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WWE has a bad habit of retelling stories, and then treating their version of the narrative as the single true one. That extends to presenting their own storylines as actual wrestling history, muddying the distinction between work and shoot still further. Nowhere is their revisionist approach to real life events any more evident than in their refusal to acknowledge the pre-WWE background of many of the people that have performed for them over the years.
Last year’s brilliantly-produced tribute videos for Dusty Rhodes and Roddy Piper showcased clips of their careers outside of the WWF/E, giving credence to the legendary status attributed to them.
By contrast, their tribute video for William Moody two years earlier was a whitewash: a montage of the man in his role as Paul Bearer, the Undertaker’s manager and father figure, and talking head footage of various WWE superstars talking...
WWE has a bad habit of retelling stories, and then treating their version of the narrative as the single true one. That extends to presenting their own storylines as actual wrestling history, muddying the distinction between work and shoot still further. Nowhere is their revisionist approach to real life events any more evident than in their refusal to acknowledge the pre-WWE background of many of the people that have performed for them over the years.
Last year’s brilliantly-produced tribute videos for Dusty Rhodes and Roddy Piper showcased clips of their careers outside of the WWF/E, giving credence to the legendary status attributed to them.
By contrast, their tribute video for William Moody two years earlier was a whitewash: a montage of the man in his role as Paul Bearer, the Undertaker’s manager and father figure, and talking head footage of various WWE superstars talking...
- 2/9/2016
- by Ben Cooke
- Obsessed with Film
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