10 Questions For Ken Anderson

7. On Developing Characters

AS: When you talk about wanting to entertain the masses, that has a lot to do with developing a great character. You, Shawn and Molly have all succeeded is that aspect, is that something you're really going to help students with to work on?

KA: Yes, part of our curriculum is going to consist of what you do in the ring: moves, bumps, holds, exchanges, reversals; you know the high-risk maneuvers and things like that. And we're going to spend a considerable amount of time doing promos and character development.

You know, shining a spotlight on those areas of strengths, and trying to clean up their weaknesses or hide their weaknesses altogether. Paul Heyman was great at that, and that's one thing I learned from him; you don't have to be a tremendous technical wrestler in order to be successful in this business. Obviously it's good to have that, and I want people to be well-rounded, but if at the end of the day it's just not going to cut it for you, then there are other ways that you can be successful.