Pro Wrestling 101 - Promos

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  • @S.M.Jean-Mahmoud_Ier
    @S.M.Jean-Mahmoud_Ier 7 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    -Know your character in depth. If you have no idea how your character wil lreact, write it out.
    -Avoid screaming and yelling at the mic like it was the thing back then
    -Avoid the "brother" thing.
    -Rehearse your promo in depth : not only the text, but also the voice and tone.
    -Build your promos up : start slow, get a bit angrier by the end
    -Try to convey as many emotions and energy as you can through your eyes : you'll hook the viewers up.

  • @chasingperfect28
    @chasingperfect28 8 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    As a theatre student, you are 100 percent correct. Always KNOW where you are going, and know what you WANT out of the other wrestler and audience.

  • @MrSamuel539
    @MrSamuel539 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I'm training to be a wrestler. I will take bumbs till my back is blue, I will take 20 suplexs and I will dive of the top rope a 100 times. But the idea of cutting a promo in front of people terrifys me.

    • @Zaddy_Dynamite
      @Zaddy_Dynamite 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      MrSamuel539 why ?you have to remember they are there to see you . You are larger than life ! Its the most important skill to have

    • @TGJHD1999
      @TGJHD1999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      dude, im in the exact same situation as you... i have a session with Scott hall tomorrow and he does a lot of promo classes, im shitting myself

    • @aron401
      @aron401 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So hows your training bro? I'm interested

    • @MrMikeyxd183
      @MrMikeyxd183 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How’s ur career going?

  • @cooldoctormoney
    @cooldoctormoney 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm so glad Justin Credible is putting out this series of tutorial videos. The man has a real knack for explaining things about pro wrestling.

  • @jordylont1879
    @jordylont1879 10 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I stumbled upon your channel by accident but you genuinely got me hooked. The things you talk about are so interesting and informative.
    You seem like a very inteĺligent guy, and the fact thar you are a veteran makes it a really fun thing to listen to.

  • @polacopeter73
    @polacopeter73  11 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    please watch and share

    • @SamuraiX227
      @SamuraiX227 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jake was one the king of promos in my opinion

    • @misterlinn2096
      @misterlinn2096 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still comeback to these videos all these years later. Thank you so much for the sight Justin very cool and informative 👍🏼

  • @oof5813
    @oof5813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm gonna be doing promos tonight in class, I probably should have been studying these last few days lol

    • @oof5813
      @oof5813 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man I should've shown up more prepared. I cut a really shitty promo and I look like a idiot now. I knew my first promo wasn't gonna be good but I didn't expect it to be so awful.

  • @Mcseeker86
    @Mcseeker86 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw PJ at Hardcore Justice in 2011 ... what really stuck with me was after the show he came out to watch Mick Foley's fan Q&A and he could barely walk from taking bumps. This guy is a great worker and he's sacrificed his body for the business. One of the greats from ECW's heyday

  • @jimbo-fk4dq
    @jimbo-fk4dq 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A good thing about ECW with the "Pulp Fiction promos" was it got everyone over whether they were good or bad at promos. Paul could get at least a good 10 seconds of a promo out of a person, and it would fit perfectly into those montages.

  • @hiphopdagame
    @hiphopdagame 8 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Roman Reigns needs to watch this.. lol..

    • @romanreigns4945
      @romanreigns4945 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      sKiNo I am watching this brother

    • @bethdeluca33
      @bethdeluca33 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Roman Reigns we're your picture to prove it all I see is a walfull flying out of a toaster

    • @ryllo2886
      @ryllo2886 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Roman Reigns needs to show this video to the writers.

    • @marilenhernandez8769
      @marilenhernandez8769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He already watch it and become way way successful

    • @jeffreyloskoskill4901
      @jeffreyloskoskill4901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      4 years later.......he still needs to watch it.

  • @polacopeter73
    @polacopeter73  11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanx Danny. It's a lot of what I teach at the Pro Wrestling 101 training camp

  • @AmericanWrathchild
    @AmericanWrathchild 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great teacher. Down to earth, to the point, and has the resume and experience in the business to back it up. Good work Justin. Love this channel.

