Source: TheSun.co.uk
Paul Heyman has posted a new column at the UK Sun website, which can be read here in its entirety. Some highlights:
Regarding Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff’s new project, Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Wrestling, Heyman says, “No matter what, the Hulkster will emerge as a big time winner on television. This guy could fall into an ocean of manure and find the one diamond at the bottom of the heap. With all the controversy surrounding Hogan’s personal life – from his son Nick’s incarceration and imminent release from jail … to daughter Brooke’s barely clothed body popping up and out on every Hollywood blog … to The Hulkster’s divorce from wife Linda and her public antics with a teenage paramour – Hogan has been in the headlines in ways he could have never imagined two years ago.”
On whether “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Wrestling” is the next big concept in sports entertainment, Heyman says, “I doubt it. But it’s different. It’s new. It’s an alternative that’s not trying to be WWE, or WWE-Lite, or the next ECW, or some storyline-driven version of UFC.”
Heyman also thinks WWE and TNA need to revamp their television formats. “Well, let me rephrase that. WWE needs to revamp its television format, and the copycat WWE-Lite mentality that prevails in TNA will simply follow suit. The formula still being used has worked wonders for the billion dollar warchest owned by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, but Vince needs to change his product with the times. The audience is screaming not only for new characters and new storylines, but simply a new way of presenting the product.”
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