Vince McMahon bans all WWE talent from using their likeness on third parties such as Twitch, Cameo..

[Big Jo]

I worked with a chick like this, college aged girl who think she knows everything and has been watching wrestling for a year and change & all the sudden is an expert on the product and industry.

More power to her, I guess.

Weirdly I understand Vince's desire to protect kayfabe on some level. I get it, no fans think the product is real in 2020 but having that curtain over it is still what it makes fun, enjoyable and keeps viewers engaged (at least on some level).

Heel Kevin Owen's being a maniacal b*stard in the ring and terrorizing fans and then wishing a 9 year old a Happy birthday on Cameo just isn't the best look for the product.

WWE/WWF has always monitored what talent does publicly while under contract, that's just how they run their business. Micromanaging talent you could argue is a tenet to their success.

There is hopefully a happy medium somewhere to where the roster can still take advantage of opportunities but also not completely destroy kayfabe in the process.

 

[The Solid One]

I worked with a chick like this, college aged girl who think she knows everything and has been watching wrestling for a year and change & all the sudden is an expert on the product and industry.

More power to her, I guess.

Weirdly I understand Vince's desire to protect kayfabe on some level. I get it, no fans think the product is real in 2020 but having that curtain over it is still what it makes fun, enjoyable and keeps viewers engaged (at least on some level).

Heel Kevin Owen's being a maniacal b*stard in the ring and terrorizing fans and then wishing a 9 year old a Happy birthday on Cameo just isn't the best look for the product.

WWE/WWF has always monitored what talent does publicly while under contract, that's just how they run their business. Micromanaging talent you could argue is a tenet to their success.

There is hopefully a happy medium somewhere to where the roster can still take advantage of opportunities but also not completely destroy kayfabe in the process.

Hi Stephanie

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Like I said in another thread: You'll pry that Twitch account from Paige's cold dead hands. She ready for the smoke.

If Roman and Seth get behind the union idea, they can sway the entire locker room. I'm sure AJ Styles would put a stop to it though

 

[DanielAlfredsson]

Didn’t that yang nikka used to have a redneck gimmick on smackdown



I remember son tag teaming with Shannon Moore or some shyt. He a politician now? Wrestling a wild place mane

This is either the best joke in thread or you are the most uninformed.

Either way well done breh you shining

 

[RammerJammer]

I worked with a chick like this, college aged girl who think she knows everything and has been watching wrestling for a year and change & all the sudden is an expert on the product and industry.

More power to her, I guess.

Weirdly I understand Vince's desire to protect kayfabe on some level. I get it, no fans think the product is real in 2020 but having that curtain over it is still what it makes fun, enjoyable and keeps viewers engaged (at least on some level).

Heel Kevin Owen's being a maniacal b*stard in the ring and terrorizing fans and then wishing a 9 year old a Happy birthday on Cameo just isn't the best look for the product.

WWE/WWF has always monitored what talent does publicly while under contract, that's just how they run their business. Micromanaging talent you could argue is a tenet to their success.

There is hopefully a happy medium somewhere to where the roster can still take advantage of opportunities but also not completely destroy kayfabe in the process.

Man Kayfabe is DEAD

 

[Big Jo]

Man Kayfabe is DEAD

why watch wrestling at all then?

 

[jwinfield]

I worked with a chick like this, college aged girl who think she knows everything and has been watching wrestling for a year and change & all the sudden is an expert on the product and industry.

More power to her, I guess.

Weirdly I understand Vince's desire to protect kayfabe on some level. I get it, no fans think the product is real in 2020 but having that curtain over it is still what it makes fun, enjoyable and keeps viewers engaged (at least on some level).

Heel Kevin Owen's being a maniacal b*stard in the ring and terrorizing fans and then wishing a 9 year old a Happy birthday on Cameo just isn't the best look for the product.

WWE/WWF has always monitored what talent does publicly while under contract, that's just how they run their business. Micromanaging talent you could argue is a tenet to their success.

There is hopefully a happy medium somewhere to where the roster can still take advantage of opportunities but also not completely destroy kayfabe in the process.

Like having Steph be the face of Conor’s Cure?

 

[Superkick Party]

I worked with a chick like this, college aged girl who think she knows everything and has been watching wrestling for a year and change & all the sudden is an expert on the product and industry.

More power to her, I guess.

Weirdly I understand Vince's desire to protect kayfabe on some level. I get it, no fans think the product is real in 2020 but having that curtain over it is still what it makes fun, enjoyable and keeps viewers engaged (at least on some level).

Heel Kevin Owen's being a maniacal b*stard in the ring and terrorizing fans and then wishing a 9 year old a Happy birthday on Cameo just isn't the best look for the product.

