Thursday, January 04, 2007

Sir Mo - NBW and The Wrestling Business In General Part III

----This is the third part of the series of letters I received from former WWE wrestler Sir Mo. He typed the last two letters in all caps. In geek talk that is him yelling at me, but I think he just got stuck on the ALL CAPS. Not sure though. LOL I will finish this all up tomorrow with a letter I got from another worker and some comments by me.


OH YEAH, AND LET ME ADD THIS WE DON`T GET CONCESSIONS IN THIS BUILDING. WE UNFORTUNATELY ONLY REAP THE BENEFITS FROM THE DOOR, SO THEREFORE WE DON`T HAVE THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE TO USE CONCESSION STAND MONEY. THAT PART YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW.

AS FAR AS PAYING THE TALENT IN THE MANNER YOU SAY. I TOTALLY AGREE. MY IDEA WAS 25 DOLLARS PER GUY INITIALLY AND GIVING TOP TIER GUYS A LITTLE MORE. BUT WE HAVE TO GET TO THAT POINT. IT`S NOT MY SHOW, AND JEFF DOESN`T HAVE SOME MARK GIVING HIM MONEY TO SPREAD AROUND SOME OTHER PEOPLE MAY HAVE. SO HE HAS ONLY THAT WHICH COMES IN THE DOOR. I WILL SAY THIS EVERYONE ON OUR CREW GETS SOMETHING NO MATTER IF THEY ARE A STUDENT OR OTHERWISE. AND 9 OF THE LAST 10 WEEKS I HAVE GONE WITHOUT COLLECTING A DIME AND THAT`S A SHOOT, I PUT THAT ON MY KIDS. I MAKE MY MONEY DRIVING A TRUCK, NOT FROM WRESTLING. I DO IT NOW BECAUSE I LOVE DOING IT. I`M TRYING TO HELP GUYS LEARN ABOUT THE BUSINESS STUFF I DIDN'T KNOW, WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME LONGER LIFE IN WWF HAD I KNOWN MORE ABOUT THE BUSINESS.

ASK ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME, I TRY ALL THE TIME TO TEACH THE GUYS ABOUT THE BUSINESS, ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE FOR ME, OR SHOWING THEM ANYTHING THEY ASK OF ME, AND NOT CHARGING 1 RED CENT FOR IT. I`M NOT THE ENEMY AS YOU ARE MAKING ME OUT TO BE. I POSE A QUESTION, ASK ANYONE WHO`S EVER BEEN IN ONE OF THE BIG TIME ORGANIZATIONS TO COME AND WORK A SHOW, AND SEE IF THEY WILL COME WITHOUT A GUARANTEED AMOUNT OF MONEY. I DO IT ALL THE TIME.

AS FAR AS GUYS WORKING SHOWS FOR FREE FOR ME AND ME POCKETING MONEY, I CAN HONESTLY GO TO MY GRAVE AND SAY IT`S NEVER HAPPENED. I HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS DOLLARS OUT OF MY POCKET IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET COMPANIES THAT I HAVE WORKED FOR RECOGNIZED BY WWE AND OTHER BIGGER COMPANIES, BY SPENDING MY OWN PERSONAL MONEY BRINGING IN NAMES LIKE SHANE DOUGLAS,TOM PRITCHARD AND COUNTLESS OTHERS TO GIVE THOSE VERY GUYS YOU MENTIONED AND OPPPORTUNITY TO BE SEEN BY PEOPLE IN POSITIONS TO GET THEM JOBS. IF IM THE BAD GUY, THEN IT`S BECAUSE PEOPLE DON`T KNOW THE TRUTH OR THE WHOLE STORY.

ASK RUDE, POKERFACE, ALAN STEEL, AND EVEN JON MICHAELS WHOS MADE COUNTLESS PHONE CALLS ON THEIR BEHALF TO GET THEM ON WWE SHOWS. I DON`T BENEFIT ANYTHING FROM THE THINGS I DO. TRUST ME MAN, IF THEY WERE DOING SHOWS FOR ME FOR FREE AND I WAS POCKETING ALL THE MONEY, THEN THERE WOULD BE NO WAY I WOULD BE BOOKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE, I`D STILL BEING RUNNING MY OWN THING. THE GUYS ALWAYS MADE MONEY EVEN WHEN I DIDN`T MAKE ANY. SO IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO PRINT WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT ME POCKETING ALL THE MONEY THEN MY FRIEND FEEL FREE TO DO SO, BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE FACTS AND THE WHOLE STORY.

BIG EXAMPLE, I SPENT 5000 DOLLARS OF MY OWN MONEY RUNNING A SHOW, AND I PAIRED THE GUYS I THOUGHT HAD THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT IN TNA, WITH TOP TNA TALENT. JASON REED AGAINST AJ STYLES, ALAN STEEL AGAINST JERRY LYNN, GOLDEN BOY AGAINST JOHNNY STORM AND SETH KNIGHT AGAINST SONNY SIAKI [pic to right] AS WELL AS MR. SHOWTIME AGAINST SHARKBOY. PAID FOR A PROFESSION PRODUCTION CREW TO FILM THE SHOW, AND HAVE IT ALL ON TAPE. EACH ONE OF THOSE GUYS, IF THEY WERE SMART SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THOSE MATCHES AND TAPES AND USED THEM TO CATIPULT THEM TO A HIGHER PLACE IN THIS BUSINESS. I BENEFITED NOTHING FROM THIS, I WANTED MY GUYS TO MAKE IT AND I TRIED TO PUSH THEM TOWARDS THE STARS. UNFORTUNATELY THEY DIDN`T SEE IN THEMSELVES WHAT I SAW IN THEM, AND SO THEY HAVE JUST SETTLED FOR HANGING AROUND WEST TN. AND IF THAT`S ALL THEY WANT FOR THEMSELVES, THEN THAT`S KOOL, I TOOK THE HINT A LONG TIME AGO, AND SO I STOP TRYING TO HELP MOTIVATE THEM TO STRIVE FOR SOMETHING HIGHER. IF I DIED TOMORROW I WILL DO IT KNOWING IN MY HEART OF HEARTS, I DID EVERYTHING IN MY POWER, MENTALLY FINANCIALLY TO HELP THE GUYS IN THIS AREA GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL.