Burst
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Post by Burst on Jul 22, 2010 11:40:32 GMT -5
...will that pretty much be the end of the road for "supernatural" characters?
They're already pretty much the last of their kind. The last character to really come close was, what, the Boogeyman? And even he had the backstory that he was a method actor gone insane. Considering that both Kane and Undertaker are kind of grandfathered in relics from a more superheroic sort of era, I can't really see suddenly, a new elemental wrestler or something coming in.
What do you think?
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Post by "Handsome" Whitey Fats on Jul 22, 2010 11:49:03 GMT -5
Probably not
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Mesousa
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Post by Mesousa on Jul 22, 2010 11:51:16 GMT -5
They shoudl just break kayfabe.
There.
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jamielowndes {N}
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Post by jamielowndes {N} on Jul 22, 2010 11:57:20 GMT -5
I hope so. These 2 are the only ones who ever really made it work in the new era of wrestling.
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clifford
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Post by clifford on Jul 22, 2010 12:14:23 GMT -5
That was the Boogeyman's backstory?
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jul 22, 2010 12:17:24 GMT -5
I could see them trying to fill the void with someone similar, and it failing horribly.
I really hope it isn't though. The weird, supernatural characters are always fun.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 22, 2010 12:21:03 GMT -5
It's hard to say. Special effects will only get more advanced, so probably not.
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CMWaters
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Post by CMWaters on Jul 22, 2010 12:47:27 GMT -5
The Undertaker comes out sometime before he retires, announces that he was using the body of Mark Calloway as an avatar, but wishes to continue his role in WWE. So he found another.
Find another 6'10" guy who can wrestle pretty well (so that cuts guys like Cottonwood out), and Undertaker touches that guy's forehead. Arena goes dark, when the lights come back on, the new guy is dressed how Undertaker first dressed, sans hat. Calloway is gone, only a black hat left in the ring, which the new guy picks up, and puts on his head as the gong goes off in the arena.
As for Kane...I'll have to think on that one.
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Turd Ferguson
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Post by Turd Ferguson on Jul 22, 2010 12:50:31 GMT -5
The Undertaker comes out sometime before he retires, announces that he was using the body of Mark Calloway as an avatar, but wishes to continue his role in WWE. So he found another. Find another 6'10" guy who can wrestle pretty well (so that cuts guys like Cottonwood out), and Undertaker touches that guy's forehead. Arena goes dark, when the lights come back on, the new guy is dressed how Undertaker first dressed, sans hat. Calloway is gone, only a black hat left in the ring, which the new guy picks up, and puts on his head as the gong goes off in the arena. As for Kane...I'll have to think on that one. |
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Post by The Deadly Snake on Jul 22, 2010 12:52:27 GMT -5
You guys seem to forget that Undertake wasn't exactly Supernatural at first... he was just, literally, an Undertaker, a mortician that felt no pain. That was it. His supernatural aspects came later.
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CMWaters
Ozymandius
Rolled a Seven, Beat the Ads.
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Post by CMWaters on Jul 22, 2010 12:53:41 GMT -5
You guys seem to forget that Undertake wasn't exactly Supernatural at first... he was just, literally, an Undertaker, a mortician that felt no pain. That was it. His supernatural aspects came later. Oh, where's the McMahon as a Men in Black agent picture when you need it? |
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Hawk Hart
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Post by Hawk Hart on Jul 22, 2010 12:59:02 GMT -5
I thought Taker was some guy that Paul Bearer met in his funeral parlor and managed to convince him he was undead and should be a wrestler.
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Yami Daimao
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Post by Yami Daimao on Jul 22, 2010 13:49:09 GMT -5
The Undertaker comes out sometime before he retires, announces that he was using the body of Mark Calloway as an avatar, but wishes to continue his role in WWE. So he found another. Find another 6'10" guy who can wrestle pretty well (so that cuts guys like Cottonwood out), and Undertaker touches that guy's forehead. Arena goes dark, when the lights come back on, the new guy is dressed how Undertaker first dressed, sans hat. Calloway is gone, only a black hat left in the ring, which the new guy picks up, and puts on his head as the gong goes off in the arena. As for Kane...I'll have to think on that one. Honestly, that would be pretty f***ing awesome. Too bad we'd all wind up bitching about it if it actually happened. |
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hassanchop
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Post by hassanchop on Jul 22, 2010 14:09:50 GMT -5
Oh just bring in Chuck Palumbo who people use to say is using the BikerTaker gimmick and make him dark.
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Post by DSR on Jul 22, 2010 14:09:57 GMT -5
Isn't Hornswoggle a supernatural character? I mean, he can paint holes on walls and walk through them...and he's a leprechaun. That's kinda supernatural. ;D
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Post by Woooooolhouse! on Jul 22, 2010 14:17:57 GMT -5
You're all forgetting the urn... the urn will come back into play, and make everything all right...
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Post by joeverfield on Jul 22, 2010 16:52:08 GMT -5
I can't wait for that day. Finally 2 of the most overrated and outdated characters gone, and the potential of a glass ceiling shattering.
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Post by Azrael from Outerspace on Jul 22, 2010 17:27:27 GMT -5
Really i think Tyler Black could fill this void nicely with the Undertaker/Avatar idea posted above. The biggest complaint is he isn't good on the mic, so give him a gimmick where he doesn't have to talk too much.
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Dave at the Movies
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Jul 22, 2010 23:12:27 GMT -5
I think a believable badass vampire gimmick would work. Also if they ever brought in Rellik I think he'd do pretty well.
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Post by 01010010 01101001 01100011 on Jul 22, 2010 23:16:18 GMT -5
That was the Boogeyman's backstory? Yup, Palmer Cannon brought him to TLo and Smackdown as the actor who played him was a little to good at method acting and couldn't snap out it. |
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