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Writing (and Covering) Pro Wrestling with WWE’s Bruce Prichard and David Shoemaker

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The Power of Storylines

When I think about that story, what's amazing about it is how simple the idea is underneath it. My best friend is making eyes at my girlfriend. Everybody has felt some version of that over the years. No matter what, you have brothers fight, family fights. That's relatable and you want to have something that people can relate to. If there's not emotion and passion in the story that the audience can feel and participate, it's a harder sell. When you start thinking about undertaker and cane even, that was just crazy made up. It's going along, what ifs can happen that all of a sudden became an unbelievably rich backstory for cane.

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