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**Supreme Olajuwon** · 01-31-2011, 11:20 AM

The reaction to the Santino thing is a microcosm of what bugs me about the IWC. They try to act like they're judging to product as an unbiased critic who knows what's best for the business. But in reality, they're judging it as a fan just like everybody else.

Something unexpected and really exciting happens and makes every fan cheer, even the cynics on the internet. But instead of taking the exciting moment all the way to the finish, they swerve it and dash everybody's hopes. The fans react by getting mad at the heel for ruining what could've been an incredible moment. The IWC reacts by getting mad at the writers and claiming it was poor booking. It wasn't poor booking. The whole point was to get your hopes up and then destroy them. It was fantastic booking that pulled at the emotions of even the most jaded fan who thinks he knows more than the marks. But he doesn't. And he got swerved.

01-31-2011, 11:20 AM	#11
Supreme Olajuwon You know that�s right Posts: 52,760	The reaction to the Santino thing is a microcosm of what bugs me about the IWC. They try to act like they're judging to product as an unbiased critic who knows what's best for the business. But in reality, they're judging it as a fan just like everybody else. Something unexpected and really exciting happens and makes every fan cheer, even the cynics on the internet. But instead of taking the exciting moment all the way to the finish, they swerve it and dash everybody's hopes. The fans react by getting mad at the heel for ruining what could've been an incredible moment. The IWC reacts by getting mad at the writers and claiming it was poor booking. It wasn't poor booking. The whole point was to get your hopes up and then destroy them. It was fantastic booking that pulled at the emotions of even the most jaded fan who thinks he knows more than the marks. But he doesn't. And he got swerved.