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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 5, 2010 12:59:52 GMT -5
Remember when ECW first came back in 2006 and there was all that news (and some NEWZ as well) about Sci-Fi pressuring WWE to make the program have more science fiction elements. I remember a lot of people hated it, but I would have LOVED it. Hell, I LOVED the Zombie.
I know one reason a lot of people disliked it was because that would make it "less like the original ECW," but it was never going to be like the original ECW completely anyways. Ideas like having wrestlers teleport to the ring and Sandman cane a martian sound hilarious and awesome!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2010 13:01:00 GMT -5
I would've rather they had more no-DQ matches from the get-go. It wasn't going to last, so why not get more bang for our nonexistent buck?
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Post by The Scuba Guy on Jul 5, 2010 13:03:30 GMT -5
I'm startin' to wonder what SyFy thought of the Boogeyman.
He seemed like something straight out of one of their movies.
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Post by Young Game on Jul 5, 2010 13:06:53 GMT -5
Three Way Dance: Bobby Lashley vs. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.
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Post by Matt Dunn on Jul 5, 2010 13:08:56 GMT -5
It could turn into 1995 WWF with sci-fi gimmicks instead of "I have another day job" gimmicks.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 5, 2010 14:08:54 GMT -5
It could turn into 1995 WWF with sci-fi gimmicks instead of "I have another day job" gimmicks. Also while December 2 Dismember probably still would have sucked, I bet they could have come up with a cool promo video for it, kind of like that poster they had that was like Silent Night, Deadly Night. They could have Sandman cane a bunch of aliens from the movie "alien" in it. |
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Post by Matt Dunn on Jul 5, 2010 14:10:49 GMT -5
It could turn into 1995 WWF with sci-fi gimmicks instead of "I have another day job" gimmicks. Also while December 2 Dismember probably still would have sucked, I bet they could have come up with a cool promo video for it, kind of like that poster they had that was like Silent Night, Deadly Night. They could have Sandman cane a bunch of aliens from the movie "alien" in it. It would have been entertaining if nothing else. |
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Jul 5, 2010 14:40:06 GMT -5
It could turn into 1995 WWF with sci-fi gimmicks instead of "I have another day job" gimmicks. That sounds awfully close to my platonic ideal of what pro wrestling should be like. |
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Post by AriadosMan on Jul 5, 2010 14:42:39 GMT -5
I'd honestly rather wrestling not be on Sci-Fi (or SyFy) period. Its a very poor match for most of the SyFy audience and gets looked down upon constantly. Put it on a sports or general interest channel instead.
The ideas you mentioned would be a good for a "joke league" like CHIKARA, but not for a serious attempt to recreate ECW.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Jul 5, 2010 14:55:21 GMT -5
Bring back Kevin Nash to promote "Tin Man."
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Jul 5, 2010 15:08:58 GMT -5
I'd honestly rather wrestling not be on Sci-Fi (or SyFy) period. Its a very poor match for most of the SyFy audience and gets looked down upon constantly. Put it on a sports or general interest channel instead. All channels are general interest channels these days. |
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Post by AriadosMan on Jul 5, 2010 15:12:49 GMT -5
I'd honestly rather wrestling not be on Sci-Fi (or SyFy) period. Its a very poor match for most of the SyFy audience and gets looked down upon constantly. Put it on a sports or general interest channel instead. All channels are general interest channels these days. Not ESPN, VS, Lifetime, Nicktoons Network, Disney XD... and there's the small manner that the block that consisted of ECW/NXT ended up with ratings so small it didn't get renewed, which makes it a pointless debate anyway. |
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Post by perpetualn00b on Jul 5, 2010 20:36:04 GMT -5
I liked ECW fine, but this would have instantly been my favorite wrestling show on TV, regardless of how bad it was.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 5, 2010 20:43:08 GMT -5
Three Way Dance: Bobby Lashley vs. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus. You say your name is Giant Octopus and you live in a garden under the sea? I say your name is Giant Octopus and you're a bathurd! |
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Post by Sephiroth on Jul 5, 2010 20:49:13 GMT -5
Back when ECW had just launched and we had seen The Zombie and Kevin Thorn both, I actually started a threat asking what else WWE might do to make ECW more Sci-Fi appropriate. A friend of mine suggested a female wrestler who comes out every night dressed up as different anime characters. I actually had an idea for an announcer/backstage interview host who talks like Rod Serling when he hosted The Twilight Zone.
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Post by Real Folk Bruce on Jul 5, 2010 20:56:41 GMT -5
I've always loved the idea of completely off the wall fantasy/sci-fi characters in wrestling, but I realize that this would only work well in either the Japanese wrestling leagues (like in Hustle) or in a video game or Anime environment where you don't have to abide by the rules of reality. I don't think anybody else would handle it well at all.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jul 5, 2010 20:59:33 GMT -5
You know, I was literally JUST thinking about this. Imagine the #1 contender and/or Money in the Bank winner goes missing. Drew McIntyre comes out and says that they are trapped inside of him (he had shrunk and swallowed them) and that he will not release them until he is named #1 contender.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 5, 2010 21:16:14 GMT -5
You know, I was literally JUST thinking about this. Imagine the #1 contender and/or Money in the Bank winner goes missing. Drew McIntyre comes out and says that they are trapped inside of him (he had shrunk and swallowed them) and that he will not release them until he is named #1 contender. lol, only if Christian, Tommy Dreamer, Kofi Kingston and William Regal go on a mission to save the #1 contender inside of Drew. The climax of course happens when Regal turns, and Christian has to wrestle him inside Drew's stomach! |
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Post by DOH! on Jul 5, 2010 21:22:27 GMT -5
Eh.. I'm not too sure. It would be tough to call.
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Post by TK The Friendly Robot on Jul 5, 2010 21:22:41 GMT -5
I think it would have been better being more Sci-Fi-ish, I'm thinking a more edited show as well though. Like a dragon ball Z/street fighter style guy where all his moves during matches had this:  effect put in during production. Sorry for the tiny pic. |
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