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Arn Anderson Interviews in WWE DVD's (Read 453 times)
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Arn Anderson Interviews in WWE DVD's
Aug 26th, 2007, 2:14am
 
This is a question to all who shall read this post.
 
This is not a knock against Arn Anderson, but I notice in every WWE DVD that I watch, Arn Anderson will speak in a “shoot-style” interview setting and still talk in kayfabe.  
 
For example, in the Four Horsemen DVD - Tully, Flair, and JJ Dillon will talk about “bad booking”, “Jim Herd’s dumb ideas”, “Dusty’s newest angle”, “getting over on the fans”, etc.  Yet, when Arn Anderson talks, he say’s stuff like “Ole just couldn’t hang anymore”, or “Curt Hennig betrayed the Horsemen but we deserved it because we did stuff like that before”.
 
I also saw it in the “Wrestling Stars of the 80’s” DVD.  Tully, Ric, and Arn were talking about a Horseman’s typical day.  Ric and Tully spoke of buying expensive cars in real life to play out their larger than life gimmick, yet Arn Anderson talks about “kicking some major league a$$, before going to the gym”.
 
I like Arn, but hearing his side of wrestling lore is a little bit nauseating.  Its twenty years after the original Four Horsemen, yet he still talk’s like Bill Apter is conducting an interview for every paying mark in the territory.
 
Does anyone else notice this?  Don’tcha think it’s kinda weird?  Is Arn drinking his own kool-aid?
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Reply #1 - Aug 26th, 2007, 1:05pm
 
His book is the same way.
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Reply #2 - Aug 26th, 2007, 8:24pm
 
he probably doesn't want to accept that kayfabe is pretty much dead.i do find it a bit annoying when he does things this way when others on the dvds don't do this.
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Reply #3 - Aug 27th, 2007, 11:44am
 
Now that I think about it, Paul Ellering and Animal were the same way in their WWE DVD.  It's hard to believe that they are trying to "protect" the protective mystique of the business, when a 3-disc DVD is devoted to the inner workings of their history.  At least Arn Anderson is a better speaker than Precious Paul.  Still, like you said, it's very annoying.
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Reply #4 - Aug 28th, 2007, 8:45pm
 
It should bother me, because I'd love to hear Arn's actual take on things.  But for some reason, it doesn't.
 
Now, if everyone did it, it would annoy me.  With it just being one guy, I sort of like it.  I guess it's kind of comforting to me somehow, because I miss kayfabe.
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