I had a bit of a hiatus there from the blog, as I've gotten fairly busy over the Christmas and New Year holiday. I'm so loved, that it's hard to tear myself away from legions of fans sometimes. But, I digress. In any event, onto the topic at hand.
I often get email and fan mail from different people telling me how wonderful I am. Sometimes I get something slightly different though. Well, I got a particularly amusing piece of email over the holiday and decided to publish it here in my blog and take a look at the points made. So here it is:
Alex,
U talk a lot of trash wen you're wrestlin ppl. u only win by cheatin tho. and ur not even xciting in tha ring. these guys - Rey Misterio, Klash, AJ Stiles, Chris Sbin - they r who u should watching. shootin star press is exciting. crossface is not. u need to add more flips and twists into ur moves if u wanna be good as tehm. srsly, think about. u do have a nice finisher but if you wan to make big u gotta be able to do top rope moves. i don't even c u go there, r u afraig of heights? ok, well watch those and tell me they r not awesome. i like others to but watch them first then ill tell u more to watch. bye.
Wally
p.s. kiks are good to. like loki or tajiri. it hurt if u kick hard so u should try and kick hard.
Needless to say, this email stood out to me. I don't know if it was the eloquence or wonderful opinions, but it spoke to me. Before I could do anything, though, I had to convert this strange language to English. This is what I came up with:
Alex,
When you're wrestling with someone, you often say disparaging things to them. I believe that you cannot win unless you somehow break the rules. It is also my opinion that you don't do enough career threatening, flashy moves. These guys- Rey Mysterio, Klash, AJ Styles, Chris Sabin - are who you should be watching if you wish to improve upon your style. The shooting star press, while really adding nothing to the actual impact of the move, us truly breath-taking to view. Your crossface is not so breath-taking, although it does look like it truly hurts. In my humble opinion, if you use more flips and twists when you wrestle, you'll add more of a devastating impact to your already devastating moves. I think you should put some serious thought into what I've said. The Alexcution is possibly the most devastating move known to man, but you may want to consider adding in some sort of top rope suicide dive for the hell of it. I never see you on the top ropes, perhaps you're scared that you may take a nasty spill and subject yourself to more wrestling absences? So, go ahead and watch the wrestler's I've named and tell me that you don't think they're amazing. I like many other wrestler's too of course, but as to not bog you down with too much right now, just watch those and perhaps later I can tell you more to watch. Farewell.
Waldo
p.s. Kicks look like they hurt quite a bit as well. Kicks from wrestler's such as low ki or tajiri. I've been kicked many times in my head and can tell you it hurts quite a bit, so you should try and add that to your already vast repertoire.
I think a few thousand of my brain cells died just reading that garbage. I just have to believe that either this person was 8 years old, or was very high/drunk during the writing of this. First let me complain about the internet which has made it popular to shorten words such as you or are or apparently "seriously". So essentially what we've managed to do, is make our already lazy society even MORE lazy. Well, despite the horrid grammar and spelling, I have to also point out his horrid opinion. And now we'll segway into what this genius referred to as "exciting":
Now, I'm not going to knock that style of wrestling of lots of spots at all. As a matter of fact, Klash, one of my favorite people to wrestle often incorporates this type of high energy high impact offense, often using the ropes to spring himself around. My main issue is the idea that you have to incorporate flips, twists and tops rope maneuvers to be "exciting". If you're telling a story and you can work those things into a match, than do it. But as with everything, we're trying to tell a story and sometimes it just doesn't fit the match.
Let me give a vague example. Say wrestler 1 hits wrestler 2 with a powerbomb, laying him out. Wrestler 1 then takes his time going up to the top rope to an attempt a top rope maneuever, which he connects with. The time it takes for Wrestler 1 to go to the ropes, climb the ropes, pose for a moment, then jump off and connect is probably what? 20 seconds? What happened to that guy laying on the mat? He can kick out at 2 1/2, but can't move out of the way when laying on the ground for 20+ seconds. What kind of realism are we adding to the event when things like this go on? If he stays down for that long, Wrestler 1 should just go for the pin.
