No wonder Dana White smiles wide, while Vince McMahon often scowls
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In today’s highly corporate WWE environment, wrestlers are often seen fumbling and fudging their lines. This is because they’re given scripts to memorise and then repeat. Hence, when we hear them talk at ringside, there's no feeling of authenticity and moreover, there’s hardly any element of drama to keep us hooked.
The reason for the success of Talking Smack is that it seems unscripted and it doesn’t feel like your usual WWE promo.
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Compare this scenario to pre and post fight conferences in UFC. Each fighter speaks from the heart about their gameplan, their strategy before the fight, and their feeling of elation at winning or their sense of dismay at losing.
These are the thoughts of your favourite UFC fighter and not a writer who's being paid to write his lines by Vince McMahon. In a way, much like the fights, the promos too are more ‘real’.
Riju Dasgupta is the most-read active writer in Sportskeeda at the moment, across all sports. Having come on board in 2016, Dasgupta is best known for the 'Best and Worst' column, something that has become a staple for the site!
In addition to his writing responsibilities, Dasgupta is also the Assistant Manager of the Combat Sports division. In 4 years, Dasgupta has conducted over 150 interviews with stars from WWE, Impact Wrestling, PCW Ultra, WOS, UFC, ONE FC and the world of boxing as well.
In addition to everything he does in Sportskeeda, Dasgupta is also the bassist and lyricist for heavy metal bands- Albatross and Primitiv.
Before joining Sportskeeda, Dasgupta was a comedy writer for Star TV, where he scripted lines for the iconic Lola Kutty property, in addition to hit TV shows like Axe Ur Ex & UR Fired. He was also a columnist for Rolling Stone India.
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