Dutch Mantell Teaches YOU How to Be a Successful Booker in 12 Minutes

Dutch Mantell Teaches YOU How to Be a Successful Booker in 12 Minutes
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[@americasevilgenius]

One of the great experiences of my life was--just a few months ago--Dutch coming into a local indy show on which I do the booking. He sat in the back and watched the monitor with me, giving me feedback on the booking. I learned a ton that night, and you couldn't put a price on the interaction with him. Not only is Dutch a great guy (and someone you would enjoy being around in most any situation), but I felt like I was in a college classroom learning from a professor who really knew their stuff.

[@patrickdaly5068]

Cool!

[@lucag.lisickza425]

nice

[@ASwagPecan]

did you pay them a hotdog and a handshake

[@fjccommish]

What did you learn?

[@williammitchell4417]

One thing that Dutch Faithfully talks about.... Tell a Story!!!

[@Fozzie420]

After listening to Dutch here I feel like I am already a better Booker than both Tony Khan and Booker T

[@christopherclinton8631]

Also triple h and vince jr.

[@joekuvorkian]

I like AEW but I was a better Booker before watching this video lmfao

[@whyareyoureadingthiis886]

Why u on Booker T dick

[@rofbagging9749]

I’m pretty sure I can beat them in WWE 2K23 GM Mode at the very least

[@stuartmorris6299]

'Maths' not 'math'. It's short for 'mathematics' not 'mathematic'

[@princetebatso5220]

Man i'd love to hang out with Dutch just for a few hours talking about good ol rasslin

[@abealih92]

Somebody needs to send this video to "Booker of the Year"

[@lionheart6608]

I Agree 👍

[@ziamarie]

Maybe if we all send it to him, he'll actually watch it and learn something. He gets so much free advice from people who actually know wtf they're talking about because they were in the business for years and it's sad and ridiculous he doesn't take advantage of it all.

[@lionheart6608]

@@ziamarie Because He's A Mark For Himself

[@ziamarie]

@@lionheart6608 he 100% is

[@toddedwards5373]

I like when dutch says it has to be organic listen to the fans.i can't count how many times in vinces later years where a wrestler was getting over and they would just bury them.

[@RasslinRic]

Dutch had the TV ratings in Puerto Rico sky high with his masterful booking. After he left…they gradually nose dived

[@ciarantreacy7721]

Best thumbnail 😂😂

[@gary9655]

Back again! To support Dutch's great channel

[@CactusJacksEar]

Dutch needs his own promotion

[@Zarreth]

Dutch didn't sugar coat it or be harsh about it. Booking is about a working relationship with the wrestlers. Writers just told them what to do and say. On the national level, it kind of made sense how it ended up the way that it did. It kind of makes sense how WWE got how it did with writers, emphasis on the plural. Even back in the 00s, the writer wrestler conflict was a thing from what Edge has said at least.

[@SandmanFightingSys]

This man is a living legend, an absolute genius

[@chrishagins3309]

Free rapping? Oh Dutch, you crack me up.

[@tylermcnally8232]

Masterclass.

[@mox19380]

last 5 minutes are gold.

[@catyear75]

Can you please ask Dutch about any interaction he may have had with Gary Hart? I always thought Hart was a tremendous talent. I know he booked a lot of different territories back in the 70’s and 80’s.

[@rudyrusso711]

Great stuff Dutch!!!!

[@TuMalditaMadre]

Someone send this to Tony Khan

[@MrRabiddogg]

Roddy Piper used to say this all the time. When he was in WCW he'd go out of his way to avoid the writers. Wrestling is improv and you guys should be the ones who make it up as you go not some Hollywood eggplant.

[@alexandertroy9621]

Oh yeah. Roddy Piper was SOOO coherent!

[@aaajimmyb7472]

Wow another fantastic amazing super great video info and analysis from absolutely the best channel on KZbin. If I were Tony khan I would pay mr dutch mantel anything he wants to book aew asap . He has so much Insite wwe was a total fool to get rid of him. Thank you and keep up the great videos.

[@Zero-is-infinite]

im torn in wanting to hear dutch and jim talking about how to book and dutch and jim trying to understand rap and hiphop lol

[@kurgerbing826]

Send this to Tony Klown

[@stevestarr7249]

Frankie Cain was an excellent booker.

[@Samacun]

Hear 👂 & Learn kids

[@durden2480]

Always go back to the tony atlas story that Al snow told.

[@JNolanSmith1970]

I'd just to see the guys booked liked Jerry lawler era and the woman booked in the ECW/Attidue Era way lmao

[@HeyBuddays]

Bust a dank free rap, my n...ice friend

[@mr.montana1384]

I honestly don't think TK is as bad a booker as people say. He's booked plenty of great matches and feuds in AEW. I feel like he could use some more input from other people though.

[@vonVile]

Tony Khlown only thinks about the matches, but doesn't know how to logically get there. This is why AEW story lines build up in reverse having no DQ match first. When he brings in outside talent, he doesn't do anything to build them up before a PPV, so that they matter. Look what he just did with MCMG. All they did was appear at All Out to do the job. No matches on Dynamite weeks before to show how good they are to get the audience hyped.

