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I wouldn't mind seeing a completely two-faced wrestler. A guy that is a good guy one week, and a bad guy the other week. Have him turn from the nice guy living his dream to the bad guy wanting to break a guy in half regularly. Call him Domino, and really get into the character as an unpredictable lunatic. A tag run with him as one-half of the Champions would be extremely, interesting, IMO.
I came up with this idea for Spanky one day, but I'm not sure it would work, because it requires a lot of dedication and good storytelling elements (something the WWE isn't too good at). Anyway, bascially have Spanky (or the character using the gimmick) wear attire which dictates how the match goes. If he's wearing green attire, he'll be controlling the match like a heel, playing the arrogant guy trying to pick up a win by any means possible. Pink attire means he's going to be going at it honestly, and trying to pick up a hard-fought victory.
Anyway, when this idea of his attire changing his mood in the ring catches on, you can go several ways with his character. He can wear the pink attire, then cheat to win the match, which goes against his colour code. It might actually be a good heel tactic for him to use. You can have him try to confuse his opponent by wearing red or yellow attire occasionally. You can have him wear gold when he's a Champion, so his opponent can't tell what style he's going to be wrestling, adding to the "Champion's Advantage". It could work out.
Another idea I came up with is a wrestler who comes to the ring with weapons on his attire. The referee tries to take them off but he can't, so it is ruled acceptable attire, then during the match he takes off one of the weapons and bashes his opponent with it. The guy, under a technicality can't be disqualified.
I would love to see more storied tag teams in the WWE. Have one guy come in and have heaps of success in the WWE. Maybe have him win the US Championship or something. He loses the belt, but plays a mid-card Randy Orton-type heel character. Good looking, destined for his business, etc. Then another day, have another new guy come in. He doesn't look like anything special, but he picks up the solid victory. Maybe die his hair red, and have him wear generic attire.
A few weeks into this second guy's run, the first guy is being interviewed on PPV. By some circumstance, the second guy is nearby, and the two are caught on camera together. The first guy says hello, and the second guy says hello. Nothing happens between them, but the interview ends and the commentators make note of it.
Anyway, it turns out the first guy gets a Tag Team Title Match with a partner of his choosing. He picks the second guy. The second guy tries to talk his way out of it, but he ends up tagging with the first guy, and they end up winning the Tag Team Titles. They have a short run, and it is revealed that they were friends in high school or something. Anyway, it is revealed by the second guy that the first guy turned his back on him and joined another group of friends, and left him to fend for himself. The first guy says that's all in the past, and they continue their reign as Tag Team Champions until, the second guy turns his back on the first guy during the match, assaulting him after he's been isolated with a steel chair. He screams at the first guy, and actually scares off the other team. The referee asks the second guy what they're going to do about the match. The second guy offers the other team the Tag Titles saying he forfeits.
The next week, the second guy cuts a promo on the first guy, saying he had put his past behind him for a future in this business, but the first guy brought it back up and chose to partner with him, forcing him to relive the worst moments of his life. The first guy comes out and says that he had pu his past behind him for a future with his once good friend, a friendship he did indeed ruin and regrets ruining. The first guy points out he was doing fine by himself, unlike the second guy, but thanks to the first guy the second guy now has a title reign under his finger, and fan recognition. Instead of fighting the first guy says he's willing to call it even now, saying he had that ass-kicking coming. He breaks the ice a bit by saying he thought winning the Tag Team Titles would be a good enough apology. He reminds the second guy they have a contractual rematch, and if the second guy doesn't want to challenge for their Tag Team Titles, fine, he'll just find another partner, and beat the second guy somewhere down the road, but the offer is open to rebuild their friendship with a second Tag Team Title reign.
Later that night the two guys win the Tag Titles again and have a run as a babyface tag team. But it would be pretty interesting consdiering there is that heat between them, and either guy has been shown to be able to play the heel role, and has motivation to turn on the other around every corner. Everytime they lost, or they got a new valet or something, it marks a potential break-up spot, but everytime they'd come out the next week and cut a funny promo or something, it would be an inspiration shwoing they're really trying to make their new friendship work. It would just be a genuinely nice angle to see, IMO.
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