“ paying dues is just exploiting talent so they don’t have to pay people to set up”
Indies are literally charging $60 a ticket and still can barely afford to pay for ring rentals and venues. Unfortunately without paying dues, the indies die out because nobody can afford it.
Paying dues is cute in theory until you have people abusing the system to get free and cheap labor. Especially if you’re a talent flown in and you have a ring crew.
Workers rights (unless it’s paying dues then it’s tough luck). You’d never get that kind of stuff through if there was ever a wrestlers union lol and a few always want to act like a union would work.
You pay for someone and fly them off their name value, they probably aren’t going to help with ring crew and in reality, shouldn’t because you flew them to wrestle.
If they do, consider yourself lucky. That’s a bonus not a feature.
As someone who set up and tore the ring down even as a champion in Japan, everyone on the show didn’t do that all the time either.
Help if asked of course. Don’t be an asshole and refuse. But also, we love to move the goalposts of standards depending on the person.
Produce promoter has such bad vibes. Bro was wilding on his business account, “apologized” on his personal account, and when some people didn’t accept his apology, he sorta blamed other factors than himself. Just because a show is good doesn’t mean the person running it is.
@ageofthefever@ashstabbath When I was in the 5th grade, I read online that he had an extremely high IQ. Unfortunate that he’s actually just the biggest dumbass I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
@Nyakek@Iheartdoni Also, nowadays in the first episode they have the islanders all makeout right off the bat to decide who they have chemistry with. I feel like this ruins the awkwardness and unknowns/mystery that made the show great. We need to let intimacy happn naturally rather rhan force it.
An indy company punched *up* at the corporation fn with their shows.
Yah, some nice folks are at the center of it, but they made decisions that you could say weren't nice.
Im happy to see public pushback. Did yall forget who wwe is and what they do?
@LDMenzies Don’t be so fucking dense dude lmfao. You know it’s more than just a “poster” . It’s the art you neglected, it’s other people’s livelihoods you’ve put to the side to get yourself over, the fact that generative AI directly harms our environment. Laziness in your profession is 👎🏼
I've never understood the obsession over the amount of fans in the building. Celebrating a good draw, for sure sure! But I was brought up watching some of the best work in front of less than 20 and I was taught to love what I do no matter the crowd size.
@islandthembo Tbf, the backflip is required. Notice she gets further from the camera? If she didnt do the backflip shed smack her head on the second platform base 😭😭
Josh Hokit just ended his post-fight speech at the White House UFC event by yelling "Michelle Obama is a man!"
A disgraceful spectacle through and through