The reason I am so passionate

One of the reasons I am so passionate about my opinions about professional wrestling I want the talent to know what they are selling.   I think unfortunaly talents believe that just as long as they have a 5-star match that is all that matters.   I think many talents believe that this is more of routine where they just do drives and moonsaults and that is the important.   I am not saying that this is un important but it is not the most important aspect.     What makes professional wrestling unique is why and what and most importantly how something is happening.   That is the art form of booking but unfortunaly talent now do not know what they are selling they do not have a describable character that makes the fans form an emotionally connection to where they will pay to see them.   The reason I do not like the word character it implies that professional wrestlers are just actors playing a part but in reality the gimmicks and personas that have had the most longevity were themselves all they did was exaggerate the characteristics that they wanted to use.   For example: Stone Cold Steve Astuin The American Dream Dusty Rhodes and The King Jerry Lawler.   The reason those talents had longevity fans believed in those personalities.   The mentality of fans are in on everything about professional wrestling is it is a mistake.   But I think many in the business believe that because fans know everything that it has just turned into an alethic display and that all that matters is what happens in the ring.   Fans will believe whatever you want them to believe just as long as it has elements of logic to it.   What made me become a fan had nothing to do with the in ring product it all had to do with the colorful personalities some were over the top but most of them were believable.   For example: the program that took place leading up to Wrestlemina 17 between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Astuin I could not see either of the two loosing all I knew was that I loved it.   I like to call professional wrestling a simulated conflict or simulated volence but the most important aspect is the conflict.   The main reason I have hope for the business is Al Snow is teaching his students what they are really trying to sell which is there own personality.   Which has absolutely nothing to do with the in ring product it is all about selling their brand.   Al Snow is able to still make a living just based on his time in the WWE because he was able to use his segements on the shows to sell his brand.      Despite the fact that in the beginning he did not know what he was selling in the beginning.   Every time a talent goes out there it is essentially a commercial for the talent to sell themselves to an audience.    The reason I spend so much time talking about this I want the wrestlers to have a long career and to be able to sell themselves anywhere they go and to be able to stay and get out of the business on their own terms in other words make themselves valuable.     Which can only happen if they know what they are trying to  sell to an audience and not by the critical reviews of how good or bad the in ring matches  are.   That will matter to a small niche audience but to a general audience which is also who should be in mind they will not care.