Thread: Would an Occupy Protester gimmick be a heel or a face?
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Old 05-05-2012, 11:51 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Pintint View Post
No.

Knowing Vince McMahon's political stance/leanings, it would be some sort of ridiculous caricature rather than anything interesting. They screwed up Hassan, and that had IMMENSE potential at the beginning.
I initially thought the same thing. For the same reason.

But then, I thought about CM Punk. His infamous "first pipebomb" rant on Cena and the company, and subsequent "anti-company guy who's still making you a ton of money" character was, more or less, an #occupy movement.

If the people in the "this is the future" championship photo formed a stable about the time of Punk's "return", and went on to have every heel on the roster Johnny Ace could throw at them, this could have been big organically, just like the inital #occupysallstreet movement was. Plus, it would have been more relevant pop culturally at that point. The potential to catch lightning was definitely there.

However, if they just threw together a group of people on the roster who are doing absolutely nothing, they would just become a joke for Vince's personal amusement beyond the levels of the JOB Squad plus the Mean Street Posse multiplied by the Spirit Squad.
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