How would you book a Civil War angle in WWE?

[tekkenguy]

Inspired by that other Civil War thread, I want to know how would you book a Civil War angle in the WWE?

[BlackoutCreature]

Start with this and go from there.

[Deleted]

At some point, the Tony Stark analogue needs to send people like Xavier Woods and Emma back to FCW like it's the Negative Zone.

[Rolent Tex]

Millionaires Club vs New Blood 2.0

Millionaires Club led by HHH complete with the WWE's Illuminati in HHH/Orton/Batista/Flair/ Vince. New Blood led by Daniel Bryan. Trips' Stark vs Bryan's Cap. John Cena as Spider-Man, not sure where his allegiance lies.

Hulk Hogan beats up Kidman just because.

[Reflecto]

Feb 2, 2014 17:34:41 GMT -5 Rolent Tex said:

Millionaires Club vs New Blood 2.0

Millionaires Club led by HHH complete with the WWE's Illuminati in HHH/Orton/Batista/Flair/ Vince. New Blood led by Daniel Bryan. Trips' Stark vs Bryan's Cap. John Cena as Spider-Man, not sure where his allegiance lies.

Hulk Hogan beats up Kidman just because.

I'd go the other way, you'd need the Millionaire's Club as the real enemy, who rarely show up- if ever. The real Civil War is between Cena's Stark (and the non-"indy darlings") vs. Bryan's Cap (the "indy darling" faces)- but make it so that Stark wasn't absolute evil either during this- they're both fighting for who gets to take over. They both hate Evolution, but both sides make it clear that there's no place in "their" ideal WWE for the other half of it (If Bryan and the indy darlings succeed- guys like Cena would be thrown out alongside HHH, and if Cena and the non-indy guys succeed, Bryan would be back in VFW halls)- so they hate each other just as much or more.

[Final Countdown Jones]

Not sure about the specifics, but I'd end it with a big PPV event, main event being an Iron Man match between the two faction leaders, one of whom has the WWE title. They each go an even number of points at the time limit instead of some last-minute clutch pin, either because they aren't stopping, or because someone falls a second short of getting the pin. If each faction has authority figures at war with each other, have them come out, bicker, and eventually give the match an extension. If there's only one authority figure, then have whomever is favoured by them be a second short of pinning, so they extend it figuring it'll be over soon. Instead, the match ends in a No Contest when both guys are too exhausted to go and just sort of pass out.

Next night on Raw, the Board of Directors comes down with the decision that due to the chaos the war is bringing, they are reinforcing the brand split effective immediately, and that since the match was a draw, that they're de-unifying the world title again. I feel like a brand split is the only sensible way to resolve any kind of roster-wide war storyline.

[Wolfman Rose]

So if Cena is Spidey, does that mean he makes a deal with Vince, the price of which is that his relationship with Nikki never happened?

[DragonMasterP]

I'd have HHH lose in the end, and tell him to screw off if he says no.

[BlackoutCreature]

Does this end with Renee Young calling Daniel Bryan an idiot because he doesn't know how to "tout"?

[Bub (BLM)]

Cena would need to be in the Iron Man role, of the guy trying to do what he thought was right for the company and slowly losing sight of his morality. It doesn't work with anyone but Cena. You'd also need Punk back in the role of co-Captain America. The guy with an unwavering stance on what is right, who falls after ending the war. Bryan would be the other co-captain, who would continue to wave the flag after Punk was goes down (after his contract is up in July?). Not sure who you could put in the Spider-Man role, but it wouldn't work with Bryan. He's got to be on the heel faction for a period of time, and Bryan siding with the Authority instead of Punk would be Russo logic. Reigns might work really well.

[Turd Ferguson]

Vince McMahon names Sting as new GM of Raw. His first order of business is? To ban slavery at house shows.

Christian, already tense from disagreements with the administration (and Sting in general), finds this unacceptable and secedes.

[wwefan71080]

Id use the star wars formula with a storyline like is be proposed by the OP but that may be too much thinking for this creative team

[Deleted]

Bray Wyatt leads a rag tag group of bearded wrestlers against the Clean Shaven Bourgeoisie!

I dunno, I'm not really into company-wide programs. The Authority is proof that it basically turns into garbage in WWE.

They kind of had one brewing with the Divas, but it never really panned out - partially because, well, its the Divas in WWE and partially because the faces acted more like heels and looked terrible because of Total Divas.

[Ryback on a Pole!]

