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Post by joeman on Feb 1, 2007 10:35:13 GMT -5
What if the WWE ditched away the cartoon gimmicks and just have wrestlers based off their real life persona. For example Cena can be a goof but likeable character as he is in real life. Hogan can be a backstage politican that do everything he needs to win the WWE title, even bribing. Hardcore Holly can be a guy who hates on younger guys and stiffs his opponents. Would the WWE be any different if they do that, and would it be successful?
I'd imagine Kelly Kelly would have the same gimmick, as after reading her myspace blog, she is that stupid.
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Post by brotherernest on Feb 1, 2007 10:37:11 GMT -5
As long as they don't get TOO graphic with the real-life Lawler and JBL characters, I'm all for it
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Post by willywonka666 on Feb 1, 2007 10:39:27 GMT -5
Is Michael Cole like this in real life? if so, he needs a gimmick  |
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Post by akkountent on Feb 1, 2007 10:41:15 GMT -5
This might have worked a couple years ago right after the end of the Attitude Era when "reality TV' was huge in America, but I don't think it'll work now. People want to be entertained by larger-than-life personalities and things different from the every-day world in which they live in. People want fantasy and make-believe and storylines filled w/ outlandish results.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Feb 1, 2007 10:43:17 GMT -5
Some examples of more "real-life" gimmicks are Stone Cold Steve Austin, CM Punk, The Sandman, and Mick Foley(this is after he retired and was able to put more of himself than he could as Cactus Jack, Dude Love or Mankind)
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Feb 1, 2007 10:44:57 GMT -5
I think Terry Funk is as real as it gets, the grizzled, tough, never-say-die John Wayne of the wrestling world who simply can not step away from what he loves. God bless the Funker.
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Post by amsiraK on Feb 1, 2007 10:51:28 GMT -5
The best of them infuse their characters with their own character, as it were. Like him or not, Cena is more likable and genuine when he's doing his own thing as opposed to running the script.
That's the way it's always been, though. Stone Cold would've been a joke without what of Steve Williams he gave to the character.
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Post by 4real on Feb 1, 2007 10:58:25 GMT -5
Randy Orton would be so much more entertaining than he already is!!!
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Post by akkountent on Feb 1, 2007 11:07:46 GMT -5
Randy Orton would be so much more entertaining than he already is!!! I disagree. Randy Orton isn't that charasmatic or entertaining away from the ring; his mic skills are horrible, IMO. The best example of this was this past Monday on RAW in his interview in the back w/ Grisham. Even my wife, who painfully watches RAW with me, thought that watching paint dry on the wall was more exciting than Orton behind the mic. He's an example of somebody who needs a somewhat cartoonish script or character development from backstage writers because he just doesn't have the "it" factor in his personality in real-life. |
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Post by seanwalsh on Feb 1, 2007 12:20:38 GMT -5
Undertaker would go back to being Bikertaker, right?
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Post by WinOwensWin on Feb 1, 2007 12:27:19 GMT -5
I dunno...I love gimmicks. But as some have already said, some stars really are based off of their real life personalities.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Feb 1, 2007 13:17:46 GMT -5
The best characters are always the ones that are just amped up versions of the people playing them. Take The Rock. You couldn't just give that gimmick to anyone and get the same result. It wasn't really a character with a blueprint. All The Rock was, really, was Dwayne Johnson with the volume cranked up. Steve Austin, Diamond Dallas Page, Chris Jericho, Rob Van Dam, Kurt Angle, etc. Those are wrestlers that got over just by being themselves on an exaggerated level.
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Post by Ultimo Chocula on Feb 1, 2007 13:23:08 GMT -5
Is Michael Cole like this in real life? if so, he needs a gimmick According to Taz, Michael Cole is the most bitter man he's ever met. He's also a raging alchoholic. So yes, this needs to happen. |
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Post by Bassist on Feb 1, 2007 13:30:58 GMT -5
Is Michael Cole like this in real life? if so, he needs a gimmick According to Taz, Michael Cole is the most bitter man he's ever met. He's also a raging alchoholic. So yes, this needs to happen. Starting with Cole introducing Smackdown! to all the f***heads watching on a Friday night |
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Feb 1, 2007 13:35:21 GMT -5
According to Taz, Michael Cole is the most bitter man he's ever met. He's also a raging alchoholic. So yes, this needs to happen. Starting with Cole introducing Smackdown! to all the waxheads watching on a Friday night It would be gold if he just snapped on some PPV when JBL said something like "Shut up, you jackass!" and then Cole comes back with "Hey, hey listen f***head! I've been calling SmackDown for 6 years, so I must be doing something right. What the f***... what the f*** were you doing before this? What the f*** were you doing?" |
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Post by Bassist on Feb 1, 2007 13:39:34 GMT -5
Starting with Cole introducing Smackdown! to all the waxheads watching on a Friday night It would be gold if he just snapped on some PPV when JBL said something like "Shut up, you jackass!" and then Cole comes back with "Hey, hey listen waxhead! I've been calling SmackDown for 6 years, so I must be doing something right. What the wax... what the wax were you doing before this? What the wax were you doing?" To which Cole continues with: "I'll tell you what you were doing... playing cowboys with Ron Simmons and buggering undercard guys in the f***ing showers! So get back in your limo and piss off... f***ing f***head... motherf***er..." etc |
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Post by Austin's Middle Finger on Feb 1, 2007 13:44:23 GMT -5
According to Taz, Michael Cole is the most bitter man he's ever met. He's also a raging alchoholic. So yes, this needs to happen. Starting with Cole introducing Smackdown! to all the waxheads watching on a Friday night Like in my pirate version of Smackdown! Just Bring It.  |
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Feb 1, 2007 13:55:54 GMT -5
Starting with Cole introducing Smackdown! to all the waxheads watching on a Friday night It would be gold if he just snapped on some PPV when JBL said something like "Shut up, you jackass!" and then Cole comes back with "Hey, hey listen waxhead! I've been calling SmackDown for 6 years, so I must be doing something right. What the wax... what the wax were you doing before this? What the wax were you doing?" JBL: Sliding my soaped up finger up the behinds of tomorrow's Superstars. Wanna smell it? |
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Post by Bassist on Feb 1, 2007 14:07:24 GMT -5
It would be gold if he just snapped on some PPV when JBL said something like "Shut up, you jackass!" and then Cole comes back with "Hey, hey listen waxhead! I've been calling SmackDown for 6 years, so I must be doing something right. What the wax... what the wax were you doing before this? What the wax were you doing?" JBL: Sliding my soaped up finger up the behinds of tomorrow's Superstars. Wanna smell it? Then Dwayne Johnson appears... "If yooooooooooooooooou smell-la-la-looooooooooooow..." No... this thread has gone wrong Very wrong  |
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Post by willywonka666 on Feb 1, 2007 14:08:56 GMT -5
Cole should have a bottle with him on the announce table
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