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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 17, 2013 12:56:22 GMT -5
Basically, you're the final word when it comes to characters, angles, booking and business ventures. However, you're forbidden to hire any new talent, release anybody, turn Cena heel (or give him an "edge") or job out someone down the card just because they don't entertain you.
So Orton is still prominent, and Steph, Vince, Axel, Del Rio, Kevin Dunn (who's a producer on Total Divas, so just based on that he deserves our adulation), all the scourges of wrestling fandom have to stay. What do you do, aside from quit?
Me, I'd unify the IC/US belts and ask Sara Del Ray if she'd consider joining the main Diva roster. Then after Authority and WMXXX ended, I'd phase out the Evil GM character by making Cena the new Raw/Smackdown commisioner (who still wrestles occasionally). I'd allow more ad-libbing in the scripts, chop down the number of PPVs to 10 a year (while keeping the same prices, so as not to hurt revenue) in order to better build up hype, and Flat No from Total Divas would debut on WWE TV in some fashion.
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Post by TGM on Dec 17, 2013 13:00:13 GMT -5
New nation.
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Post by Germansuplex on Dec 17, 2013 13:01:30 GMT -5
Sombreros.
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Post by mizerable on Dec 17, 2013 13:04:14 GMT -5
I'd resign.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Dec 17, 2013 13:08:20 GMT -5
Cena would be the new "One on One wit Da Undatakah" figure that authority figures make heel JTTS guys Fandango, Sandow, Swagger, etc wrestle against every week.
(Sexy) Daniel Bryan would be a fighting WWE (World Heavyweight) Champion that takes on all comers.
Miz would be face and be Intercontinental Champion.
Ricardo would be pushed as a serious wrestler and he and Del Rio would be a force in the tag division.
Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder would be back together as a team of generic pretty boy heart throb faces with a comedic edge.
Alex Riley would be pushed as a solid midcard face alternative to Kofi Kingston, while occasionally teaming with Miz.
CM Punk would be a heel and 20 minutes would be devoted just to showcase him being a dick.
We'd have a relaxed casual brand split where RAW is focused on main event storylines and SmackDown is focused of building characters and personalities for the midcard, like a larger scale NXT Redemption.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 13:09:36 GMT -5
Move the guys who've been clogging up the main event scene for years and years like Cena and Orton into the tag division with partners they can help give a rub to, and just occasionally sub them into the main event scene as needed while putting the focus of that more into fresher people.
Also, I'd bring back the Hardcore title and Backlash. Like, immediately.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 13:10:36 GMT -5
I'd arrange the wrestlers in 4 divisions like a real sport and the quarterly winners of the divisions have a fatal 4 way at the big PPVs. I'd be fired with a quickness.
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Post by sportatorium on Dec 17, 2013 13:24:14 GMT -5
I'd pull together Punk, 'Taker, Cena & Heyman to get them involved with the creative team & mentoring young guys. I'd do everything I could to make Brock a more regular part of TV & PPV's.
I would demand that commentary do their job & help get storylines & wrestlers over. We would not have evil authority figures, worked shoots or talk about "it factors", ratings or any other marketing fluff on TV.
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SEAN CARLESS
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Dec 17, 2013 13:38:19 GMT -5
So we're not allowed to make Cena more interesting or freshen up his act?
It's like saying you can try to make Carrot Top funnier, but can't change his props. That's whole reason WHY he's not funny.
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Allie Kitsune
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 17, 2013 13:40:51 GMT -5
Mostly just trying to give under-utilized guys things to do, and yes, bringing some of the 'weirdness' back into pro wrestling (though I'm not sure how to do that with Punk on the roster, but I'm sure it could be managed).
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Post by Bootista on Dec 17, 2013 13:44:36 GMT -5
I'd fire The worthless asses of Ryder, Riley and Hawkins.
