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Post by Cam on Mar 27, 2011 9:18:13 GMT -5
I always wanted to see a psycho wrestler who gets wheeled out in a Hannibal Lecter-like contraption by a group of burly orderlies. They let him loose for the match,then afterwards they subdue him,tranquilize him,strap him back up,and wheel him out. No real potential,but I would still like to see it They sorta did that with Sabu in the old ECW. Not the tranquillisation bit, but close.
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Post by theryno665 on Mar 27, 2011 9:39:09 GMT -5
Kinda unrelated but I remember reading somewhere that in See No Evil, Vince wanted Kane's character to have a three foot wang.
Not that it was an official idea but in his podcast interview with Colt Cabana, Dave Lagana wanted to bring the Matt Classic character to WWE to have Colt hone his craft in a WWE ring, while keeping his identity secret. That way, when he gets the jist of things I guess, then he could come in as Scotty Goldman or Colt Cabana or whatever. From the sounds of it, I don't think the identity of Matt Classic would have ever been revealed. It was just a way for Colt to get more ring time.
This was also mentioned on one of the "Formerly Creative" podcasts. Basically, this new booker came in and knew this idea he had was dumb but went with it anyways. I don't know if they were going to do this every week but the gimmick was that Perry Hotter (the character's name) would close his eyes and cast these spells on his opponent. Then someone would come out and attack the guy and lay him out, that way when he opened his eyes and saw his opponent down, he'd believe that his spells actually worked.
I'm still waiting on Ginger Avenger Sheamus. If they ever wanted to make him face AND ride on the whole anti-bullying thing, just have Sheamus beat up bullies that pick on ginger kids or whatever.
I came up with the idea that whenever John Cena does the "You Can't See Me" hand gesture, some cocky heel that he's facing (I think either Punk or Jericho would be awesome at this) would mockingly pretend that he actually turned invisible, asking the ref where Cena went and whatnot. Nothing major, just a cool little dickish thing to get heat.
I still maintain that this is what the Spirit Squad should have been from the start. I can just imagine the five of them crammed into a Volkswagen Jetta, riding it down to the ring and blasting some Dave Matthews Band-soundalike theme. That'd get heat from me, for sure.
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Post by Danimal on Mar 27, 2011 9:41:16 GMT -5
In the tradition of TL Hopper, Repo Man, The Goon, etc I'd have Hans Ver Magnuson the evil masseuse. He'd have the strongest hands in wrestling and F people up with claw-holds. His finisher would be a goozel and it would be called the unhappy ending.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Mar 27, 2011 9:52:19 GMT -5
When Caylen Croft got future endeavoured I wanted Trent to keep coming down to the ring acting like Croft was still there.
Going for high-fives, tagging an invisible Croft into matches, setting opponents up for double team moves etc.
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 27, 2011 10:00:22 GMT -5
I always wanted to see a psycho wrestler who gets wheeled out in a Hannibal Lecter-like contraption by a group of burly orderlies. They let him loose for the match,then afterwards they subdue him,tranquilize him,strap him back up,and wheel him out. No real potential,but I would still like to see it I think a gimmick like this called "Headcase" was lined up for Mick Foley originally.
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Mar 27, 2011 11:54:35 GMT -5
Dude Love-Mankind-Cactus Jack-Mick Foley? Now I feel like an idiot. lol. But I'd like to go further than that still, and have the guy/gal not actually be aware of the other personas, and have various degree of heel face personas, like say, Mankind was with the Rock as Rock and Sock, but then Cactus Jack beats the piss out of him backstage. Then next week, Mankind shows up to shoot the s*** with the Rock and doesn't quite understand why the Rock beat him up in the lockeroom. I guess Santina/Santino would also fit this gimmick. I guess there really isn't any gimmicks that haven't been done, the only thing you can do is pull up and down on the throttle. I see what you're saying & think it would be entertaining, if, the guy doing it was really good. I think it would be one of the harder characters to pull, but as Foley has shown, it can be done properly.
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Post by keezy on Mar 27, 2011 11:56:06 GMT -5
Skip Sheffield as Terminator, he had a good following in OVW.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2011 12:12:36 GMT -5
When Joey Mercury came back, I wanted to see him not as the Gimp of SES, but as a guy who had become delirious in his time away from MNM. Have him wrestle in a filthy, torn-up version of his old ring attire, and enter with a mangy, matted fur coat with patches of fur missing. Have him use a remixed version of the MNM theme that sounds more wild or repeats like a club tune.
More importantly, have him still act like he was a celebrity. Have him cut promos that imply he thinks he's still a part of his old team and that he's simply waiting on them to join back up with him, and have him drop the names of his former partners to underscore the fact he thinks MNM is still in existence. When someone tells him he's out of his mind in a backstage segment, have Melina or Morrison walk by him in their ring gear, causing him to point out to his accuser that judging by the fact they still dress alike, it's OBVIOUS that they're still a unit.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2011 13:03:14 GMT -5
A wrestler that is a HUGE Chris Benoit fan. He wears Benoit shirts and talks about the great things Benoit did in wrestling and how he's going to follow suit. Often during segments someone will attempt to explain to the wrestler what happened but will always end up being interrupted by something.
