Straw Hat Luffy
Veteran
A guy called into Wade Keller’s show last night. Take this FWIW. He said he has few friends that's a member of creative and he shared this:
- Nobody should ever rip WWE creative. They have some brilliant and cool ideas. They have 1 month, 3 month, and 12 months storylines. They are told they are writing for an audience of 1. He said that some of the ideas he heard were really good.
- They said Hunter is very frustrated each night in the back. He looks like the most frustrated person in the building each night and he is always consoling the talent.
- The Wild Card idea was not in the script as of last Monday Morning. - The Superstar shakeup changed week to week and it did not end up at all how it was to go off. Months of planning went into how it was to go down and it all was thrown out the window.
- The Smackdown and Raw writing teams are the same for both shows now.
- Vince wants suggestions for everyone but rarely uses them.
- The writers said he doesn't watch NXT and maybe watches the Takeovers. So he doesn't really know much about the talents that come up and just creates his own vision for them.
- The writers said he doesn't keep track of anything outside WWE. Basically he watches the network and works out.
- There is no chance he steps down or takes a step back until the day he dies even with the XFL.
- They said Dana Brooke has been the hardest worker over the last three years. She gets there early, works in the ring etc. Does anything she can to get better. They pitch TV segments for her and she gets nothing.
- Right now they are all working for Dana Warrior.
- They have it in their contract that under no circumstances that the show would be moved to FS1. It will stay on Fox.
- They all loved Road Dog and feel like he will end up with AEW.
- It is a toxic atmosphere because of Vince. -
When Neville left there was a shouting match between him and Vince. He flipped out on him and it was the lasts time they ever saw him.
- The stop start stuff we see is because Vince gets interested for a week and then changes his mind. He said this is demoralizing for the talent and the writers because they work so hard to put this stuff together and then he just changes his mind. It gets to a point where everything you are writing is not on TV and then you watch the stuff on TV and it’s so bad.
- The talent is very unhappy. There are people wanting/trying to get out of their contracts.
- Bruce Prichard is a pleasure to work with but he hasn’t made a difference. He can’t get through to Vince either.
They said Shane has even had conversations with Vince and Vince laughed him off. Shane, HHH and Steph have all tried this.
- They all assume they will get fired. They all listen to popular podcasts and it breaks their heart because they get bashed but they really have no say.
- They have 37 total writers.
- Andrade went to Vince and asked for a legit push. Vince told him to learn some English and kicked him out of the office. I guess last week he had a promo and spoke some English. He’s also taking English classes.
- They said the Firefly Funhouse is all Bray Wyatt’s idea. He is a genius when it comes to character development.
- They said when Fox first came in they said they wanted the top stars and are not paying for a B show.
- They said the best time they had the last few years was when there was brand specific PPV’s because so many guys got so many opportunities.
- The Zayn character is Vince yelling at the fans and the critics and despises that the fans don't enjoy what he is giving them.
- Nobody should ever rip WWE creative. They have some brilliant and cool ideas. They have 1 month, 3 month, and 12 months storylines. They are told they are writing for an audience of 1. He said that some of the ideas he heard were really good.
- They said Hunter is very frustrated each night in the back. He looks like the most frustrated person in the building each night and he is always consoling the talent.
- The Wild Card idea was not in the script as of last Monday Morning. - The Superstar shakeup changed week to week and it did not end up at all how it was to go off. Months of planning went into how it was to go down and it all was thrown out the window.
- The Smackdown and Raw writing teams are the same for both shows now.
- Vince wants suggestions for everyone but rarely uses them.
- The writers said he doesn't watch NXT and maybe watches the Takeovers. So he doesn't really know much about the talents that come up and just creates his own vision for them.
- The writers said he doesn't keep track of anything outside WWE. Basically he watches the network and works out.
- There is no chance he steps down or takes a step back until the day he dies even with the XFL.
- They said Dana Brooke has been the hardest worker over the last three years. She gets there early, works in the ring etc. Does anything she can to get better. They pitch TV segments for her and she gets nothing.
- Right now they are all working for Dana Warrior.
- They have it in their contract that under no circumstances that the show would be moved to FS1. It will stay on Fox.
- They all loved Road Dog and feel like he will end up with AEW.
- It is a toxic atmosphere because of Vince. -
When Neville left there was a shouting match between him and Vince. He flipped out on him and it was the lasts time they ever saw him.
- The stop start stuff we see is because Vince gets interested for a week and then changes his mind. He said this is demoralizing for the talent and the writers because they work so hard to put this stuff together and then he just changes his mind. It gets to a point where everything you are writing is not on TV and then you watch the stuff on TV and it’s so bad.
- The talent is very unhappy. There are people wanting/trying to get out of their contracts.
- Bruce Prichard is a pleasure to work with but he hasn’t made a difference. He can’t get through to Vince either.
They said Shane has even had conversations with Vince and Vince laughed him off. Shane, HHH and Steph have all tried this.
- They all assume they will get fired. They all listen to popular podcasts and it breaks their heart because they get bashed but they really have no say.
- They have 37 total writers.
- Andrade went to Vince and asked for a legit push. Vince told him to learn some English and kicked him out of the office. I guess last week he had a promo and spoke some English. He’s also taking English classes.
- They said the Firefly Funhouse is all Bray Wyatt’s idea. He is a genius when it comes to character development.
- They said when Fox first came in they said they wanted the top stars and are not paying for a B show.
- They said the best time they had the last few years was when there was brand specific PPV’s because so many guys got so many opportunities.
- The Zayn character is Vince yelling at the fans and the critics and despises that the fans don't enjoy what he is giving them.
@ Trips playing good cop backstage