  • @polacopeter73
    @polacopeter73  11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanx I really hope you continue to watch 101

  • @mk2ak907
    @mk2ak907 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank You Justin Credible for doing Pro Wrestling 101 and bettering the wrestling business :)

  • @vinniej87
    @vinniej87 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is even good for people who are video marketers. I'm putting this video on to my blog.

  • @AngeliqueWinterPoppaea
    @AngeliqueWinterPoppaea 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I 100% percent agree, I actually did some practice promo on my TH-cam channel, but I still think I need some improvement, which is why I'm taking some acting classes.

  • @YuutoHiroshige
    @YuutoHiroshige 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Today my school is having a promo class. Writing and studying my planned promo and coming into class with something to dress up on. Wish me luck!

  • @ChiSoxsFan4Life
    @ChiSoxsFan4Life 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad i found this vid this will really help me with my E-Fed promos

    • @TehJew22
      @TehJew22 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here. :)

  • @observer.b_e_l_l_i_s
    @observer.b_e_l_l_i_s 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    JUSTIN FUCKING CREDIBLE!! how am i just now finding your channel? #Legend

  • @robinheusel266
    @robinheusel266 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These 101 videos should be mandatory study material in certain "big leagues". Good stuff!!

  • @vulcanworf7422
    @vulcanworf7422 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great point about the eyes!

  • @rufusjonz
    @rufusjonz 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Justin, really like the videos -- I was wondering if you could touch on guys who get buried after being hot (or have their gimmick changed), and then never recover from that ... is it done intentionally sometimes, politics, locker room etc ... like why do they completely change a successful gimmick or style -- i'm thinking of examples like Mike Awesome from ECW to WCW, R-Truth getting over with Lil Jimmy and they stop the gimmick, etc

  • @mikemessiershow
    @mikemessiershow 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    GREAT STUFF, Justin, I'll share this with my decent sized facebook community.

  • @1ex1uger-prank-calls
    @1ex1uger-prank-calls 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    JC, as far as promos go, have you seen Lex Luger's unintentionally hilarious "I DON'T KNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW" promo for CSWF?

  • @MonkeyStompVideos
    @MonkeyStompVideos 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey man great videos. How about a Pro Wrestling 101 - Character Development video?

  • @polacopeter73
    @polacopeter73  11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanx Mike you have been awesome

  • @thathybridone
    @thathybridone 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for doing this i just stumble on to this and i have to just say thank you for teaching us some things its true what it saids on the opening card I love pro wrestling since i was 5

  • @bestbirdxd8456
    @bestbirdxd8456 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this this has really taught me a lot

  • @cenataker2139
    @cenataker2139 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're wearing a Scared Stiff shirt!! I love them!!! Have you done anything with their Horror Wrestling Federation?

  • @timlacey12
    @timlacey12 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    good job justin.... great advice.... vids are great more and more people should watch them...

  • @christhornycroft3686
    @christhornycroft3686 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    For me, Brian Pillman was the best promo I've ever seen. So believable. His ECW worked shoot promo was amazing. The goal of any wrestler, whether in promo or a match, is to convince you that everything they're doing is 100% legitimate. Bret Hart wasn't the greatest orator, but as a wrestler he made you believe that what he was doing was 100% real. Sometimes, it doesn't matter what you say if you can say it with conviction and make people believe that what you're saying is how you really feel. MJF does that to a large extent now, but it's so rare to see a wrestler who doesn't look like they're thinking from a script. Sometimes the words matter less than how you deliver them and how you believe in everything you're saying. Justin is right.

  • @thornsilvia3694
    @thornsilvia3694 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Justin how did you come up with that's not just the coolest that's not just the best tag line at the end of all your promos. Was is it something Paul told you to say or did you come up with it.

  • @STEJTHEGREATEST
    @STEJTHEGREATEST 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:50 That's just terrifying how your face and eyes get all full of malice in those following seconds.

  • @FireMaskII
    @FireMaskII 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video...you'd still be a benefit to any company

  • @polacopeter73
    @polacopeter73  11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Character development with Goldust

  • @mikemessiershow
    @mikemessiershow 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    you're welcome Justin and the invite is always open to stop by my Acting classes in Rhode Island - MIKE

  • @bkjmactv0725
    @bkjmactv0725 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep up the good work bro!