WWE/WWF has always monitored what talent does publicly while under contract, that's just how they run their business. Micromanaging talent you could argue is a tenet to their success.

There is hopefully a happy medium somewhere to where the roster can still take advantage of opportunities but also not completely destroy kayfabe in the process.

WWE regularly has documentaries and shows on THEIR network showing stuff backstage, they don't care about protecting kayfabe unless its on TV.

Them trying to stop talent from using third party outlets has nothing to do with kayfabe in the year 2020

 

[Big Jo]

Like having Steph be the face of Conor’s Cure?

Uh no, one is philanthropic in nature (even if you feel artificially so) and the other is a wrestler hawking 30 seconds videos for 100 bucks

WWE regularly has documentaries and shows on THEIR network showing stuff backstage, they don't care about protecting kayfabe unless its on TV.

Them trying to stop talent from using third party outlets has nothing to do with kayfabe in the year 2020

Fair point, I hear you. Still, it's WWE's version of "peeling back the curtain" and done in a way which is very micromanaged and controlled, which is my point

I get the wrestlers frustrations, but the truth is until Vince dies (and maybe even after that), onscreen talent will be micromanaged off-screen, thats the way it is and the way its always been.

And frankly its the tradeoff that comes with working for the juggernaut that is WWE, or going to AEW/ the independent route.

Not defending it so much as saying, it is what it is.

 

[R=G]

Man Kayfabe is DEAD

The Undertaker special and all the podcast special MURDERED kayfabe for this gen.

 

[jwinfield]

Uh no, one is philanthropic in nature (even if you feel artificially so) and the other is a wrestler hawking 30 seconds videos for 100 bucks



Fair point, I hear you. Still, it's WWE's version of "peeling back the curtain" and done in a way which is very micromanaged and controlled, which is my point

I get the wrestlers frustrations, but the truth is until Vince dies (and maybe even after that), onscreen talent will be micromanaged off-screen, thats the way it is and the way its always been.

And frankly its the tradeoff that comes with working for the juggernaut that is WWE, or going to AEW/ the independent route.

Not defending it so much as saying, it is what it is.

This isn't about keeping kayfabe. This is about the WWE squeezing as much money as they can from wrestlers while paying them as little as possible.

They're not going to stop heels from playing games on Twitch, they're taking over the accounts and giving the wrestlers a piece of the profits while claiming that it counts as part of their downside.

This is your employer saying they want that $100 you won playing 2k over the weekend and they're going to give you $20, which they say is part of your 65k salary.

Upupdowndown is under the WWE umbrella and they haven't stopped heels and faces from cracking jokes with each other and being friendly while playing games.

They don't give a damn about kayfabe, only money.

 

[Mob H]

why watch wrestling at all then?

Why watch ANYTHING if that's the case?

 

[Tommy Lee Jones]

This is all about money the wwe had a record year for profits this year but they are gonna get hit hard next few years.

 

[dh86]

I worked with a chick like this, college aged girl who think she knows everything and has been watching wrestling for a year and change & all the sudden is an expert on the product and industry.

More power to her, I guess.

Weirdly I understand Vince's desire to protect kayfabe on some level. I get it, no fans think the product is real in 2020 but having that curtain over it is still what it makes fun, enjoyable and keeps viewers engaged (at least on some level).

Heel Kevin Owen's being a maniacal b*stard in the ring and terrorizing fans and then wishing a 9 year old a Happy birthday on Cameo just isn't the best look for the product.

WWE/WWF has always monitored what talent does publicly while under contract, that's just how they run their business. Micromanaging talent you could argue is a tenet to their success.

There is hopefully a happy medium somewhere to where the roster can still take advantage of opportunities but also not completely destroy kayfabe in the process.

Kevin Owens being a normal guy with kids that cheats because he didn’t get signed until he was in his 30s, is his entire character. It wouldn’t be out of character to him. Wrestlers need to stand up to Vince and protect their individual brands the same way Vince wants to protect the characters seen on television. Braun Strowman can be a monster and killer on tv at the same time Adam Scherr can put himself in line to host outdoors shows and endorse hunting, fishing, Or other outdoors products when his time in the ring comes due. What’s the difference between that and showing the devils favorite demon as a mayor? Not much of a difference, I feel that it’s more so Vince wanting control over wrestlers and cap their potential stardom to keep salaries down, to keep the Mcmahons the biggest stars around, than Vince trying to keep 80s level kayfabe. WWE has had their own version of cameo in various forms since the 90s, only they want complete control of it and then pay the wrestlers what they want out of it.

 

[Jello Biafra]

why watch wrestling at all then?

Same reason you watch any scripted TV show: to be entertained.