illniñofan
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Shameless Castlevania: Judgment mark.
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Post by illniñofan on Oct 30, 2012 11:13:32 GMT -5
So much potential.
Wasted on crappy booking.
I'm in the boat of "never say never", meaning that it's not too late to turn it around and anyone can get hot at anytime with the right character.
It's been done many times before. If he gets the right character/gimmick, he'll take off.
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Oct 30, 2012 12:37:01 GMT -5
This is what Mark Madden had to say about Ryback, but I think it totally stands true in cases such as Alberto Del Rio & Wade Barrett:
He's dead on the mark.
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vanboxmeer
ALF
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Post by vanboxmeer on Oct 30, 2012 12:45:28 GMT -5
A monocle and a top hat.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Oct 30, 2012 12:53:10 GMT -5
Give him a pencil thin mustache and make him a telenova soap opera villain. And there's your gimmick, people. Film mini telenovela segments starring Del Rio. Turn the ham & overacting up to eleven and it'll be gold. Have him act alongside Rosa Mendes & PrimEpico for maximum lulz. Have him start bragging about a devastating new finisher that will put every Superstar in his place...and it's just a hard slap to the face followed by a withering look of indignation when the guy doesn't go down.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Oct 30, 2012 13:58:39 GMT -5
1. Put Del Rio and Ricardo in the tag division
2. Give Del Rio back all of his mannerisms and catchphrases that he had in 2010.
3. Let one of the low carders get over on him at least once, and build a mini-feud or something out of it.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Oct 30, 2012 14:00:43 GMT -5
repackage him as Monsignor Martinez, stone badass. and give him the catchphrase "via con dios".
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Oct 30, 2012 14:03:05 GMT -5
The wrestler introduced by the ring announcer has to go. It adds NOTHING to the ring announcer's character. fixed for board's perception.
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Brood Lone Wolf Funker
Ozymandius
Got fined anyway. Possibly a Moose
James Franco is the white Donald Glover
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Oct 30, 2012 15:06:33 GMT -5
Make him like the Dos Equis commercials, have him be the most interesting man in the world embrace the sleaze and arrogance. Have him buy a miniature giraffe
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2012 16:10:58 GMT -5
Have him go broke.
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Oct 30, 2012 16:48:39 GMT -5
Mexican Batman.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2012 17:09:47 GMT -5
It boggles my mind how they can't give him anything that will get him heat. He's playing a super rich guy, people hate it when super rich people use their wealth for nefarious/extravagant purposes. Have him do some annoying stuff using his wealth.
Have him get favorable decisions from the board/refs/management because he's rich and thus has influence. It's not really that difficult.
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Post by BoilerRoomBrawler on Oct 30, 2012 17:42:59 GMT -5
Actually have him do Mexican rich guy stuff, instead of telling us all the time he's a Mexican rich guy. You know, show him making American immigrants do his gardening or something. Exactly. ADR should play on the "1%" nature of his character to the hilt. He could have a chauffeur. He could have a sycophantic entourage of men and women to surround him. He could condescend to his opponents' taste in clothes, food, entertainment and show off how expensive he can roll at the same time. He could be obnoxiously excessive to the point that - dare I say it - he hurts the audience's feelings and makes them feel poor just by existing. He could have a "screw the rules I have money" mentality. He could boast about having the best trainers and best training facilities in the world. He could pay off other wrestlers to do his dirty work while he gets ahead. The point of the matter is that character is more than what one says it is - it's much more defined by actions. ADR doesn't act like he is rich (in a stereotypical way at least). He just shows up in a fancy car and that's it.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 30, 2012 22:24:50 GMT -5
How to make him more interesting? Maybe if they would actually do something different with him for once. It's just been the same ol same ol with him for months. He viciously attacks a top level babyface (Orton, Sheamus) setting up a feud. Then leading up the PPV he alternates between squashing Santino and Ryder as the announcers talk about his "new" found agression and viciousness even though his character as always been agressive and vicious as since his debut they've always had him sneak attacking babyfaces and trying to injure them with his armbar. Then at the PPV he loses to the top level face. Then the next night on Raw he squashes a lower level face again to build him back up as the cycle repeates again.
There's just nothing left for him right now as a top heel. I think having him form a tag team with Ricardo is a good idea. I think it would be entertaining and would also finally give him a fresh role.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Oct 30, 2012 22:31:38 GMT -5
I think it would be nice if WWE became self-aware of Del Rio's booking and subverted it. Like have the low carder get over on Del Rio and build a feud off of it.
Like have Del Rio come out for a match on RAW. We see the random low carder standing in the ring as Del Rio's opponent and assume that this is gonna be another "LOLZ AGGRESSIVE DEL RIO" match. Del Rio wins the match by submission, and goes to reapply the armbar only for the face to fend him off and clothesline him out of the ring. Del Rio is now pissed and we have a new fresh feud.
The face would have to be someone low enough on the totem pole to be considered a "jobber", yet could believably put on a competitive match with top level talent. Someone like Kidd, Santino, Gabriel, or even a returning Riley.
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Post by thegame415 on Oct 31, 2012 0:38:27 GMT -5
Face turn into the midcard. Have Ricardo do the spiel AFTER he comes to the ring. Thus, the fans can say "DELLLLLL RIOOOO" with him. Fans love catchphrases.
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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 31, 2012 0:51:22 GMT -5
Turn him face.
The "evil millionnaire" gimmick is stale.
He should have a change of heart and be generous and helpful
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Oct 31, 2012 0:57:56 GMT -5
Make him the modern day Million Dollar Man. Have him make bets with people and if they win they can win his car only for him to screw them at the last moment. Make him a rich bully.
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Post by BoilerRoomBrawler on Oct 31, 2012 1:42:11 GMT -5
The more I think about it, the more I also like the "telenovela villain" idea.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 31, 2012 2:28:08 GMT -5
Have him explicitly pay a wrestler to lose to him. They swallow their pride and let him pin them. After the match, he jumps them anyway and gives them the treatment Sheamus gave Jamie Noble. A thug in every sense.
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Post by celticjobber on Oct 31, 2012 2:32:31 GMT -5
Put him in the AJ/Cena storyline. Have it turn out that he's John Cena's lover and AJ was simply covering for them, because they were afraid coming out would hurt their "tough guy" images.
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