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[Bad News Gertner]

If it wasn't Vince someone else would have. Probably Bill Watts. Look at how Pro Wrestling USA and SuperClash turned out. These promoters would have cut each other's throat.

[Destor]

Originally Posted by Lord Gertner of TPWW If it wasn't Vince someone else would have. Probably Bill Watts. Look at how Pro Wrestling USA and SuperClash turned out. These promoters would have cut each other's throat.

what vince did was a logical lateral move...for a highly educated buisness man. his contemporaries certainly lacked the forsight and acumen to do what he did and any would be rivals with a similar vision had the road block of both not having the necessary knowledge to operate are carny operation or even an entry to it and then the issue is magnified by the fact that no outsider could see the potential in the medium.

vince sat in a position so unique that i think it could have been another century before some had not only the idea but the means to do what he did.

could others have? maybe. but vince was in a miracle position with a miracle idea and while its certainly super cool to shit on him he remains the single most inportant figure im wrestling history and it serves no one to pretend otherwise.

[Bad News Gertner]

Originally Posted by Destor what vince did was a logical lateral move...for a highly educated buisness man. his contemporaries certainly lacked the forsight and acumen to do what he did and any would be rivals with a similar vision had the road block of both not having the necessary knowledge to operate are carny operation or even an entry to it and then the issue is magnified by the fact that no outsider could see the potential in the medium. vince sat in a position so unique that i think it could have been another century before some had not only the idea but the means to do what he did. could others have? maybe. but vince was in a miracle position with a miracle idea and while its certainly super cool to shit on him he remains the single most inportant figure im wrestling history and it serves no one to pretend otherwise.

It also helped having that idea in the biggest "attraction" city in the U.S.A in New York.