  • @Filmation77
    @Filmation77 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really great stuff! Cause there are workers in the business right now who do promo after promo but none of them connects on a deeper with viewers to make them care about their Charater (Heel or Face)and even though i'm not a fan of him,Mark "Bully Ray" Lamonica works really hard on his promos and his persona he tries his best to make you hate him!and i respect that..sorry.got on a rant.Keep up the great work

  • @polacopeter73
    @polacopeter73  11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No. I think it should be used when your angry, I just say that cause nobody is that mad all of the time

  • @BrSlb17
    @BrSlb17 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Grande abraço de Portugal, Justin!

  • @TruthBrood
    @TruthBrood 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you do one on entrances.

  • @jacobmonday4108
    @jacobmonday4108 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    CM Punk cut a good couple of good shoot promos about the WWE title and his contract deadline @ money in the bank pay per view in 2011

    • @Zay97
      @Zay97 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      *before

  • @Pete1230
    @Pete1230 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    These vids are sweet, Justin! Love them....

  • @johnharrison9499
    @johnharrison9499 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I will place it in my university dissertation pieces that are on pro wrestling, this ok?

  • @TimothyKendrick
    @TimothyKendrick 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:56 point was Awesome!!!!

  • @handsonlywrestling1809
    @handsonlywrestling1809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this Justin

  • @polacopeter73
    @polacopeter73  11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm just trying to pass along the stuff I was taught. I wish alot of guys would watch

  • @joeygaulin4315
    @joeygaulin4315 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My trainer also pointed out a fact ill never forget .A lot of guys talk about how their opponent "sucks" "cant wrestle" "whimp" whatever. Now comes the match and the fact that they talked their opponent down comes into play. If they go over big deal because the worker beat a wrestler he said sucks.If the said worker dont go over man than that sucky guy beat you and you must really suck .I always learned to state your case but on the same note build the other guy up.If someone who goes over on an opponent who they presented as a real challenge it looks 100 times better then yay see I said this guy sucked. I see this problem a lot on the indies .This video gave me some more knowledge on the subject of promos and I thank you

  • @polacopeter73
    @polacopeter73  11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanx BROTHER

  • @Zim85
    @Zim85 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks a lot Justin, great stuff here. It's to the point, and not in your face like old school wrestling. Just a suggestion, how about doing a video on April Fools day and bring back the Man O' War mask.

  • @sang21nguyen
    @sang21nguyen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like learning promos I hope aew hires raven and justin incredible for promos.

  • @Drsimioindahouse
    @Drsimioindahouse 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude you're Fuckin' awesome man ! I've been your fan since forever man! I loved the X-Factor Run ! keep it coming bro! I hope someday you come wrestle to Mexico ....Greetings from Mexico dude !!!

  • @RueTV
    @RueTV 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In other words, just make it real. Improv. Learn improv. This is why bullet points was the best style for workers to learn.. Scripts are awful. It creates wooden and canned interviews. Wrestlers worry more about memorizing than mesmerizing. Needs to be bullet points and wrestler fill in the blanks. My opinion--the only way. Sink or swim.

  • @Zaddy_Dynamite
    @Zaddy_Dynamite 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please start making more videos . 👍

    • @Zman_-oq1hq
      @Zman_-oq1hq 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hector Torres hey, I was talking to you in another comment on how I need help with promos. Could you respond please? :)

  • @rolltide9547
    @rolltide9547 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watch Flair or Arn in their prime. That should part of any wrestling school.

  • @Trashman702
    @Trashman702 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    CM Punk was a master on the mic
    Like Paul Heyman

  • @zacharyjohnson1987
    @zacharyjohnson1987 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stuff PJ

  • @tomdavies9144
    @tomdavies9144 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    These vids are very helpful! +justin credible

  • @TheKaydenMonroe
    @TheKaydenMonroe 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just a simple question: You say screaming all the time is bad, but is screaming at all is bad?

  • @seandewolf7230
    @seandewolf7230 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video Justin!...I think a lot of wrestlers today can use this for sure!....IMO the best on the mike was Jim Cornette...He talked fast..knew what the hell he was talkin about...almost never studdered...and often cracked me up laughing!...I can listen to Cornette's promos all day and never get tired of them....nobody did it better than James E.!!

