Loss Posted January 19, 2015 Report Posted January 19, 2015 The New York Times took a fascinating look at the NWA's attempts to compete with the WWF. Lots of gold in this article. http://goo.gl/1btkMp Quote
kjh Posted January 19, 2015 Report Posted January 19, 2015 Did the rage-meter idea go anywhere? Quote
pantherwagner Posted January 19, 2015 Report Posted January 19, 2015 Jim Herd should have hired Yolanka. Quote
WingedEagle Posted January 19, 2015 Report Posted January 19, 2015 This was great. I like that even back then they were calling it Sports Entertainment. Consistency! Quote
Exposer Posted January 20, 2015 Report Posted January 20, 2015 I can't think of a single difference between sports entertainment and professional wrestling. I always hate when I read or hear about WWF saying they were the former and WCW was the latter. I know sports entertainment is a buzzword WWF pretty much created, but in my mind there is literally no difference between the two. Everyone knows wrestling is entertainment. In regards to the rest of the article, the journalist's play-by-play was hysterical! Quote
PeteF3 Posted January 20, 2015 Report Posted January 20, 2015 Did the rage-meter idea go anywhere? We got treated to the SLAM-O-METER at Capital Combat, after the night's slammingest match, Mark Callous vs. Johnny Ace. Quote
BillThompson Posted January 20, 2015 Report Posted January 20, 2015 I can't think of a single difference between sports entertainment and professional wrestling. I always hate when I read or hear about WWF saying they were the former and WCW was the latter. I know sports entertainment is a buzzword WWF pretty much created, but in my mind there is literally no difference between the two. Everyone knows wrestling is entertainment. In regards to the rest of the article, the journalist's play-by-play was hysterical! Don't tell that to old, cranky, and out of touch Jim Cornette, he'll bite your head off for not realizing pro wrestling and sports entertainment are very different things. Quote
Exposer Posted January 21, 2015 Report Posted January 21, 2015 I can't think of a single difference between sports entertainment and professional wrestling. I always hate when I read or hear about WWF saying they were the former and WCW was the latter. I know sports entertainment is a buzzword WWF pretty much created, but in my mind there is literally no difference between the two. Everyone knows wrestling is entertainment. In regards to the rest of the article, the journalist's play-by-play was hysterical! Don't tell that to old, cranky, and out of touch Jim Cornette, he'll bite your head off for not realizing pro wrestling and sports entertainment are very different things. Imagine if I said that to him at a Dairy Queen drive-in. Quote
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