Can anyone explain to me how Pro-Wrestling works ?
Who gets to determine who becomes the next champion and who gets to be the good guy and the bad guy ?
There used to be a time when all American hero Bob Backlund was a good guy who refused to bend the rules and he was "made" champion for years. Then inexplicably, he lost to a "bad guy" named the Iron Sheik via a submission hold he used to escape from in other matches.
Then, he disappeared and a few years later, came back as a psycho. Most of my friends tell me that they like him more when he is "bad".
Then we have Hulk Hogan who went from bad to good to bad and then back to good ( so many times, I can't count ).
Same thing goes with the Undertaker ( who I take it, is back to being "good").
Who writes these scripts anyway ?
Who gets to determine who becomes the next champion and who gets to be the good guy and the bad guy ?
It used to be the "booker" the guy who ran the card, now it is usually a team of writers, who script the show much like any other television show. Unfortunately in recent years the writers have no wrestling background, so we get idiotic story lines instead of good matches.
Read Ric Flair's book
Pro Wrestling, remember, is whatever is promoted under the banner of pro wrestling. Within that context, there is wide latitude as to how it works.
The promoter and the 'booker' (often the promoter) decides who the champions will be, when they win and when they lose. Whether a wrestler is a good guy (a 'face' in lingo), or a bad guy (a 'heel') is also decided by the promoter/booker. This is based on the wrestlers personality, interview ability, skill, charisma, and fan response. Often the fans impact who will be promoted as a face or a heel.