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My Idea That Would Save WWE

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TheRob

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Yesterday I read a report that the WWE is hiring new members for its creative team from other mediums (such as Hollywood writers and soap opera writers) and they have absolutely no wrestling knowledge at all. Which, is nothing new really. WWE has been making an effort to get into movies, even with The Marine and Kane's film. So, I have an idea that could exploit this weakness and turn it into something positive.

Picture this: A few weeks before Jericho returns from his leave of absence, they announce that he's going to have a special guest on the Highlight Reel who's going to make a blockbuster announcement. They hype it up big-time until the magical night finally arrives. Jericho returns to a respectable ovation and announces that since he debuted the face of Raw has changed, and just as he promised, RAW has never been the same. But, after tonight, the product is going to be revolutionized in a way no one could have ever imagined as he's going to interview a man who's an even bigger star than he is. So, he introduces his guest at long last--Tom Cruise! Cruise comes out with his manager, Howard Dean to a stunned live crowd.

Cruise announces that he's done everything there is to be done in Hollywood. He's made hits all around the world and now he wants to bring hits to the ring. He says that no mission is impossible when you're Tom Cruise. Vince McMahon showed him the money and now he's ready to spread the gospel of Scientology. There's no better platform than WWE's weekly global programming. Howard Dean then gets on the mic and says they're going to spread the word in Florida, Washington, Seattle, and even the biggest stage of them all, Madison Square Garden in New York---YEEEEAAAAAH!

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And Tom Cruise proceeds to flippin' nuts and jump all over Jericho's furniture, accidentally destroying the super expensive Jeritron 5000 in the process.

Of course, Jericho gets pissed which will start a feud between the two. He'll say that he's going to put Jericho on "Cruise Control." He'll say a modified line from Jerry Mcguire "I'm taking everyone to hell, and Jericho you're coming with me!" The mic work and promos between the two will be electrifying. Cruise could even get into a program with Viscera announcing that no one is a bigger lady's man that himself and his "Cruise Missle."

When he's getting beat up in the ring, he could even "Hulk up" by jumping around like a maniac and giving that crazy stare he did as Vincent from "Collateral." The best part of this gimmick is that he'll be himself--an absolute lunatic. He'll believe that his movies were real. He'll tell the Big Show that he's nothing to him having taken on aliens. Tajiri is no match for The Last Samurai.

What do you guys think?
 
Well I don't want to use the same words verbatim that I used in the American Civil War thread. So I'll go with: that seems like a silly idea.
 
Yeah, just imagine a Wrestlemania build-up with The Rock! Or what if Cruise tried making HBK ditch his Christian beliefs in order to get him to convert over to Scientology? Even Hogan could have a dream match with Cruise based on their movie careers. I would love to hear "Whacha gonna do Tom Cruise!?"

I could imagine a Corporate Ministry style stable dedicated to Scientology coming out of this too.
 
Didn't read your thread cuz it was too long, but I know exactly what could do the job. Have Stacy Keibler run around naked.
 
COCKLES said:
Kill Vince and drop the whole XXTREME angle.
More like kill Stephanie. She's the one who's put all this non-wrestling stuff on the spotlight, particularly the diva search.
 
And then Tom Cruise talks about bringing Xenu to the WWE. Xenu comes, he's wearing a hood. He then reveals himself to be Vince McMahon.

"It was me Austin!"
 
I would boycott them if they ever did something so stupid. You must not be a real wrestling fan if you actually think thats a good idea.
 
There downfall was buying out WCW and taking more of a roster than they could handle thus making two leagues...horrible horrible idea..they should've let WCW die and only taken a few of the talents from WCW.
 
plus having zero competition isn't helping much...it was always entertaining to switch back in fourth between the two shows back whe they were really fighting it out for ratings.

WCW 1996-1997 and WWF 1999-2000 = best wrestling years ever.
 
I'm assuming this is a joke post :lol I would probably laugh and cry at the same time if something like this were to happen.
 
Bowser said:
I'm assuming this is a joke post :lol I would probably laugh and cry at the same time if something like this were to happen.

Yeah, it's not something I can actually see happening. Of course not. But, I think that it does sound more entertaining than anything they've come up with. And their current storylines seem to be going more in this kind of direction anyway.

