronos Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Seems like McCool didnt get special privilege from this writers perspective at least because she didnt need to: Fun Fact #2: Vince McMahon appointed me the exclusive writer for LayCool. Not because she got that special privilege but because we asked for it. Let me take this time to say Michelle McCool gets zero favors because she is married to Undertaker. Michelle McCool accomplished everything she got because she was the best. If you need to blame someone you need to blame me because I was the one who would push hard for anything Michelle got on TV. Michelle could wrestle and Michelle could talk, a lot of MALE Superstars can’t do that and Michelle would have been successful with or without Undertaker. There were a lot of people who wanted to see Michelle fail and she fought that the entire time I was there. Still not like "they" stopped her push in mid-stream or anything. Laughable. Whatever the reason for her push, he's wrong about her being able to talk. I will agree she can wrestle, but so could lots of guys. If you can't talk, you're missing the point. Especially with deevers, who only get a few minutes of screentime to get themselves and their whole division over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 I read the entry about the TLC show. It was an interesting read, but there's a little too much, "I had this great idea to push so and so, and they didn't want to do it, then they changed their minds and did it and it totally worked" kind of comments, to the point where it sort of strains his credibility. Like he's trying a little too hard to put himself over. Honestly, I was a little skeptical because nothing he wrote couldn't have been written by a knowledgeable fan, and there's been a number of these kind of hoaxes on the internet. Stuff like every writer submitting a script for PPV shows, writers being given worker specific promo tasks, Kevin Dunn having heavy influence....all stuff we already know. He says he's going to do audio shows with F4W and the Torch soon, so those should be interesting if they do happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Considering McCool gets to skip houseshows to take care of Taker, the idea that she doesn't get special treatment is laughable. You pretty much never see anyone allowed to miss a show unless it's a main eventer out filming a movie or trying to protect an injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Nothing says "hey this is legit" more than a guy overselling Ted Jr. like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 It is legit Dave Lagana linked to his twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/Lagana/status/27487828573159424 Here: http://twitter.com/#!/JohnAsHimself Real name John Piermarini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomk Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 There is an absolutely hillarious piece on Dan Madigan's Mondo-Lucha-a Go-go book by Ranjan Chibber which I want to say is titled "Paul Heyman: The Luchador's Friend". Reading something written by a WWE writer may give you an insight into the thoughts of a WWE writer but probably shouldn't be used to draw larger conclusions. That's not unique to writers. I don't think I could ever tell you what the motivation behind which ideas went forward and which stalled in any job I've had. Sometimes when there are a couple years between me and a project, I can go "Hey wait this is the larger pattern". but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 It is legit Dave Lagana linked to his twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/Lagana/status/27487828573159424 Here: http://twitter.com/#!/JohnAsHimself Real name John Piermarini Nothing new, obviously, but I don't think the fact that the company has writers that no one has ever heard of ever stops being annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 It is legit Dave Lagana linked to his twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/Lagana/status/27487828573159424 Here: http://twitter.com/#!/JohnAsHimself Real name John Piermarini Nothing new, obviously, but I don't think the fact that the company has writers that no one has ever heard of ever stops being annoying. Hey Loss, you are talking about someone who worked on Pimp My Ride here bit of respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Possibly expect something some thing soon from this guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Possibly expect something some thing soon from this guy. Wade Keller just recorded a four hour Torch talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 You know, if I was a Smackdown writer wanting to succeed in the promotion, I'd make the bland Michelle McCool the franchise female on the brand and copy TNA's best women's gimmick in an attempt to get her over, while professing that she got such a big push because of her all round talent too! Given that he's now an ex WWE employee, I guess management saw through this carny gimmick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 My favorite thing was Rotunda getting upset because he wanted to use the mini ladder in the Raw MITB match but they had already used it in the Smackdown one. I didn't even realize he was a Raw agent. I thought he was training the kids down at FCW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 My favorite thing was Rotunda getting upset because he wanted to use the mini ladder in the Raw MITB match but they had already used it in the Smackdown one. I didn't even realize he was a Raw agent. I thought he was training the kids down at FCW. No he is with the main roster, alright. Ive heard Matt Hardy, Helms and Paul London give him poor reviews inevitably pointing out how is someone who never drew tell someone how to draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditch Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 No he is with the main roster, alright. Ive heard Matt Hardy, Helms and Paul London give him poor reviews inevitably pointing out how is someone who never drew tell someone how to draw.Rotunda is really over among insiders. For instance, Steve Williams in 2001 or so was talking about wanting to do himself and Mike vs TenChono or TenKoji at a Tokyo Dome show, which Steve said would be an incredible match. Which made me wonder how closely Steve watched Mike's matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slickster Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Blog is already down. Perhaps WWE Legal has already sent him a love letter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Yeah, this seems to be the sort of thing that would get taken down quickly, as I'm sure all of the writers have to sign NDAs about their time with WWE before joining the creative staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 The NDAs have been mentioned in the WON and I'm pretty sure they were put into place long before he was hired, so yeah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 This was posted a few days ago: He says he's going to do audio shows with F4W and the Torch soon, so those should be interesting if they do happen. Obviously things have changed with the blog. But also now Bryan thinks the F4D interivew with John may not happen now despite it being scheduled two weeks ago and Wade wrote this line in his big reveal for the new Torch Talk: I just finished the final installment 15 minutes ago. We recorded four hours over the last two days in three separate conversations. It is John Piermarini, who last October left WWE after nearly two years as a writer under Brian Gewirtz writing primarily Raw. I don't think there's been a combination of a more in-depth and timely insider interview with someone who worked with all of the major players in WWE as this interview other than Vince Russo's in-depth Torch Talk right after leaving the WWF for WCW, although that interview wasn't as long as this one. If you liked the Ultimate Insider Russo/Ferrara interview, this is along the same lines, but also with some differences as Russo was the top writer and John was the assistant to Gewirtz. I wouldn't say John has axes to grind, but you will not sense he's protecting anyone and he definitely has strong opinions and disagreements with multiple people and just some great stories and insights into how WWE works. This will be read or listened to by everyone who is curious about WWE's inner-workings the last two years and behind the scenes stories regarding top wrestlers and storylines and matches. You all will devour it, and I promise it's not going to take a year to publish it all in either audio or text. I'll have part one of the audio posted this weekend. He's also agreed to be a guest on the Livecast to take live calls sometime soon. And he has no other interviews scheduled or plans to do others, so this is an exclusive at this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 -Vince does not see Morrison as a top guy because he "can't kick anyone's ass" Dave Meltzer said the story he heard was that Vince soured on Morrison because he never challenged Batista to a fight over his affair with Melina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 If you watch London & Kendrick's shoot interview London calls Morrison totally spineless in that relationship virtually escorting Melina to dates with Batista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 fuck, I bookmarked the blog and intended to read his other posts, I can't believe it was pulled down so fast did anybody here archive it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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