Thread: Is there room for character growth with Jesse & Festus?
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Old 04-02-2008, 08:15 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by DarthTedious View Post
Additionally, are J&F heels or what... cause I can't tell.
Darth, I love you man, but you gave yourself away here. J&F are about as babyface as you can get on the WWE roster. Also, although I prefer Jesse way more, and he is the stronger both in the ring and on the mic, Festus is one of the more over guys on the roster. I'd like to give credit to Jesse for it, but I honestly believe Festus deserves most of it.

As for whether or not there is growth for them? Yes, there most certainly is. I'd love to see a feud between them and Deuce N' Domino, where The Daltons (remember when they were going to be called this?) defeat The Untouchables (don't go there), and then the next week D&D want a rematch. The Throwbacks win that one when Cherry rings the bell, which leaves Festus completely open for a swank double team by the former WWE Tag Team Champions. Jesse is really pissed off.

The next time they meet in a match, Jesse finds a way to counteract the bell ringing strategy by D&D (maybe he shoves Cherry down, or something, and takes the bell, teasing what is ultimately going to come, and you know it). Jesse & Festus get their win back, and snatch the lead.

You then go to yet another match, which this time D&D win when they pin Jesse after nailing him with one of Cherry's skate (a heel trick they used all the time in OVW but are yet to use on SmackDown!, I believe, which makes me think they are saving it). Deuce N' Domino even things up. This just leads to an all out brawl between the teams, where the bell is removed from things, and the skate is legal. Jesse & Festus manage to win that, and maybe earn themselves a tag team title run from it.

Anyway, eventually you can turn Jesse heel, and have him exploit all the weakenesses he knows about Festus to cost him matches, and get some victories over him, personally. This leads to a moment where Jesse tries ringing a bell to calm Festus in a match, but Festus stops slightly, then gets enraged again, proving it had no effect, and he proceeds to go over Jesse. Festus has overcome his weakness.

You can then move Jesse into revealing himself as the son of Terry Gordy. Festus actually has potential as a character, or so I think the WWE believes. I doubt Drew Hankinson is ever going to get over, but "Festus" might, and arguably already is. He's already racking up some important falls, and getting to look better than CM Punk on occasion.

The guy behind Festus is great at playing characters. He may not be great in the ring, but he played "Imposter Kane" well, and he's got Festus down. I would not mind him playing some kind of character where he goes through multiple wrestling styles during the match. Obviously Festus can not work a technical style, or a high flying one, but they would be great for comedy. Power, brawling, old-school, and all those styles could be the more "serious" ones for Festus.
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