Hey guys, Coach Josh Gerry here and today
I want to touch on a topic that a lot of
people don't seem to get about
professional wrestling. Now, here it
is, I'm going to stop and let you kind of
soak this in, a pro wrestling match is
the babyface's
movie. Now what I mean by that is
everything that is involved in
professional wrestling, from production,
from the match, to the lineup, to the
characters, to the tickets, to the
concessions, to the merch, should be all
about the babyface.
Now a lot of people are gonna ask
questions. What about this, what about
that. Hear me out. The babyface is the
star of the movie. The babyface is why
you are doing what you you are doing. The
baby is the person you want the kids to
grow up to be, the guys want to take the
face out for a drink,
and the women want to sleep with them.
okay? And of course, obviously if we're
talking females, you just kind of switch
around those demographics with genders
or whatever. So that's the key and
everything else is done to either make
that hero look strong or to be an
antagonistic type force. That's where the
heel comes in. Everything the heel does
should be done to get heat and make the
babyface look good. If your heel is
trying to be cool and trying to be the
center of attention, it doesn't quite
work.
Now, of course, everything I say has a
9/10 rule. For every nine times there's
that one time where it doesn't work. But
we're talking about the box and you've got
to learn what the box is before you can
think outside of it. So stick with me. The
shine, the cutoff, the heat, the comeback,
all of that stuff is to make the
babyface look good. It's done in such a
way that it makes the fans go: "Oh we
believe in you! Come on Hercules! Hercules!"
Tinkerbell. Whatever it may be, we believe
in you. Come back. Fight these forces of
good and if your match is not fitting
that formula in the story you were
trying to tell does not fit that formula,
it's not gonna work as well. Yes, there
are certain things that you can do that
fit outside that formula, that work, but
for the most part everybody that I'm
talking to, and is watching this video,
is at that level where they're trying to
figure out how to get an emotional
reaction from a crowd. How to get an
emotional response from an audience
member, how to make your stories pop, and
come alive, and be full of emotion and
character, and that's the thing. The match,
the entire match, from the time the first
person comes out of the curtain, to the
time the last person goes through the
curtain, that entire time, it's all about
the babyface. Oh, what if the heel wins?
You can still do that and make it about
the babyface. The babyface wins you can
make it about the babyface. If there's a
run in, a DQ, all that stuff, if done
correctly, you can make it still about
the babyface. Here's one for you:
professional wrestling has a lot more to
do with movies than you would think. Now,
I'm a big Star Wars fan. You guys can't
see it, but over off the camera, I have a
huge Star Wars collection. Star Wars, the
original trilogy, is a professional
wrestling match. Hear me out.
Star Wars:  A New Hope. The good guys
trying to overcome the struggles of the
bad guy. The big domineering black force,
right? And at the end, they win. Yay! That's
your shine. Empire Strikes Back. The bad
guy comes back, knocks down the good guys,
and is in control throughout the entire
movie. The Empire Strikes Back is the heat.
And then you have Return of the Jedi. The
young plucky good guys come from behind
and end up taking down the indomitable
Empire and they win. That's the comeback.
Hollywood, television, stage, story books, A
Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, all
of that stuff follows the same dynamic.
The good guys win. Yes, once again, you may
have those movies where the bad guys win
but ultimately it's the babyface's movie.
And if you can grasp that concept and
realize where your role is in the match,
and on the card, you've already won
the battle. I'm Coach Josh Gerry guys.
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