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Post by Chainsaw on Mar 27, 2011 15:09:07 GMT -5
I always wanted to see Eugene turn heel at the top of his popularity, and reveal that he was never mentally challenged, and used it as a way to get ahead. This would have led to Nick Dinsmore joining Legacy as their enforcer.
It would have been glorious.
Also, an Arab-American gimmick where he's a face from the start, or at least his religion or his skin color never becomes an issue. I always wanted this from either Hassan or even more, Daivari, especially after Hassan was released.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Mar 27, 2011 15:49:33 GMT -5
I wanted them to bring up Shawn Spears as the son of certain unnamed celebrity parents who were always partying and never paid any attention to him. He ended up turning to drugs and living on the streets as the result of his neglected childhood, and is lashing out at the world through WWE.
And I always wanted to see a Hare Krishna wrestler. When they brought Joey Mercury back, I had hoped they would do this with him.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2011 15:56:29 GMT -5
I always wanted to see Eugene turn heel at the top of his popularity, and reveal that he was never mentally challenged, and used it as a way to get ahead. This would have led to Nick Dinsmore joining Legacy as their enforcer. It would have been glorious. Also, an Arab-American gimmick where he's a face from the start, or at least his religion or his skin color never becomes an issue. I always wanted this from either Hassan or even more, Daivari, especially after Hassan was released. I think it would've been better for Daivari to stick with his roots and play an Iranian-American character. The relations between the US and Iran are even more contentious than between Americans and Arabs of many countries. Also, "Arab" is quite a vague ethonym, and since Arabs from different countries have very specific national identities, letting Daivari play an Iranian-American character would probably attract less overseas scrutiny for being so much more specific. Anyway, I still agree with your general idea all the same. A positive Middle Eastern or Islamic character would've been huge for them, rather than a generic cheap heat foreign heel.
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Post by Danimal on Mar 27, 2011 21:03:31 GMT -5
I always wanted to see Eugene turn heel at the top of his popularity, and reveal that he was never mentally challenged, and used it as a way to get ahead. This would have led to Nick Dinsmore joining Legacy as their enforcer. It would have been glorious. Also, an Arab-American gimmick where he's a face from the start, or at least his religion or his skin color never becomes an issue. I always wanted this from either Hassan or even more, Daivari, especially after Hassan was released. Ya it always pissed me off that they could've easily saved Dinsmore's career but stuck with the short-lived Eugene gimmick til it petered-out. Have him turn at the ppv and attack Benoit in an attempt(successful or not) to get the belt. Have him come out at RAW the next day with his hair cut in a suit. He'd then cut a promo saying he was faking being MR and was in cahoots with Bisch all along in an attempt to get Bisch control of the championship.
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Post by Jeremy on Mar 27, 2011 22:26:24 GMT -5
Tyler Swift
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Post by MrFuzzyBear on Mar 27, 2011 22:26:44 GMT -5
I don't know who would have the gimmick, but I would like to see someone with a highlander gimmick. They would have a finisher that would hurt the neck or head, and after they won, fireworks would shoot out from the ring like a quickening.
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Post by Remix on Mar 27, 2011 22:27:51 GMT -5
Justin Gabriel's character from South Africa. Go look up PJ Black on youtube.
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Post by Jeremy on Mar 27, 2011 22:31:48 GMT -5
Justin Gabriel's character from South Africa. Go look up PJ Black on youtube. I did, from the video I just saw, it seemed like a DJ Gabriel type thing, any similarities?
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Post by theshowstoppa on Mar 27, 2011 23:57:54 GMT -5
Personally, a gimmick i've thought of is a backstabber. Now hear me out:
Basically, the person in question (say, Myself for example) is pumping the crowd up live on the mic, yeah, whoo, cheers and love..then, later in the show, a hidden camera (GTV?) catches me running down the city, the crowd,etc to another heel, laughing it up. I come out for my match, and people are booing me crazy when i play to them, yeti don't know why. (of course, i have no idea of the hidden camera)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2011 2:50:22 GMT -5
I don't know who would have the gimmick, but I would like to see someone with a highlander gimmick. They would have a finisher that would hurt the neck or head, and after they won, fireworks would shoot out from the ring like a quickening. Related, I think they missed the boat by not bringing in Kurgan to feud with Rory and Robbie McAllister.
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Post by Disaster Report on Mar 28, 2011 3:09:20 GMT -5
I would love to see a gimmick and storyline that's in the style of Memento. Have a wrestler get attacked in an off-camera attack, then he's gone for a couple of weeks. When he returns, he's lost his short-term memory and has a manager or partner to help him get from town to town and keep his gear washed, etc. Each week he'd uncover a small bit of info pointing towards who attacked him, then it would finally come out that it was either his manager/partner, who was purposely steering him away from the truth, or the big boss (Vince or whoever is the GM, etc) that used threat of termination to keep the attack secret. Then you have a payoff match at some PPV.
Would've probably worked better back in the 5-PPV era.
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