In this unprecedented peak behind the curtain, I will now reveal the shocking truth about the fan voting.
It was all completely legitimate.
I know many will be skeptical, but it's the truth. I can tell you that there were times when I and other members of the creative team suggested to Vince McMahon that we work the results to get the desired outcome, but he always refused to "compromise the integrity of the voting."
I felt like we were working ourselves, especially since the majority of people didn't believe the voting was legit anyway.
On certain occasions when fans were asked to choose the stipulation for a match that was taking place on that night's show, we'd select options that would make it easier for the talent and producers to put the match together. For example, we'd ask fans to pick between a Street Fight, a No Holds Barred Match and a No Disqualification Match. What's the difference between the three, you ask? Exactly. [that answers all those "ain't that the same shyt" reactions in live threads
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The "shoot" voting definitely made our jobs as writers harder at times. In particular, the Slammy Awards, which were determined by voting that closed just moments before the winner was announced, were a nightmare.
We had to gather all of the candidates for a specific award into Gorilla (the position backstage where the talent stands just before they make their entrance) so that they could be ready to go out and accept the award if they won. It made for some nerve-wracking moments when you were running around backstage trying to locate talent and had just a few minutes to find them and get them to Gorilla.
One of my worst experiences in WWE involved a fan voting segment that I was assigned to write. It occurred during the August 2012 episode of Raw, when viewers were asked to choose the guest of that night's Piper's Pit, with the choices being Chris Jericho, Dolph Ziggler and The Miz.
The funny thing is that no matter who won the vote, all three candidates were going to be in the segment with Roddy Piper. However, I still had to write three separate segments because the winner was going to come out first and interact with Piper and then be interrupted by the one of the guys and then the other.
When I approached Piper that afternoon to discuss the segment, he said, "OK, so who's going to win the vote?" I said that it would probably be Jericho, but I couldn't say for sure because the voting was a shoot.
Piper smiled, looked me directly in the eye and said, "Right. So just tell me who's winning the vote." I don't think I ever really convinced him that I wasn't ribbing him.
Jericho ended up winning the vote, but Piper got lost pretty quickly out there and started improvising. Jericho did his best to save it, but the segment was a train wreck.
The announce team dumped all over it (which they were instructed to do by Vince as the segment was deteriorating), and so did fans on social media.
Oh well, at least we didn't compromise the integrity of the voting.
Full write up here ---> http://kevineckwrestling.sportsblog...truth-about-legitimacy-of-wwe-app-voting.html
at Piper. I bet these old school carnies thing everyone is working at all times.
fukk outta here, I don't job in this territory for anyone 
'' Lemme get a few pain pills and I'll get back on the circuit''
