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Post by taylorandborland on Mar 1, 2009 23:35:35 GMT -5
I say they pull out all of the stops with him. Do the barbaric bully character to the fullest.
Start by airing real vignettes for the guy. His nickname is "Desert Destroyer"; just show him walking through a dry, desolate setting, causing as much chaos as he possibly can. Smacking up passers-by for just looking at him, for instance. Let him tell us that this may be rough settings, but they're his home and they're all that he knows.
Backstage interviews show him always looking over his shoulder like he expects someone to jump him. downs food at the catering table ravenously, like he wasn't raised well. Fans try to slap him on the shoulder during his entrance and he growls and snarls at them.
I honestly think that if they made his gimmick over the top, but not strictly laughable, he would get over in record time.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Mar 1, 2009 23:36:51 GMT -5
This is actually one of those times where an over the top aproach would work really well with Knox. I think that this would go over pretty well.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Mar 1, 2009 23:47:47 GMT -5
I like this idea, but, if I may, I would like to offer an alternate idea.
Have big Mike disappear for like a month, repackage him as Mike Mason. When he returns have him wearing dirty, ripped clothes and an insane beard. All of a sudden, backstage announcers, jobbers, the like start disappearing. During this time, everyone suspects Mason to be behind it. It all builds to a big reveal that Knox was having his minions kidnap and brainwash people in a barn called the Knox Box. They WWE-Arrest him and take him to wrestler court, Judge Vince McMahon presiding, Bailiff Cena, a jury of wrestlers. Steph is the prosecutor, King(why the hell not?) is the defense. Knox gets convicted and is sentenced to WWE's Death Penalty, Hell in a Cell with the Undertaker. They use the old, short cell and Knox takes a chokeslam through the roof, through the ring, and the gimmick flames from last summer sending Knox to "Hell" and "killing" him. He returns, clean shaven, and pious.
It would make the mills.
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Post by derrtaysouth95 on Mar 1, 2009 23:52:54 GMT -5
So basically turn him into a feral man? Like as if he had been raised in the wild?
For some reason...I'd be ok with that. It's like Umaga (Samoan Savage) but in an American form.
I still think the best thing Mike Knox can do for himself and his career is to go to Japan for a year or so. It worked wonders for Tyson Tomko & Giant Bernard who have both had really good runs over there.
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Post by salTy on Mar 2, 2009 0:15:34 GMT -5
I think he should be a shell-shocked war veteran myself.
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Post by rrm15 on Mar 2, 2009 0:24:03 GMT -5
I like it.
As of now he's pretty much just a savage without a cause, if you will...I mean, he's just a tough dude with a beard. But a CRAZY tough dude with a beard...awesome.
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Post by maniacmike on Mar 2, 2009 5:48:42 GMT -5
How about he bleaches his beard bright blond and puts hair gel in it to make it spikey, draws some eyeballs on his chin, and starts introducing himself (his chin) as Dolph Ziggler! It could work!
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Post by johnnyk9 on Mar 2, 2009 8:50:30 GMT -5
Why not just give him a caveman gimmick?
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Post by animalboy on Mar 2, 2009 9:01:10 GMT -5
I don't know...
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Mar 2, 2009 9:14:49 GMT -5
Knox is not going to get over. WWE has already dropped the ball with him. He has no real direction. They only gave him Snitsky's spot which wasn't a very good spot at all. It's weird how in the 80s they would never have big giant heels jobbers like this who job out to Evan Bourne and REy Misterio.
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Post by mrmario on Mar 2, 2009 11:03:24 GMT -5
Heel Mid carder..... That's All.
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Mar 2, 2009 11:05:22 GMT -5
I reckon after 'Mania he might challenge for the IC Title. He needs something to do other than randomly attack Mysterio.
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Post by Woooooolhouse! on Mar 2, 2009 11:20:37 GMT -5
Mike Knox should suddenly have a bird's nest in his beard. He's not sure how it got there, but the mother bird has obviously abandoned them there. So, he takes over the role of the overly-agressive mother-figure, protecting his eggs from harm, often violently and without remorse.
In the middle of an IC Title match, he is about to beat CM Punk when the eggs start hatching. This causes a momentary distraction, allowing Punk to roll him up for the three. Knox doesn't care, as he immediately leaves not just the ring but the arena to start digging for worms to regurgitate into his babies' hungry mouths.
And eventually, when the birds are older, he can order them to attack his enemies. And then he can be known as the Birdman of the WWE (w/ brief fued with Koko B. Ware.)
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Post by Lancers on Mar 2, 2009 12:23:11 GMT -5
Anytime I see the words 'Mike Knox' and 'idea' put together in the same sentence, a part of me dies a little inside.
The only idea I have for Mike Knox is get that resume ready in a couple of months.
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helped $lim jinx NXT. Woops