I'd make Kofi a total jobber
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Dec 17, 2013 13:45:12 GMT -5
Wait, I can't depush people or turn Cena heel? f*** it, I might as well resign. I'm handicapped right from the start. Some people deserve to be de-pushed *coughADRcough*. Cena not even getting an edge is one of those things that is fundamentally flawed about the company. Jesus, I can't even lower his presence on the show because of the earlier rule. I'm screwed. I can't fix some of the biggest issues that the company faces or even just push people for my own amusement. I'd be miserable.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 17, 2013 13:48:29 GMT -5
So we're not allowed to make Cena more interesting or freshen up his act? It's like saying you can try to make Carrot Top funnier, but can't change his props. That's whole reason WHY he's not funny. I think we can all agree Cena's comedic timing is far superior to Carrot Top's when he's left to his own devices and not reciting a script. Besides, the stip says you can't turn him heel or make him an anti hero, it didn't say you couldn't change him at all.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 13:49:09 GMT -5
However, you're forbidden to job out someone down the card just because they don't entertain you. ADR doesn't entertain anyone...so, he's a valid bury right?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 13:49:32 GMT -5
So we're not allowed to make Cena more interesting or freshen up his act? It's like saying you can try to make Carrot Top funnier, but can't change his props. That's whole reason WHY he's not funny. Cena doesn't need to be a heel to be more interesting. Some of the ideas I've seen in here would make him ten times more interesting than a heel turn would.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 17, 2013 13:50:35 GMT -5
Given the restrictions imposed, I'd pitch whatever shit I knew would appeal to those people in charge, and be happy just getting my paycheque.
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Post by The Tank on Dec 17, 2013 13:52:17 GMT -5
So we're not allowed to make Cena more interesting or freshen up his act? It's like saying you can try to make Carrot Top funnier, but can't change his props. That's whole reason WHY he's not funny. I think we can all agree Cena's comedic timing is far superior to Carrot Top's when he's left to his own devices and not reciting a script. Besides, the stip says you can't turn him heel or make him an anti hero, it didn't say you couldn't change him at all. No, it says "you can't give him an edge" either. Which is exactly what he needs. Or worse, it's subjective. I could say "I'm gonna make Cena actually give a damn when he loses" and you say "Nope, that's too much of an edge, you can't do that!" I mean, I know why you said "No changing Cena" in the top: because you don't think he needs to change. But saying you can't do that as a stipulation for making WWE "better" makes it inherently flawed, because the response to all your anti-anti-Cena threads has clearly shown time and time again that people want Cena to change not because they aren't a fan of him, but because they aren't a fan of HOW WWE makes him conduct himself (or how he chooses to conduct himself) on screen for the last coming up on nine years.
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Post by PKO on Dec 17, 2013 13:56:32 GMT -5
I know "no turning Cena" is a staple for threads like this but in terms of interesting tv that is way up there. I'd do it.
The bare minimum I'd do would be more tv time, angles and storylines for everyone. No-one on the roster should go a fortnight without being on RAW or Smackdown, even if it's a small appearance.
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 17, 2013 13:58:28 GMT -5
I'd make a half dozen "masked/hidden face" wrestler gimmicks (like Los Locales/Doink/Mr America/The Patroit) and let guys that currently have little going for them (like Tatsu/Riley) take over the gimmicks then pass them down to the next guy when creative has something for their "normal" char.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 17, 2013 13:59:22 GMT -5
I think we can all agree Cena's comedic timing is far superior to Carrot Top's when he's left to his own devices and not reciting a script. Besides, the stip says you can't turn him heel or make him an anti hero, it didn't say you couldn't change him at all. No, it says "you can't give him an edge" either. Which is exactly what he needs. Or worse, it's subjective. I could say "I'm gonna make Cena actually give a damn when he loses" and you say "Nope, that's too much of an edge, you can't do that!" I mean, I know why you said "No changing Cena" in the top: because you don't think he needs to change. But saying you can't do that as a stipulation for making WWE "better" makes it inherently flawed, because the response to all your anti-anti-Cena threads has clearly shown time and time again that people want Cena to change not because they aren't a fan of him, but because they aren't a fan of HOW WWE makes him conduct himself (or how he chooses to conduct himself) on screen for the last coming up on nine years. To me, when most fans say they want Cena to gain an edge, they are essentially saying "I don't like smiley good guys, I wish he was more like Austin". It looks like it goes well beyond fans wanting him to be more passionate during feuds, which I could understand if it was just that simple. But i'd rather this not turn into another Cena debate, so leaving it at that, do you want to book within the stips or no?
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