  • @chonditouray1100
    @chonditouray1100 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks guys, because i plan on being a wrestler

  • @EvrenOrion
    @EvrenOrion 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bullet points are everything.

  • @STEJTHEGREATEST
    @STEJTHEGREATEST 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did you ever find it funny how the Macho Man stuck out his little finger so often while doing interviews?! ;*P I was practically doing it myself when you were doing that Macho Man impersonation at the start! ;*P Maybe it helped him get into THAT ZONE somehow, I don't really know! Except it looks ridiculous when someone with my little girly hands sticks out his little finger, which looks more like a chip from McDonalds, THAN A BIG, AUTHORITATIVE, MANLY FINGER.
    I agree with you about promos! If Bobby Heenan had been scripted, I don't think his promos would have been HALF AS GOOD, seeing as how I don't think anyone was as quick-witted as him! The other day I was watching him in an old video on Arsenio Hall with Rick Rude, and I was POSITIVELY BLOWN AWAY by how Heenan came up with witty comebacks INSTANTANEOUSLY, like he didn't even have to take the second to formulate the responses! Whereas I kind of felt for Rick Rude more. He didn't do as much talking, and seemed to be trying to walk shaky ground, like maybe he was having a bit of a struggle straddling that line between BEING A WRESTLER, but also converting his mannerisms so-to-speak into that slightly toned down form necessary for relaxed talk shows! TO BE FAIR, I could imagine that being more complicated than one might think, seeing as how he probably felt like he had to be careful and pull punches in a sense out of fear that maybe he'd say something that made it all look fake or light-hearted, and maybe harm the business because of it. WHEREAS WHEN I WATCHED MACHO ON THAT SHOW, he converted so fluidly and seamlessly to the format of the show that I could tell even the host was kind of blown away and intimidated! It was some impressive stuff!
    I know what you mean about the screaming and shouting promos being over-the-top sometimes! I often felt intimidated, and even a bit overwhelmed by them in the past! ;*( And speaking of those kinds of promos, did you ever find it as funny as I did when sometimes Ric Flair's voice would break a bit when he was screaming away? ;*O I noticed he doesn't seem to do it as much in TNA now! Do you think maybe he feels too old to do it, or is he maybe just changing along with the business to more of a relaxed style? IN ALL HONESTY when I sometimes see videos of old promos done by wrestlers in the pre-sports entertainment days, I FIND MYSELF REALLY APPRECIATING THE REALISM OF THEM, because even though wrestlers like Gorilla Monsoon and the British Bulldogs did very low key (smarks might say boring) promos, it still made them seem tough and gritty in my eyes, like I STILL WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO MESS WITH THEM. Sometimes I find myself wondering why they changed the promos to Vince McMahon's loud-mouthed New Yorker sense of what promos should be like, because as much as some wrestlers really stood out from the crowd with that format, such as Ric Flair, BUT I DON'T REALLY THINK THE PROMO IS THE HUGE MAKE-OR-BREAK FACTOR that all the sports entertainment smarks make it out to be. As a youth, I was more impressed by Hulk Hogan's look, intensity and physical presence than by his promos.
    Speaking of intensity, did you ever find the promos of wrestlers like Sid Vicious, Rhino and the Ultimate Warrior as scary as I did? ;*( I think what would make the Sid Vicious ones so scary is the way how he towered above everyone, AND REALLY SCREAMED HIS LUNGS OUT! ;*( I think you might be my height, or slightly shorter since I've heard of you being as 6'1" sometimes, and 5'11" other times, so I'm guessing he'd tower over you, too! ;*(

  • @jimhawkins3850
    @jimhawkins3850 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are great.

  • @EllinNuh
    @EllinNuh 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, what a *credible* source

  • @STEJTHEGREATEST
    @STEJTHEGREATEST 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm surprised no one ever drooled while cutting promos in the past!!!!!! I think wrestlers like sid and rhino could've made drooling work in their promos. If I'd been a wrestler, I would've drooled during my promos, and maybe even during matches, too!!!!!!

