Guest Austin3164life Report post Posted March 27, 2002 I understand the Stephanie McMahon grew up in the wrestling business, as did her father and her grandfather, but why is she the senior writer/booker for many feuds? If she is supervising the Main Event feud between Chris Jericho and Triple H, she's not doing a very good job. The main focus of the show should be the Main Event status. Stephanie has taken it and turned it into her own little fantasy soap opera which she can play with. No offense to women, but wrestling needs bookers with experience and avid wrestling knowledge. That's why I always wondered why hasn't Paul Heyman spoken out or why hasn't he (a very good wrestling booker and promoter, not to mention color commentator) been named the head booker? Vince (if he's the so-called genius that he claims) should realize that the show is ushering into a new era, and maybe the fans want to see something different besides the whole soap opera aspect of wrestling. He should focus more on the Sports, and less on the entertainment. Paul Heyman would probably book some great feuds and great matches. People want to see Austin put over Chris Benoit, people want to see a match between Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle. Sure, thesmarks and the rest of the 'net community may be the minority, but discrimination against what we want isn't the best thing to do. I feel that if Paul Heyman took control of booking the pre-ME and the Main Event, things would make a turn for the better, and the ratings would increase. Paul may not be the best business man, but he knows wrestling very well (ECW was doing well, for its size). Leave the business to Vince, since he's supposedly such a great business man. If I were the owner of the WWF, first off, I would take out Stephanie McMahon from the booking committee. The people want change, and we should get some change. Pardon my slight ranting, but in the words of one Owen Hart, enough is enough, and it's Time for a CHANGE.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cobainwasmurdered Report post Posted March 27, 2002 heymen isn't the head booker becuse he doesn't have any mcmahon dna, so in vince's mind that means he doesn't know shit about wrestling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted March 27, 2002 he must know something about wrestling if vince is still paying this guy every week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Tony149 Report post Posted March 27, 2002 I've read that Heyman does a lot of the midcard stuff. It's well known he did the Taker/Flair stuff. I wonder why the hired Heyman. JR was pimping him on the Ross Report last year, saying he can't drink the kool-aid if Heyman isn't onboard serving it. Now Heyman is just another writer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Some Guy Report post Posted March 27, 2002 Heymen gave us Austin/HHH vs. Benoit/Jericho and he booked the best written angle for Mania, too bad it was between Taker and Flair and not HHH and Jericho or nWo and Austin. He should be allowed to write more stuff and have Vince edit some of his stupider ideas like he did with Russo. Heymen has had some really bad ideas in ECW (Justin Credible's long ass world title reign, not making RVD the world champ when no one in the company was any where near as popular, running the same matches every ppv, and continuing to push a crippled Tommy Dreamer well beyond the man's capability). He also had many great and innovative ideas that changed the whole business. With him only doing mid card work I be willing to bet that he has plenty of ideas in his head for the ME guys for when he gets the chance to use them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest teke184 Report post Posted March 27, 2002 Heyman is a mixed bag. He is capable of putting together great feuds, but he also overbooks to the point that the nWo finishes in WCW made more sense than some of what he did. Anyone wanting to see how much of a surrealistic clusterfuck that Paul can put together should watch the Simon Diamond "tag match" on Anarchy Rulz 99. It starts with Simon trying to get a tag partner to face Chris Chetti and Nova, Jazz runs in to argue with Simon, a guy at ringside is called in by Simon to fight with Jazz, Chetti and Nova run out and attack Simon, The Baldies attack Chetti and Nova, and New Jack runs out and attacks The Baldies with a trashcan full of toasters and VCRs, among other things. On the plus side, it STILL made more sense than having Lucy the Dog drop chocolate dogshit on the floor of Steph's office which indirectly resulted in Lucy being run over due to Jericho's screwup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted March 27, 2002 , people want to see a match between Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle ::raises hand:: I don't! