Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Aug 11, 2017 10:03:01 GMT -6
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This entire deal amazed me when I read your report: Why in the world is Gabe Sapolsky doing a tryout for WWE NXT creative if WWN is making big bucks with their Flosports deal? Wouldn't this be him selling out his own company? How would Sapolsky fare in WWE's system? It's not like he's booked a classic feud or story in years. Isn't WWE a decade late?
Sapolsky obviously wants to get the job with WWE, because chances are one can make far more money working for them than anywhere else in the wrestling business. If he didn't want the job, he wouldn't be doing the tryout deal. I see why he is. Gabe is in his 40s with a family and making money for them has to be his priority, not booking indy wrestling forever. There's only so much one can make in that bubble and the Flosports deal pretty much saved WWN - but no deal lasts forever.
I don't know that it's Gabe selling out his own company (although I can see why you would say that), because he doesn't own WWN. WWN could continue on without Sapolsky.
As far as how Sapolsky would fare, I don't know. It would all depend on whether someone who has been in a creative position that pretty much allowed him to be the final say for much of his adult life would be willing and able to deal with being part of a group of writers and being in a position where his ideas can be veteod or changed by his boss. Having to go to a corporate office environment is a lot different from working from home. Being the alpha male in what you do and having to go and be a part of a team is a hard transition to make for anyone who is used to controlling their destiny. Whether Gabe could make that transition and function there we would have to see. Obviously, WWE is interested in seeing if he can.
Working for WWE is also a very different animal stylistically as well in comparison to trying to book independent wrestling and perhaps that change would do him good and spark something you haven't seen out of him in awhile creatively.
While there hasn't been a "Summer of Punk" style storyline or moment out of Sapolsky's booking in a long, long time, he still has a good eye for talent and is good at getting talents who aren't making a great deal of money and convincing them to work hard physically to get themselves over and set the stage for them to be seen on a larger platform. He's also attached as a name that helped develop a lot of talent who made big waves for WWE, so if you are WWE, you have to wonder "can he do that for us." I can see why they would want to explore that option.
I take the entire thing as a "we will see" with the sad understanding that if it happens, it will be the end of the legendary "Sapolsky throws a fit backstage stories" that I have always enjoyed (as WWE, as a publicly traded company would never allow such a thing) and on occasion, the screaming phone calls and voicemails I would occasionally receive when Gabe didn't like something I reported.
This entire deal amazed me when I read your report: Why in the world is Gabe Sapolsky doing a tryout for WWE NXT creative if WWN is making big bucks with their Flosports deal? Wouldn't this be him selling out his own company? How would Sapolsky fare in WWE's system? It's not like he's booked a classic feud or story in years. Isn't WWE a decade late?
Sapolsky obviously wants to get the job with WWE, because chances are one can make far more money working for them than anywhere else in the wrestling business. If he didn't want the job, he wouldn't be doing the tryout deal. I see why he is. Gabe is in his 40s with a family and making money for them has to be his priority, not booking indy wrestling forever. There's only so much one can make in that bubble and the Flosports deal pretty much saved WWN - but no deal lasts forever.
I don't know that it's Gabe selling out his own company (although I can see why you would say that), because he doesn't own WWN. WWN could continue on without Sapolsky.
As far as how Sapolsky would fare, I don't know. It would all depend on whether someone who has been in a creative position that pretty much allowed him to be the final say for much of his adult life would be willing and able to deal with being part of a group of writers and being in a position where his ideas can be veteod or changed by his boss. Having to go to a corporate office environment is a lot different from working from home. Being the alpha male in what you do and having to go and be a part of a team is a hard transition to make for anyone who is used to controlling their destiny. Whether Gabe could make that transition and function there we would have to see. Obviously, WWE is interested in seeing if he can.
Working for WWE is also a very different animal stylistically as well in comparison to trying to book independent wrestling and perhaps that change would do him good and spark something you haven't seen out of him in awhile creatively.
While there hasn't been a "Summer of Punk" style storyline or moment out of Sapolsky's booking in a long, long time, he still has a good eye for talent and is good at getting talents who aren't making a great deal of money and convincing them to work hard physically to get themselves over and set the stage for them to be seen on a larger platform. He's also attached as a name that helped develop a lot of talent who made big waves for WWE, so if you are WWE, you have to wonder "can he do that for us." I can see why they would want to explore that option.
I take the entire thing as a "we will see" with the sad understanding that if it happens, it will be the end of the legendary "Sapolsky throws a fit backstage stories" that I have always enjoyed (as WWE, as a publicly traded company would never allow such a thing) and on occasion, the screaming phone calls and voicemails I would occasionally receive when Gabe didn't like something I reported.