I'd have the two sides be Paul Heyman and Triple H and have both guys wanting to take the WWE in different directions. Like Heyman representing the pure wrestling side of things, wanting young guys who can go out there and wrestle and Triple H representing the standard "entertainment" side of things. Basically the status quo. It would essentially be a build on the authority storyline.

Both sides would be neither face nor heel, allowing the WWE fans to choose whether they support Heyman or Triple H. Both would also have a fair point for their reasoning. Like Heyman's being that the younger guys deserve a chance that keeps getting passed on to the old crowd and that the WWE audience need a change. Triple H's argument being that fans don't just want wrestlers but they want guys with personalities too and that he needs to give opportunities to people who would represent the company best and that the older faces who keep getting chances have been proven to be popular with large portions of the crowd.


Heyman's Guys

Lesnar
Bryan (He'd be the Spider-man of the group)
Cena (Even though he has past history with Lesnar and Heyman, I just see him being supportive of Heyman's goals of giving the younger guys on the roster a chance since Cena has been known to do this before, giving guys like Ryback, Zack and Bryan a shot and such)
Cody
The Shield
Hunico/Sin Cara
Swagger
Cessaro
Kofi Kingston (actually WOULD turn fully heel. He'd move away from nice guy Kofi and become a sadistic piece of crap whose snapped over the way he's being overlooked for years)
Dolph Ziggler

Triple H's guys


Orton
Sheamus
Batista
Ryback (Doesn't like Heyman, would be a Triple H guy by default)
Barrett
New Age Outlaws
The Wyatt Family (On Trips side because they're gimmicky nature fits the WWE "entertainment" aim of Trips and, it would give us the Wyatt vs Shield feud we all want)
Rey Mysterio
Goldust


Main pair-offs/feuds would be

Bryan vs Orton
Cena vs Batista
Lesnar vs Ryback
Hunico/Sin Cara vs Rey Mysterio
Shield vs The Wyatt Family
Cody vs Goldust
Swagger and Cessaro vs New Age Outlaws
Dolph Ziggler & Kofi Kingston vs Barrett and Sheamus



The rest of the roster will be distributed pretty evenly amongst both teams and used basically as filler during brawls, used to be jobbed out/beaten up or whatever. Also guys from FCW will be bought by both sides, like Triple H realising that the fans do want some young blood and so brings up a young, exciting high flyer to please them and get people on his side (Adrian Neville).

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Almost exactly like the ECW invasion.

[A Platypus Rave]

Feb 2, 2014 16:12:09 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

At some point, the Tony Stark analogue needs to send people like Xavier Woods and Emma back to FCW like it's the Negative Zone.

Management will still try and treat him like the face though

[shaker]

Have it start after Mania. HHH has faced somebody in a match (Bryan or Punk, I guess - that's not really the important part) and was so beat up, he cannot continue his role as COO.

Stephanie takes over his role for the time being, but people start revolting against her. She recruits a few more people to the Authority to help her, while making the alliance with the Shield official. So the Authority becomes Orton, the Shield, Del Rio, Lesnar, Batista, The New Age Outlaws, and Kane. Heyman "quits" over this, because he refuses to work with Stephanie.

The Authority basically makes life hell for everybody else. Making guys defend titles every week, putting them in handicap matches, etc.

Have an alliance form during an episode of Raw. Main event is the Shield and Batista vs Bryan, The Usos, and Sheamus.

Huge DQ brawl at the end and a bunch of faces come to Bryan's rescue to clear the ring. Keep it going all the way to Survivor Series, where you get a huge main event. If The Authority loses, then Stephanie must step down and a new COO must be elected. If Bryan loses, he must defend the title immediately against a challenger of Stephanie's choice.

[Boo!]

I cannot think of a way to possibly book this without Stephanie and HHH being on Raw almost constantly - so I wouldn't.

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

It all starts because of Christian's slaves.

[Hit Girl]

I'd bring in a character like Caleb from Buffy, a Christian fundamentalist preacher who claims to be able to be close to summoning an ancient evil to destroy the WWE, which he says is corrupt, decadent and a symbol of rotting American culture. He succeeds and creates a cult. When he brainwashes a new member, they change their name and appearance and wear red (symbolising the blood of Christ) and builds an army of the faithful. Naturally this brings them into conflict with the heroes, who try to fight to reclaim their souls and vanquish the preacher once and for all. Nobody can be trusted. Everyone is a potential convert. Only a small group of heroes can stop them.