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DVD Review: Guest Booker with Raven (Kayfabe Commentaries) |
» Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
» On Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 4:52 PM EST
Brad Dykens of OnlineWorldofWrestling.com sent this review in:
GUEST BOOKER with RAVEN - www.KayfabeCommentaries.com
Reviewed by Brad Dykens from Online World of Wrestling.com
A few short years ago, the Guest Booker concept single-handedly put http://www.Kayfabecommantaries.com on the map with a trilogy of high-praised DVD's featuring the likes of Kevin Sullivan, J.J. Dillon, and Gabe Sapolsky. The idea behind these "shoot" interviews was to take some of wrestling's most celebrated "bookers," and present them with the task of rebooking a certain era of professional wrestling's past - but usually sticking them with some kind of swerve. After venturing off into different areas, coming up with a couple more unique concepts, KC director Sean Oliver has finally brought back the popular Guest Booker brainchild. For the first time, the subject of the DVD was not an established wrestling booker - but probably should be. Raven has seen and done it all, growing up in the business, spending time in WCW, WWF, ECW, WCW again, WWE again, TNA and many others in between. Despite being knocked around in the violent world of extreme wrestling, and indulging a little too much in the drug culture, Scott "Raven" Levy, has somehow managed to maintain a remarkable level of intelligence - you know, for a wrassler.
Raven sits down in a hotel room with cameras rolling, faced with the scenario of reorganizing the ECW product in 1996 - with the special twist that Kevin Nash and Scott Hall had jumped to Paul Heyman's ECW instead of Ted Turner's WCW. As if that would ever happen; but for all intents and purposes, it's an interesting state of affairs. How would you book the Outsiders in ECW? If you think about it, the possibilities are endless. Raven works out almost of a full year of matches, including who beats who, who gets screwed, and what goes down at the big super card matches. Booking doesn't happen over night, so you have to give the poor guy some slack for being put directly on the spot. It's just so darn interesting to watch the ideas spill out of Raven's mouth as he verbally juggles several different trains of thought - in the pursuit of perfection. Where else can you get a glimpse inside the mind of a wrestling genius?
For the life of me, I don't know why Raven never officially took a booking position in any wrestling promotion. Now that his career is winding down, perhaps that is the perfect fit for him. Maybe he just doesn't want the responsibility. The guy really knows what he's doing and could parlay his experience into a very impressive small-scale product. Pick up the "Guest Booker with Raven" DVD and experience the mind of genius at work.
Reviewed by Brad Dykens (brad@blackpants.net)
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