betiko wrote:Jmac1026 wrote:betiko wrote:I never understood wrestling. What makes the leagues decide who gets to win? Do they build scenarios for entire seasons?
Its basically a soap opera with big sweaty men in tight clothing. And they pound each other.
it doesn't answer my question. how do scenarists work? on a week by week basis? aren't the actors somehow able to raise more or less their popularity compared to the scenario expectations, which leads the scenarists to change the scripts?
basically if you enter the WWF, how can you become a star without relying 100% on scenarists to be nice with your character?
Since the mid-90s, wrestlers have had to design their own characters more or less. WWE still decides on the branding of the character (things like shirts, videos, songs) but it is up to the person to sell their character to the audience. If the character gets an audience (i.e. people in the crowd with signs, internet followers) and has a good look, they can be given a push into championship stories.
Storyboards are usually written a few months in advance. If a wrestler quits or is injured, they are changed on the fly. The biggest problem with wrestling is continuity errors though. Rules from "the rulebook" come and go, characters who easily defeat monsters in a few weeks can't beat wimps, characters are totally remade etc.
