Should WWE utilize CGI?

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I am not saying using it like in WSX, but in skits where Kane sets someone on fire backstage, I think CGI would go great with it. It would look fake and unrealistic, but hey most of wrestling and wrestling moves is too.

[________ has left the building]

So you want Raw to be like a SyFy Saturday night movie?

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WWE does have a program on SyFy and we all came to terms of Undertaker having super powers, so yes.

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

Jul 5, 2010 10:48:19 GMT -5 @coolio1234 said:

we all came to terms of Undertaker having super powers, so yes.

I came to terms with it by believing he likes to mess with peoples heads and has lots of friends backstage who help him.

[AriadosMan]

When R-Truth "exploded", it needed a CGI shockwave and TerryCrews yelling POW POW POW POW POWER to highlight how pathetically cheesy it was.

[itputsthelotion]

No

[theshowstoppa]

*sigh*

[Real Folk Bruce]

A million times no. What use would CGI have? All you need for wrestling is two guys and a mat. And even if it is for guys like Kane and Undertaker who wield otherworldly powers, practical special effects are infinitely more believable anyway.

[abenja1]

A friend of mine believes 10 years down the road, because Vince McMahon is always on the cutting edge, there will be a 3D ep of RAW

[I *still* ✡ Johnny]

Jul 5, 2010 11:49:15 GMT -5 abenja1 said:

A friend of mine believes 10 years down the road, because Vince McMahon is always on the cutting edge, there will be a 3D ep of RAW

With 3D glasses.

[Dave at the Movies]

Jul 5, 2010 10:51:03 GMT -5 Apricots And A Pear Tree said:

Jul 5, 2010 10:48:19 GMT -5 @coolio1234 said:

we all came to terms of Undertaker having super powers, so yes.

I came to terms with it by believing he likes to mess with peoples heads and has lots of friends backstage who help him.

Trying to explain half the things about Undertaker and Kane is harder than explaining nuclear physics.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Can Cena do the Attitude Ajustment on that big dragon thing from Lord of the Rings then? Also a terminator and an alien from "Alien."

[Dave at the Movies]

I don't know about CGI but I do think it would be cool if WWE did have a show where they could show some sci-fi and dark fantasy elements. It's not like they haven't pulled it off well before with Undertaker, Kane, and Gangrel.

That is actually what I hoped the ECW SyFy show would eventually turn into. They had such a huge opportunity to push a good vampire gimmick in Kevin Thorn(especially since vampires became really big) and they absolutely blew it. There is no excuse for that especially considering that they pulled off a really good vampire gimmick just ten years earlier in Gangrel.

If they did a new Brood vampire stable today they would become huge overnight. They could have done it with Kevin Thorn(who in interviews actually said they had much bigger plans for him like biting guys and having him join a vampire stable) but instead they just gave him a tie and had him look like a vampire from the 1930s.

Come on Vince!!! Watch some movies!! Vampires don't wear old school 1930s garb anymore!!!

[BorneAgain]

Forget using it for today's shows, it needs to be utilized in WWE's library of matches.

After all Hogan/Andre could only be improved by having Imperial Walkers and giant Dewback Lizards in the ring while they're wrestling.

With today's technology it can finally be done.

[Thrillho]

Jul 5, 2010 13:13:52 GMT -5 BorneAgain said:

Forget using it for today's shows, it needs to be utilized in WWE's library of matches.

After all Hogan/Andre could only be improved by having Imperial Walkers and giant Dewback Lizards in the ring while they're wrestling.

With today's technology it can finally be done.

Andre slammed first?

[BorneAgain]

Jul 5, 2010 13:18:03 GMT -5 Thrillho said:

Jul 5, 2010 13:13:52 GMT -5 BorneAgain said:

Forget using it for today's shows, it needs to be utilized in WWE's library of matches.

After all Hogan/Andre could only be improved by having Imperial Walkers and giant Dewback Lizards in the ring while they're wrestling.

With today's technology it can finally be done.

Andre slammed first?

Exactly. WWE's not pleased with Hogan at the moment? Change that near three count by Andre into an actual three count. Edit in footage of Andre celebrating with the belt from the main event a year later. You're set.

That sing-off between Austin and Rock prior to Survivor Series 2001 was nice, but wouldn't it be even better with another singer thrown in along with complicated dance moves?

[Dave at the Movies]

Actually with the new technology that was introduced in Avatar(horrible movie but cool effects) if they wanted they could have a match and edit it to look like some older wrestler who is all old and retired look young again.

I've heard they have thought about doing another dirty harry movie with clint eastwood doing that.

[hossfan]

Wrestlemania 27: Undertaker vs Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus

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Jul 5, 2010 11:36:30 GMT -5 Real Folk Bruce said:

A million times no. What use would CGI have? All you need for wrestling is two guys and a mat. And even if it is for guys like Kane and Undertaker who wield otherworldly powers, practical special effects are infinitely more believable anyway.

What practical special effects? When Undertaker was in a Buried Alive match last time, the entire roster had to shovel up and unbury him. With CGI, this would save all the hassle and hardship.

[Raja Lion]

It would be extremely hard to use CGI effectively in the WWE. Good CGI takes a long time to render and the WWE's schedule is so tight that it would take a monumental effort from both the creation and technological side to get it too look good for weekly broadcasts. Obviously it would only be able to be applied to pre-taped stuff, but it probably wouldnt be cost effective and good enough to be done regularly.

Once in a while, sure, I could see it, but not something you'd would see often because of the logistics involved.