What can the WWE do with Ted Jr.?

[Essential1]

Posse Partys were really forced. If that's his best chance then he is screwed.

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Dec 5, 2012 1:18:58 GMT -5 JCBaggee said:

Been saying this for a while, and I still stand by it:

Ted should be repackaged as a guy who just loves to be one of the guys backstage. He loves wrestling because he enjoys the sport. He loves his co-workers because they share his passion. He'll be generous, and passionate. He loans out money. A LOT of money. He'll buy things for his fellow wrestlers. Mention several times he's paid medical bills. New cars for him and his friends. He dresses nice, he has a gorgeous girlfriend, and he's stylish as hell. But he's always just a nice guy. Ted DiBiase has the Million Dollar Man's fortune, but none of his ethos: he's just a damn nice man.

Then Ted finds out he's broke. Slowly, things start to fall apart. His nice car breaks down. He can't afford nice clothes. His friends get hurt, but he can't pay for them to get medical attention, leaving him feeling alone in the locker room. Finally one day, Ted comes out and finds his flashy entrance has been downsized considerably. Frustrated, Ted snaps, and begins assaulting whoever he comes across. Slowly, Ted begins to become more like his father, desperate to do anything to get his fortune back, as the story focuses on Ted fighting to decide how much like his father he's become.

And that's what should be done with Ted DiBiase.

I reads this....

I enjoy the s out of this....

And then I realize that the Muhammad Hussan proposal was probably well-constructed and thought out much like this, and look what happened to that once the WWE audiences got its eyes on and minds wrapped around it.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Much like Freddy Kruger was the son of 100 psychos, Ted should somehow be the son of every WWF legend simultaneously.

have vignettes where he discovers a new dad every week.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

I always thought another good option would be to take Ted, along with Cody Rhodes, and give them a dysfunctional on and off relationship similar to Triple H and Shawn Michaels. They're usually kept apart doing their own thing, sometimes they feud, whenever they're on the same alignment, they team up, sometimes for a one off, sometimes for an extended run.

[THRJamesAngelo]

I liked the Dibiase Posse and the tailgate parties. During his entrance, show clips of the tailgate parties he would throw. Kinda like how they do recaps for others guys showing their match from the week before. To really try and make it over, have guys like Kofi, or Ryder and Santino, or whatever face show up to the parties. If done right, it can be really over, as it was starting to before he got injured. I mean, who doesn't like a good tailgate party?

[Bo Rida]

Dec 5, 2012 13:50:43 GMT -5 Confused Mark Wahlberg said:

Much like Freddy Kruger was the son of 100 psychos, Ted should somehow be the son of every WWF legend simultaneously.

have vignettes where he discovers a new dad every week.

That could be brilliant, they could reveal that Ted Sr purchased him off another wrestler and raised him as his own.
Imagine all the segments with the legends and 2nd/3rd generation wrestlers as Ted Jr searches for his biological Dad.

[Savage Gambino]

Dec 4, 2012 23:18:03 GMT -5 johnnytightlips said:

Was kinda hoping they would showcase guys like him when their Monday show expanded to 3 hours.

But when would they have their 20-minute, Impact-style promos?

[PTBartman]

Dec 4, 2012 22:18:49 GMT -5 @pauledraperously said:

Dec 4, 2012 22:13:44 GMT -5 mrjl said:

pair him with Michael McGillicutty or Bo Dallas as a face tag team.

Show clips of Dibiase Posse events outside, have other wrestlers pop up and the heels be annoying until he runs them off.

This seems most reasonable, just a clean cut face team who have a few TV rivalries and if they get enough fan support move on to the tag title chase.

]Plus there are never enough tag teams for my liking.

Team him with Swagger and A-Ry and have them feud with 3mb

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Dec 5, 2012 16:37:34 GMT -5 THRJamesAngelo said:

I liked the Dibiase Posse and the tailgate parties. During his entrance, show clips of the tailgate parties he would throw. Kinda like how they do recaps for others guys showing their match from the week before. To really try and make it over, have guys like Kofi, or Ryder and Santino, or whatever face show up to the parties. If done right, it can be really over, as it was starting to before he got injured. I mean, who doesn't like a good tailgate party?

