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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 29, 2014 3:05:48 GMT -5
Orton I really wouldn't know what to do with honestly... I guess keep him as the upper mid-card/main event slot... even if he does bore the hell out of me. Orton is impossible for a booker to handle. He's a 427 time champion so you can't release him or put him in the midcard and he's very popular, but he's also dreary and not really over enough to put the title on.
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Post by Boo! on Aug 29, 2014 3:19:48 GMT -5
I'd push the guys I personally liked and had plans for and demote the guys I didn't. I presume everyone would and that it's what Vince McMahon has done for 30 years. Overall I'd have a two-sided product. Raw and Smackdown and the wee cartoon for the kids and also use the Network (or saving that late-night time slots on cable) to push and edgier 'rawer' more adult-orientated content using roster of talent reserved especially for that. So I'd have the WWE Champ and the champ of the late-night version with occasional crossovers.
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Post by benstudd on Aug 30, 2014 0:59:41 GMT -5
I may book ridiculous shit and get tired after one month. But two things I would do for sure:
-Listen to the fans in the audience. Look if people are booing more Cena than cheer him, it must mean something. Don't keep the status quo. Either turn him bad guy so that everybody boo him. Or if you keep him face, then make him a comedy character so that both kids and adult males may enjoy his work. If he does stupid shit and is not in the title contentions then adult males but tolerate him.
You do that for all the wrestlers.
-Make things real. I don't want to see Bray Wyatt say that he's "the destroyer of Worlds", I want him to look at his opponant in his eyes and say he's gonna cut his throat. And that when they do meet, the guy is either maimed or bloodied and that he's out for months. I want Vince to come in with tears in his eyes to say "that Bray has taken things too far". I was watching a Bret Hart promo on You Tube and it was to the point, no bullshit, it was when he turned heel. When he said to the fans that they turned their backs on him and he doesn't care about them either. That sounded more real and heartfelt than anything we see today.
What I would do, instead of having Swagger have multiple re-matchs with Rusev just have him come in with jeans and casual cloths in the ring and talk to America in a heartfelt promo saying "I screwed up, I failed you, but as God is my witness, this the battle of my life and I'll do everything I can muster to beat this guy". This is how you book a babyface.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 1:59:35 GMT -5
If I was booking bad guys would win more often, because their heelish tactics would actually be portrayed as being effective rather than annoying obstacles. Like Bray Wyatt would be portrayed as quite as good as the top faces, but the abilty of he and the Family to beat you down mentally and physically leading up to the match gives him the advantage...then he actually does win a lot of the time.
As far as Raw and Smackdown, I would keep the roster unified but make a concerted effort to have no one on both shows in the same week. Get as many people on TV as possible in order to keep match-ups unpredictable.
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Post by percymania on Aug 30, 2014 10:48:30 GMT -5
As I've always said - you can please the same people all the time, but you can't please all the people at the same time.
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Post by whtbldclls on Aug 30, 2014 12:15:46 GMT -5
I'd probably run the company into the ground..
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 30, 2014 12:19:54 GMT -5
I think how guilty I'd be of repeating things I saw as mistakes would depend largely on how free a hand I had. For instance, if I was only able to book within strict guidelines, I can't imagine much would change. "Here's what we want to have happen, A to D. You just fill in B and C for us," wouldn't give me much wiggle room.
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Post by mrjl on Aug 30, 2014 12:37:08 GMT -5
I may book ridiculous shit and get tired after one month. But two things I would do for sure: -Listen to the fans in the audience. Look if people are booing more Cena than cheer him, it must mean something. Don't keep the status quo. Either turn him bad guy so that everybody boo him. Or if you keep him face, then make him a comedy character so that both kids and adult males may enjoy his work. If he does stupid shit and is not in the title contentions then adult males but tolerate him. You do that for all the wrestlers. his reactions at house shows are more friendly
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Post by mrjl on Aug 30, 2014 12:38:20 GMT -5
If I was booking bad guys would win more often, because their heelish tactics would actually be portrayed as being effective rather than annoying obstacles. Like Bray Wyatt would be portrayed as quite as good as the top faces, but the abilty of he and the Family to beat you down mentally and physically leading up to the match gives him the advantage...then he actually does win a lot of the time. As far as Raw and Smackdown, I would keep the roster unified but make a concerted effort to have no one on both shows in the same week. Get as many people on TV as possible in order to keep match-ups unpredictable. so you'd bury the faces. Because the win column is about the only place faces look better
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 14:50:06 GMT -5
Every main event would go to a 1 hour time limit draw between Chainwrestling Joe and Indyflips Tom.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Aug 30, 2014 19:04:20 GMT -5
Outside of more "retroscripting" and improvisation in promos, Cena as Raw/Smackdown GM and Mojo Rawley as World Champion, WWE wouldn't be that much different under me. A little better, but not too different.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 19:06:27 GMT -5
I'm not even going to pretend like I'd do a good job, I'd be booking so much nonsensical absurdist comedy that it would be insane.
