{"id":25990,"date":"2017-06-29T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=25990"},"modified":"2017-06-29T14:44:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T19:44:51","slug":"wills-new-thing-magical-life-giving-power-live-professional-wrestling-reader-mail-shane-mcmahon-gif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2017\/06\/29\/wills-new-thing-magical-life-giving-power-live-professional-wrestling-reader-mail-shane-mcmahon-gif\/","title":{"rendered":"Will\u2019s New Thing &#8211; The magical life giving power of live professional wrestling, reader mail, a Shane McMahon gif, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2242065619\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Will Pruett<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I went to my first wrestling show when I was 12 years old. It was an episode of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagematch.net\/?id=1&amp;nr=2883\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday Night Raw in Anaheim in 1999<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Upon re-watching it recently, I realized it was a garbage television show. It opened with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration of the United States (still baffled by this, y\u2019all) and charisma vacuum Linda McMahon speaking. It ended with beer flying into a steel cage for Steve Austin to drink. Even though the show wasn\u2019t great, I was still in awe that day. I was seeing wrestling live with my eyes in front of me. It was magical then and it is still magical now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This past Monday, I went to WWE Raw at Staples Center. While shows were absolutely mystifying and captivating at 12, people watching during wrestling shows has become far more interesting to me. I love attending live shows, since I\u2019m not about to invite the entire array of humanity that attend a WWE show to my house on a Monday night. It\u2019s a great opportunity to see how people react to and enjoy wrestling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people watching was insanely fun on Monday night as I saw fans all collectively raise their cameras to record Roman Reigns\u2019 entrance, even if they were booing him. This was evidence of his star power to me, even if his character isn\u2019t my favorite. It\u2019s easy to see why Roman is still being pushed. I also got to see two ten year old boys in front of me hang on every near fall and near countout of the Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax portion of the main event. It\u2019s easy to say this wouldn\u2019t have happened five years ago and is a sign of WWE working in the right direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raw was just the beginning of my live wrestling adventures this week, since I\u2019ll be at both of the New Japan Pro Wrestling shows in Long Beach. I\u2019m looking forward to being able to compare and contrast the environment of these shows between standard WWE and what NJPW brings to a market. I feel like more of us will be like the ten year old kids hanging on every near fall than we\u2019d like to admit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the past, I\u2019ve often been critical of fans at live shows, often for how they choose to enjoy wrestling. I\u2019ve mocked folks for carrying replica titles, wearing bad t-shirts, or any number of things I wouldn\u2019t do. I was so completely wrong when I did this. Everyone should enjoy professional wrestling the way they want to. I prefer to sit quietly in my chair and give polite applause. You should be able to yell, scream, raise a belt, and do anything else that doesn\u2019t disrupt those around you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrestling is for everyone. Wrestling is a beautiful form of live theatre where we\u2019re all encouraged to interact to our fullest potential. Wrestling is a wonderful and entertaining medium we all get to a part of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love what you love the way you love it. Don\u2019t let anyone stop you. Wrestling is the coolest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>This week\u2019s essential viewing:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the purposes of this column, this week will be presented as Thursday-Wednesday.<\/span><\/i><\/p><div id=\"prowr-3392590609\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a rough week for watching non-WWE wrestling, since I spent my weekend in the woods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aleister Black vs. Kassius Ohno (WWE NXT &#8211; June 21, 2017)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; While these two are capable of much more and the start of this match was a little slow, the end showed two great competitors kicking it into a high gear. Both Ohno and Black have been standout performers for a long time and this was just a glimpse of what they\u2019re capable of on a large stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Bayley vs. Nia Jax vs. Mickie James vs. Dana Brooke vs. Emma vs. Sasha Banks in a Gauntlet Match (WWE Raw &#8211; June 26, 2017)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; This will be memorable for some great moments and a true effort to establish Nia Jax. Dana getting immediately killed by Nia was fantastic. Nia\u2019s 25+ minute performance was a career highlight for her. As a bonus, we saw Sasha Banks roll onto the Raw Women\u2019s scene again. Maybe coming out of this match, we can see some great storytelling with Raw\u2019s full women\u2019s division again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Carmella vs. Natalya vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Tamina in a Money in the Bank Ladder Match (WWE Smackdown &#8211; June 27, 2017)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; NOW THAT\u2019S MORE LIKE IT! This was a great Ladder Match and featured some great standout performances. Natalya killed it. Becky killed it. Charlotte killed it. Beyond everyone else, Carmella absolutely killed it and is my MVP of WWE for the month of June. She is running with the ball and doing great work. I\u2019m so happy to see her continue this run. While I\u2019ll stand by my assertion from the last couple weeks that this should have happened at Money in the Bank and sans controversy, this was a very good match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Asuka vs. Nikki Cross in a Last Woman Standing Match (WWE NXT &#8211; June 28, 2017)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; I know this segment officially goes longer than a week now. I don\u2019t care. This was a great main event contest to cap off a week of great main events. Asuka\u2019s title reign is insanely impressive when you step back and look at it. I feel like I haven\u2019t always given it the attention it deserves. Cross could be a breakout star when NXT moves on from Asuka\u2019s dominance. This was awesome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>What I absolutely positively love in wrestling this week:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Carmella<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; I\u2019m