Chapter 46: A Change In Schedule
"Mark, are you sure you want to do this?" Robin asked his brows furrowed.
"Robin, I am sure. This is not much of a change from what we were planning to do initially. I have thought long and hard about this. I needed a change. And after seeing the kind of response the women’s division is having, I think I needed to a little bit more edge to my character out there," Mark said solemnly.
"But..."
"I know what you are worried about. I have already had a talk with Marshall. He is fine with this. In fact, this benefits him more than me. He needed some traction in LWC. My new change will provide him with that," Mark looked Robin in the eye and said seriously.
"Ok, ok, if Marshall is fine with it, I have no problems," Robin said a little uneasily.
"Robin, we can’t keep losing the crowd to the women’s division. LWC has always been dominated by the men’s division. And I will not allow it to change under my watch," Mark said assuaging Robin a bit.
"I have been making note of what is happening. And I feel the key to Rob Williams’ booking is that he stokes the edgier side of the crowd. If we can do that and still maintain the traditional booking methods, we will get more response than him," Mark said clapping Robin’s back.
"Hmmm, you may have a point there. And you are right; Marshall hasn’t gotten the traction we expected when he joined. So, we need to step things up a bit," Robin relented with a sigh.
"That’s exactly what I thought. You told me I will be in a program with veterans for the next three or four PPVs. So, I thought about how to make it more edgy. And bam! This option opened up to me. It will also give me a nickname of sorts, right?" Mark said further trying to win over Robin.
Robin merely nodded in reply.
"So, how did you come up with this idea? Had any help on that front?" Robin asked nonchalantly after a while.
"Nah, didn’t have much help from others. Talked to Dacey and Diana a bit and formed up this idea based on what they were doing," Mark said shrugging.