Now, that's not to say top rope moves should not be used, but I think they should be used in smart situations. Waiting for the guy to stumble up to his a missile dropkick or flying clothesline is much more realistic and makes more sense. Or you both get caught up there, you shove him off and hit a top rope move. That makes sense. He was only on the ground for a few moments so it's easier to see why he couldn't roll out of the way.
Each style is different, and my style just happens to be more hard-nosed technically sound wrestling. Can I do those things? Absolutely. Will I do those things? Maybe once in a while when it fits the match, but I like the way I do things more. Hell, Moore is better after all.
I wish I could make this post longer, but I'm excited to say I have a match in five hours! I'm already pumped, so I'm going to have to cut this thing short. I'm wrestling a guy named Chuck Rollins. I've seen some of his work and he's pretty solid. He'll be a good wrestler when he gets some years under him.
Too bad tonight he's gonna tap out.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
WWE wants my services? Sorry, not today.
Here I am, back on the blog scene. Let me first say that I'm impressed with the popularity my blog hit already, as my email's have blown up since my first post yesterday. Just for the fans who don't know it, it's Mooreisbetter727@yahoo.com. I'll try and answer some as well as address some here on my blog. Anywho, moving along..
I think what everyone truly wants to know, is why the man of the hour, Alex Moore, turned down a lucrative WWE deal. Let me get one thing out of the way: I respect WWE as an organization and think the world of them when it comes to catapulting wrestling to another level and making it mainstream. But, let me also say that somewhere WWE lost sight of what they actually are, which is a WRESTLING ORGANIZATION and became something different. As Paul E. once said in one of my favorite promo's ever, "We need sports ENTERTAINMENT hahaha".
The fact is, I did think really hard about whether or not I wanted to join WWE. You look at that much money on the table and honestly how can you say no? To be forthcoming, they offered me a 6 year deal worth 125,000 per. I was incredibly flattered and honored to ever be offered that by the biggest Wrestling company to ever grace the world. Now you gotta ask, why I would turn something such as this down? Why would the man who's quite possibly the best technical wrestler alive today, turn down a contract to wrestle on the most prostigeous company to ever grace the world? Simple. I'll explain the process:
I got a call from an agent sometimes in October. They told me they had seen my work, and were very interested in enlisting my services. The funny thing is, now they start praising my work, going as far as telling me I'm the best they've ever seen. Now, while I'm sure this is quite true, I also know it's embellishment to sway me towards a positive reaction. At this point, I'm liking the idea honestly. So I was invited to a show and shown around backstage. Now I'll admit, the experience was great. I loved meeting with so many wrestlers I hadn't before and being backstage at such an amazing venue.
I even got to meet Vince McMahon, which was pretty cool honestly. The guy's pretty down to earth in real life. He told me he liked my work and would love to see me in a WWE ring, which I agreed with at the time. So we shook hands and agreed to keep contact.
Two days later I got a call from a rep. Honestly, I was CLOSE to signing a contract at that point. But I tried to be rational and talk to the rep in that way. That's when everything went downhill. The rep essentially told me the angle they wanted me to work and let me explain it from his point of view:
You're gonna have it made Alex. We're gonna bring you in as a ring technician. You're gonna be a guy who follows the rules and the fundamentals of wrestling to an absolute T (okay, sounds good to me so far). But here's the thing, something offhand will cause you to lose everytime. Someone'll cheat here. You'll get distracted by the slight miscount by the ref there. Just little things. And we're gonna have you lose the first 5 matches or so. It's gonna be good for the fans, because we're gonna bring you out as a hardcore heel, someone who is hated. We see how good you are at that and we want to harness it.
Okay, I tried to understand the part and get past it. I asked, are you saying that fundamentals and ring awareness is something that's hurting me? I don't really get it.
