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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 16, 2013 13:52:29 GMT -5
If WWE were smart, they'd have loads of masked wrestlers, male and female, singles and tag teams, with distinct personas and characters. They could make a fortune on merchandising. The masks alone would probably sell like crazy. It could even have the benefit of providing new wrestlers with ready make gimmicks. Let's just say that one masked wrestler is going to retire. He could select a new promising young guy to be his successor, like a passing of the torch/mask. So WWE could keep successful gimmicks, even if new people were playing them.
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Post by trollrogue on Aug 16, 2013 14:09:53 GMT -5
If WWE were smart, they'd have loads of masked wrestlers, male and female, singles and tag teams, with distinct personas and characters. They could make a fortune on merchandising. The masks alone would probably sell like crazy. It could even have the benefit of providing new wrestlers with ready make gimmicks. Let's just say that one masked wrestler is going to retire. He could select a new promising young guy to be his successor, like a passing of the torch/mask. So WWE could keep successful gimmicks, even if new people were playing them. This is a very possible idea considering they created NXT's "universe" with nothing but a small 45-minute block of HuluPLUS programming every week, and that is arguably the best booked show in the entire pro-wrestling industry. If they took a show like Main Event on Ion and reformatted it into a new brand of lucha libre fighters competing for a revived Cruiserweight/Light-Heavyweight title there could be a huge market for it. I would also revive Saturday Morning Slam and use that as a second show for the luchas since it's been proven that kids watching Saturday morning cartoons love watching lucha libre wrestling as well (that lucha cartoon was huge on Saturdays FOX Kids mornings!) It would require more commitment than Vince would probably ever give to the lucha style. Somebody like Rey Mysterio or Alberto Del Rio would need to spearhead it after HHH or Stephanie takes over the company in a few years IMHO.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 16, 2013 14:16:20 GMT -5
WWE don't even need to go full on lucha style. Just having masked wrestlers would probably suffice.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2013 14:23:09 GMT -5
For some reason the last thing I think WWE should care about is how many masked wrestlers they have.
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Post by mrjl on Aug 16, 2013 18:33:59 GMT -5
If WWE were smart, they'd have loads of masked wrestlers, male and female, singles and tag teams, with distinct personas and characters. They could make a fortune on merchandising. The masks alone would probably sell like crazy. It could even have the benefit of providing new wrestlers with ready make gimmicks. Let's just say that one masked wrestler is going to retire. He could select a new promising young guy to be his successor, like a passing of the torch/mask. So WWE could keep successful gimmicks, even if new people were playing them. I think in the US, without the history Mexico has, there would be a limit where new masked wrestlers were just considered cash grabs and would piss people off.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 16, 2013 18:40:21 GMT -5
If WWE were smart, they'd have loads of masked wrestlers, male and female, singles and tag teams, with distinct personas and characters. They could make a fortune on merchandising. The masks alone would probably sell like crazy. It could even have the benefit of providing new wrestlers with ready make gimmicks. Let's just say that one masked wrestler is going to retire. He could select a new promising young guy to be his successor, like a passing of the torch/mask. So WWE could keep successful gimmicks, even if new people were playing them. I think in the US, without the history Mexico has, there would be a limit where new masked wrestlers were just considered cash grabs and would piss people off. I doubt it.
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