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Finally...  Michael  has come back to
rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated...

>Wildwood wrote:
>
>> Finally...  Michael  has come back to
>> rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated...
>> 
>> 
>>>You gotta wonder how much of this is political, how much of this is paid 
>>>for, how much of this is legit on the editors' part, and how much is 
>>>just "put some names on the list!".
>>>
>>>Michael
>> 
>> 
>> The list has *ALWAYS* been a worked one, mostly made up of American
>> workers, with a scattering of names from other countries that popped
>> up in the mag over the last 2 years.
>
>I guess I'm wondering if there's any politicking going on from the 
>companies.  I guess these days it'd be something like "if we don't 
>placate (fill in name here) the company won't let us use pictures or 
>something".
>

With the WWE media ban, I don't think politicing really matters now...
Since WWE doesn't allow media outlets to own the rights to any photos
that the media take at WWE events (this was mentioned on 1wrestling
this week in connection to a newspaper reporting this policy), it
doesn't really matter.  :-/  

>> There have been many, many cases of semi-workers who have been
>> retired/injured for 1-3 years being on the list - the people who made
>> the list just didn't hear about it.
>
>Any examples?  Just curious.
>

Oh geez...  I can't remember the workers' names, but in 1998 I was
talking to one of the regulars from Rick Link's New Dimension
Wrestling here in NC.  He was exited that he was ranked in the PWI 500
(in the 300s, IIRC), and then started laughing and reading off names
of other NC workers that were on the list but hadn't worked in over a
year because of injuries (2). moves to areas where there were too few
indies (3), or got married and left the business (1).  I think 1 was a
former OMEGA guy, but I can't remember any more than that.  :-/

Bill
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