What they told me, was that it had nothing to do with how good I was. It had to do with how the fans perceived me and this way we could build me up as a huge heel which honestly I didn't see. I told the guy that I could somewhat see the scenario working if I was established, but bringing me right in with a WWE crowd (which let's face it, it's not a normal wrestling crowd) and running this scenario would kill any credibility I ever had. He told me to sleep on it because they wanted an answer soon.
Here's my mindset. I believe fully, that they were going to push me somewhere just for the simple fact that you don't give someone a 6 figure contract unless you plan to make something out of them. But after looking at what they had to say and where they were gonna put me, I just didn't feel it was in my best interest, as a wrestler, to accept that.
At the end of the day, everyone's gotta look out for their own best interest. Money means nothing to me. Good wrestling and compelling storylines are what drives me at this point. At the end of the day I have to be satisfied with myself and the work I put out there. Going to WWE I was giving up a lot of my independance. I was giving up my Indy's, my name, and my schedule. And for what? More money? Sorry more may be better, but in this instance Moore was not satisfied.
I have tons of respect for WWE and hope they continue on their way, but let's be honest: Alex Moore does not fit in a WWE ring. Odds are, he never will.
In any event, I'm doing my thing.. working the scene, and I'm happy. To me, this is what wrestling is about. Yeah, I turned down a WWE contract. But I'm not gonna let that one decison define me. I'm gonna let my matches and shows define me. I'm gonna let you, the fans, define me. I'm gonna let anyone who wants to watch me and enjoy what I bring to the table, define me.
But damned if I'm gonna be something I'm not.
I think what everyone truly wants to know, is why the man of the hour, Alex Moore, turned down a lucrative WWE deal. Let me get one thing out of the way: I respect WWE as an organization and think the world of them when it comes to catapulting wrestling to another level and making it mainstream. But, let me also say that somewhere WWE lost sight of what they actually are, which is a WRESTLING ORGANIZATION and became something different. As Paul E. once said in one of my favorite promo's ever, "We need sports ENTERTAINMENT hahaha".
The fact is, I did think really hard about whether or not I wanted to join WWE. You look at that much money on the table and honestly how can you say no? To be forthcoming, they offered me a 6 year deal worth 125,000 per. I was incredibly flattered and honored to ever be offered that by the biggest Wrestling company to ever grace the world. Now you gotta ask, why I would turn something such as this down? Why would the man who's quite possibly the best technical wrestler alive today, turn down a contract to wrestle on the most prostigeous company to ever grace the world? Simple. I'll explain the process:
I got a call from an agent sometimes in October. They told me they had seen my work, and were very interested in enlisting my services. The funny thing is, now they start praising my work, going as far as telling me I'm the best they've ever seen. Now, while I'm sure this is quite true, I also know it's embellishment to sway me towards a positive reaction. At this point, I'm liking the idea honestly. So I was invited to a show and shown around backstage. Now I'll admit, the experience was great. I loved meeting with so many wrestlers I hadn't before and being backstage at such an amazing venue.
I even got to meet Vince McMahon, which was pretty cool honestly. The guy's pretty down to earth in real life. He told me he liked my work and would love to see me in a WWE ring, which I agreed with at the time. So we shook hands and agreed to keep contact.
Two days later I got a call from a rep. Honestly, I was CLOSE to signing a contract at that point. But I tried to be rational and talk to the rep in that way. That's when everything went downhill. The rep essentially told me the angle they wanted me to work and let me explain it from his point of view:
You're gonna have it made Alex. We're gonna bring you in as a ring technician. You're gonna be a guy who follows the rules and the fundamentals of wrestling to an absolute T (okay, sounds good to me so far). But here's the thing, something offhand will cause you to lose everytime. Someone'll cheat here. You'll get distracted by the slight miscount by the ref there. Just little things. And we're gonna have you lose the first 5 matches or so. It's gonna be good for the fans, because we're gonna bring you out as a hardcore heel, someone who is hated. We see how good you are at that and we want to harness it.
