Shoot First Ask Questions Later (eBook)
202 Seiten
ECW Press (Verlag)
978-1-55490-836-3 (ISBN)
An unprecedented look behind the scenes of professional wrestling with over 100 of its most beloved stars. This latest offering from bestselling author Guttman tells the real story behind contacting, cajoling, convincing and interviewing the unique personalities from the field. Readers can journey with Guttman through the sometimes-twisted business of sports entertainment, making startling discoveries about the way the industry really works. And, for the first time, Guttman offers keen insight into the true personalities in the wrestling ring.
CHAPTER TWOBAD NEWS, LEGENDS, AND MIDGETS ON MYSPACE I'll remember interviewing Allen Coage for a number of reasons, for starters, as a New Yorker, I grew up with Bad News Brown in WWF. Sure, it wasn't the height of Bad News Mania. The lucky fans of Calgary got to see his real grade-A material with the likes of Dynamite Kid and Owen Hart. What I got, though, was the wild eyed ghetto blaster fromHarlem.And while fans across the country appreciated Brown, it was New Yorkers who really felt the gimmick spoke to them. After all, this was our badass'hometown' hero. When he countered Jake the Snake's snake with his own animal aggressor - New York City sewer rats - we all cheered. Woo-hoo! Those are OUR rats! Before it was customary for heels to batter authority figures, Allen turned heads by being one of theonly guys-if not the only guy-to physically assault then-WWF president Jack Tunney as part of a TV storyline. Making this even better, he accused Jack of getting 'special favors' from Miss Elizabeth, and then did his crazy bug-eyes thing. The 'assault' - although nothing more than a jerk of Tunney's collar - left an impression that was stronger than any chairshot you see today. The simplicity of it all, the perfection with which Coage played the villainous Bad News, made it work. Complete honesty here: on the day I was supposed to interview Allen Coage, I wasn't in the mood. It was near the end of the year, and I had a laundry list of things I needed to get done and no time. I could barely find the time to brush my hair, much less interview Bad News. The fact that it was Bad News Brown is probably theonly reason I didn't postpone the interview. Today, I'm grateful I didn't. Allen Coage was tremendous.Whenit came to shooting, Bad News was straighter than the best of them. He simply didn't BS. He spoke his mind and laid everything on the line. He also dealt with the business in a way that, at that point, I hadn't experienced. Allen didn't care if you beat him.He didn't care how many times a night you beat him. He would put over anyone at any time-on one condition: you had to pay him. As I mentioned earlier, he was open about doing what he did for the money. Sure, he loved wrestling, and excelled at it, but Bad News didn't care about how he looked in defeat. He wasn't concerned about spots or card placement. All he wanted to do was go out there, put on a good match, and collect his money. Because of this, he was involved in angles that others might have turned down. One such example came at WrestleMania VI. Feuding with Roddy Piper, Allen undertook the strange task of wrestling him on the most important pay-per-view of the year. The bizarre note? Hot Rod was painted half black. Back then, Piper would do interviews and speak normally - when showing his white side. Then he'd turn to his black side, the side greasepainted, and talk jive. It was 'cutting edge' television, yeah. But it's also completely batshit insane when you examine it inhindsight. Knowing how crazy the P.C. police are today, the whole angle only serves to remind me of how old I am. Could you imagine a half-black Rowdy Roddy Piper on today's cable networks? People would lose their minds. And send in Al Sharpton to shoot him. At the end of the '80s, they cheered. When I asked Coage about the angle, I expected the stock wrestler response. I figured he'd say, 'Roddy was a great mind. We felt this would be a natural way to draw on the heat I got by being the mean man from Harlem. The idea was that he was trying to getunder my skin.'
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.12.2010 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung |
ISBN-10 | 1-55490-836-1 / 1554908361 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-55490-836-3 / 9781554908363 |
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