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Post by HMARK Center on Aug 30, 2014 23:10:11 GMT -5
Not a chance, because I'd replace Raw with a new weekly talk show called "Up Late, with Kevin Nash".
It'd star Kevin Nash in the Letterman/Leno role, Alex Shelley in the Ed McMahon/Andy Richter seat, Scott Steiner as the band leader, Iron Sheik as the show's announcer, and New Jack as the roving reporter/"man in the street".
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Post by Jeff Mangum PI on Aug 31, 2014 0:54:56 GMT -5
I'd probably just change RAW & SmackDown to be more focused on characters (vignettes, backstage segments & interviews like the Lesnar ones) & hyping up PPVS. You want hard-hitting matches with two top superstars? Attend a show yourself or buy the Network.
RAW would probably be canceled within a month, but hey.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Aug 31, 2014 2:04:05 GMT -5
Orton I really wouldn't know what to do with honestly... I guess keep him as the upper mid-card/main event slot... even if he does bore the hell out of me. Orton is impossible for a booker to handle. He's a 427 time champion so you can't release him or put him in the midcard and he's very popular, but he's also dreary and not really over enough to put the title on. I'd stick him and Cena in AJPW/NOAH-style mentor/mentee tag teams. Book the matches to be all about the younger guy coming up through the ranks, taking advantage of these veteran main event stars competing in the tag division to put over the tag titles as important without letting them steamroll over other tag teams.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Aug 31, 2014 2:12:33 GMT -5
Orton I really wouldn't know what to do with honestly... I guess keep him as the upper mid-card/main event slot... even if he does bore the hell out of me. Orton is impossible for a booker to handle. He's a 427 time champion so you can't release him or put him in the midcard and he's very popular, but he's also dreary and not really over enough to put the title on. I think Orton is better off if a Booker actually makes that choice between firmly putting him at midcard level or putting him in the main event. It's when he's in the midcard, BUT decisively going over everyone else in the midcard to "remind" people that he's one of the big names that he becomes a chore to watch I'd either have Orton as a 1st contender to help legitimize a new champion. Or I'd have him at IC level working with the likes of Sheamus/Ziggler/Miz.
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Post by BatPunk on Aug 31, 2014 9:47:38 GMT -5
I would be focussing on
* trying to put together strong story based feuds for the entire roster, including introducing many 'stables'. * Making the secondary titles seem just as important as the WWE title. * Make Tag Team wrestling like it's a specialty and promote it as such. Teams wont be just two random guys thrown together. * 6 Man tag action will be something of a special attraction. (think Dragon Gate 6 Man tags) * Diva's will only feature those that can actually put on good matches. Eye Candy segments will be abolished unless it's to further a part of a specific storyline.
* PPV's will be for adding to storyline continuations, blow off's and special attraction matches which will be promoted weeks before the event. No matches will be added 'on the day'
My WWE sounds like ROH from the mid 2000's.
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Post by The Ichi on Aug 31, 2014 13:49:34 GMT -5
I'd get rid of heel authority figures, forever. I think that automatically makes me qualified for the job.
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Post by MrElijah on Aug 31, 2014 15:29:52 GMT -5
1)Rebuilding the Midcard. No more being fed to the main event. No repeat matches from last week again. 2)Champions DO NOT lose non-title matches or better yet no more non-title matches. I hate the line "If X person beats the champ they be in the the title conversation!" If there is a wrestler who wants a belt he/she/they will work their way up. Or like in back in the day call em out. 3)Jr. Heavyweights-I bring back the old WWE World Jr. Heavyweight Title, 8 WWE Stars, 8 international wrestlers(Try and get HHH to get them). 16-Man tournament, Sami Zayn is 1st champ, go from there. 4)Divas-Get Hamada, Kong, Roxxi, LaRae, Kana, Mia Yim, Athena, Melissa. Get Mickie and Serena back. Add Paige, AJ, Charlotte Flair, Nattie & Sara Del Ray. Give them 10 to 15 mins on TV. Let them Wrestle. If they do better than the guys? Ok. In fact challenge the boys to do BETTER. I want the best in-ring product possible.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 16:19:13 GMT -5
A picture of Roman Reigns appears periodically in the bottom right corner of the screen for people to enjoy. He does not wrestle, talk, or appear in any other way.
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