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Post by joeman on Dec 6, 2007 12:03:38 GMT -5
WWE needs a wrestler with an entourage that goes around finding "controversial" information behind certain wrestlers. The facts don't even need to be smarkish, it would be something along the lines withl "well, according to my sources I found out that Snitsky and Beth Phoenix are in some sort of relationship." The character can have 5 minutes skits discussing his "newz" sites and it can potentially start feuds with not only himself and another wrestler, but with different wrestlers in general. Lastly, his sources are 50 percent reliable, hence gets people talking.
What do you think?
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Post by Baixo Astral on Dec 6, 2007 12:05:40 GMT -5
I think you're being harsh on Meltzer... there are a whole lot more scurrilous sites out there. Maybe a jobber called The Rajah, who may or may not weigh 220lbs, and is rumoured to be from The Internet?
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Post by JMA on Dec 6, 2007 12:06:02 GMT -5
Just Joe. It didn't get over.
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Post by Cheeba on Dec 6, 2007 12:06:17 GMT -5
If done right, it could work. But WWE would dumb it down and make it suck. They always find a way.
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Post by AriadosMan on Dec 6, 2007 12:09:27 GMT -5
In other words, the GTV angle again, but having it actually go somewhere?
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Post by Baixo Astral on Dec 6, 2007 12:09:57 GMT -5
It's actually a bad idea... so we hate inside stuff, and ribs on insiders, but this is a good idea?
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Post by joeman on Dec 6, 2007 12:12:26 GMT -5
It's actually a bad idea... so we hate inside stuff, and ribs on insiders, but this is a good idea? It is basically a spoof.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Dec 6, 2007 12:16:31 GMT -5
Actually, it takes an inside idea and takes a practical spin on it. The concept is in figuring out how a character can start feuds and increase interest in the characters and the product.
Only problem I can see is that such a character would have the potential to be a Mary Sue - a character who, just by existing, becomes the most important on the show (see: Gazoo on Flintstones).
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Post by Baixo Astral on Dec 6, 2007 13:54:36 GMT -5
Actually, it takes an inside idea and takes a practical spin on it. The concept is in figuring out how a character can start feuds and increase interest in the characters and the product. Only problem I can see is that such a character would have the potential to be a Mary Sue - a character who, just by existing, becomes the most important on the show (see: Gazoo on Flintstones). I thought a Mary Sue was where a writer projected what they thought their best traits were onto a character, and therefore became part of the show.
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Post by seano on Dec 6, 2007 13:59:39 GMT -5
It's actually a bad idea... so we hate inside stuff, and ribs on insiders, but this is a good idea? It is basically a spoof. Putting a spoof or satire in the hands of WWE Creative is never usually a good idea.
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Dec 6, 2007 14:02:33 GMT -5
It's actually a bad idea... so we hate inside stuff, and ribs on insiders, but this is a good idea? It is basically a spoof. Yeah, but like 8% of the audience would get it and catering to smarks doesn't help much, see WCW 2000.
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Post by Chainsaw on Dec 6, 2007 14:06:36 GMT -5
No. They really don't.
I used to think an idea like that would be kinda cool, but now I know it'd just be used for the WWE to take potshots at "smarks".
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Post by plushtar on Dec 6, 2007 15:05:37 GMT -5
More people are aware of Michael Moore than they are of Dave Meltzer. In order for this to work, the WWE would need to find a performer who looks like Michael Moore. May I suggest the Bastion Booger?
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Post by Go 2 Sleeeeeeeeeep! on Dec 6, 2007 15:07:52 GMT -5
Yeah, but like 8% of the audience would get it and catering to smarks doesn't help much, see WCW 2000. I wasn't aware WCW catered to anybody but Vince Russo's inflated ego during that time period.
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Post by Long A, Short A on Dec 6, 2007 16:06:36 GMT -5
WWE needs a wrestler with an entourage that goes around finding "controversial" information behind certain wrestlers. The facts don't even need to be smarkish, it would be something along the lines withl "well, according to my sources I found out that Snitsky and Beth Phoenix are in some sort of relationship." The character can have 5 minutes skits discussing his "newz" sites and it can potentially start feuds with not only himself and another wrestler, but with different wrestlers in general. Lastly, his sources are 50 percent reliable, hence gets people talking. What do you think? I think the idea would appeal to holier than though know-it-all fans who cry about Internet all day.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Dec 6, 2007 17:04:14 GMT -5
Actually, it takes an inside idea and takes a practical spin on it. The concept is in figuring out how a character can start feuds and increase interest in the characters and the product. Only problem I can see is that such a character would have the potential to be a Mary Sue - a character who, just by existing, becomes the most important on the show (see: Gazoo on Flintstones). I thought a Mary Sue was where a writer projected what they thought their best traits were onto a character, and therefore became part of the show. That's a self-insert, which is often confused with a Mary Sue. A Mary Sue is a bland, flawless character that becomes ridiculously important to the story no matter how much that hurts the story's integrity; most self-inserts fall into that category.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2007 17:07:03 GMT -5
It'd be fun for a little while, but overall not really a good idea to put into play.
Breaking kayfabe just for the purpose of breaking kayfabe doesn't seem to work out very well...as we've seen in the past. Edge/Hardy is more an exception that proves the rule, rather than disproves it...as there was a great deal of purpose to the feud that could easily translate into an onscreen storyline that follows kayfabe.
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Post by Matt Rogers on Dec 6, 2007 17:11:20 GMT -5
Just Joe.
He knew much.
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Post by Cap'n Crud on Dec 6, 2007 19:01:58 GMT -5
No because only a small portion of the audience would get the joke. Plus WWE already has a ton of non-wrestling talking heads characters. How `bout we actually show wrestling instead?
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Post by azz0r on Dec 6, 2007 19:18:05 GMT -5
Matt Striker would be good at it.
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