Booking Philosophy

By Scott Keith on February 2, 2020

Hey Scott,

Reading through your Observer recap and how it starts with the philosophies of Flair vs. Hogan (heel champion escaping the faces chasing him versus a dominant face beating the monster of the week) and I find it very interesting that the three American wrestling promotions people talk about (sorry RoH and Impact) all are definitely in team Flair with a heel champ surrounded by a posse of goons. Now NWA and AEW haven't been around long enough to establish a pattern, but it seems interesting that these three nascent, 'hot' smark darling wrestling programs are all relying on the same main-event storyline.

Why do you think that's what these promotions are doing and do you think that maybe one of these companies should go a Hogan route (NXT with Keith Lee, AEW with Kenny, NWA with…okay I'll get back to you) and do you think that a relatively 'smarky' crowd could tolerate a Hogan type champion or would they just hate it?

Thanks,

They'd hate it. I think history has now shown that Flair's philosophy was the correct one.

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