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I had not even watched television in almost a year up until a month
ago. But recently I have caught some of the shows & I think that the
concept Vince had about creating two different brands of WWE, that
everyone considered a miserable failure at one point, has worked as he
had visualized . Vince said in the meeting announcing the plan for the
RAW & Smackdown seperate brands that sometimes you have to take a step
back to take two steps forward. He was right about that. The step back
was a painful one for everyone after being used to the incredible run
of business we had from 98 through 2002. But it takes time to build
new stars & it doesn't matter how great they are technically, they
have to be established in the minds of the public. The new stars of
WWE are starting to become etablished. Vince has invested in some
excellent people. Randy Orton among others stand out to me. What I see
that gives Me hope that Wrestling will come out from under the dark
cloud of premature deaths currently associated with it, is the fact
that these guys aren't living as reckless a lifestyle as past
generations, myself included. What you see on WWE now are world class
athletes. Not just entertainers. They deserve the respect and
recognition that other world class athletes are given. I remember
Reggie White telling Me that Wrestling was the hardest thing He ever
did. That is coming from an all time NFL great. Chris Jericho looked
great on a recent show I saw. Shawn Michaels is always great. I
haven't seen enough of the story lines to give an opinion on that. I
hope that they aren't devoting anymore televison time to Big Show
eating burritos & losing his match because he had the shits & ran out
of the ring. Whoever came up with that doesn't respect Wrestling fans.

I am very disappointed that they were determined to "humanize" Kane.
The value of "mystique" is greatly underestimated in this case. When
Kane & I were partners, I argued against Kane talking with the voice
machine & any of the backstage interaction I thought was counter
productive to his character. In my opinion there has never been anyone
who was able to use body language in the way Kane did. Kamala was damn
good too. But Kane & Rey Mysterio are the only two masked wrestlers to
be true superstars in the modern era of wrestling(mid 80s to present).
The other masked guys from that point on were usually the guys that
lost the 3 minute squash match & wanted to hide their faces. I seem to
always ramble of the subject when I do this, so I will end this now.

Take care,

Sean


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