I made my way up the coast working shows in Columbus, Chattanooga, Asheville, Richmond, and Allentown before jogging over to Colt's Neck. The last show before my hunt for the werewolf hunter.
I had a pretty good run for a while wrestling women who have a serious gimmick. Not my past few shows. Last night I worked a woman called Double Dee. Which aside from the obvious is also not that creative. Although I suppose when you're going that route, creativity is not what you need.
In Allentown, I AJ Spreadlegs and she got mad at me for stuff I said during our match. I do a lot of talking these days. Using magic to amplify my voice has really helped me. I feel very uncomfortable with a microphone in my hand. I do better when I can just spout off extemporaneously.
Before the match she said she was find that I would be going after her looks, but she got bent at me for "slut shaming" after the fact. It all seemed above board to me. In my heart of hearts I think a heel should be able to say anything they want, but I try to play nice.
Since she was upset I apologized. She didn't like my apology so then I had to apologize for my apology. At one point she said that she couldn't help the way she looks so her looks aren't a fair target. But we talked about it before and she agreed that it was okay. Plus she has implants so she can help that. I didn't try to argue with her, I just apologized until she went away.
I wish I had someone to give me some advice on these kinds of things. I think I've gotten pretty good at heel promos. But I don't know. It's a tricky business. It's easy to make people hate you. But you have to make them hate you in the right way. The way where they want to see you get your ass kicked. Not the kind of hate where they won't go to a show or go to the bathroom during your match.
You need to get into it with people and rile them up, but you can't be a bully either. Wrestling fans are very fragile. If you startle them they may not come out of their mom's basement for years. And that's lost revenue.
Nothing kills a show like someone who doesn't know how to cut a heel promo alienates everyone. I mean in the wrong way. There's a right way to alienate people. Like I said it's complicated.
I just realized that half my posts are crying about how I don't have a mentor to help me. I really am capable and independent.
I swear.
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