  • @STEJTHEGREATEST
    @STEJTHEGREATEST 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Also, I don't mean to speak ill of the Big Boss Man here, but I think this case kind of highlights how ridiculous the screaming, shouting promos of the past were, when at Wrestlemania 7 when Andre the Giant saved the Boss Man from a beating, and then they got backstage, and the Boss Man was pointing in Andre's face and yelling, I was thinking, IS THAT ANY WAY TO TALK TO A BIGGER MAN WHO JUST SAVED YOU FROM A HUGE BEATING? I know it's not Boss Man's fault, I think he was just a victim of the WWE's restrictive promo format back then, when that kind of thing was expected from all the wrestlers. I know he probably thought it would have maybe been unrealistic or comical of him to suddenly be all earnest and thank Andre in a normal voice, but I digress.

  • @mindbendingmagic
    @mindbendingmagic 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel that Shane Douglas always cut great promos, would you agree?

  • @polacopeter73
    @polacopeter73  11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

  • @MonkeyStompVideos
    @MonkeyStompVideos 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey thanks sir.

  • @RueTV
    @RueTV 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great tips. I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents.. My opinion, of course---be natural. Too many wrestlers have the structure of a good promo, good dialogue, etc, but the delivery is just way too wooden. It needs to feel real. How do you react and how do you sound when you get into an argument with your significant other? How do you sound if someone keyed your car right in front of you and wants to see what you're gonna do about it? That same tone and delivery should be mirrored in promos, IMO.

  • @ECWnWWF
    @ECWnWWF 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had Rice Krispies for Breakfast - Snap Krackel Pop

  • @supermanbatman4992
    @supermanbatman4992 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @polacopeter73
    @polacopeter73  11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Watch and share hottest show in pro wrestling today.

  • @STEJTHEGREATEST
    @STEJTHEGREATEST 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought Superstar Billy Graham started off the "brother" craze in wrestling promos, didn't he??? I think I remember reading that with him being a Christian, he called everyone brother, as in brothers in Christ!!!!!!

  • @TheMainmannc
    @TheMainmannc 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    so true BROTHER lol

  • @weezel365
    @weezel365 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jesus Christ, please start tweeting these videos to "Creative." Maybe they'll listen what we see on Monday nights will get better. Also send the one about Selling to Kaitlyn

  • @jamesfeerer3966
    @jamesfeerer3966 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am totally going to suck especially if it is Babyface

  • @basednerdthug5025
    @basednerdthug5025 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You see... the fact of the matter is

  • @Trey_Davis
    @Trey_Davis 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the wrestlers call each other brother because they go to the same church.

  • @GTremainMerrell
    @GTremainMerrell 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    THIS IS... AWE-SOME!!! CLAP... CLAP... CLAP-CLAP-CLAP
    THIS IS... AWE-SOME!!! CLAP... CLAP... CLAP-CLAP-CLAP

  • @romanreigns4945
    @romanreigns4945 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    can you help me please I need help so people won't boo me

  • @JuggaloJD420
    @JuggaloJD420 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    you should have cut a promo during this video

  • @STEJTHEGREATEST
    @STEJTHEGREATEST 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you think it would've been funny if someone had said in a promo, "Sable, I'm going to diSABLE your wrestling career!!!!!" I sometimes think that when I'm playing the scary HARD RESET game, and I see computer terminals with the word DISABLE on them!!!!! LOL!!!!!!! ;*P

  • @DCrkdCrwn
    @DCrkdCrwn 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Golden rule of cutting a promo:
    Don't Roman Reigns

    • @jamesfeerer3966
      @jamesfeerer3966 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Especially with that line that Roman Reigns was forced to do that is the worst ever

  • @CadillacL
    @CadillacL 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hate wwe "promos " & the scripts

  • @razorman5289
    @razorman5289 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    The "brother" thing comes from the Hells Angels and their ilk. They wanna pretend to be bikers and stuff.

  • @timetraveler90
    @timetraveler90 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Somebody send this video to Cena.

    • @Zman_-oq1hq
      @Zman_-oq1hq 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      timetraveler90 Cena's promos are great. You mean send this video to Reigns....

    • @cruel_oath1534
      @cruel_oath1534 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cena's a great promo. Wtf are you talking about?

    • @excellencewrestlingenterta803
      @excellencewrestlingenterta803 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cena busted his a** to get where he is and WWE wouldn't be anywhere close to where it is now without him feuding with Edge and Orton and other great names. He deserves the respect he's more than earned.