I was actually thinking of what they could possibly do with the Boogeyman character today. I came up with two scenarios. The first would see the return of Stephanie McMahon who announces that she has a tumor and is going to die imminently. Triple H then accepts the mysterious Boogeyman's offer to save her in exchange for his soul. Boogeyman cures Stephanie but also possesses her, making her his slave. Triple H must then engage him in a battle for both of their souls. Triple H would be powerless against him, getting beaten on in the weeks leading up to the ppv until we learn that The Boogeyman is the one who conjured up the tumor, thus making Triple H's pact with him useless. Thus setting up a match on even grounds for the ppv. That's Days of Our Lives shit right there. They'd love that!

My other scenario would see the Disco Inferno returning on the SmackDown! brand. He would accumulate an odd winning streak in which he wins his matches by dancing. His opponents would suddenly dance along with him as if possessed (like Micheal Jackson's Moonwalker) and they would fall down after the dance. The move would be called "The Last Dance." We would eventually learn that Disco Inferno had hired the Boogeyman to grant him magical voodoo dance powers. Disco eventually would turn good and try to break out of his contract with The Boogeyman. He would bring in Papa Shango for a short-term deal and they would become locked in an epic struggle of voodoo powers!
 
I think they should have Matt Hardy do a run in every week and then pretend he isnt there, instead of building to something. Surely that cant fail.
 
Just bring in The Rock. I cant watch WWe these days, but man, how i would love to see see Dwayne back in the ring kicking ass and cutting promos

"Lilian Garcia, you worked in a spem back right? You were fired for drinking on the job??"

:lol
 
Stop trying to save the WWE and instead save the many, many independents, TNA and ROH.

I really don't know why any of you bother with the WWE. Even though you watch it religiously, 90% of the WWE threads here are made in disgust, apathy or anger. You're the reason Vince won't change a thing, because he knows his fans will follow him around all the time, regardless of whether they like the product or not. And he also knows that you same people that dislike the current product will still defend wrestling to the death when it's put down by a casual fan or someone that never watches. It happens all the time on this board. When some casual makes a stupid thread, all of the dipshits that were slagging WWE in every WWE thread up to that point will jump in and beat their chests while shouting "WRESTLING IS REAL YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THESE ATHLETES GO THROUGH WATCH A FEW SHOWS AND TRY IT FOR YOURSELF INSTEAD OF JUDGING IT."
 
hehe, I was gonna say what Brian Fellows said...it's so crazy it just might work!

TheRob said:
Yeah, it's not something I can actually see happening. Of course not. But, I think that it does sound more entertaining than anything they've come up with. And their current storylines seem to be going more in this kind of direction anyway.

I was actually thinking of what they could possibly do with the Boogeyman character today. I came up with two scenarios. The first would see the return of Stephanie McMahon who announces that she has a tumor and is going to die imminently. Triple H then accepts the mysterious Boogeyman's offer to save her in exchange for his soul. Boogeyman cures Stephanie but also possesses her, making her his slave. Triple H must then engage him in a battle for both of their souls. Triple H would be powerless against him, getting beaten on in the weeks leading up to the ppv until we learn that The Boogeyman is the one who conjured up the tumor, thus making Triple H's pact with him useless. Thus setting up a match on even grounds for the ppv. That's Days of Our Lives shit right there. They'd love that!

My other scenario would see the Disco Inferno returning on the SmackDown! brand. He would accumulate an odd winning streak in which he wins his matches by dancing. His opponents would suddenly dance along with him as if possessed (like Micheal Jackson's Moonwalker) and they would fall down after the dance. The move would be called "The Last Dance." We would eventually learn that Disco Inferno had hired the Boogeyman to grant him magical voodoo dance powers. Disco eventually would turn good and try to break out of his contract with The Boogeyman. He would bring in Papa Shango for a short-term deal and they would become locked in an epic struggle of voodoo powers!

I have yet to see the Boogeyman, so for my mental picture of this whole scenario, I imagined Bastion Booger. I love the Disco Inferno idea btw.

If you have the talent...why not make a Flash of your ideas? Do it weekly and release it on Mondays...you might get more downloads than RAW gets viewers. :P

Or do a web comic (with real pics photoshopped), you'd be the Penny Arcade of the online wrestling world.
 
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