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Post by salsashark on Nov 27, 2007 23:58:31 GMT -5
Have a guy who has to be LOCKED up in the backstage area and led to the ring in chains, a blindfold, shackles, and other sorts of stuff to restrict his movement. Have him also be accompanied by a bunch of guards, only released when he's wrestling, then TRANQUILIZED after he decimates his opponents... where they take him to the back again and lock him up till his next match. This reminds me of the original Sabu. And yeah, the original Mankind and Kane are the last truly frightening heels I can think of. Nailz was a cool concept, too. Hmm... if anyone has seen that Raven shoot where he talks about his Se7en-esque angle, that would be good fodder, too. Oh, and that Undertaker clip was really stupid.
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Post by ItsaSantino on Nov 28, 2007 0:31:22 GMT -5
The best heels are the ones who think that they are justified even if it's obvious to others that they have some selfish intentions that they refuse to be aware of. This idea is a bit risky, but it could work.
The genie is out of the bottle about wrestling being a tough life that loses too many stars at a young age, leaves homes broken, and leaves people paralyzed. The WWE can pretend that these aren't real concerns, but most fans are aware of these facts. I'd like to see a heel whose motivation seems to be trying to permanently injure body parts of his opponents to save them from "the greater evils" that the wrestling business brings. His justification is that sure his victims won't be able to use their right arm at 100% ever again, but at least they'll be able to walk, be alive, and be able to be there for their family. You could do some chilling stuff where the guy breaks into faces houses and promises their children that he'll send their daddy safely back home to them so he can't abandon them ever again. He can cut promos on the crowd accusing them of being hypocrites for sending their most loved wrestlers into battle after battle when all they're doing is fueling their heroes self mutilation and early demise. This heel would have to be perfectly calm and collected most of the time (calmly telling opponents after hurting them that they'll thank him someday)but show glimpses of dark rage and selfish motivation when failure happens. This kind of self-important delusional heel would be a threat to all wrestlers while insulting the business to a degree with exaggerated claims of the evils of wrestling. It would sting because of the fact that there are some glimmers of truth in those delusions.
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Post by Real Folk Bruce on Nov 28, 2007 1:06:52 GMT -5
I'm thinking something like 1996 Goldust, but more into getting his opponents into bondage type situations. A form of creepy that loves violence in any form. He'll look like Voldo from the Soul Edge series How about have him join up with Mick Foley and JBl for a Pulp Fiction related Zed and Maynard stable? ;D On a serious note, how about a character like Roy Batty from Blade Runner? A slick stylish villain who can show evil intentions without taking pot shots at the good guys or bragging about his victories. He is either methodically contemplating his existence and reciting poetry or jamming his thumbs into your eyes and breaking your fingers. Besides I would love to hear "6...7...go to hell or go to heaven!!" blurted out during a match or promo and have the face respond with "Go to hell!" only to be shot back with media.bladezone.com/contents/film/sound-library/wav/spirit.wav and getting the tar beaten out of him.
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Post by thesunbeast on Nov 28, 2007 2:09:16 GMT -5
Undertaker 1991.
Anyway, to get creative, I say thet If his charactor was tweaked properly, that Snitsky is your man. I've had a few long posts about how WWE could easily make Snitsky even more of a frightening charactor. I'm not an expert or anything, but I see him as a guy that, today in 2007, can get anyone in the crowd to be terrified.
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Post by Ramses on Nov 28, 2007 2:28:19 GMT -5
the bad guy from Enter the Dragon. A guy with a giant claw.
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Post by somedensefish on Nov 28, 2007 2:58:00 GMT -5
Not an entire gimmick per se, but I honestly think that, even with today's desensitized crowds, that someone could get HUGE heel heat by ripping out a young guy's piercing. I magine Umaga ripping out Jeff Hardy's lip ring, it would be awesome.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 28, 2007 3:01:45 GMT -5
They need to hire a contortionist to take a submission hold and get absolutely trashed by it in a gruesome way.
Didn't George the Animal Steele once put a contortionist in the hammerlock where they had him dislocate the guy's arm? I read that, though it may be untrue.
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Post by Jazzman on Nov 28, 2007 3:04:37 GMT -5
I would love to see a guy come out with no music and just walk into the ring. Then the opponent comes out and the heel allows him to get in offense but 'taker style no sells it. He then laughs in the guys face and beats the holy hell out of the guy leaving him bleeding in the ring. When he goes back, he'll tell the interviewer that he did it in self-defense. So i guess I want a with Ken Shamrock's temper, the creepiness of Kane and a look like Charlie Hass
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 28, 2007 3:06:15 GMT -5
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Post by Bishblast on Nov 28, 2007 3:11:15 GMT -5
Terry Funk, 1989.
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Post by MichaelMartini on Nov 28, 2007 3:22:26 GMT -5
How bout a monster heel like Snitsky, who when he gets frustrated during a match, goes to the outside and randomly pulls an audience member over the barricade and beats the hell out of them. It would obviously be a plant, but for the first few times it would be shocking.
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Post by The Cool Pup on Nov 28, 2007 4:00:26 GMT -5
Festus would be pretty scary as a heel. I feel within a few years they'll turn Festus on Jesse, probably, to a huge fiasco because, well, nobody will want to boo him.
Disclaimer: That is, if they aren't fired. I really hope not.
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Post by thesunbeast on Nov 28, 2007 4:06:31 GMT -5
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Post by The Cool Pup on Nov 28, 2007 4:26:48 GMT -5
Wow. I missed Smackdown when it was this era.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 28, 2007 4:37:22 GMT -5
He was about as over as a fart in, well, church.
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Post by thesunbeast on Nov 28, 2007 5:36:38 GMT -5
He was about as over as a fart in, well, church. Did you see the looks on the people's faces? They weren't silent because he wasn't over, It was because they just didn't know what to make of him, kind of like Undertaker in 1990.
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