The Law
May 17th, 2013, 2:02 PM
So the discussion of Vince being out of touch with pop culture led me to think about what constitutes "cool" in modern culture, and what types of pop culture stories WWE should be emulating. Here are a few of my ideas:
CM Punk makes a perfect Batman villain. He could be the Joker, Bane, or Ra's al Ghul. The Shield has kind of taken the Ra's role, so let's focus on Joker and Bane. Punk could come back and have been driven insane by his losses-so he just wants to destroy WWE. He can start interfering in everyone's matches, interrupting the show to cut insane, rambling promos, and make it his mission to turn Cena to the dark side. Or he can be Bane, and lead a revolution of the undercarders against the establishment: he makes a rabble-rousing speech about how it's time to overthrow the existing order, and the jobbers all slowly join his cause. Imagine: the Usos, 3MB, Tyson Kidd, Justin Gabriel all just start beating the piss out of Cena, Ryback, Orton, Ziggler, Sheamus, and all the other top stars. And then they destroy the arena. It would be like Nexus redux, but with a much more charismatic and interesting leader.
Or they could emulate "Game of Thrones" and have an epic war for control of WWE between different factions. This could literally be for control of WWE, with a faction led by Triple H representing the establishment and a faction led by Paul Heyman and CM Punk representing the insurgents. Or it could be a couple teams: a group of good guys led by John Cena, a group of edgier good guys led by Randy Orton, a group of anarchists led by CM Punk, and a group of more standard bad guys led by Dolph Ziggler.
I would like for there to be a Walter White type character, a good guy who has a tough stretch of luck and breaks bad. Maybe somebody like Zack Ryder, who is told that if he doesn't start winning matches he's going to get fired. Desperate, he starts cheating and becomes a bad guy. This one could use a little bit more polish.
I was trying to think of a way to emulate "The Walking Dead," and the closest I could think of was what they did in 2008 when the stage collapsed on Vince and they had no one in charge. Chaos reigned on Raw as there was no one to make matches or keep the stars in order. They could do the same thing again, like have Brock Lesnar destroy Vince, Teddy, Booker T, Brad Maddox, and Triple H (Vicki can just flee since WWE doesn't do violence against women anymore). Then there can be no one in charge of the show and we can see what WWE is like after the apocalypse.
CM Punk makes a perfect Batman villain. He could be the Joker, Bane, or Ra's al Ghul. The Shield has kind of taken the Ra's role, so let's focus on Joker and Bane. Punk could come back and have been driven insane by his losses-so he just wants to destroy WWE. He can start interfering in everyone's matches, interrupting the show to cut insane, rambling promos, and make it his mission to turn Cena to the dark side. Or he can be Bane, and lead a revolution of the undercarders against the establishment: he makes a rabble-rousing speech about how it's time to overthrow the existing order, and the jobbers all slowly join his cause. Imagine: the Usos, 3MB, Tyson Kidd, Justin Gabriel all just start beating the piss out of Cena, Ryback, Orton, Ziggler, Sheamus, and all the other top stars. And then they destroy the arena. It would be like Nexus redux, but with a much more charismatic and interesting leader.
Or they could emulate "Game of Thrones" and have an epic war for control of WWE between different factions. This could literally be for control of WWE, with a faction led by Triple H representing the establishment and a faction led by Paul Heyman and CM Punk representing the insurgents. Or it could be a couple teams: a group of good guys led by John Cena, a group of edgier good guys led by Randy Orton, a group of anarchists led by CM Punk, and a group of more standard bad guys led by Dolph Ziggler.
I would like for there to be a Walter White type character, a good guy who has a tough stretch of luck and breaks bad. Maybe somebody like Zack Ryder, who is told that if he doesn't start winning matches he's going to get fired. Desperate, he starts cheating and becomes a bad guy. This one could use a little bit more polish.
I was trying to think of a way to emulate "The Walking Dead," and the closest I could think of was what they did in 2008 when the stage collapsed on Vince and they had no one in charge. Chaos reigned on Raw as there was no one to make matches or keep the stars in order. They could do the same thing again, like have Brock Lesnar destroy Vince, Teddy, Booker T, Brad Maddox, and Triple H (Vicki can just flee since WWE doesn't do violence against women anymore). Then there can be no one in charge of the show and we can see what WWE is like after the apocalypse.