doubling down on Carmella as the MVP of wrestling this week. She continues to up her game, was the highlight of yet another Smackdown opening segment, and was the deserving victor in a very good Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Carmella is a major bright spot in WWE today. She\u2019s expanding into a major role and I\u2019m insanely excited to see where she\u2019s at six months from now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>What I absolutely positively love in the world this week:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GX3Regj6nAg\"><b>The Big Sick<\/b> <\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Kumail Nanjiani is great in just about anything he\u2019s in (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silicon Valley<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is evidence of this), but seeing him in this film acting out his own story, was brilliant. Zoe Kazan was brilliantly cast opposite Nanjiani. Everything about this movie was terrific. I\u2019ve always loved romantic comedies (actual life anecdote: I\u2019ve ended up in yelling arguments with friends over why <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve Got Mail<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is better than <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sleepless in Seattle<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and this is a special one. Friends, you NEED to go see <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Big Sick<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when it comes out near you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Reader mail:<\/b><\/span><\/p><div id=\"prowr-1244172222\" class=\"prowr-content-5 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_3 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Got something to say\/react to in today\u2019s piece? Write to me at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:itswilltime@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">itswilltime@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wilpruett\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter @wilpruett<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Just let me know whether you\u2019d like your name attached to your statement or not. Alternately, there\u2019s a comment section just below this article, so comment away!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reader Shauny79 writes in:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe we are at a stage now where WWE is a generally modern and open-minded institution that is still run by a sexist dinosaur at the very top. I agree with the poster who said \u201cthis has Vince\u2019s fingerprints all over it.\u201d I felt more or less the same as Will about this issue, but to be honest I would imagine most of the WWE staff, writers and wrestlers did too.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is likely very true. I always try to separate my criticism for WWE\u2019s writers from the stories they tell. I believe you could go into WWE\u2019s writers\u2019 room and find almost all of them understand professional wrestling and could be effective with a singular vision (even when those visions differ). What WWE has is one man who comes and sloppily re-writes or changes the hard work of others to fit his outdated vision of life. Vince is what\u2019s wrong with WWE\u2019s storytelling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nick writes:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where my point of view appears to diverge from yours is that I don\u2019t believe it was a deliberate attempt on the part of WWE to demean its female talents or make their contributions to the show less important. If that were the case, why the immediate booking of the upcoming rematch for next Tuesday\u2019s Smackdown Live broadcast? On a not-immediate but semi-related note, why have the Mae Young Classic also?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having the Mae Young Classic doesn\u2019t excuse WWE from accusations of sexism. Hell, they created the problem with lack of representation to begin with. I\u2019m not against praising them when they do well (as I have and continue to do in this space), but I\u2019m not going to excuse a horrid idea that would have never been done in a match with male main eventers because of a women\u2019s tournament. WWE can be sexist AND have a wonderfully progressive women\u2019s tournament. These are not binary options. I\u2019m willing to say all of this is true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John wrote in:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To me, since the WWE has moved to the network model, where the equivalent of the monthly PPV purchase has already been made prior to the marketing of the next event, Sunday night specials on network no longer makes sense structurally for WWE.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is an interesting point and one I want to dive into further in the future. I actually disagree with one major thing (but will not say you\u2019re wrong). I don\u2019t believe WWE Network makes weekly TV shows more important. I believe WWE Network allows one to follow WWE without weekly television. With a Network Special (or two) more than every two weeks, WWE gives fans an easy way to keep up without being overwhelmed by trying to catch five hours of television per week. WWE Network makes those Sunday specials more important to me, not less.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>SSMGOTW (Superfluous Shane McMahon Gif of the Week):<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/originals\/43\/aa\/97\/43aa97c613e881f4364be5451590c008.gif?resize=500%2C283&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>This week\u2019s wrestling reading: <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to highlight some of the best wrestling reading I\u2019ve found over the past week.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2017\/06\/james-ellsworth-proves-wwe-has-a-way-to-go-with-wo.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James Ellsworth Proves WWE Has a Way to Go with Women and LGBT Representation by Colette Arrand<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawbreakdownproject.com\/raw-vs-sdlive-airtime-percentages-week-of-june-26-27-2017\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RAW vs SDLive Airtime Percentages, Week of June 26-27 2017 by Kate Foray<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>We\u2019re Done Here:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is too much to do in my life and too much wrestling to prepare for. Let\u2019s get out of here and meet at the same time next week where I\u2019ll be exhausted from one of the craziest weeks of my year! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will Pruett writes about wrestling and popular culture at prowrestling.net. Of interest to him are diversity in wrestling and wrestling as a theatrical art form. 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