Skilled wrestling veteran MVP has nearly 25 years of experience, including time spent in NJPW, TNA, two runs in WWE, and now, his current position within the Hurt Syndicate in AEW. On an episode of “Marking Out with MVP & Dwayne Swayze,” he compared the pre-show routines of the 2 major firms, and explained in AEW, you normally already know what you are doing shortly after call time.
“So far as rehearsals and who schedules the time, very different atmosphere, where as at AEW, there are rehearsals and typically the producer of that match will ask everybody to clear the ring for a rehearsal of something specific,” he explained. “After I was at WWE, I do not know in the event that they still do it the identical way, but before, they typically had someone who was out all afternoon, they’re doing rehearsals.”
MVP explained that Vince McMahon was there leading rehearsals while communicating with the production truck. He said WWE rehearsals were a “team effort” where everyone took their turns to rehearse their stuff, before the ring was opened back up for others to do whatever.
“AEW’s a bit different, where Tony Khan just isn’t there at ringside hands on with directing how he wants things to seem on television,” he said. “That was a Vince thing. He was very hands on.”
He said it was McMahon who gave him the liberty to start to direct and produce his own spots and segments, which he said he does routinely in his mind as of late. He said he’s jumped in a number of times to assist younger stars in AEW rehearse so no mistakes are made in front of the camera.
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