Okay, I tried to understand the part and get past it. I asked, are you saying that fundamentals and ring awareness is something that's hurting me? I don't really get it.
What they told me, was that it had nothing to do with how good I was. It had to do with how the fans perceived me and this way we could build me up as a huge heel which honestly I didn't see. I told the guy that I could somewhat see the scenario working if I was established, but bringing me right in with a WWE crowd (which let's face it, it's not a normal wrestling crowd) and running this scenario would kill any credibility I ever had. He told me to sleep on it because they wanted an answer soon.
Here's my mindset. I believe fully, that they were going to push me somewhere just for the simple fact that you don't give someone a 6 figure contract unless you plan to make something out of them. But after looking at what they had to say and where they were gonna put me, I just didn't feel it was in my best interest, as a wrestler, to accept that.
At the end of the day, everyone's gotta look out for their own best interest. Money means nothing to me. Good wrestling and compelling storylines are what drives me at this point. At the end of the day I have to be satisfied with myself and the work I put out there. Going to WWE I was giving up a lot of my independance. I was giving up my Indy's, my name, and my schedule. And for what? More money? Sorry more may be better, but in this instance Moore was not satisfied.
I have tons of respect for WWE and hope they continue on their way, but let's be honest: Alex Moore does not fit in a WWE ring. Odds are, he never will.
In any event, I'm doing my thing.. working the scene, and I'm happy. To me, this is what wrestling is about. Yeah, I turned down a WWE contract. But I'm not gonna let that one decison define me. I'm gonna let my matches and shows define me. I'm gonna let you, the fans, define me. I'm gonna let anyone who wants to watch me and enjoy what I bring to the table, define me.
But damned if I'm gonna be something I'm not.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Beginning
OH no, could it be? The master of the ALEXCUTION has actually found his way onto the internet. In blog form no less. I can feel the excitement exuding from all my followers reading this right now. Take heart in knowing that while you may not be able to see me on TV every week like once before, now you'll be able to read things coming straight from my very own twisted head. What's that you say? Life, while not fair to have taken away your legendary hero, has perhaps thrown you a bone and given you back some reason to live? Understandable. I'll try and update this daily, to make sure I keep those trigger happy fingers at bay.
Let's get the formalities out of the way immediately. Yes, this is the very own Alex Moore typing this. I don't have a ghost writer or something along those lines writing this out for me for any of you skeptics out there. Anything you read from this blog from here on out, comes straight from my mind and heart. Sometimes I'll be writing while on a plane. Sometimes maybe it'll be right before I wrestle a match. Sometimes it'll be while I'm in a hotel room. Who knows when and where I'll be blogging from. As a matter of fact, I think I'll make note of where I am whenever I blog here. At least a general idea so that all of you people can envy me and such.
I'm going to point out right now, though, that what I say in this blog may incite people sometimes. I'm not about giving the good but not the bad. This is my blog and if you don't like what I have to say then quite frankly, I don't care. You don't have to read it. See that's one of the wonderful things about the internet. If you don't like what you read, there's this little X in the top right hand corner of the screen and you're more then welcome to left click on it.
The fact is, for anyone with a half a brain, you'd realize that the Wrestling business is not all peaches and cream. To start, I try and keep up as much as I can with the Xtreme's and other federations as well as fellow wrestlers. But when things like what happened with Harris happen, I just have to shake my head. But you, as fans, have to realize that this is the nature of the business. Harris went out probably thinking "I'm gonna have a ton of beers, and go pass out". I know Harris. The guy's a straight shooter and in honor of him, I'm gonna straight shoot when I talk about him. That thing that Harris and so many other wrestlers do, where they go to a bar and drink after shows; it's unneccessary. There's been plenty of times I've seen wrestler's from all different federations come in after a night of binge drinking and try and put on a show at only 80%. Or 50%. Or whatever they're feeling like at that particular moment. You know what though? That's a smack in the face to every ticket holder and fan of yours that wanted to see you go at 100%.
