If you want to get a heel over with me, these are the kinds of things to do. I know wrestling isn't real, so I don't get worked up over the heel beat down....but if they showed a clip of someone waiting patiently to get into a parking spot on a warm, busy afternoon at the mall, and Paul Heyman came out of nowhere to take it, that would make me want to see him get his in the end....or have Alberto Del Rio smugly standing in the 1-10 items line at the grocery store with like 17 items. Or Jack Swagger stops in the middle of a cross-walk to talk to someone crossing the other way with no regard for the car waiting to let him cross. Or Cody Rhodes driving just slow enough to hold you up, but just fast enough that you can't pass him without speeding on a road the police regularly patrol.
Good point. Okay Wade Barrett can do he grocery store angle, and we'll have Del Rio be the guy who saves seats for 7 of his friends at the movies and then still has someone he has to text throughout it.
Curtis Axel can be the guy who waits in a long line at a coffee shop and has no idea what he wants when he gets to the counter despite having 10 minutes to think about it.
Watching this again I think the only thing it was missing was Tito Santana running in and someone in their best Gorilla voice yelling "LOOK AT TITO GOING STRAIGHT AFTER MARTEL!!" as he was cursed to forever repeat at every Royal Rumble. A lot of water over the dam between those two!
Do you think that the writers came up with those or the wrestlers/bookers themselves? I'm mostly talking about the "comedy" segments on the show: Vicki/Hornswaggle/Khali type skits that usuallly end up fallifn flat if they don't have Daniel Bryan and Kane to save the day.
In fact a lot of the skits they had on the WWE youtube channel are better than what shows up each week on TV.. a lot of wrestler's have been shown to be much funnier on Twitter as well. The writers need to go back to basics and let these guys sink or swim on their own.
Probably one of the most overlooked aspects of WWE's creativity: the YouTube shows. In those, a fan could find out how entertaining Ziggler, the Prime Time Players, and even Joe Hennig (on Santino's show) could be. Even now with the JBL show, you can see how engaging the wrestlers and divas can be when they are allowed to just think on their own instead of think about what lines were written and given to them a couple hours earlier. It amazes me that they refuse to recognize the best angles are created and developed by the wrestlers themselves.
Jinder Mahal can be that guy on the bluetooth headset who says hello at the urinal and gives you the dirtiest look when you say hello in response. Hey, this is fun.
Big E. Langston could be the guy who doesn't go when the light turns green, the notices right when it turns yellow and takes off, leaving you stuck for another red.
For a weightlifting guy, say Brock, they could have him be the guy that runs up trying to work in a set every time you move to a new piece of equipment at the gym, because apparently he's doing a whole body split using the entire goddamn gym.
The gym would be a good place for a stable. That one guy who's there to work out, and like 3 of his friends that he takes with him to sit on the machines next to him texting and chatting.
Or a tag team that has conversations in front of the water fountain for 20 minutes and treats you like an asshole for disturbing them when you get a drink.
Vince forgot his own formula.. As good as his wrestling shows in the 80's were, I became a bigger fan while watching Tuesday Night Titans. That show helped push the Heenan as a weasel angle, and gave us comedy gems like Fuji Vice. It also introduced us to another side of the wrestlers that you didn't see on the regular shows.
You also need the guy who has a limited grasp of simple counting and can't put the dumbbells back in order, and the middle aged woman taking an hour on equipment that she doesn't really know how to use and can't move any weight on.
Absolutely loved this, particularly his talk at the end. =)
ReplyDeleteIf he shows up on Raw tonight, he'd be a better heel than 95% of the roster.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to get a heel over with me, these are the kinds of things to do. I know wrestling isn't real, so I don't get worked up over the heel beat down....but if they showed a clip of someone waiting patiently to get into a parking spot on a warm, busy afternoon at the mall, and Paul Heyman came out of nowhere to take it, that would make me want to see him get his in the end....or have Alberto Del Rio smugly standing in the 1-10 items line at the grocery store with like 17 items. Or Jack Swagger stops in the middle of a cross-walk to talk to someone crossing the other way with no regard for the car waiting to let him cross. Or Cody Rhodes driving just slow enough to hold you up, but just fast enough that you can't pass him without speeding on a road the police regularly patrol.
ReplyDeleteThat's how you get heel heat.
Martel needs to make a comeback with that character. You know: "middle aged asshole everyone has run into at least 50 times."
ReplyDeletePlaying his theme as he walked off - GOLD.
ReplyDeleteThe Model gimmick is one of my faves so I was marking out big time.
