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Post by rra on Apr 12, 2007 22:10:56 GMT -5
Well, Mysterio/Benoit feud would be some good matches...
But feud outside that? Ehh..
I'll tell you what though. Get Dean Malenko back in the ring, make it two old friends/covert rivals duke it out to settle a long-time feud...who is the B*tch-Task Master of Submission?
The Iceman versus the Canadian Crippler. The Man of a Thousand Moves versus the Rabid Wolverine.
Maybe Benoit could work as the heel that beats up on poor retired MAlenko, and the Iceman coming out of retirement to face him.
Or not. I don't know how Benoit would seriously people would take him as a heel.
Baby-eating would do it though.
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Post by EvilShadow76 on Apr 12, 2007 22:11:16 GMT -5
No.
They need more faces who are actually good instead of the crap they're feeding us with John Cena, Batista, and Lashley. I'm tired of the so-called faces sucking royally like they do for the most part.
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Post by clifford on Apr 12, 2007 22:11:22 GMT -5
I got it... Move him to Raw, and have him say he's looking to reform the Horsemen. Flair tells him no, the Hosemen are best left in the past. CROSSFACE BAH GAWD. Benoit tells the crowd that he's going to reform the Horsemen whether Flair wants it or not. HIT THE MUSIC! Out comes MONGO McMICHAEL and PAUL ROMA. Benoit says one more to go. "Our newest member is a talent unlike anything we've ever seen...he will take the Horsemen to heights never before seen under old man Flair..." THE GREAT KHALI COMES OUT KEENG The New Horsemen run roughshod over the Raw roster and are remembered as the greatest stable ever. Replace Roma with Ole Anderson and have him be the stable's mouthpiece and thats one hell of an idea
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Post by rra on Apr 12, 2007 22:16:08 GMT -5
No. They need more faces who are actually good instead of the crap they're feeding us with John Cena, Batista, and Lashley. I'm tired of the so-called faces sucking royally like they do for the most part. Amen brother.
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Post by Person With A Hat on Apr 12, 2007 22:19:06 GMT -5
I'll do you one better. Just have him say : "Canada is better than you." INSTA HEEL HEAT! Not really. ITs like ripping a poor kid's autograph book. "Meh." Edge works with that Canadian-nationalist stuff because of him using all that as an excuse for his schtick as the dip-S*it. Better yet, what if Edge and Benoit teamed up if Benoit was on RAW? Then I could see the Pro-Canada stuff working. I was being mocking.
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Post by rra on Apr 12, 2007 22:22:09 GMT -5
I got it... Move him to Raw, and have him say he's looking to reform the Horsemen. Flair tells him no, the Hosemen are best left in the past. CROSSFACE BAH GAWD. Benoit tells the crowd that he's going to reform the Horsemen whether Flair wants it or not. HIT THE MUSIC! Out comes MONGO McMICHAEL and PAUL ROMA. Benoit says one more to go. "Our newest member is a talent unlike anything we've ever seen...he will take the Horsemen to heights never before seen under old man Flair..." THE GREAT KHALI COMES OUT KEENG The New Horsemen run roughshod over the Raw roster and are remembered as the greatest stable ever. Replace Roma with Ole Anderson and have him be the stable's mouthpiece and thats one hell of an idea AGain, why would Benoit want to reform the Four Horsemen? Plus, Mongo? Thats funny. If he has to be a heel, he comes to RAW, determined to brawl his way to the title but he can't do it alone in this "cutthroat business." He goes up to Edge, who was a fellow trainee(unless my data is wrong) of the Stu Hart "Dungeon" academy, and former Four Horsemen chairman Flair. Nature Boy thinks its beating a dead horse(pun!!!) Later in the Carlito/Flair feud, Edge and Benoit(who with their association are now feuding already with Edge's rival Orton) come out to the side of the ring. They don't do anything but only sizing up the match. This distracts Flair and Carlito rolls him up for the win. Flair is livid that Edge/Benoit cost him a match, even though they didn't do anything... No this won't work either. Dang I'm on a losing streak tonight.... How about Benoit being the bad-A face that speaks with his fists?
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Post by rra on Apr 12, 2007 22:24:45 GMT -5
Not really. ITs like ripping a poor kid's autograph book. "Meh." Edge works with that Canadian-nationalist stuff because of him using all that as an excuse for his schtick as the dip-S*it. Better yet, what if Edge and Benoit teamed up if Benoit was on RAW? Then I could see the Pro-Canada stuff working. I was being mocking. I apologize. I read so many posts like that that were honestly and seriously written by people. Apologies.
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Post by gabou142 on Apr 12, 2007 22:38:33 GMT -5
Benoit should be booked as a guy who goes to the ring, kick his opoonent's ass and leave without saying anything...face or hell wouldn't really apply to him, he would juste be Benoit!
