Chess wrestling?

[wildojinx]

Ok, if you've never heard of Chess Boxing, it involves 2 boxers playing a 4 minute round of chess, then having a 3 minute round of boxing, and alternating between rounds of chess and boxing, a win comes from either a KO or checkmate. Is there any way this could be adapted for pro wrestling? Of course, the problem is having the crowd not get restless during the chess section (this would have been perfect for the Empty Arena matches early in the pandemic).

[tafkaga]

Bizarro Vince Russo did something like this in the mirrorverse.

[I'm Team Bayley and Indi]

Bob Backlund and Jonathan Taylor Thomas should have done this at Wrestlemania 11

[This Player Hating Mothman]

Depends what kind of crowd you put it in front of. Put it on at like a Spring Break style show where your crowd will pop for a match like Invisible Man versus Invisible Stan, and they would treat each chess move like a high spot.

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Make a giant ring with chessboard pattern on the canvas, find 32 wrestlers, assign roles, physical contact allowed when wrestlers are in the correct chess position.

New boom period.

[wildojinx]

And of course, you'd have to have the chess match portions "worked" as well, dont want the wrestler who wasnt booked to win suddenly win because he's a master of chess.

[fw91]

Jan 24, 2022 12:24:57 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

Ok, if you've never heard of Chess Boxing, it involves 2 boxers playing a 4 minute round of chess, then having a 3 minute round of boxing, and alternating between rounds of chess and boxing, a win comes from either a KO or checkmate. Is there any way this could be adapted for pro wrestling? Of course, the problem is having the crowd not get restless during the chess section (this would have been perfect for the Empty Arena matches early in the pandemic).

Man, I'm sure quite a few grandmasters would have loved to come to blows with Bobby Fischer.

[Mozenrath]

Honestly feel like Zack Sabre Jr. should use this if he ever challenges for the KOPW trophy.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Jan 24, 2022 20:30:16 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Honestly feel like Zack Sabre Jr. should use this if he ever challenges for the KOPW trophy.

Or the "passive aggressive game of Monopoly" that he wanted to have against Shibata.

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Jan 24, 2022 21:48:25 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

Jan 24, 2022 20:30:16 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Honestly feel like Zack Sabre Jr. should use this if he ever challenges for the KOPW trophy.

Or the "passive aggressive game of Monopoly" that he wanted to have against Shibata.

"Oi, Shibata-shopai dickhead, you've just landed on my Mayfair hotel, darling. Aren't you a silly little sausage?"

[Macho Pichu]

Jan 24, 2022 16:05:12 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

And of course, you'd have to have the chess match portions "worked" as well, dont want the wrestler who wasnt booked to win suddenly win because he's a master of chess.

Going to that length requires an audience that's largely familiar with chess positions. I think it would work just fine if they make a few bullshit moves here and there and finish the match before anyone is close to a checkmate.

[protuberance]

Wouldn't it be great if they could work a ref bump in while the guys are playing chess.

"It's a checkmate! It's a checkmate! But there's no ref!"

Then one of the guys flips over the board, hits his finisher, 1-2-3.

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When I'm feeling depressed and looking for a reason to stay alive, I'm going to remind myself that this exists.

[Bo Rida]

It should be an elimination match between stables and be like wizard chess.

Seth: Roman, it's you that has to go on. I know it. Not me. Not Ambrose. You.

Ambrose as Hermione would be a bit weird though.