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| 6/6/02 Welcome all to the first new edition of �The Spotlight On.� I�m sorry that site updates and show announcements have been slow, but I have been extremely busy. This time �round, I would like to talk about loyalty in the biz. I chose to write about this because I hear about �loyalty� at every show that I work or visit. It seems that loyalty (or should I say disloyalty) can mean several different things to the same people. Promoters talk about loyalty with workers in the sense that if a worker is booked by a promoter, he won�t cancel a show to go work for another promoter. It can also mean for a worker to not book his/her self somewhere else on the same night as his home promotion is running. Yet another meaning is for a worker not to book himself, with another promotion, in the same area as his home promotion runs. So far, the requests and definitions of loyalty are reasonable and clear, but soon we get into the murky waters of the �ifs,� �ands,� and �buts� of the wrestling business. It is these same troubled waters that leave workers in Texas confused, and causes them to spend much of their time dealing with politics instead of training. What is a worker to do if a promoter from another town calls to book him/her, and hid home fed doesn�t have a show booked, he accepts�and then his home fed decides to have a show? Logic and professionalism would dictate that the worker should keep his promise to appear with the out-of-town promotion. However, it is not uncommon for the worker to get heat at home for doing so. Sometimes there are even threats of dismissal from the home fed! Yet, if the home fed booked an out-of-towner, and that worker didn�t show, they would never book him/her again. Confusing, isn�t it? Territories. Territorial boundaries have been the cause of just about every battle between feds. I know (from personal experience) of bookers that claim to be friends with other bookers, and then run against the other booker. Better yet, I know of at least 3 feds that complained, bitched, and moaned about other promotions running near them, and then turning around and purposely running in a town against another fed. Worse still, then they talk about how they are going to run the older fed out of business! How is any of this good for the workers, fans, or even the feds? What I would like is for you (the readers) to respond. How do you feel about this? Has this ever effected you as a worker? Do you agree or disagree that this is problem. I would like to see a more unified force of workers in Texas. The show can�t go on if we don�t do what is good for the fans and the workers. I feel that Texas wrestling could really turn itself into the strongest group of indy feds in the nation, if we quit with the petty BS that is going on. Am I right or wrong. Let me know, and I will print a few of the better responses. Until The Spotlight Shines Again, Mr. Entertainment |
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