Look at it this way, say you pay $50-150 for a show. You have your huge foam finger. You got your favorite wrestler's t-shirt. You're hugging his action figure while sitting on his seat cover and sipping pepsi from a mug with his face on it. This guy is your hero. This is the moment you're waiting for. His music hits and everyone in the arena explodes. Your heart is pumping just to get a glimpse of him. You see him come down the ramp, hit the ring and you're begging for him to pound on his opponent. So what do you get? You get a guy who half-asses it. You get a guy who drank so much the night before that he's a little lethargic. Maybe doesn't take his bumps as hard. Maybe doesn't follow through on his clotheslines quite as clean. So what do you get? You get less then what you paid for.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not singling out Harris at all. I just wanted to bring him up and segway into this particular topic, which I think I've done nicely.
The problem with the Wrestling industry is such a huge roll partying plays in the scene. You gotta realize, we're damn near rockstars out there. We're noticed anywhere we go. If I left my house (where I am now recouperating for the next week) right now and went down the street to the corner store, I guarantee you I'll be stopped by at least 5 people. You think that's any different if you go to a bar? Not even. I went to a bar one time to celebrate Klash's birthday and was offered multiple drinks from regular bar patrons just for being me. I don't drink and I understand that everyone wants to be the guy that offered the wonderous Alex Moore a drink, but this is what we get every time we go out. So of course guys are gonna party and have fun. My main complaint, is when it effects what you do in the ring.
Guys tell me "Look, this is my free time and I want to enjoy it". Completely understandable. But don't let it affect the people who pay their hard earned money to watch you. After all, where would you be right now if not for them? You'd be wrestling in someone's backyard, that's where. And it's a shame too, because there's so many guys out there that have a ton of talent and are held back because they're lazy or they drink too much or they're slightly out of shape. This is a business and if you want to get ahead you have to treat it like it's your life. That's just how it is. Maybe it's different for me because Wrestling IS my life. I haven't wrestled in almost two weeks now and I'm starting to get a little antsy.
Just to fill everyone in, I had a slight ankle sprain in my match vs former XWA star James Moore (which might I add, I won) that needed a little rest. So I took the last couple of weeks off to recover. And I'm going fucking bonkers being cooped up in my house. But good news, the ankle is all better. I can run on it without feeling any pain. I'm ready to hit the ring. I've stayed in shape by doing other regimens mainly weight training. January 3rd I work a Indy show in Pennsylvania and that following Saturday, the 6th, I'm actually wrestling Masuka Takashai in Ft. Lauderdale. I'm excited to get back in the ring. Although I'm not looking forward to the sore-ness I'll feel after Masuka gets his hands (and feet) on me.
I think this is a nice long blog for my first post so I'll leave it here. But make sure you check up on this thing periodically as I'll be updating.
Oh and my next post will be about why the great Alex Moore turned DOWN a 6 figure WWE offer just recently. So stay tuned, because you'll all want to read about that. Trust me.
Let's get the formalities out of the way immediately. Yes, this is the very own Alex Moore typing this. I don't have a ghost writer or something along those lines writing this out for me for any of you skeptics out there. Anything you read from this blog from here on out, comes straight from my mind and heart. Sometimes I'll be writing while on a plane. Sometimes maybe it'll be right before I wrestle a match. Sometimes it'll be while I'm in a hotel room. Who knows when and where I'll be blogging from. As a matter of fact, I think I'll make note of where I am whenever I blog here. At least a general idea so that all of you people can envy me and such.
I'm going to point out right now, though, that what I say in this blog may incite people sometimes. I'm not about giving the good but not the bad. This is my blog and if you don't like what I have to say then quite frankly, I don't care. You don't have to read it. See that's one of the wonderful things about the internet. If you don't like what you read, there's this little X in the top right hand corner of the screen and you're more then welcome to left click on it.
