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Post by onetruemisfit on Dec 12, 2013 6:28:05 GMT -5
They should do an angle where some new rookie keeps doing the job and some old great wrestler like maybe jake the snake takes him under his wing because he sees something great In him and helps him all the way to a wrestlemania main event. It would be a great heartwarming story. They could make it be like a 2 year build. They could show the rookies struggles with losing a match and wanting to give up but the old wrestler encourages him to go on. Maybe sometime the old wrestler is gone when the rookie needs him so he gets ticked about that.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 12, 2013 6:40:12 GMT -5
They should have been doing this ages ago. If the old wrestler can talk, it gives them a useful purpose when their active career is over.
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Post by Essential1 on Dec 12, 2013 6:47:33 GMT -5
Sounds like Eugene.
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Post by Medicinal Thunder Liger on Dec 12, 2013 8:26:17 GMT -5
jake roberts introduced as the dutch mantell of the wyatt family
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2013 8:28:58 GMT -5
I've always been a fan of this concept. I loved Harley Race managing Vader. jake roberts introduced as the dutch mantell of the wyatt family I'd mark so hard for this, but it would also completely negate Bray Wyatt. |
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Post by Medicinal Thunder Liger on Dec 12, 2013 8:33:49 GMT -5
I've always been a fan of this concept. I loved Harley Race managing Vader. jake roberts introduced as the dutch mantell of the wyatt family I'd mark so hard for this, but it would also completely negate Bray Wyatt. harley/vader is honestly one of my fav examples of this. especially looking at the reputation of harley being behind a guy so beastly as vader. WWF tried using Mr. Perfect as a mangager to Hunter Hearts Harlem back in the day that didn't really work but I like the idea of it. |
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 12, 2013 8:37:15 GMT -5
I think WWE gave up on the "old wrestler takes a protege" angle ever since the disaster that was Rockabilly.
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Post by Boo! on Dec 12, 2013 8:41:22 GMT -5
I don't think it works terribly well as an old wrestler is likely to be good at getting himself over but little experience getting someone else over. The great managers - Heenan, Heyman, Cornette - were never wrestlers or at least weren't to any great/significant extent. I think learning to shill for someone else is an art that is perhaps beyond those preconditioned for their entire careers to shill for themselves.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 12, 2013 8:42:09 GMT -5
I think WWE gave up on the "old wrestler takes a protege" angle ever since the disaster that was Rockabilly. Dreamer and Colin Delaney also springs to mind as a notable failure, and Bossman/Buchanan. Hardcore Holly and Cody kinda worked though. The problem always tends to be the old veteran outshines the rookie. |
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Dec 12, 2013 8:58:22 GMT -5
Ric Flair manages Zack Ryder.
They communicate solely through woos, like they are Pokemon.
[Ryder turns around to ask flair for advice midmatch. Flair starts shaking his fists enthusiastically]
"Woo! woo woo woo woo woo!"
"Woo?"
"Woo!"
"Woo woo!"
[Ryder attacks his opponent's weak point. Commentary sells Flair's genius management in dead seriousness].
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 12, 2013 9:00:40 GMT -5
Ric Flair manages Zack Ryder. They communicate solely through woos, like they are Pokemon. [Ryder turns around to ask flair for advice midmatch. Flair starts shaking his fists enthusiastically] "Woo! woo woo woo woo woo!" "Woo?" "Woo!" "Woo woo!" [Ryder attacks his opponent's weak point. Commentary sells Flair's genius management in dead seriousness]. I... legitimately want to see this. If only Owen were still with us... |
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Post by Turd Ferguson on Dec 12, 2013 10:47:25 GMT -5
jake roberts introduced as the dutch mantell of the wyatt family And Zeb Coulter could be the Jake Roberts being the Dutch Mantell of the Wyatt Family to the Real Americans. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Dec 12, 2013 10:54:45 GMT -5
One of the things that I think TNA did right with Ric Flair was originally put him in a managerial position.
Because as crazy as the man is he can still make just about anything sound important.
Now putting him with AJ Styles and transforming him into Flair light wasn't really good... but the idea of Flair managing someone I think could work.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 12, 2013 11:05:07 GMT -5
Billy Gunn guides his son, Dolph Ziggler, to WWE glory by teaching him the Art of Ass Fighting.
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Post by shaker on Dec 12, 2013 11:14:28 GMT -5
I don't blame anyone for forgetting this, but they tried this with Miz and Ric Flair a few months ago.
Of course, Miz is so terrible that it almost instantly flopped. And it doesn't help that Flair is a pathetic shell of his former self.
It could work though, I could definitely get behind Jake the Snake helping out the Wyatts.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 12, 2013 11:22:31 GMT -5
I don't blame anyone for forgetting this, but they tried this with Miz and Ric Flair a few months ago. Of course, Miz is so terrible that it almost instantly flopped. And it doesn't help that Flair is a pathetic shell of his former self. It didn't help that Miz couldn't do a proper figure four nor set up for the move. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Dec 12, 2013 11:43:29 GMT -5
Flair also wasn't really around as a manager I think he showed up like once or twice and then Miz started doing the figure four....
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 12, 2013 12:18:13 GMT -5
Hillbilly Jim was OK with the Godwinns.
I liked Harley Race with Luger.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2013 12:20:31 GMT -5
Like when Bob Backlund and The iron Sheik tried training Kurt Angle?
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Post by EyeofTyr on Dec 12, 2013 12:23:58 GMT -5
Ric Flair manages Zack Ryder. They communicate solely through woos, like they are Pokemon. [Ryder turns around to ask flair for advice midmatch. Flair starts shaking his fists enthusiastically] "Woo! woo woo woo woo woo!" "Woo?" "Woo!" "Woo woo!" [Ryder attacks his opponent's weak point. Commentary sells Flair's genius management in dead seriousness]. I... legitimately want to see this. If only Owen were still with us... What could have been...Three generations of "WOO!" |
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