I notice a lot of people on here blaming Kevin Dunn for anything and everything that is wrong in the WWE Universe.
While enough talent and insiders have stated that he is a bigoted, vindictive, Vince ass kissing, yes man who hates indie stars and pushes the entertainment over sport that it's pretty close to fact that these statements are at least somewhat true, he has done an awful lot of good for the product as well.
His true job, which is not meddling in creative, is head of production. Even most of the people who hate him have stated in books and shoot interviews that he is a genius and the best in the world at his official job.
He has made some terrific innovations to the industry that people never bother to look at when they are trashing the devil Dunn.
He is credited with coming up with and producing the logistics to make the Titantron possible.
He produces and coordinates all the lights and pyro for the shows.
Wrestlemania and all other shows' set designs and layouts are his craft work.
All the grand entrances are his collaborations with the talent, staff and Vince.
The tribute videos(Flair, Dusty, Piper, Eddie, etc.) that often times have to be thrown together on the fly when a wrestler retires or passes on the weekend and they need to show it on Raw are Dunn's handy work.
He produces all the elaborate vignettes(Taker, Wyatts, Mankind, Goldust, etc.).
All the mostly tasteful and comprehensive documentaries and biographies on various wrestlers, titles and promotions are his orchestrations as well.
While Dunn deservedly gets shit on for his aforementioned offenses he does contribute quite a few aspects of the business that we as fans love and enjoy.
While he should take a few steps back and realize he should be collaborating with the creative team and talent to help make their visions a reality rather than try to control and alter the visions, I believe there would be a steep decline in the overall presentation of the entire WWE product if he was to leave as many people in the business and fanbase have wished.
What do you folks think? Am I just defending a monster or does Dunn have a productive place in the company that he doesn't get credit for?
While enough talent and insiders have stated that he is a bigoted, vindictive, Vince ass kissing, yes man who hates indie stars and pushes the entertainment over sport that it's pretty close to fact that these statements are at least somewhat true, he has done an awful lot of good for the product as well.
His true job, which is not meddling in creative, is head of production. Even most of the people who hate him have stated in books and shoot interviews that he is a genius and the best in the world at his official job.
He has made some terrific innovations to the industry that people never bother to look at when they are trashing the devil Dunn.
He is credited with coming up with and producing the logistics to make the Titantron possible.
He produces and coordinates all the lights and pyro for the shows.
Wrestlemania and all other shows' set designs and layouts are his craft work.
All the grand entrances are his collaborations with the talent, staff and Vince.
The tribute videos(Flair, Dusty, Piper, Eddie, etc.) that often times have to be thrown together on the fly when a wrestler retires or passes on the weekend and they need to show it on Raw are Dunn's handy work.
He produces all the elaborate vignettes(Taker, Wyatts, Mankind, Goldust, etc.).
All the mostly tasteful and comprehensive documentaries and biographies on various wrestlers, titles and promotions are his orchestrations as well.
While Dunn deservedly gets shit on for his aforementioned offenses he does contribute quite a few aspects of the business that we as fans love and enjoy.
While he should take a few steps back and realize he should be collaborating with the creative team and talent to help make their visions a reality rather than try to control and alter the visions, I believe there would be a steep decline in the overall presentation of the entire WWE product if he was to leave as many people in the business and fanbase have wished.
What do you folks think? Am I just defending a monster or does Dunn have a productive place in the company that he doesn't get credit for?