WCW Martian Invasion

[Cry Me a Wiggle]

Skimming through Russo's new book at Barnes & Noble today, he reveals what would have been the ultimate storyline of 2000 had it happened. I'm now convinced, and you will be too, that had they gone with it, WCW would have never gone out of business.

Keep in mind that I'm paraphrasing this, because I don't have the book in front of me.

One day after Disco Inferno joined the creative team, he began furiously plotting out a storyline on one of the whiteboards in the writer's room. Russo entered and stared dumbfounded as Disco drew several graphs, charts, and other miscellanea as his ultimate angle came to fruition.

As Disco explained to Russo, a new heel stable would debut, to be led by Lance Storm (I'm not sure if this is before or after Storm debuted with his pro-Canada gimmick). He would later be the emotionless, serious wrestler he later portrayed, slowly adding more and more wrestlers to his ranks. Eventually, he would reveal the truth: He was from Mars and he was using WCW as a springboard to take over Earth... but he wasn't their leader.

The camera would then pan over to Mike Tenay, who would give an evil smile and grow two antennae from his head.

Discuss.

[Kris Kobain]

I somewhat remember Glenn talking about this on another site where he was talking to some of us. If I remember right he was only half serious about it but did maintain it would have been better than most of the booking that was going on at the time.

[thesam07]

What makes that sound awesome is the cut to Mike Tenay as antenna grow out of his head.

[Glitch]

I would have enjoyed more than anything russo put out.
In all honesty, this might actually work if it is done right. It sounds kind of stupid but could work. Something like winning the world title would signal to the home planet to invade or one alien possessing a certain wrestler could jump onto another person.(which could work if somebody got injured)
But the Tenay growing antennas still sounds stupid to me.

[MrBRulzOK]

Sadly enough, this ludicrous idea probably would've STILL been a better booking decision than David Arquette winning the title.

[El Dandy]

I thought the "Judy Bagwell on a Pole" match was for sure going to keep WCW in business. Or the "Viagra on a Pole" match or the "Pinata on a Pole" match or the "Skins" match. No, I am not serious and sadly, yes, all of these matches do exist.

[KingPopper]

I was thinking WWE really needs to do special episodes of all like a musical episode where everyone sings and dances. Another one of my good ideas was an episode where zombies atack the WWE and they have to be take out with chairshots to the head. (I guess that cant work now) or instead of zombie they can use 50 guys wearing the same luchador mask, and when they put a mask on a superstar he becomes a luchador zombie too. It would be awesome.

[Deleted]

Seriously, that's how the NWO angle should've ended. Make it like "V" and have Hogan, Nash, Hall, et.al be lizard men. Could even do a Secret Invasion sort of deal, with WCW guys being kidnapped and replaced, like if there was a Fake NWO Luger to go with the Fake NWO Sting and all that. Make El Dandy the only guy who could tell the difference but no one will believe him, everyone will doubt him.

[Cry Me a Wiggle]

It's no more ludicrous than my EWR games, where currently Sting and Mark Jindrak have involuntarily time-shifted to the middle ages and DDP, Savage, and Luger are the undead minions of satanic cultist Sean O'Haire (who's incidentally plotting to bring about the Mayan Apocalypse), which is leaving Goldberg to ponder whether or not he's the second coming.

Yeah, I'm one of those who feel Russo never goes far enough.

[VengeanceGOD]

How on earth did you manage all of that in EWR?

[Deleted]

As outlandish as that is, the thought of both Storm and Tenay being outed as Martians is too fun to turn away from.

I picture a Lance trademark "If I can be serious for a minute" promo being cut while he wore what appeared to be a tin foil jumpsuit and some crazy visor with antennae that maybe had a stream of electricity going between them or something.

And to think they've never had the "testicular fortitude" to truly pull the trigger during any one of these invasion angles that have transpired over the years

When it's determined that Tenay is not of this world, I want a complete heel turn too, damnit.

[Magnus the Magnificent]

Someone please, please, please post a Photoshop of Mike Teanay with antennas (sp?) sticking out of his head.

[Jimmy]

Russo also said on an episode of the Spin Cycle that Disco wanted to debut a character called 'The Invisible Man'.

[Ultimo Chocula]

It's stuff like this that make it hard for me to defend Disco Inferno. I always thought the guy was underrated, but clearly his grey matter was running on fumes.

[BrodietheSlayer]

Mar 21, 2010 2:20:14 GMT -5 KingPopper said:

I was thinking WWE really needs to do special episodes of all like a musical episode where everyone sings and dances. Another one of my good ideas was an episode where zombies atack the WWE and they have to be take out with chairshots to the head. (I guess that cant work now) or instead of zombie they can use 50 guys wearing the same luchador mask, and when they put a mask on a superstar he becomes a luchador zombie too. It would be awesome.

I love the idea of doing the zombie thing as a Stand Alone Halloween episode. Have a wrestler come in near the beginning of the show complaining about not feeling well (and off-handedly mentioning getting mobbed by "fans" when he was coming in, and one of them biting him). In the next segment, have the guy looking worse and lying down in the locker room......they have to send a replacement for the wrestler's match (who gets promptly squashed), but when his opponite goes back to see why the guy he was supposed to face didn't show......the bitten wrestler is no longer lying in the locker room. The opponite checks the showers for the wrestler, who promptly springs out and bites the oppnite....and we're off and running from there.

By the end of the show, everyone is a zombie, and we end the episode like the end credits of the original DAWN OF THE DEAD.

[thesam07]

I wonder, if they had to finish that angle, would Lance Storm and Tenay be standing in the ring and Lance would say "Say Tenay, It looks like you've got something to say. Do you?" and Tenay would say "Yes I certainly do". The frame would freeze and then Old Anderson would say "I have to go now, my planet needs me".
Tenay would then be lifted into the rafters as a slide whistle plays. A message would then appear on screen "MIKE TENAY DIED ON THE WAY BACK TO HIS HOME PLANET".

Mar 21, 2010 11:03:31 GMT -5 Magnus the Magnificent said:

Someone please, please, please post a Photoshop of Mike Teanay with antennas (sp?) sticking out of his head.

[Chainsaw]

I have a feeling that if they had tried to go through with that, that would be Lance's last day with the company. He could barely stand having to go along with being a happy-go-lucky guy with a giant penis, so I couldn't see him agreeing to doing an Invaders From Mars gimmick, even if it might possibly be good for the business.

[Hulkshi Tanahashi]

Mar 21, 2010 22:38:12 GMT -5 @thesam07 said:

I wonder, if they had to finish that angle, would Lance Storm and Tenay be standing in the ring and Lance would say "Say Tenay, It looks like you've got something to say. Do you?" and Tenay would say "Yes I certainly do". The frame would freeze and then Old Anderson would say "I have to go now, my planet needs me".
Tenay would then be lifted into the rafters as a slide whistle plays. A message would then appear on screen "MIKE TENAY DIED ON THE WAY BACK TO HIS HOME PLANET".

Mar 21, 2010 11:03:31 GMT -5 Magnus the Magnificent said:

Someone please, please, please post a Photoshop of Mike Teanay with antennas (sp?) sticking out of his head.

That's as impressive as my Lance Storm cat photoshop:

[Triple Kelly]

[thesam07]

Mar 22, 2010 19:31:34 GMT -5 Triple Kelly said:

I'm surprised Vince Russo hasn't done THAT angle...yet.