Reflecto
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Post by Reflecto on Nov 30, 2013 21:19:22 GMT -5
...As said, the concept here- take the performer you hate the most on the roster right now, and come up with some way to salvage them in a way that you think would improve them or make you not hate them as much.
Ground rules:
1- You can't fire them or end their WWE career onscreen. You have to find some way to get a worthwhile use out of them. However, you can make a wrestler a part-time attraction if needed.
2- You can make slight tweaks to a wrestler's gimmick or character, but no outright gimmick changes.
3- The "in b4 cliche" rule: John Cena can't be turned heel, because seriously half the thread would be people saying to. (Anyone else can turn face or heel if needed.)
To start off with one:
Most hated: Eva Marie.
To salvage: Let's see: Always seen as an incredibly unlikable person onscreen, no talent or charisma to speak of, but WWE and she herself are delusional enough to think she's beloved by the fans in spite of the crowd reaction? Sounds like the perfect choice to be the world's number one Bo-liever to me!
Others?
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Nov 30, 2013 21:24:48 GMT -5
Alberto del Rio
Basically, have him go full-tilt with his "Mexican Aristocrat" thing by playing up his riches. Bring back the cars for his entrance, have him force talents to do demeaning things for a sum of pesos. Anything that'll do something for him other than being "Aggressive" every other week.
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Post by ponaldson on Nov 30, 2013 21:45:46 GMT -5
Curtis Axel is my choice he is so so boring. I say have him go by joe henning make him a redneck character and have him revive the west Texas rednecks rap is crap gimmick his dad had in wcw. This would make him go from my least favorite wrestler to my favorite in about 2 seconds
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Post by Spider2024 on Nov 30, 2013 22:25:21 GMT -5
Randy Orton:
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, The FunkaViper!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2013 22:32:57 GMT -5
Time for another Randy Orton injury update.
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Nov 30, 2013 22:36:20 GMT -5
Reset Zack Ryder back to December 2011 with the US Championship and let him have it a little while longer. I feel at worst he'd be in a Kofi-like spot of being perpetually over as rover no matter what he did.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Nov 30, 2013 22:43:17 GMT -5
They actually did it already with Hinder Mahal for me.
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Post by 2 Cold Scorkum on Nov 30, 2013 22:45:53 GMT -5
Curtis axel, louder angrier and access to a time machine
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RIHT
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Post by RIHT on Nov 30, 2013 23:07:06 GMT -5
So Alberto Del Rio, after losing his title and reconciling with Ricardo Rodriguez in the city, has realized he is despised by the IWC after Ricardo introduces him to the internet. Del Rio, wanting to win the fans' support as fast as possible with Wrestlemania season coming up decides to plan out a hair-brained scheme to win them over.
He sees how so many people talk about Curtis Axel on the forums, so he mistakenly assumes the fans love him. Del Rio feels that if he does something good for Axel, since the fans love him, by association, they will love him. So Del Rio decides to make a plan where he saves Axel's life by setting a trap for him that Del Rio knows about to be able to come just in time.
Using Ricardo's hair grease, Del Rio slicks the entrance ramp for Raw, knowing that Curtis Axel will have the first match on the card. He tells Ricardo to go hide under the ring until Curtis Axel come out to shove him out of the way of the grease, and thus the plan is set.
Del Rio goes backstage laughing to himself confidently and petting his brand new scarf, as he is then joined by an obnoxiously laughing Curtis Axel, who's been drinking a glass of milk and is snorting it everywhere. Del Rio suddenly turns in shock to see Milky Axel, realizing he didn't anticipate Triple H's obligatory promo to being Raw, and turns to the monitor to see Triple H coming out.
He shoves Axel out of the way and runs to the gorilla position, but is too late, as he screams for Ricardo and Triple H slips down the ramp, running into a surprised Ricardo coming out from under the ring, overall making Triple H look like an ass. Del Rio then runs out of panic, as Ricardo tries to rush out with him, but is then tackled by Finlay, thinking Ricardo was responsible, as he an other backstage agents attend to Triple H. As he looks onto the monitor, Del Rio screams "Noooooo!" in agony as employees dog-pile onto Ricardo, but as he wipes a tear, he continues on, throwing crates, boxes, and Curtis Axel in the way to block the hallway.
Soon, Del Rio gets to his horse and carriage, and slaps the horse to get him to hurry, as snow begins to fall. Del Rio gallops a safe distance away alongside the road, and then as he catches his breath, he begins to bawl out and cry, as the camera zooms out, showing Del Rio's silhouette looking to the sky and screaming "RICARDO!!!!!".
As the fans are leaving Raw after the broadcast, Zack Ryder is cleaning up food and garbage in the seats. When he finishes up and heads back up the ramp, one of his garbage bags breaks open, and as he lets out a moan of disdain and goes to pick up the garbage, he notices something else on the ground under the trash. He grabs it and pulls it out, revealing it to be a brand new black scarf. Ryder looks to the greased up ramp, and silently whispers "Del Rio.....", as he puts the scarf in his pocket and continues on.
