General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Sky]

I agree here. Short term alignments are fine but they work infinitely better with a fleshed out character .

The workrate era has caused a lot of wrestlers to go with "Good Wrestling Guy" as a character - not everyone can pull that off

 

[Sky]

At least, that's the only explanation I can think of as to why so many who had the peak of their careers from the mid 2000s to 2010s are kind of unmemorable

 

[Loochblade]

Well, WWE didn't help with pretty much not building up new characters over some time

 

[Loochblade]

Not pulling the trigger on so many potential big main eventers also didn't help

 

[Rosie]

The workrate era has caused a lot of wrestlers to go with "Good Wrestling Guy" as a character - not everyone can pull that off

I think you can have a grounded and realistic character, but you just need a clear personality, some quirks, and clear wants and desires

 

[Rosie]

Like I think Kevin Owens, booking aside, is an example of a good "Ima wrestler" character. He has clear wants and desires. He wants to win the title to provide for his family and is willing to stab people in the back to do so or stand in front of anyone to do so, even if they are a friend.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Ya its easy to figure out what ko is about I agree

 

[Comrade Khan]

I'd say I'd put gargano in that group too

 

[Rosie]

Yep

 

[Rosie]

Like I think an example of a time which was underrated was when Seth was a babyface. Not like post-month two of his Universal title run when he had a never ending feud with Barron Corbin and Lacey Evans, repeated his feud with Brock, then the Fiend stuff, or early in his face run-

 

[Marty McFourth]

OH MAH GAWD THE MIZ IS BACK

You watched the Edge promos yet? The second one has been my favourite so far. They've been great, surprisingly good feud.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Zayn was pretty good at it too but he's also excelling as a delusion heel lol

 

[Dirk Dickbutt]

Zayn's one of those guys that can turn chicken scrap to chicken salad

 

[Rosie]

Like I think an example of a time which was underrated was when Seth was a babyface. Not like post-month two of his Universal title run when he had a never ending feud with Barron Corbin and Lacey Evans, repeated his feud with Brock, then the Fiend stuff, or early in his face run-

I'm talking when he finally feuded with Triple H, and then afterwards when he actually tried to repent for his mistakes from splitting The Shield, then him using his wrestling to get over and blending it into his character, a firey babyface with heart who wanted to out perform anyone and face all challengers.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Zayn's one of those guys that can turn chicken scrap to chicken salad

Yeah hes a fucking gem