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An angle that would make me watch ROH
Probably not possible but I think it'd be cool.
In the middle of one of ROH's little IPPV's all of a sudden Batista walks down to the ring and starts cutting a promo cutting ROH to shreads, calling their wrestlers vanilla midgets, their fans fat virgins, stuff like that, proclaiming himself the best techincal wrestler of all time. Then after a bit have someone like Davey Richards come down to confront him. Batista starts cutting him down, making fun of his height, saying he has no personality. Right when Richards is about to attack, Hornswoggle comes out from under the ring and low blows Richards. Batista "Batista Bombs Richards and Swoggle does the Tadpole splash. For the next few weeks Batista wrestles a couple matches against some lower card guys, but with his WWE style: restholds, slow paced, while stopping to cut down the crowd. Richards challenges Batista to a match at their next PPV. Richards ends up beating Batista and doing some spot where he kicks Hornswoggle's ass. This puts over ROH, draws some mainstream interest, plus Batista would be a massive heel for that month. It'd only be a short term thing where Batista leaves the company. I hate indy wrestling but I'd definitley watch this. |
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Cranky Kong
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No thanks.
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Over Like Rover
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As much as the ROH muties cry about the WWE product and style, they'd probably wet themselves if he showed up.
I want Batista back on my TV. |
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Hey
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you're an idiot
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Over Like Rover
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Well, computer.
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Lol oh come on, it'd get over huge having a guy who stands for everything ROH fans hate and having him put over one of their guys. I know ROH is bleeding money so it'd just be for a few shows .
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Hey
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You threw in Hornswoggle, you're an idiot.
And Bats sucks |
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Over Like Rover
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Quote:
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Yeah DTTS that's kinda what I was going for.
And Lara Emily, I know they suck and that's the point of the angle. It'd be two wrestlers that their fans hate. Remember how loudly Cena got booed at One Night Stand? It'd be the same reaction. |
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Cranky Kong
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I actually thought Hornswoggle was a nice touch, but I'm just sick of these 'edgy', 'bigger than the show' angles...the ones that are based on the wrong part of reality. It was these kind of angles that WCW was doing in its dying days, and they always seemed to turn out pretty awful.
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Look who was writing for WCW. Plus it'd just be a very short term thing where the two are just in the company for a month, stir up some interest and put over one of their stars.
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Cranky Kong
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I just wouldn't be so blatant about him calling everybody vanilla midgets or whatever. Maybe they could SAY the angle is about something else, but just keep those WWE v. ROH undertones on the backburner. The fans would know, and they wouldn't have to come off as corny by touting it.
Does ROH have an on-air authority figure by any chance? Maybe have that guy bring in Batista and put him over as the new face of ROH, which Davey Richards or whoever the fuck takes objection to, talking about how he has worked hard to make ROH what it is today, and some muscle bound dork like Batista isn't going to take it away, yadda yadda yadda.... |
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I think Jim Cornette is the authority figure if I'm not mistaken. I like your idea as well. Even if it draws an extra thousand or so buys for their IPPV's it'd be worth it, especially for the possibility of bringing in some new fans who might like ROH's style of matches that they haven't been exposed to before. ROH lost their tv deal and don't do regular ppv's anymore so they could use some help drawing new fans.
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I wonder if it would pull in more iPPV buys...does anyone know if TNA's PPV buy-rate has increased since their "hire every single person who leaves the WWE" strategy was implemented?
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Again, look who is writing for TNA. The difference I believe is, people know about TNA it's just that TNA does a lot of stupid things. Their ratings did go up a bit when Hogan came so it drew interest, it's just that TNA failed to keep those fans interested.
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Narc stole my star
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Have Big Dick Johnson interrupt 'sirius' matches like Roderick Strong v Davey Richards for maximum heelishness.
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this is so dumb...yea he'll get heat, but u dont need him to make richards a star. he's 1 of their best wrestlers...imo, if u want a corny angle like that, stick to wwe or tna
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Yeah, but does anybody know who he is? ROH needs to attract more people to its fanbase.
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I'm all there is
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how about that same angle, but instead of ROH getting a comeback, how about ROH just takes a beating and Batista leaves.
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Cranky Kong
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You should probably put the title on him first in LC's scenario.
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b/c 5 is better than 4
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until they quit being spot monkeys and sell out venues larger than a 2000 capacity.... nothing will make me watch them.....
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Hey Mister!
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Davey Richards is their biggest star now?
lol what happened. |
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Da Gif/Pic Pimp
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That's the economy for ya now days.
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Polyam cult member #420
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I find myself quoting Kevin Nash a lot these days.... not sure if it is on purpose.... but anyways.... as Nash put it :
"There's a reason why no one knows who the fuck Ring of Honor is" |
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Cranky Kong
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....that's it? Did he elaborate?
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That sounds similar to my idea for a heel Matt Hardy in ROH. He would come in, say he was there to get them some mainstream attention, because people actually care about him -- only for some ROH guys to kick his ass.
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BAY BAY
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I actually like the idea. I wish WWE would do some sort of talent deal with ROH like they did with ECW back in the day.
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Didn't Nash do something similar when he arrived on TNA or at least when he wanted to feud with the X-Division guys ?
I remember him "trashing" the division with promos and random beatings but don't remember if anyone from the division ended up winning the feud against him. |
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Over Like Rover
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Wrong thread. That's 4 times in about a 10 days.
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lol remembered making this thread. Pretty close to what he's doing now based on his promo. Replace Richards with Bryan.
Batista needs to come out with a "King of the Internet" jacket. |
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Still think this is a great idea
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It definitely would have sold out shows. I don't know if ROH could have afforded Batista and Horny to make it work though.
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Feeling Oof-y
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AJ Styles?
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Feeling Oof-y
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Is he there? Wasn't sure.
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I think he is. I don't keep track of ROH at all anymore.
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Feeling Oof-y
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Me neither. Used to watch their show when they first pit in on their site, then lost interest. 8 hours of wrestling on a normal week is probably enough for me.
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