>
>>I think back to HBK and I still feel pretty strongly that he
>>wasn't that great of a promo guy and WWE did a bang-up job
>of
>>video packaging his stuff in a way that made it seem like he
>>was. And, like Kenny, you knew the matches were gonna be
>>nuanced goodness at least even if the opponent was nothing
>>special.
>
>Shawn could sorta talk but his problem was he thought he was
>way funnier than he actually was. I guess that worked fine for
>the attitude era but does not look good in retrospect. And
>yeah, WWE video packages can make anyone look like a million
>bucks.

Don’t get me wrong. I love him too but I can love him and admit that he had some warts. I wish folks could do the same for some of the newer guys (see the warts but enjoy the good) but I think we get caught up sometimes. We’ve seen too much. We know too much. There’s been too many glossy documentaries! Add in that we’re stuck in the culture of complaining and it’s tough.

That’s why I’m constantly begging folks to go back and watch old shows..the whole shows. It will be clear that we had some shaky stuff back in the day too. Bad camera angles. Blown spots. Goofy finishes. Good wrestlers going through rough patches, all of that.

A random crazy thing: wcw had some wildly good rasslin going on all through the 90s.