Pfft, Del Rio has servants to do his shopping for him.
ReplyDeleteGood point. Okay Wade Barrett can do he grocery store angle, and we'll have Del Rio be the guy who saves seats for 7 of his friends at the movies and then still has someone he has to text throughout it.
ReplyDeleteOr Damian Sandow rushing like crazy to to turn onto the road ahead of you, then traveling at a speed lower than you were at.
ReplyDeleteMore like Battle of the Bald Spot.
ReplyDeleteCurtis Axel can be the guy who waits in a long line at a coffee shop and has no idea what he wants when he gets to the counter despite having 10 minutes to think about it.
ReplyDeleteHaha, that was really awesome. Rick Martel is one of my favorite stars of the '80s and '90s.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that line about arrogance being a way of life was gold.
ReplyDeleteSadly, I don't think Martel can wrestle anymore because he had both of his hips replaced.
ReplyDeleteHeath Slater talking loudly on his cellphone in the movie theater about the fact that he's talking on his cellphone in the movie theater.
ReplyDeleteAnd he still does the "wipe the sweat off and flick it on you". I hope Martel goes to Heel Heaven in the end.
ReplyDeleteWatching this again I think the only thing it was missing was Tito Santana running in and someone in their best Gorilla voice yelling "LOOK AT TITO GOING STRAIGHT AFTER MARTEL!!" as he was cursed to forever repeat at every Royal Rumble. A lot of water over the dam between those two!
ReplyDeleteTito flying in with the forearm at the end would've been great.
ReplyDeleteWell that was certainly better than anything that WWE creative has come up with for years...
ReplyDeleteLook for him on the next PPV... WWE: ToupéeBack
ReplyDeleteI disagree completely. Summer of Punk, Kofi chair-hopping during the rumble, the Cena-can-ranna, all quality ideas :)
ReplyDeleteDo you think that the writers came up with those or the wrestlers/bookers themselves? I'm mostly talking about the "comedy" segments on the show: Vicki/Hornswaggle/Khali type skits that usuallly end up fallifn flat if they don't have Daniel Bryan and Kane to save the day.
ReplyDeleteIn fact a lot of the skits they had on the WWE youtube channel are better than what shows up each week on TV.. a lot of wrestler's have been shown to be much funnier on Twitter as well. The writers need to go back to basics and let these guys sink or swim on their own.
He should have pulled out the big spray bottle and skeeted his "Arrogance" on them...
ReplyDeleteProbably one of the most overlooked aspects of WWE's creativity: the YouTube shows. In those, a fan could find out how entertaining Ziggler, the Prime Time Players, and even Joe Hennig (on Santino's show) could be. Even now with the JBL show, you can see how engaging the wrestlers and divas can be when they are allowed to just think on their own instead of think about what lines were written and given to them a couple hours earlier. It amazes me that they refuse to recognize the best angles are created and developed by the wrestlers themselves.
ReplyDeleteWhat a miscarriage of justice!
ReplyDeleteFandango is one of your buddies who loudly complains about how girls don't like him because he's broke.
ReplyDeleteThis promo was loose, fun, random unlike WWE which is stiff, scripted, not fun.
ReplyDeleteJinder Mahal can be that guy on the bluetooth headset who says hello at the urinal and gives you the dirtiest look when you say hello in response. Hey, this is fun.
ReplyDeleteBig E. Langston could be the guy who doesn't go when the light turns green, the notices right when it turns yellow and takes off, leaving you stuck for another red.
ReplyDeleteFor a weightlifting guy, say Brock, they could have him be the guy that runs up trying to work in a set every time you move to a new piece of equipment at the gym, because apparently he's doing a whole body split using the entire goddamn gym.
ReplyDeleteThe gym would be a good place for a stable. That one guy who's there to work out, and like 3 of his friends that he takes with him to sit on the machines next to him texting and chatting.
ReplyDeleteOr a tag team that has conversations in front of the water fountain for 20 minutes and treats you like an asshole for disturbing them when you get a drink.
Randy Orton as the guy who defecates in your gym bag every time you're a woman.
ReplyDeleteVince forgot his own formula.. As good as his wrestling shows in the 80's were, I became a bigger fan while watching Tuesday Night Titans. That show helped push the Heenan as a weasel angle, and gave us comedy gems like Fuji Vice. It also introduced us to another side of the wrestlers that you didn't see on the regular shows.
ReplyDeleteYou also need the guy who has a limited grasp of simple counting and can't put the dumbbells back in order, and the middle aged woman taking an hour on equipment that she doesn't really know how to use and can't move any weight on.
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