Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2004 http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=25299 “It’s 25 bucks an hour,” Rose says. “Fifty bucks for two hours every Sunday. Pay as you go. You want to quit, go ahead. And we don’t charge people to do calisthenics or lift weights. You get in shape on your own — that’s up to you. You come here to learn the basics.” Very basic. It’s old-school stuff like ring generalship, ring psychology, how to do an interview. A good many of today’s wrestling stars can do all the high-flying flips off the ring post but don’t know how to work a crowd or build a match. And many of them also don’t observe the niceties of what was once thought an art —“working” a believable wrestling match, making a crowd think you’re beating someone up — but actually not hurting the other person at all. “It’s a lost art,” Rose says. “I’ve had guys in the WWE today tell me that they don’t want to work with a lot of these young guys because they are afraid they’re going to get hurt. They don’t know how to work.” As Wiskoski tells a student: “It’s safety first. That’s for you and your opponent.” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
