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.