Andy Mancini
08-31-2004, 09:32 PM
Maybe it's just me, but I thought it was extremely appropriate that the "divas" came out to "Walk Idiot, Walk" last night on Raw. Honestly, all I see here are four vapid nobodys that will do nothing but suck precious brodcast minutes from people who actually deserve to be on the air. I have the same complaint about the "new" "Tough Enough" as well. For every one Chris Nowisnski we get four Linda Miles or Matt Morgans, and frankly, it bothers the heck out of me. Instead, I would do this:
Raw Diva Search:
The Selection:
The first thing that I would do would be to change the contest slightly by adding male managers to the mix. This move would add a little variety to an otherwise dull, carbon-copy segment. I would also add a stipulation that states that each manager/valet should have at least three (or possibly more) years expirience managing in Indie promotions. Why? Normal people who have no idea what they are doing suck. People who also had significant face time with a promotion in the public eye (ECW, WCW, TNA) would also be excluded, as it would be extremely unfair to the other contestants. Only the top sixteen would make it to television.
The Contest:
Each week, two of the contestants would have a chance to manage/walk out a wrestler on Raw according to the gimmick he or she has going into the thing. If the manager has an athletic gimmick, for example, he or she would end up with Shelton Benjamin or Mark Henry. If he or she has an "evil" gimmick, he or she would end up with Kane, and so on. The person who do everything a good manager does: do a hype interview for his or her wrestler, add to the match, cheat (if applicable), and the obligitory revenge/celebration rant at the end. This would go on every week until there are only two people remaining.
The End:
For the final two, the contest would change slightly. Instead, the two managers/valets would have a month to show off their stuff, with the payoff being a televised match between the two workers they are managing. The winner, of course, would win a spot within the WWE.
Tough Enough:
The Selection:
The selection would work roughly the same way as with the "Manager Search" (Indie expirience a must) but only a tad more restrictive. Any worker that has had a major face time on one of the big four (WWF/E, WCW, ECW, TNA), or has a prominent position (like management or a training camp) in a mid-major indie promotion are immediately ineligible. Again, it keeps the competition from being dominated by AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, and Samoa Joe. I would also try to represent as many different styles out there: high flyers, technical whizzes, big men, spot monkeys, garbage, sports-entertainers, chain wrestlers.
The Competition:
Each week, two wrestlers would have ten minutes to wow the crowd. Just throw it all out there. In the later rounds, the styles will be mixed around, showing how the workers fare with someone who does not wrestle as they do, like a high flyer and a big man (more AJ Styles and Abyss and less Rey Mysterio and the Big Show).
The End:
The contest would end in grand WWE style: a glitzy gimmick match. The match, of course, would partially be geared to the final to workers and would be held at the pay-per-view. The winner (as in, the winner of the fan's vote, not the winner on the match) gets the WWE contract.
Sure this might be impractical... even dumb, but it's better that what they are doing now.
Raw Diva Search:
The Selection:
The first thing that I would do would be to change the contest slightly by adding male managers to the mix. This move would add a little variety to an otherwise dull, carbon-copy segment. I would also add a stipulation that states that each manager/valet should have at least three (or possibly more) years expirience managing in Indie promotions. Why? Normal people who have no idea what they are doing suck. People who also had significant face time with a promotion in the public eye (ECW, WCW, TNA) would also be excluded, as it would be extremely unfair to the other contestants. Only the top sixteen would make it to television.
The Contest:
Each week, two of the contestants would have a chance to manage/walk out a wrestler on Raw according to the gimmick he or she has going into the thing. If the manager has an athletic gimmick, for example, he or she would end up with Shelton Benjamin or Mark Henry. If he or she has an "evil" gimmick, he or she would end up with Kane, and so on. The person who do everything a good manager does: do a hype interview for his or her wrestler, add to the match, cheat (if applicable), and the obligitory revenge/celebration rant at the end. This would go on every week until there are only two people remaining.
The End:
For the final two, the contest would change slightly. Instead, the two managers/valets would have a month to show off their stuff, with the payoff being a televised match between the two workers they are managing. The winner, of course, would win a spot within the WWE.
Tough Enough:
The Selection:
The selection would work roughly the same way as with the "Manager Search" (Indie expirience a must) but only a tad more restrictive. Any worker that has had a major face time on one of the big four (WWF/E, WCW, ECW, TNA), or has a prominent position (like management or a training camp) in a mid-major indie promotion are immediately ineligible. Again, it keeps the competition from being dominated by AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, and Samoa Joe. I would also try to represent as many different styles out there: high flyers, technical whizzes, big men, spot monkeys, garbage, sports-entertainers, chain wrestlers.
The Competition:
Each week, two wrestlers would have ten minutes to wow the crowd. Just throw it all out there. In the later rounds, the styles will be mixed around, showing how the workers fare with someone who does not wrestle as they do, like a high flyer and a big man (more AJ Styles and Abyss and less Rey Mysterio and the Big Show).
The End:
The contest would end in grand WWE style: a glitzy gimmick match. The match, of course, would partially be geared to the final to workers and would be held at the pay-per-view. The winner (as in, the winner of the fan's vote, not the winner on the match) gets the WWE contract.
Sure this might be impractical... even dumb, but it's better that what they are doing now.