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted March 27, 2002 go on then, Anglesault. Why? and yes, Heyman does take things too far at times, but the evidence of that only came out during ECW's worst financial period towards the end, when he was just throwing everything he could think of out there. I think Patterson is better, even if his booking is less cutting edge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted March 27, 2002 go on then, Anglesault. Why? Because It would be YET ANOTHER step down for Angle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kahran Ramsus Report post Posted March 27, 2002 It is far too soon for Lesnar/Angle. Maybe a year from now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest notJames Report post Posted March 27, 2002 You want clusterfuck? How about that one tag team match where Tajiri and Super Crazy were supposed to pick a secret partner, then Corino comes out on behalf of Tajiri, and says his pick is... Super Crazy! What!?!?!?!?!? Then, Little Guido comes out and demands that no International wrestling bout could ever be contested without him, so then some other shit happens after about 10 minutes, Heyman comes out, yells at everyone, and then announces that Guido's partner is... Jerry Lynn! Who has absolutely no vested interest in any of this. Why they couldn't just go the straight forward route, I don't know. But, that's crazy bankrupt Heyman for you. But I will say that Heyman might never be head booker like everyone says because his last name isn't McMahon. Nepotismania runs WILD in the WWFEetcetcetc... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted March 27, 2002 It was a good match though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest notJames Report post Posted March 27, 2002 Well sure, but why burn a hole through the floor and jump when you can just take the stairs? Regardless, Heyman would have to pitch the absolute MONEY angle spanning 3 years and garnering billions of dollars in revenue before he even tastes the head booker position. That or start dating Shane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RickyB Report post Posted March 27, 2002 That or start dating Shane. Or start dating Linda.... no wait... that might not be such a good idea ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest thebear Report post Posted March 27, 2002 Heyman's shit was/is good, and didn't he pitch the dangerous alliance to WCW in 91??? There was psychology to the dream partner match that Crazy and Guido had Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ripper Report post Posted March 27, 2002 Because you don't put a writer over the writing committee. They will automatically want to put their ideas ahead of the rest of the writing staff. For christ sake, STEPHANIE MCMAHON IS NOT A WRITER, SHE DOES NOT HAVE A JOB AS A WRITER, SHE OVERSEES THE WRITING COMMITTEE. As fun as it is to put the blame on her because of her last name, if you had her job, the EXACT same thing would be on televison. She is just the onethat takes the final ideas that the writers come up with and agree on to Vince were he tweaks them and puts them on television. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest muswp1 Report post Posted March 27, 2002 I personally think that having Paul Heyman overseeing the booking would improve the quality of wrestling. I have proof: March to June 2001: Paul was the lead booker and quality wrestling was on the rise with a classic match on Raw with Benoit/Jericho vs. HHH/Austin as a good example. Then the Invasion starts and crap follows. The Invasion was one of the worst things creatively speaking to happen since 1993 WCW. As soon as Shane and Stephanie got involved, it was all over. Shane and Steph were actively involved in that crap and booking trends from that fiasco are still evident (see dumb skits from the last two weeks). The ups and downs of ECW represent Paul Heyman using whatever resources were at hand to make his federation work. When he had the talent, good to great matches happened (1995 ECW). When he didn't, absolute crap happened (1999-2001 ECW) If Paul had more control, things could be different in a hurry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest notJames Report post Posted March 27, 2002 There was psychology to the dream partner match that Crazy and Guido had In booking the match, or in scripting the flow of the match (which are two different things)? Don't get me wrong. I think Heyman is a great storyteller and when he's on the ball, can get the most out of any wrestler. How else could he get so many one-dimensional characters over in ECW? I just think that under the auspices of The All-Seeing McMahon, he wouldn't be allowed to run wild with the book and go extreme like he did in his salad days. In a way, that's good, because you avoid the overbooking that he's notorious for. On the other hand, we could be missing out on some choice stuff that could get the Fed out of the rut they're in and really herald a new wrestling era. If anything else, I'd like to see a three-way with Stacy, Trish, and Terri, though not in the way you think (or maybe that's exactly what you're thinking too...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