I like tailgating, but a tailgate party thrown by Ted Jr. might be less fun. Also, alcohol is a large part of the tailgating experience, and from the videos I saw it was all hamburgers and Mountain Dew for the Posse. It looked so sad and boring.

[nisidhe]

Dec 5, 2012 17:27:24 GMT -5 @lovehater said:

I like tailgating, but a tailgate party thrown by Ted Jr. might be less fun. Also, alcohol is a large part of the tailgating experience, and from the videos I saw it was all hamburgers and Mountain Dew for the Posse. It looked so sad and boring.

Make it a music segment: have a band on each week to do one kickass track while the crowd outside grows. It'd sell the segment hugely, _plus_ there's your in for a 3MB run-in.

[Big Kahuna Burger]

He should have had the Million Dollar Man gimmick all along - with the suits, the theme song, everything. Who cares if it's a re-hash? That's a timeless gimmick right there.

[Waffel113]

Dec 5, 2012 1:18:58 GMT -5 JCBaggee said:

Been saying this for a while, and I still stand by it:

Ted should be repackaged as a guy who just loves to be one of the guys backstage. He loves wrestling because he enjoys the sport. He loves his co-workers because they share his passion. He'll be generous, and passionate. He loans out money. A LOT of money. He'll buy things for his fellow wrestlers. Mention several times he's paid medical bills. New cars for him and his friends. He dresses nice, he has a gorgeous girlfriend, and he's stylish as hell. But he's always just a nice guy. Ted DiBiase has the Million Dollar Man's fortune, but none of his ethos: he's just a damn nice man.

Then Ted finds out he's broke. Slowly, things start to fall apart. His nice car breaks down. He can't afford nice clothes. His friends get hurt, but he can't pay for them to get medical attention, leaving him feeling alone in the locker room. Finally one day, Ted comes out and finds his flashy entrance has been downsized considerably. Frustrated, Ted snaps, and begins assaulting whoever he comes across. Slowly, Ted begins to become more like his father, desperate to do anything to get his fortune back, as the story focuses on Ted fighting to decide how much like his father he's become.

And that's what should be done with Ted DiBiase.

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[Doctor Of Style]

Dec 5, 2012 16:41:12 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Dec 5, 2012 13:50:43 GMT -5 Confused Mark Wahlberg said:

Much like Freddy Kruger was the son of 100 psychos, Ted should somehow be the son of every WWF legend simultaneously.

have vignettes where he discovers a new dad every week.

That could be brilliant, they could reveal that Ted Sr purchased him off another wrestler and raised him as his own.
Imagine all the segments with the legends and 2nd/3rd generation wrestlers as Ted Jr searches for his biological Dad.

Like Cartman searching for his father.

[DZ: WF Legacy]

Team him up with Joe Hennig and call them "The Unfortunate Sons".

[Threadkiller [Classic]]

Turn him into a patriot.

Seriously.

I don't mean equating the gimmick with the fact that he played The Marine. I mean simply make him a more serious version of Hacksaw Jim Duggan, in that he's no nonsense about defending the honor of his country, and will set about kicking the ass of whosoever should besmirch his country's good name. He can come out waving the flag and everything.

It's literally the only thing I can think of that would get him over.

[JCBaggee]

Dec 7, 2012 3:49:33 GMT -5 Threadkiller [Classic] said:

Turn him into a patriot.

Seriously.

I don't mean equating the gimmick with the fact that he played The Marine. I mean simply make him a more serious version of Hacksaw Jim Duggan, in that he's no nonsense about defending the honor of his country, and will set about kicking the ass of whosoever should besmirch his country's good name. He can come out waving the flag and everything.

It's literally the only thing I can think of that would get him over.

So you'd book him like a new age Sgt. Slaughter...?

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Dec 7, 2012 3:49:33 GMT -5 Threadkiller [Classic] said:

Turn him into a patriot.

Seriously.

I don't mean equating the gimmick with the fact that he played The Marine. I mean simply make him a more serious version of Hacksaw Jim Duggan, in that he's no nonsense about defending the honor of his country, and will set about kicking the ass of whosoever should besmirch his country's good name. He can come out waving the flag and everything.

It's literally the only thing I can think of that would get him over.

But we already have The All American American Jack Swagger and The USA Guy Derrick Bateman.