What exactly would Heyman do as TNA booker?

[beanio]

This is basically a prediction thread since I doubt anyone knows what he would do. So say Dixie Carter decides that Paul Heyman needs to be brought in as head booker. Russo is fired. Jarrett would obviously be Heyman's boss, but agrees to let Heyman have complete control in creative. Dutch Mantel loses input on the shows and just gets Jarrett his coffee.

So predict what Heyman would do? Would he scrap the X-Division or promote it? Who would get pushed under him and who would get buried? Would a bunch of old ECW guys get signed? Would there be more wrestling or more shocking storylines? Would Heyman be able to get TNA some mainstream coverage?

The thing I would worry about under Heyman is what would happen to the Knockouts division. Heyman doesn't really have a history with women's wrestling.

[KLRA]

Just read the columns he's written in the Sun. He also doesn't even want to get back into wrestling right now.

I say that how TNA is being booked right now would probably stay the same, but you would see more coherensy in the booking, and the promotion of angles and such would change to get a "TNA brand" as oppossed to "WWE-ish" brand.

[godofhardcore]

He'd make TNA not suck

and the Impact Zone would be moved to Philly

[Dynamite Kid]

He doesn't even want to, I'm sure in one of his Sun interviews he says specifically he'd not want to work for TNA.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

Being that he doesn't want to work in TNA. But ok lets just say for fun that wasn't the face. Lets just think Heyman's book style in TNA.

Now the only thing I don't know about is the Womans divison. because Heyman never really done it. But being that that is the highest rated show segements I think he's smart enough to not mess with it.

As for as the rest. It's a hard to say deal. Because when you think about ECW you think about cutting edge, Extreme wrestling, but also pure wrestling. The X Disvion I think will be promoted and a big factor because you think about mainly the TV title run. It was more about great wrestling then anything else.

What I do think would happen that the angles would have a better story and make more sense to the fans where they wouldn't have a problem following it. Which these days you can't do that a lot of times.

What I'm unsure about is the who gets buried. The ex WWe guys is who would get buried more then anybody. Because Heyman made that clear that TNA needs to have a non ex WCW, ECW, or WWE main player as there champion. Which is why I think Joe would be very safe and a big part of TNA.

At the same time unless heyman was great friend or work with him in ECW. May not be buried. I can see Heyman still making Team 3D a big deal in the Tag Team Divison. Rhino I see Heyman making him a heel and more this dominated monster. Which I think is how he should be used and think would get over.

Would we see a lot of EX ECW guys come in? I honestly don't think we would see that many. Unless they where very close to him on a personal level. RVD I see going at that point because RVD said he love to work with Heyman again and do it in a heart beat. Maybe The Sandman and Sabu. But that would be the end of it.

I think Abyss or whatever he going to be called would get push since he a hardcore wrestler and a decent big man worker. He has the stuff Heyman likes but who knows if the gimmick will change.

[Andrew is Good]

Everyone would be a lot angrier on television, and there would be a ton of emotion when angles are done. Not even in ECW, but in WWE, you could really tell what angles were booked by Paul Heyman. The one that springs to mind is when Paul Heyman had a match with Eddie Guerrero, where Eddie had his hands tied behind his back. So he's beating down Eddie, and eventually, he gets outside the ring, and Angle comes out in this red turtle neck, and slowly starts taping his fists, and slowly makes his way towards Eddie and starts a brutal beatdown. It was just epic.

Plus the knockouts would do more rolling around on the ground, maybe Don West would shout CATFIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

[tombstoned]

May 17, 2008 17:42:23 GMT -5 Dynamite Kid said:

He doesn't even want to, I'm sure in one of his Sun interviews he says specifically he'd not want to work for TNA.

He also says that's because the people in charge live in a bubble where no one dares to say anything negative because they have improved since they started.

In other words he doesn't think Dixie can handle being told the truth or how to make things better than they currently are.

I don't know how he'd make it better, but I know he would.

[JMA]

I think he'd push Joe and Abyss as TNA's top two guys.

To do this, he would first book them to win many matches in a row, dominating their opponents. However, the two would also be kept far apart, not even meeting in tag matches. After 6 months to a year of this, a match between the two would be built towards. This build would last 3 to 6 months, with the feud itself lasting about 8 months. The blow-off match, but not any of the other matches, would be a gimmick bout.

["Nature Boy" Ric Moranis]

If judging by his ECW and WWF booking, Heyman would probably book how he's always booked...his amped up, "hip" version of 1970s-1980s Memphis booking that he learned from Jerry Jarrett, Lawler, and Eddie Gilbert. Lots of run-ins, swerves that don't wind up as swerves, comedy, dumb vignettes, people doing impressions of more famous wrestlers, etc.

Problem is, TNA is already booked like that.


EDIT: He would make better use out of the internet favorites such as LAX, MCMG, etc. And he'd probably use Dragon Gate guys sometimes (because he said he wanted to for WWECW), and bring in Morishima.

[nealo]

probably bring in RVD, Sabu etc and yes promote the x-divison

[Bobby Womack]

according to the internet, he would boost the ratings to 999, or 999.1 if he had the help of raven and cornette

[mysterydriver]

Complain that his talents are being misused and try to sit out the rest of his contract?

[hollywood]

Well, I think we can all agree there's one thing he would most definitely do:

"Accentuate the positives. Hide the negatives."

[Dave at the Movies]

I'm not sure if Heyman could really do what he did with ECW to TNA. Sure I think he would make TNA a bit better but I don't think he could recreate the type of magic ECW had.

[waffleofpower]

Greatness if he were given total control. Uhm..but if he had to work alongside Russo, Dutch and the Green Goblin? Not so much.

[hollywood]

Honestly, I'm sure he'd go a fine job. I'm not sure ratings would skyrocket or anything. I think he might make the program a bit more coherent and less rushed, and he might be able to give TNA what it really needs--a unique identity. But I doubt he'd be able to launch the program into the stratusphere or anything.

I like Heyman. He's a great booker and a genius at making use of every resource he has (creatively, anyway...). But he doesn't have the pro wrestling equivalent of the Midas Touch, either.

[JMA]

It'd be...interesting to see Heyman and Russo work together. Perhaps Heyman could hide his negatives (swerves, run-ins, ref bumps, crazy ass angles) and bring out his positives (pushing young guys, giving everyone a storyline, experimental angles and gimmicks).

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May 19, 2008 11:29:42 GMT -5 @waffleofpower said:

Greatness if he were given total control. Uhm..but if he had to work alongside Russo, Dutch and the Green Goblin? Not so much.

Dare I ask who the Green Goblin is? Because surely you would not denigrate Jim Cornette (aka "The Only Voice of Sanity on that Booking Committee") by referring to him as a C-rate villain... would you?

[King of Fighters]

May 21, 2008 0:03:16 GMT -5 @meanstreetposse said:

May 19, 2008 11:29:42 GMT -5 @waffleofpower said:

Greatness if he were given total control. Uhm..but if he had to work alongside Russo, Dutch and the Green Goblin? Not so much.

Dare I ask who the Green Goblin is? Because surely you would not denigrate Jim Cornette (aka "The Only Voice of Sanity on that Booking Committee") by referring to him as a C-rate villain... would you?

Off topic: But Green Goblin C-Rate? Have you read the greatness that is T Bolt G Goblin?

[hutter]

Green Goblin a c-rate lillian? Spider-Man's greatest nemesis? HA!