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I'll try to answer this lot as best I can:
so what is the infrastructure in the wwe?
Hmmm, not quite sure what you mean here, as far as chain of command Vince runs the overall show and therefore in turn most big decisions go through him, from big things like going on the stock market to turning a worker heel/face Vince has a finger in the pie.
Who are the main peeps that come up with the storylines?
On Smackdown it's currently Bruce Pritchard and on RAW....Dammit! I can't remember the guy name! Well they are the head storyline writers, Raw I believe recently recruited a bunch of Hollywood writers to bring in and freshen up everything. Other notable mentions go to Steph Mcmahon who gives input and probably has the overall say on what will go on a show and what doesn't. Vince will also come up with storylines and characters himself, I think he came up with the JBL gimmick
Other well-known bookers in the past are as follows:
Vince Russo
Paul Heyman
Kevin Nash (WCW)
Flair (WCW)
how long before they go on air do the wrestlers know who they will be facing that night?
To be honest it could be a few hours before the show, it could be a few weeks, and it depends on what the situation is. If say they announce next week 2 guys are wrestling each other they would have a weeks notice, but sometimes filler may be needed I.e. on Velocity. Advanced writing used to be done on the Monday afternoon before Raw, so I would assume that unless a wrestler is already aware of a feud/advanced match that they would find out on that day. I know that as far as house shows goes they either find out on that night or are 'married' to a wrestler for a few shows. They normally do a marriage when a PPV is coming up or another big match so they 2 guys can work out a routine together and get used to each others style before it goes on TV
how long does it take for both wrestlers to prepare and practice for a normal match and also for something like a steel cage match?
Once you learned how to train, that's all you really get, once your in the WWe there's no time for practicing, technically that's what house shows are there for so 2 guys can feel each other out for TV, your example of a Cage match doesn't really require alot more than a normal match, all you have to do it climb a cage really slowly and maybe do a big bump, there's no really way to practice that
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