TerranRich
07-22-2005, 04:00 PM
I was driving home from school today and an idea just popped into my head. If WWE wants to start playing the work-shoot game, why not have an angle where we see a wrestler's "inner demons" at work?
Take a guy who really doesn't have any personal problems and is probably stable enough in real life to never have any real problems. After a hiatus from the scene, he returns, but is suddenly...mellow. He seems calm, collected, cool, and his new persona reflects that. He even gets new entrance music, almost like Chaz's entrance theme (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0V2R5OLUCCXG218MJUEKKGG4E9), where the calmness and coolness seems almost...induced. ;) After a few weeks, we see him start to slip up during his matches. Nothing really big, just a missed punch, this or that. Then he starts screwing up moves (in a way that wouldn't jeopardize himself realistically, like "falling" from the turnbuckle on his own) and botching moves big time, but in a way that wouldn't jeopardize the other wrestler either, obviously.
Eventually, during a match, he will just walk out of the ring disgusted at himself and everybody, and into the backstage area and force the referee to count him out. Everybody in the ring just looks really confused at what's just happened. We try a rematch next week. Now we see that ths guy is really not into the match. He just seems like he's going through the paces, not really any energy or motivation visible.
Then, one week, he no-shows his match. And the next week as well. Now, if the WWE really wanted to continue with their Internet route that they've been going on lately, they could have a small news story about a backstage altercation with the wrestler and another person, something completely out of the blue to be believable. Then, a week or two later, a big announcement on WWE.com that this wrestler has been released from his contract.
Byte This! would be the onyl way I can see this wrestler making any appearance from then on. Maybe he calls in to harass the guests, maybe he just starts swearing, out of control, with an obvious problem. Todd Grisham might make a note of his strange behavior lately and ask if he's all right, meaning is everything all right personally. The wrestler gets offended and pissed off and just hangs up. Maybe make an announcement by J.R. and/or King about these appearances, saying that he has issues that he needs to deal with.
We could maybe even see him in the audience near ringside looking like he's been through HELL and is still there. We could even catch the wrestler grabbing a sign from a nearby, younger fan, or something equally horrendous and offensive.
Now, I'm no writer, but eventually there would have to be a way to do a face turn and have him redeem himself fully in the eyes of the audience. Maybe after a week or even a month, we could show him backstage entering Eric Bischoff's (or even Vince McMahon, if we wanted full realism here office, perhaps to discuss being re-hired. Then, afterward, we see the wrestler coming out of the office looking dejected and out-of-luck with Vince just staring coldly at him from his door, watching him leave.
Perhaps a few weeks later, at Velocity, we see him making a return...but perhaps in a mask, so the audience doesn't really know it's him. But there could be some trademark giveaways that would hint that the masked man is our demon-troubled grappler in disguise. This match would, in the storyline, be a trial match for re-hiring to see if he's really shaped up or not. I'm thinking instead of just going through the paces, we could see a new side to the wrestler, perhaps a side that shows that he's unsure of himself at this point and still trying to establish himself. Maybe have him lose the first time.
Then, he starts winning. He starts re-gaining his charisma, he even finds a tag team partner. The matches could then move to RAW/SmackDown! where the larger fanbase would notice this masked man. JR and King / Cole and Tazz could even comment that this newcomer seems very promising and that they personally like his style and work ethic.
Finally, his grand return to RAW/SmackDown!. He comes out in his mask, grabs a microphone, then removes the mask to reveal that it's really him. He could cut a promo where he's conquered his demons, he apologizes to everyone he's ever hurt, makes good on his apologies, etc. If done right, I think it would work out perfectly as a face turn.
I dunno, it sounded a LOT better in my head. What do you guys think of an angle such as the above? I think it might work if done the right way, and done well. But maybe not, I'm no wrestling writer. :p
Please tell me it's a decent idea. ;)
Take a guy who really doesn't have any personal problems and is probably stable enough in real life to never have any real problems. After a hiatus from the scene, he returns, but is suddenly...mellow. He seems calm, collected, cool, and his new persona reflects that. He even gets new entrance music, almost like Chaz's entrance theme (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0V2R5OLUCCXG218MJUEKKGG4E9), where the calmness and coolness seems almost...induced. ;) After a few weeks, we see him start to slip up during his matches. Nothing really big, just a missed punch, this or that. Then he starts screwing up moves (in a way that wouldn't jeopardize himself realistically, like "falling" from the turnbuckle on his own) and botching moves big time, but in a way that wouldn't jeopardize the other wrestler either, obviously.
Eventually, during a match, he will just walk out of the ring disgusted at himself and everybody, and into the backstage area and force the referee to count him out. Everybody in the ring just looks really confused at what's just happened. We try a rematch next week. Now we see that ths guy is really not into the match. He just seems like he's going through the paces, not really any energy or motivation visible.
Then, one week, he no-shows his match. And the next week as well. Now, if the WWE really wanted to continue with their Internet route that they've been going on lately, they could have a small news story about a backstage altercation with the wrestler and another person, something completely out of the blue to be believable. Then, a week or two later, a big announcement on WWE.com that this wrestler has been released from his contract.
Byte This! would be the onyl way I can see this wrestler making any appearance from then on. Maybe he calls in to harass the guests, maybe he just starts swearing, out of control, with an obvious problem. Todd Grisham might make a note of his strange behavior lately and ask if he's all right, meaning is everything all right personally. The wrestler gets offended and pissed off and just hangs up. Maybe make an announcement by J.R. and/or King about these appearances, saying that he has issues that he needs to deal with.
We could maybe even see him in the audience near ringside looking like he's been through HELL and is still there. We could even catch the wrestler grabbing a sign from a nearby, younger fan, or something equally horrendous and offensive.
Now, I'm no writer, but eventually there would have to be a way to do a face turn and have him redeem himself fully in the eyes of the audience. Maybe after a week or even a month, we could show him backstage entering Eric Bischoff's (or even Vince McMahon, if we wanted full realism here office, perhaps to discuss being re-hired. Then, afterward, we see the wrestler coming out of the office looking dejected and out-of-luck with Vince just staring coldly at him from his door, watching him leave.
Perhaps a few weeks later, at Velocity, we see him making a return...but perhaps in a mask, so the audience doesn't really know it's him. But there could be some trademark giveaways that would hint that the masked man is our demon-troubled grappler in disguise. This match would, in the storyline, be a trial match for re-hiring to see if he's really shaped up or not. I'm thinking instead of just going through the paces, we could see a new side to the wrestler, perhaps a side that shows that he's unsure of himself at this point and still trying to establish himself. Maybe have him lose the first time.
Then, he starts winning. He starts re-gaining his charisma, he even finds a tag team partner. The matches could then move to RAW/SmackDown! where the larger fanbase would notice this masked man. JR and King / Cole and Tazz could even comment that this newcomer seems very promising and that they personally like his style and work ethic.
Finally, his grand return to RAW/SmackDown!. He comes out in his mask, grabs a microphone, then removes the mask to reveal that it's really him. He could cut a promo where he's conquered his demons, he apologizes to everyone he's ever hurt, makes good on his apologies, etc. If done right, I think it would work out perfectly as a face turn.
I dunno, it sounded a LOT better in my head. What do you guys think of an angle such as the above? I think it might work if done the right way, and done well. But maybe not, I'm no wrestling writer. :p
Please tell me it's a decent idea. ;)