WWE creative team writers Brian Gewirtz and Ed Kosky took part in a Q&A session with The Miz and Eve yesterday at the San Diego Comic Con. Kosky talked about how the creative team pitched ideas to producers and how they are more "re-writers" than writers. Gewirtz fielded a question about what has happened to managers.
"I can't explain why there aren't any managers anymore," Gewirtz answered. "When I was a kid I loved to watch Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Hart, Luscious Johnny V and all of them. But right now I think only manager in the WWE is [laughs] on the RAW writing team. He's the Great Khali's translator. It is kind of a lost art and I'm not really sure why it evolved like that. I think one of the reasons is because the superstars themselves are so entertaining and are so verbally skilled, whereas in the past you needed a mouthpiece to talk for somebody. Now, pretty much everyone has the skill, well maybe not everyone, but most of them have the skills to get themselves over. More than someone else can do it for them. I can't say that managers are totally dead. They might come back at some point"
Gewirtz also gave an explanation for the short matches on Raw, blaming them on segments running long on live TV, causing matches being cut due to time constraints.
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