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Post by They Killed the Giggler on Nov 30, 2013 23:16:22 GMT -5
So Alberto Del Rio, after losing his title and reconciling with Ricardo Rodriguez in the city, has realized he is despised by the IWC after Ricardo introduces him to the internet. Del Rio, wanting to win the fans' support as fast as possible with Wrestlemania season coming up decides to plan out a hair-brained scheme to win them over. He sees how so many people talk about Curtis Axel on the forums, so he mistakenly assumes the fans love him. Del Rio feels that if he does something good for Axel, since the fans love him, by association, they will love him. So Del Rio decides to make a plan where he saves Axel's life by setting a trap for him that Del Rio knows about to be able to come just in time. Using Ricardo's hair grease, Del Rio slicks the entrance ramp for Raw, knowing that Curtis Axel will have the first match on the card. He tells Ricardo to go hide under the ring until Curtis Axel come out to shove him out of the way of the grease, and thus the plan is set. Del Rio goes backstage laughing to himself confidently and petting his brand new scarf, as he is then joined by an obnoxiously laughing Curtis Axel, who's been drinking a glass of milk and is snorting it everywhere. Del Rio suddenly turns in shock to see Milky Axel, realizing he didn't anticipate Triple H's obligatory promo to being Raw, and turns to the monitor to see Triple H coming out. He shoves Axel out of the way and runs to the gorilla position, but is too late, as he screams for Ricardo and Triple H slips down the ramp, running into a surprised Ricardo coming out from under the ring, overall making Triple H look like an ass. Del Rio then runs out of panic, as Ricardo tries to rush out with him, but is then tackled by Finlay, thinking Ricardo was responsible, as he an other backstage agents attend to Triple H. As he looks onto the monitor, Del Rio screams "Noooooo!" in agony as employees dog-pile onto Ricardo, but as he wipes a tear, he continues on, throwing crates, boxes, and Curtis Axel in the way to block the hallway. Soon, Del Rio gets to his horse and carriage, and slaps the horse to get him to hurry, as snow begins to fall. Del Rio gallops a safe distance away alongside the road, and then as he catches his breath, he begins to bawl out and cry, as the camera zooms out, showing Del Rio's silhouette looking to the sky and screaming "RICARDO!!!!!". As the fans are leaving Raw after the broadcast, Zack Ryder is cleaning up food and garbage in the seats. When he finishes up and heads back up the ramp, one of his garbage bags breaks open, and as he lets out a moan of disdain and goes to pick up the garbage, he notices something else on the ground under the trash. He grabs it and pulls it out, revealing it to be a brand new black scarf. Ryder looks to the greased up ramp, and silently whispers "Del Rio.....", as he puts the scarf in his pocket and continues on. I watch your sig for a minute or so every time I see it.
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Post by They Killed the Giggler on Nov 30, 2013 23:20:49 GMT -5
Ryder piledrives Bruno Sammartino on the concrete. Says Bruno is ancient history and Ryder is the future.
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Nov 30, 2013 23:24:54 GMT -5
Least Favorite: The Miz
Salvage Plan: He needs to be heel because he's innately unlikeable as a character. He has never been able to translate the charm makes him a "no-brainer" choice for media events into an effective face character.
As a heel, he cannot be a badass. They've tried it before and it simply isn't believable.
He needs to be a pretty boy heel, an absolute coward. He needs to be smart enough to surround himself with a small group of muscle to keep the face away from him. He needs to show moments of intense fear. He needs to run full speed away from upcoming threats. His saving grace needs to be his intelligence. He needs to make sure that he's (almost) always one step ahead of is nemesis. He will always ensure that a match is slanted in his favor--so that the face either overcomes the odds or has an excuse when he loses. When this "new" heel character of his starts up, there should be a period of time where no face can successfully get their hands on him. They can foil his plots so they don't completely lose their heat, but he must always be able to escape. He should be a strong threat when he has his group in order. He should be a minor threat in one-on-one, fair confrontation.
He can be ruthless in how he uses his group of thugs, but he cannot be portrayed as a raw, hard-edged badass.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2013 23:35:26 GMT -5
Make Ryback into Gillberg 2.0, complete with him getting burnt by his own pyro (which is really just sparklers).
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Post by ERON on Nov 30, 2013 23:46:51 GMT -5
Tensai starts calling himself Albert again and just starts mercilessly pummeling the crap out of people.
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Post by Germansuplex on Dec 1, 2013 1:46:26 GMT -5
Big Show gets a ninja gimmick. Full ninja gear, mystical promos (or none at all), appears and disappears in puffs of smoke and hides in plain sight. Seriously, have Ninja Show stand in the ring and his opponents be baffled and search for him.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 1, 2013 1:50:01 GMT -5
Ryback becomes Bane
An anti-authority anarchist who declares war on WWE management and leads an army of rebels.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2013 1:59:52 GMT -5
ADR gets a low card dancing gimmick and appears on shows like main event where I don't see him.
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Post by Regal Stretch on Dec 1, 2013 8:38:48 GMT -5
Ryder piledrives Bruno Sammartino on the concrete. Says Bruno is ancient history and Ryder is the future. I visualised this happening and absolutely lost my shit for a good five minutes. Bravo! For Alberto Del Rio, perhaps partially rip off Shane Helms/Hurricanes gimmick from ECW. Have him do a split personality angle where he does run in's to save faces from heel attacks as Dos Caras Jr. (or whatever name they'd give him). At the same time, he continues being "AGGRESSIVE" Del Rio but others suspect him as the masked saviour, which results in him doing increasingly evil antics (Maybe a notch below Big Bossman, but in that vague ballpark) to throw others off. Probably be craptacular, but eh, can't be worse than how he is now.
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Post by 543Y2J on Dec 1, 2013 8:46:17 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2013 8:53:42 GMT -5
Randy Orton ceases being an actual, full time wrestler interested in titles. Instead, he basically comes the company attack dog and any time someone's being gotten rid of (either in actuality or in-storyline), Orton basically just gets called in to mercilessly slaughter them. Like, just no one even has a chance and he does it so consistently that no one ever bothers actually seeking revenge on him since he's just the guy corporate dishes out. If all he did was show up once every few months, murder people, and never actually interact with anything or talk, Orton would probably be amazing.
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