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Post by rra on Apr 12, 2007 22:39:49 GMT -5
Benoit should be booked as a guy who goes to the ring, kick his opoonent's ass and leave without saying anything...face or hell wouldn't really apply to him, he would juste be Benoit! I agree. The fans will follow him.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Apr 12, 2007 22:42:06 GMT -5
I don't want him to go heel, but I do want them to turn him back into the Crippler and bill him from Edmonton again. I want the old school Benoit that rarely spoke and never smiled. Just came to the ring and beat someone's ass.
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Post by rra on Apr 12, 2007 22:44:17 GMT -5
Maybe thats Benoit's new schtick...he has a fixation on beating men at the arse. "Bend over!" Wait, they still do that sillyness of billing him from America? Yeech. There I agree with you on.
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Post by Garee on Apr 12, 2007 22:45:24 GMT -5
I thin it would be hard to do now, he is so respected, but a run for the title would be nice anyway
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Post by Person With A Hat on Apr 12, 2007 22:47:29 GMT -5
I apologize. I read so many posts like that that were honestly and seriously written by people. Apologies. Perfectly understandable. I, myself, am really sick and tired of geographical heels. To a point where it's just ridiculous.
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Post by Rick Mad on Apr 12, 2007 23:48:37 GMT -5
I was skeptical at first, but thought about it and yeah, I think turning him heel could be good at this point. He absolutely can't be a cocky, feet-on-the-ropes style heel, though. Just a vicious son of a bitch.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 12, 2007 23:50:58 GMT -5
They need to do SOMETHING with 'em. He's been just kinda there since losing to Orton a coupla years back.
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Post by Stu on Apr 12, 2007 23:55:56 GMT -5
I don't care what he does as long as whatever he does has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH EDDIE!!!!!!!
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Post by Old School Heel mark4Morishima on Apr 13, 2007 0:12:22 GMT -5
Benoit is a talented worker on the mat. We all know that. He's probably not as talented as his small group of cultists think he is, but he's talented.
But Benoit has no personality. Soft-spoken badass does not count as personality (see: Lashley, Bobby).
Benoit is also hideously ugly. He looks like some kind of twisted dwarf from a hobbit movie, not a world-class WWE superstar.
Sure, he gets some pops from fans. But those are the kinda pops you get from being an okay worker and sticking around forever. They're not the pops that sell PPV's and t-shirts. (We might call this "The Shawn Michaels Effect").
Fact is, Benoit has no business being anything other than a lower-mid-card heel with a Canadian lumberjack gimmick. Preferably on HEAT.
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Post by Fred West and the Patio Kids on Apr 13, 2007 0:22:43 GMT -5
Benoit is a talented worker on the mat. We all know that. He's probably not as talented as his small group of cultists think he is, but he's talented. But Benoit has no personality. Soft-spoken badass does not count as personality (see: Lashley, Bobby). Benoit is also hideously ugly. He looks like some kind of twisted dwarf from a hobbit movie, not a world-class WWE superstar. Sure, he gets some pops from fans. But those are the kinda pops you get from being an okay worker and sticking around forever. They're not the pops that sell PPV's and t-shirts. (We might call this "The Shawn Michaels Effect"). Fact is, Benoit has no business being anything other than a lower-mid-card heel with a Canadian lumberjack gimmick. Preferably on HEAT. Quoted for crap. Turn him, 6 month US title defense as Main event bulid up, then he goes against Cena as the man who's dastardly heel antics and technical expertise can kill superman.
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Post by Shark Jumpin' on Apr 13, 2007 1:09:56 GMT -5
Benoit is a talented worker on the mat. We all know that. He's probably not as talented as his small group of cultists think he is, but he's talented. But Benoit has no personality. Soft-spoken badass does not count as personality (see: Lashley, Bobby). Benoit is also hideously ugly. He looks like some kind of twisted dwarf from a hobbit movie, not a world-class WWE superstar. Sure, he gets some pops from fans. But those are the kinda pops you get from being an okay worker and sticking around forever. They're not the pops that sell PPV's and t-shirts. (We might call this "The Shawn Michaels Effect"). Fact is, Benoit has no business being anything other than a lower-mid-card heel with a Canadian lumberjack gimmick. Preferably on HEAT. LIES! LIES!LIES I SAY!On a quieter and less fanboy-ish note: after he finishes this feud with MVP, I would like a heel Benoit. Hint at it for a while, get him to rack up victories with the crossface and sharpshooter, not letting go after he makes his opponent tap. Then turn him. I would be happy.
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Post by kitsunestar on Apr 13, 2007 2:49:19 GMT -5
I tended to like him better as the heartless "Robo-Benoit" type character, who actually lived up to the "Crippler" nickname and just wanted to hurt people, but we may be beyond the days where you can have that sort of heel.
Walking into a random place and shooting someone (as an example of a random evil act) will just make today's person think "Awesome! I wish I could get away with that!" So, I'm not sure how you'd turn Benoit, or ANYONE with decent in-ring skill heel, the more I think about it...
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