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== Professional Wrestling ==
* Many promos are done this way, with the wrestler given a basic outline of what to emphasize in his/her promo and then filling in the rest. Wrestlers who are particularly adept at this are given even more freedom and are usually more popular with the fans, often getting pushes based on their skills at cutting promos. The [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] has been moving away from this in recent years, scripting promos word for word and insisting wrestlers stick to that, to prevent the risk of obscene content slipping through. It's not been a good decision, overall.
* The only thing that kept [[Scott Steiner]] in the WWE near the end of his run was his mic ability. The guy combines a freakish steroid physique with a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] and a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] persona to create some truly entertaining, though often nonsensical, promos.
* This is largely true of matches themselves. While the match endings are predetermined (who wins, how s/he wins, and about how long the match lasts), and (depending on how important the match is) there may be a few other predetermined important moments (known in the business as "spots"), most of the action is made up by the wrestlers themselves as they go along.
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