- 09/29/2008 (9:36:37 am)
- Georgiann Makropoulos
A SHOW THAT WAS FILLED WITH FLAWS….
Monday, September 29, 2008
A FLAWLESS SHOW THAT WAS FILLED,A SHOW THAT WAS FILLED WITH FLAWS WELL AS ALWAYS I HAVE TO BE THE GUY THAT CATCHES THE HEAT FOR SPEWING THE TRUTH, BUT HERE'S HOW IT WENT. SAT. MORNING ME & DESTINY LEFT FOR GEORGE'S SIGNAMANIA 3, WE ARRIVED ALONG WITH THE BAD WEATHER. TONS OF FRIENDS,DEALERS AND WRESTLERS. IT WAS WELL STAFFED, WELL ATTENDED AND DEALERS FROM ALL OVER THE US WITH TONS OF MERCHANDISE MADE THE TRIP WORTH WHILE. AS USUAL VIRGIL SHOWED UP TO PROMOTE HIMSELF. GARY WOLFE ALSO WAS ADDED LAST MINUTE(TRY HIS DADS FAMOUS RIBEYE STEAK SANDWICH,IT'S AWESOME). GEORGE MAYFIELD,THE LARGEST SELLER OF JAPANESE STUFF IN THIS COUNTRY WELCOMED ME AFTER A LONG ABSENCE. SIMMS WAS HAWKING SHIEK,VOLKOFF AND DEMOLITION. RUSS OF WRESTLING MARX WAS IN ATTENDANCE PASSING OUT FLYERS FOR THEIR UPCOMING GUESTS OF THE BWO REUNION ,SHANE,FRANCINE AND STEVE CORINO. A TRUE PROFESSIONAL ,THEY ARE WELL PREPARED FOR LEGENDS OF THE RING. ADAM HANDLEMAN,RJR WRESTLING WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE. MANY SUPERSTARS WERE SOCIALIZING WITH OLD FRIENDS THAT THEY HADN'T SEEN SINCE THEIR WRESTLING DAYS. GEORGE'S SHOW WAS PACKED, IN FACT PACKED MAYBE THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR, HE MAY HAVE ALREADY OUTGROWN THE BUILDING. GEORGE'S UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO RUN A SHOW SHOULD BE DUPLICATED BY SOME OF THE FLY BY THE SEAT OF THEIR PANTS PROMOTERS. HIS STAFF WAS FULL OF KNOWLEDGE,UPDATES WERE CONSTANT AND THE STAFF JUMPED INTO ACTION WHEN A LADY WENT DOWN DUE TO SUGAR ISSUE. THEY CALLED THE PARAMEDICS,THINGS WERE HANDLED AND THE SHOW CONTINUED. THIS IS A TOP NOTCH PROMOTION. PROPS TO BILL PALEY AND HIS GUYS, CHERRY (I KNEW YOU WHEN),DAN THE MARK ,GORGEOUS GEORGE(I NEED MY TEAM FRANKENSTEIN SHIRT)ROB(PHILLY WANTS SOME OF YOUR MONEY LOL)MU TAN PROMOTIONS(ENJOY THE FUDGE),BOBBY(THANKS FOR THE PHOTO)IT WAS NICE SEEING YOU AGAIN. ANYONE ELSE I MISSED, IT WAS LIKE THE JETPORT DAYS,WHEN THE WRESTLERS HUNG OUT,FANS WERE NOT OVERBEARING AND WRESTLERS DIDN'T MIND TAKING PHOTOS WITH PEOPLE. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOW TO THE OTHER SHOW, WE LEFT SIGNAMANIA BEFORE IT WAS OVER, THE LINE FOR FLAIR WAS STILL GOING WHEN WE LEFT. WE HEADED A FEW MILES AND ARRIVED AT TURNBUCKLES SHOW. THERE WERE A FEW FANS IN THE LOBBY NONE OF WHICH HAD ATTENDED GEORGE'S SHOW, THE SHOW HAD A FEW VENDORS, LAZ I HOPE YOU DID WELL. JIMMY SNUKA ARRIVED EARLY,EARLIER THAN THE PROMOTER. THAT IS POINT NUMBER 1. 