[@mr.montana1384]

@@vonVile not saying every match is great no one bats 1000 but he's booked some gems in the past like the MJF feuds with Punk and Wardlow. Omega and Hangman and Danielson/Hangman etc.

[@jerrythomas4457]

What’s a booker? The guy who decides who wins the pretend fight?

[@ErikBraun_06]

The guy that basicaly controls creative (creates caracters, stories, some cases what the wrestlers will say...), depends the philosophy of the individual itself

[@btdtagain]

the wrestlers do what i believe is a type of sign language. when the wrestlers tap each other during a hold . i dont know what they are saying. they will tap on each other and themselves

[@joeltowle2737]

I heard Gary Hart was pretty good!

[@plebula_9894]

I hope Tony Khan sees this

[@SAM-ru4vx]

Step one: don't hate your audience Step three:. profit

[@WorldCupWillie]

Dutch said in a previous episode that he hasn't talked much about his early days. Does that include his service in Vietnam? This is the 1st time I've heard him mention it. I only know about it through Wikipedia.

[@zlinedavid]

Like a lot of Vietnam vets, it’s probably not a subject they like revisiting. War strips a piece of the soul away, and although the wound might heal, there’s always that uncomfortable scar. My dad also served in Vietnam (‘65-68 USAF), and he would only talk about things in bits and pieces. And there are bits and pieces I’m sure he took to his grave with him. If Dutch wants to tell that story, I’ll gladly listen. If he doesn’t, I’ll thank him for his service and for continuing to entertain us with the stories he is able to tell.

[@imafreakinhistorian2169]

Go find his memphis wrestling fude with Tojo Yamamoto , he shoots , in a promo about war . It's on youtube 1981 . I think

[@WorldCupWillie]

@@imafreakinhistorian2169 surely that's about WW2 not vietnam?

[@ericdale4641]

Not to correct the master, but there are a number of creative writing programs out there. The University of Iowa's writer's workshop, for example, can give you a master of fine art's degree. Maybe my Alma mater can offer a MFA in booking one say too.

[@misterknightowlandco]

You can take the class and learn the process, but if you have nothing to say or a natural way with words… it’ll be the shyts.

[@imafreakinhistorian2169]

you cant learn booking in a classroom . NO

[@edmondcamp2878]

Tom Renesto,Jody Hamilton, Gene and Ole Anderson,Bill Watts,Lawler,Ray Gunkel, Vince Sr. The Crockets,Jerry Jarrett,Dutch and a lot of others know and knew a million times more about professional wrestling and how to book it unlike Vincent Kennedy McMahon and Eric Bischoff who ruined professional wrestling.

[@dragonflyjules102]

My boy Dutch said freerap lol

[@Debrody1]

Don't feel bad Dutch, I am not related to Bruiser Brody. Would be interesting if I was.

[@garyschwart]

We want Jamie Dundee

[@steveschmidt4063]

Wayne Keone

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Im obviously not gonna ask Dutch his real name , id like to keep that mystique for me as im sure he would too ! But where did that name come from ?

[@babayagaslobbedaknobba]

Booking is like physical poetry. You're using the performers to tell a story. Kinda like directing a mini move.

[@Tittymaster]

"Directing a mini-movie" is way more of a writer's mindset, I prefer Dutch's analogy of "a booker is the coach that picks the team".

[@babayagaslobbedaknobba]

@@Tittymaster, I said it's "KINDA LIKE". Not EXACTLY LIKE. Yes, it's like a coach that picks the team, but he's also telling them their story, and the outcome. A coach doesn't know the outcome of a game, beforehand. A director does.

[@Tittymaster]

@@babayagaslobbedaknobba A director goes by a detailed movie script, angles between pro wrestlers are (or should be..) an impromptu affair, where the booker sets a minimal framework (timeslot, purpose of a promo/match, who's heel/face, finishes) and the wrestlers use their skills and showmanship to get the audience to be emotionally invested and moved - by themselves (depending on their skills), without writers or directors sketching out an entire role for them that they have to memorize and re-enact. As Jim Cornette said: "Pro wrestlers are reactors, not actors". And a booker knows the match finishes, but not necessarily the actual "outcome", in the sense of how the audience's perception and reaction to a match or an interview will look like (positive or negative) and how the protagonists will be perceived from that point on.

[@tanaka5395]

@tony khan this for you big bro

[@CactusJackIV]

Step one Open a wrestling federation Step Two: Step Three: Everyone is over. Step Four: Profits.

[@aleadingmanproductions5135]

Free Rap 😂😂😂

[@jims.6393]

Best way to be a booker. D🚫nt be one.

[@timoutlaw9763]

Falling on deaf ears. The Smarks know everything already look how successful AEW is 😅😅😅😅😅

[@waatsookitopii4806]

INFINITESIMAL Dutch and lackey show