The fact is, for anyone with a half a brain, you'd realize that the Wrestling business is not all peaches and cream. To start, I try and keep up as much as I can with the Xtreme's and other federations as well as fellow wrestlers. But when things like what happened with Harris happen, I just have to shake my head. But you, as fans, have to realize that this is the nature of the business. Harris went out probably thinking "I'm gonna have a ton of beers, and go pass out". I know Harris. The guy's a straight shooter and in honor of him, I'm gonna straight shoot when I talk about him. That thing that Harris and so many other wrestlers do, where they go to a bar and drink after shows; it's unneccessary. There's been plenty of times I've seen wrestler's from all different federations come in after a night of binge drinking and try and put on a show at only 80%. Or 50%. Or whatever they're feeling like at that particular moment. You know what though? That's a smack in the face to every ticket holder and fan of yours that wanted to see you go at 100%.
Look at it this way, say you pay $50-150 for a show. You have your huge foam finger. You got your favorite wrestler's t-shirt. You're hugging his action figure while sitting on his seat cover and sipping pepsi from a mug with his face on it. This guy is your hero. This is the moment you're waiting for. His music hits and everyone in the arena explodes. Your heart is pumping just to get a glimpse of him. You see him come down the ramp, hit the ring and you're begging for him to pound on his opponent. So what do you get? You get a guy who half-asses it. You get a guy who drank so much the night before that he's a little lethargic. Maybe doesn't take his bumps as hard. Maybe doesn't follow through on his clotheslines quite as clean. So what do you get? You get less then what you paid for.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not singling out Harris at all. I just wanted to bring him up and segway into this particular topic, which I think I've done nicely.
The problem with the Wrestling industry is such a huge roll partying plays in the scene. You gotta realize, we're damn near rockstars out there. We're noticed anywhere we go. If I left my house (where I am now recouperating for the next week) right now and went down the street to the corner store, I guarantee you I'll be stopped by at least 5 people. You think that's any different if you go to a bar? Not even. I went to a bar one time to celebrate Klash's birthday and was offered multiple drinks from regular bar patrons just for being me. I don't drink and I understand that everyone wants to be the guy that offered the wonderous Alex Moore a drink, but this is what we get every time we go out. So of course guys are gonna party and have fun. My main complaint, is when it effects what you do in the ring.
Guys tell me "Look, this is my free time and I want to enjoy it". Completely understandable. But don't let it affect the people who pay their hard earned money to watch you. After all, where would you be right now if not for them? You'd be wrestling in someone's backyard, that's where. And it's a shame too, because there's so many guys out there that have a ton of talent and are held back because they're lazy or they drink too much or they're slightly out of shape. This is a business and if you want to get ahead you have to treat it like it's your life. That's just how it is. Maybe it's different for me because Wrestling IS my life. I haven't wrestled in almost two weeks now and I'm starting to get a little antsy.
Just to fill everyone in, I had a slight ankle sprain in my match vs former XWA star James Moore (which might I add, I won) that needed a little rest. So I took the last couple of weeks off to recover. And I'm going fucking bonkers being cooped up in my house. But good news, the ankle is all better. I can run on it without feeling any pain. I'm ready to hit the ring. I've stayed in shape by doing other regimens mainly weight training. January 3rd I work a Indy show in Pennsylvania and that following Saturday, the 6th, I'm actually wrestling Masuka Takashai in Ft. Lauderdale. I'm excited to get back in the ring. Although I'm not looking forward to the sore-ness I'll feel after Masuka gets his hands (and feet) on me.
I think this is a nice long blog for my first post so I'll leave it here. But make sure you check up on this thing periodically as I'll be updating.
Oh and my next post will be about why the great Alex Moore turned DOWN a 6 figure WWE offer just recently. So stay tuned, because you'll all want to read about that. Trust me.
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