Post by Demonic Eeyore on May 3, 2010 18:37:53 GMT -6
Hmm...this is from Malia's latest blog. Not that I don't entirely disagree with her. In fact I probably agree with more of what she says than less but still... to basically call out the Shimmer gals like this is kinda... rough?
FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH....4/18/10
Let me first apologize for the delayed news update and the fact that I prob will not have a current video blog this month. I am still struggling with the full time job and time management... Damn do I need to win the lottery!!! So I can retire!
Speaking of retirement--Yes, once again it is on my mind.
I love wrestling and all the fans who have supported me thru the years, but in watching the matches at SHIMMER this past month I realize more and more that this is not the business I came up in and fell in love with. The high spots, the beating just to take or give it, matches that are amazing and showcase talent, but essentially have no meaning once the final bell has rung.
I miss the days of storylines, storylines that developed over time. Matches that start off introducing the pair and build to something great and storylines for each participant on the show, no matter the placement on the card.
It seems that today wrestlers and fans are content with the brief interludes and feuds and that if you are on the show prior to main or semi-main event then you just aren't an important match. I remember when every match was important, the first match set the pace and tone, but it also may have started a fued that would come to the forefront over time as the main event wrapped up and those wrestlers moved to the mid-card. I remember when the main event was something you anticipated because each night prior built towards the next facing off of the 2. Alas, it seems that those days are gone and now each story gets wrapped up within a few shows and the same players simply switch opponents and go on in the same positions and the undercard stays as the filler matches.
All this is apparent esp when you read the news boards and the first 2 -3 matches of a show aren't even mentioned, or when they are it is barely a line or two. Perhaps it's my age. My day and era have come and gone.... perhaps it's the fact that I remember my vets, and most of the people today have not even heard of me let alone my veterans. They have no idea who came before them and find wrestling from the 80's to be dated and boring, but to me it was amazing! There were the guys/girls who told a story in the ring with moves and yet they did very little high-pact or high-flying because when they did then it was "WOW!!!" Then they settled back into a routine of storytelling. You wanted to clap, you wanted to cheer, and you always went "ooo!!!" at the cut off points and when the face FINALLY beat the heel EVERYONE in the building felt something.
I miss that! I miss telling a story and having more than 6 minutes to do it. I miss working holds and getting the fans involved and making even the lockerroom wonder if I was hurt or not. THAT is wrestling! THAT is talent! And there are many girls who have that talent, but few are able to showcase it because they are put into high-flying constant motion matches. The do all the amazing moves but have no clue as to why or when to do them other than they look cool and the fans love to see them so we should do them all the time! For the whole 10-15 minutes we they out there!!!!!
There is an art to the wrestling industry that has died a slow painful tragic death and that was my industry, that was my passion! Perhaps that is why my career has died a slow cancerous death, never being seen as true talent, as someone that is main-event material or marketable to the wreslting fans.... Maybe I love an art form that no longer exists and should put the final nail in the coffin of my career and walk away.
Again... these are thoughts that I am pondering, my heart still loves to tell the story, but isn't sure there is forum in which to tell it. We will see how things progress and perhaps next month I will feel rejuvinated and refreshed and have a new light on things. Until next month
XXOO!!
Malia Hosaka
FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH....4/18/10
Let me first apologize for the delayed news update and the fact that I prob will not have a current video blog this month. I am still struggling with the full time job and time management... Damn do I need to win the lottery!!! So I can retire!
Speaking of retirement--Yes, once again it is on my mind.
I love wrestling and all the fans who have supported me thru the years, but in watching the matches at SHIMMER this past month I realize more and more that this is not the business I came up in and fell in love with. The high spots, the beating just to take or give it, matches that are amazing and showcase talent, but essentially have no meaning once the final bell has rung.
I miss the days of storylines, storylines that developed over time. Matches that start off introducing the pair and build to something great and storylines for each participant on the show, no matter the placement on the card.
It seems that today wrestlers and fans are content with the brief interludes and feuds and that if you are on the show prior to main or semi-main event then you just aren't an important match. I remember when every match was important, the first match set the pace and tone, but it also may have started a fued that would come to the forefront over time as the main event wrapped up and those wrestlers moved to the mid-card. I remember when the main event was something you anticipated because each night prior built towards the next facing off of the 2. Alas, it seems that those days are gone and now each story gets wrapped up within a few shows and the same players simply switch opponents and go on in the same positions and the undercard stays as the filler matches.
All this is apparent esp when you read the news boards and the first 2 -3 matches of a show aren't even mentioned, or when they are it is barely a line or two. Perhaps it's my age. My day and era have come and gone.... perhaps it's the fact that I remember my vets, and most of the people today have not even heard of me let alone my veterans. They have no idea who came before them and find wrestling from the 80's to be dated and boring, but to me it was amazing! There were the guys/girls who told a story in the ring with moves and yet they did very little high-pact or high-flying because when they did then it was "WOW!!!" Then they settled back into a routine of storytelling. You wanted to clap, you wanted to cheer, and you always went "ooo!!!" at the cut off points and when the face FINALLY beat the heel EVERYONE in the building felt something.
I miss that! I miss telling a story and having more than 6 minutes to do it. I miss working holds and getting the fans involved and making even the lockerroom wonder if I was hurt or not. THAT is wrestling! THAT is talent! And there are many girls who have that talent, but few are able to showcase it because they are put into high-flying constant motion matches. The do all the amazing moves but have no clue as to why or when to do them other than they look cool and the fans love to see them so we should do them all the time! For the whole 10-15 minutes we they out there!!!!!
There is an art to the wrestling industry that has died a slow painful tragic death and that was my industry, that was my passion! Perhaps that is why my career has died a slow cancerous death, never being seen as true talent, as someone that is main-event material or marketable to the wreslting fans.... Maybe I love an art form that no longer exists and should put the final nail in the coffin of my career and walk away.
Again... these are thoughts that I am pondering, my heart still loves to tell the story, but isn't sure there is forum in which to tell it. We will see how things progress and perhaps next month I will feel rejuvinated and refreshed and have a new light on things. Until next month
XXOO!!
Malia Hosaka
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