Comments on: Worst Person of the Week http://www.pwchronicle.com/2007/06/17/worst-person-of-the-week/ Talky-Talky - Wrestle-Wrestle Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:10:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John Philapavage http://www.pwchronicle.com/2007/06/17/worst-person-of-the-week/#comment-42 John Philapavage Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:52:04 +0000 http://www.pwchronicle.com/2007/06/17/worst-person-of-the-week/#comment-42 The debate rages on in Hansley's new The View From The Cheap Seats column and in the comments section below. Everyone is invited to join in. The debate rages on in Hansley’s new The View From The Cheap Seats column and in the comments section below. Everyone is invited to join in.

]]> By: Brian Hansley http://www.pwchronicle.com/2007/06/17/worst-person-of-the-week/#comment-39 Brian Hansley Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:43:49 +0000 http://www.pwchronicle.com/2007/06/17/worst-person-of-the-week/#comment-39 I agree with Gene 100%...Seriously in a week when McMahon is faking his death and having fake 10 bell salutes, and people are tripping over themselves to hammer Jeff over this segment- Jarrett isn't even close to the worst guy this week I agree with Gene 100%…Seriously in a week when McMahon is faking his death and having fake 10 bell salutes, and people are tripping over themselves to hammer Jeff over this segment- Jarrett isn’t even close to the worst guy this week

]]> By: Gene Boyer http://www.pwchronicle.com/2007/06/17/worst-person-of-the-week/#comment-38 Gene Boyer Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:23:16 +0000 http://www.pwchronicle.com/2007/06/17/worst-person-of-the-week/#comment-38 Man, I obviously got a completely different feel from this segment than you did! Maybe it's due to having cancer that I could empathize with his position a little more, but I didn't see it in any way as him just trying to get over the promotion or himself. Hell, he's been back for a couple months and has been more over than he's been in years, so it wasn't really needed. He easily could have just disappeared with no mention of anything and then cut the sympathetic promo when he returned to try to get over, but he put himself out there while everything is obviously still incredibly fresh and painful for him to explain why, after just a couple of months, he was disappearing again. And he did it as a shoot, as opposed to some lame work or partial work, since a lot of the fan base knew what had happened. Sure, that was also done to connect with the fans, but I'm a firm believer that it's best to be honest when things like that happen and not piss off the fans by doing things like that, so I give TNA credit for doing something right for once! I will agree that I thought Sting coming down from the rafters was disrespectful... I wouldn't have expected that from a promotion run by Jeff, with his wife having died on the same date as Owen. But, at the same time, I'd imagine they went over things about 1000 times because of it. And it's hardly the most tasteless thing ever done and to me it wasn't even the most tasteless thing done in the past week. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe having Jeff come out and talk about what the company meant to him and just how much of a role he has had in it was more about getting over the company. To me I thought it was more about getting over what his wife meant to him and how much she pushed him and inspired him to make it all happen. And even if it was about the company, I still find it to be better than faking your death and pushing the legit death of one of your promotion's hall of famers to the bottom of the page, just to continue your crappy fake death angle. Man, I obviously got a completely different feel from this segment than you did! Maybe it’s due to having cancer that I could empathize with his position a little more, but I didn’t see it in any way as him just trying to get over the promotion or himself. Hell, he’s been back for a couple months and has been more over than he’s been in years, so it wasn’t really needed. He easily could have just disappeared with no mention of anything and then cut the sympathetic promo when he returned to try to get over, but he put himself out there while everything is obviously still incredibly fresh and painful for him to explain why, after just a couple of months, he was disappearing again. And he did it as a shoot, as opposed to some lame work or partial work, since a lot of the fan base knew what had happened. Sure, that was also done to connect with the fans, but I’m a firm believer that it’s best to be honest when things like that happen and not piss off the fans by doing things like that, so I give TNA credit for doing something right for once!

I will agree that I thought Sting coming down from the rafters was disrespectful… I wouldn’t have expected that from a promotion run by Jeff, with his wife having died on the same date as Owen. But, at the same time, I’d imagine they went over things about 1000 times because of it. And it’s hardly the most tasteless thing ever done and to me it wasn’t even the most tasteless thing done in the past week.

Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe having Jeff come out and talk about what the company meant to him and just how much of a role he has had in it was more about getting over the company. To me I thought it was more about getting over what his wife meant to him and how much she pushed him and inspired him to make it all happen. And even if it was about the company, I still find it to be better than faking your death and pushing the legit death of one of your promotion’s hall of famers to the bottom of the page, just to continue your crappy fake death angle.

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