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May 21st, 2013, 6:21 PM
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Who Should Be WWE's Head Writer?
So there's been talk recently about how WWE hasn't had a head writer since Eric Pankowski was fired at the beginning of March. As it turns out, that isn't actually true. Unbeknownst to most of us, for the last 6 weeks we've had a new guy in charge named Adam Rudman. Since you've seen the show quality, you can probably guess how that went:
Originally Posted by
PWTorch.com
WWE's new head writer, Adam Rudman, is already out of the company. The news was originally reported by SEScoops.com and independently confirmed by PWTorch today.
Rudman lasted six weeks in the company after replacing Eric Pankowski, who left the company prior to WrestleMania and recently landed at CBS.
PWTorch has learned that Rudman's removal occurred last Friday. According to sources, when Redman was first hired six weeks ago, once people met him, they did not think he would last in WWE.
The consensus was that Redman was a bad fit in WWE because he did not have knowledge about pro wrestling.
So WWE is probably promoting from within again, and god alone knows who will get to be in charge this time. Which bears the question, if you coul have anyone in wrestling be the Head Writer for WWE, who would you choose?
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May 21st, 2013, 6:23 PM
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May 21st, 2013, 6:30 PM
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I'd probably put Paul Heyman in charge if he would do it. He's one of the few people out there with a proven track record of writing good wrestling shows. The thing is, it seems like everyone fails at writing the show. Whether it's former wrestlers (Michael Hayes, Dusty Rhodes, Ole Anderson) or random Hollywood guys, or Vince Russo (a category unto himself).
And the thing is, it's fucking hard to write a wrestling show. Has anyone ever sat down and tried it? I've tried before and fail miserably every time. Trying to keep track of 50 different characters, give enough of them something to do, pace the show well, balance matches and non-wrestling segments, and progress stories forward in an entertaining way is outrageously difficult. And then factor in that in real life this is being written by a committee headed by Vince McMahon, a notorious control freak, and his daughter and son-in-law, both of whom have very strong opinions on what should be happening. So it's not a surprise that given all the cooks in the kitchen, we tend to end up with kind of a sloppy product.
The "I Want Wrestling" Podcasts with David Lagana and the other former WWE writers were so enlightening a few years ago. These were smart guys who were life-long wrestling fans and also had written television before, and almost all of them failed spectacularly to increase business or entertain the majority of the audience. And the job has only gotten harder now that they have to write another hour of Raw, and Main Event, and Saturday Morning Slam. Writing for WWE might be the hardest job I can think of.
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May 21st, 2013, 6:38 PM
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at528 would be a tremendous head writer until he gets fired for ignoring the PG thing
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May 21st, 2013, 6:50 PM
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