1) PLEASE TAKE NOTE: WHEN YOUR GUESTS AND YOUR FANS ARRIVE BEFORE YOU DO,THATS A PROBLEM. JASON WAS THERE WITH SOME EVENT STAFF ALL WERE WEARING RED T-SHIRTS. THE DOORS WERE LOCKED, FINALLY HE WAS ABLE TO GET IN ,TALENT FOLLOWED. JEFF JARRETT GREETED ME LIKE WE WERE BEST BUDDIES. RICK STEINER WAS LOOKING AROUND AND FOUND THE DOOR TO THE BALLROOM. NO ONE WAS THERE TO TAKE THE GUESTS IN.THAT BRINGS ME TO POINT NUMBER 2 2) ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR GUESTS GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. ALTHOUGH JASON HAD ALL THE GUESTS THAT WERE LISTED SOME WERE LATE, NOT ANY FAULT OF HIS.POINT NUMBER 3. 3) NOT EVERTHING IS THE PROMOTERS FAULT WHEN FLIGHTS GET DELAYED DUE TO BAD WEATHER. SO JASON WAS NOT AT FAULT FOR THIS. THE ROOM WAS SET UP BY WHAT HAD SEEMED LIKE SOMEONE WHO HAD NEVER DONE A SHOW.THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR PEOPLE,WRESTLERS,STAFF OR ANYTHING ELSE WHICH BRINGS ME TO POINT 4 4) SET YOUR ROOM UP FOR MAXIUM SPACE FOR YOU ,YOUR STAFF ,WRESTLERS AND PATRONS. BASCIALLY ALL THE WRESTLERS WERE THERE AND HAPPY TO BE THERE, SOME WONDERED WHAT THEY HAD GOTTEN INTO BY THE LOOKS ON THEIR FACES,HOWEVER THE CROWD SEEMED TO GET LARGER AS THE HOURS PASSED. WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT 5) FREE ADMISSION IS NICE, BUT PROMOTERS NEED TO CHARGE TO COVER COSTS,ADS,TALENT AND COST OF THE BUILDING,IF WE DO NOT CHARGE,THE CHANCES OF MORE SHOWS ARE SLIM TO NONE. STAFFING WAS NOT PREPARED LIKE THEY WERE AT GEORGE'S. THEY WERE NOT KNOWLEGEABLE,THEY WERE NOT EQUIPPED WITH CHANGE FOR PEOPLE WHO DID NOT HAVE TICKETS IN ADVANCE. PEOPLE WERE WALKING AROUND GETTING FREE AUTOS JUST LIKE THE LONG ISLAND SHOW AND THAT BRINGS ME TO MY LAST POINT. 6)BRING YOUR STAFF IN HOURS BEFORE THE SHOW ,PLACE THEM AT A TABLE WITH CHANGE AND EXPLAIN WHAT EACH ITEM RUNS, WHAT TO DO WITH A SUPERTICKET AND OVERALL GENERAL INFO SO WHEN SOMEONE HAS A QUESTION THE PROMOTER ISN'T BOGGED DOWN WITH CONSTANT COMPLAINTS AND MISUNDERSTANDING. OVERALL JASON DID BETTER THAN THE LONG ISLAND MESS,HOWEVER THE SHOW DIDN'T RUN SMOOTH, HIS GUESTS ALL SHOWED,GOLDBERG WENT OVER HUGE. I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A BIGGER CROWD(IT WAS FREE!!!) HOW COULD PEOPLE NOT GO. PEOPLE THAT SPENT MONEY ON A SUPER TICKET WERE STUPID!! I THINK VENDORS GOT THE SHAFT EVEN AT $50 A TABLE, THEY WERE NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM WITH THE GUESTS. |
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