Each professional wrestling company has a set of rules from how wrestlers are introduced to what moves they allow, and the WWE has frequently made headlines with some of their choices.
For the WWE, everything is tailored to giving the fans at home the best experience possible, such as using the largest ring, creating the proper entrance music, and working the cameras.
A lot of what we see on television is standard such as wrestlers circling each other in a counter clockwise motion and typically the champion and/or baby face comes out last.
But there are plenty of others that were recently discussed on the bleacherreports.com.
Working the cameras
While most wrestling companies focus on the wrestling and getting the fans energized, in the WWE it’s working the camera.
As mentioned in the above linked article, if you can’t work the camera you won’t make it in the WWE as their primary audience is at home and not in the main arena. At least, that’s our take on it.
It makes sense given their production and camera angles used, like closing in on someone so we don’t see another wrestler coming in to attack them when the fans there could.
There have been numerous times when it sounded like the WWE piped boos and cheers in through the PA system to enhance the experience.
In the end, it’s about putting on a show and they pull out all the stops to ensure it’s as enjoyable as possible from a production standpoint.
Cutting a promo
Every company relies on their wrestlers being able to cut a promo, and those that can’t or struggle with it generally are teamed with a partner or manager that takes care of most of the talking.
This is something Bret Hart mentioned as being a weakness he had to work on in the WWE if he wanted to rise to the top.
The difference now is the WWE is highly scripted and reportedly only allow a few to do their own promos. It comes across no matter how hard the wrestlers try or how charismatic they are, but when a quarter to half a televised show is done through in ring promos or “talk show” segments.
With many companies relying on prerecorded backstage promos, they are often done until they’re right, but when it’s live and in front of a live audience it’s hard to hide something that’s overdone.
There so many different things we see when watching one company or another, and it’s no secret they “borrow” from one another as they see fit.
But over the years the WWE’s quality of production hasn’t slipped, and that’s one thing we expect to always be the case and what separates them from other companies.
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