Never let it be said that AICN won't show both sides of an issue, The Big McGroo has sent Father Geek the following about USA's entanglement in the whole BEYOND THE MAT ads knock down...
Well, Sorry to bother you, PapaGeek... but I just needed to make sure something is obscenely clear for people, especially in light of all of the bitching towards USA Network over the non-showing of Beyond The Mat ads. To get to the meat of the matter:
Don't Blame USA Network.
USA Network is getting a very bad light put on them for something they didn't do. The ad time was bought through the WWF, NOT the USA network. USA Network had no control over it being shown or not. Due to it being a wrestling film that the WWF supported strongly through the complete making of, Barry Blaustein felt that it would be easiest and more benificial to sell the ads through the WWF directly. Unfortunately, the WWF previewed the film and chickened out, pulling the ads and support, and not allowing BTM any chance to go through USA Network instead.
So, while a grave injustice has been done, directing wrath towards anyone but the WWF is not justified.
Just needed to make sure that was known...
by the way, tomorrow, www.scoopswrestling.com will be having a interview with Blaustein about the movie and its problems now... should be up on their web site the day after that if they do some speed typing to get it up. Wouldn't hurt to give that a gander in a few days....
Anyways, thanks for your time.
The Big McGroo
