First off don't bash me if you only read the title or parts of my post.
Second, if the idea attacks your wrestling integrity just unpause your 1972 Flair vs Rhodes DVD you're currently watching and don't respond.
Third, remember where you are right now. This is a wrestling website forum for fun stuff. Don't give me business crap about stocks and merchandise sales. WWE creative isn't reading and isn't hiring you tomorrow.
Forth, No I'm not high!
Okay now here's my idea. It started with me thinking about how Doctor Who gets a new lead actor every 4 years or so and the outrage the fans show when a change is coming. The showrunners deal with the backlash and they continue on and guess what? The veiwers actually learn to love the new guy and their backlash is just as strong when his time is up years later.
From here my idea went from instead of removing one guy from a character and inserting another what if it's a true swap of characters.
I initially thought that this could be the stupidest idea in wrestling history. Then I thought but who gives a crap. Vince has grapefruits so try it. And then I thought of who to do it with and the idea actually makes some sense and could work.
I would do it with Cena and Orton.
The idea protects Cena's character. Everyone would love a Cena heel turn but merchandise, young fans, make-a-wish and on and on would be affected. So how do we dip our toes in the water so to speak with a Cena turn. Well that is where the swapping characters idea comes in.
Santino Marella returns from a worldwide trip. He is showing Kali, Hornswaggle, Ryder and others the artifacts and souvenirs he's brought back with him. One of them is a spooky looking teapot that he tells the small crowd about. He says that he was told that if one person removes the lid and another puts it back on that they will swap bodies. Of course the small crowd doesn't believe any of it and laughs it off. As the teapot sits on the table and he moves on to other items Orton enters the room and removes the lid to look inside. He sets the lid to the side of the teapot and leaves. Cena comes in and sees the lid and puts it's back on. Boom! Story starts.
From here you can slowly turn them with Cena saying "I'm the face of the WWE!" in the middle of a promo and it doesn't fit the promo he's doing and he acts like where did that come from.
Orton starts throwing up the hand signals after a win or also starts saying things Cena would .
Eventually they realize they are stuck in each others bodies. From here the entertainment I believe could be priceless.
Imagine Cena in Ortons tights with a three day old scruff RKOing people.
And Orton interrupting a heel promo decked out in Neon, with a sideways hat and chain around his neck.
The swap bodies story is ancient and has been done for children and adults and the WWE is an entertainment company. Talent wants out of the box ideas and things they can sink their teeth into. This idea completely flips the script for Cena and Orton and who knows what refreshing content miight come from it.
The bottom line is it gives the WWE a way out if it doesn't work. Instead of a true Cena heel turn where he turns on the fans and speaks his mind as the youth cry, this story protects losing his young audience because they understand why he's acting the way he is and that he will return to himself one day.
Bash me.
Second, if the idea attacks your wrestling integrity just unpause your 1972 Flair vs Rhodes DVD you're currently watching and don't respond.
Third, remember where you are right now. This is a wrestling website forum for fun stuff. Don't give me business crap about stocks and merchandise sales. WWE creative isn't reading and isn't hiring you tomorrow.
Forth, No I'm not high!
Okay now here's my idea. It started with me thinking about how Doctor Who gets a new lead actor every 4 years or so and the outrage the fans show when a change is coming. The showrunners deal with the backlash and they continue on and guess what? The veiwers actually learn to love the new guy and their backlash is just as strong when his time is up years later.
From here my idea went from instead of removing one guy from a character and inserting another what if it's a true swap of characters.
I initially thought that this could be the stupidest idea in wrestling history. Then I thought but who gives a crap. Vince has grapefruits so try it. And then I thought of who to do it with and the idea actually makes some sense and could work.
I would do it with Cena and Orton.
The idea protects Cena's character. Everyone would love a Cena heel turn but merchandise, young fans, make-a-wish and on and on would be affected. So how do we dip our toes in the water so to speak with a Cena turn. Well that is where the swapping characters idea comes in.
Santino Marella returns from a worldwide trip. He is showing Kali, Hornswaggle, Ryder and others the artifacts and souvenirs he's brought back with him. One of them is a spooky looking teapot that he tells the small crowd about. He says that he was told that if one person removes the lid and another puts it back on that they will swap bodies. Of course the small crowd doesn't believe any of it and laughs it off. As the teapot sits on the table and he moves on to other items Orton enters the room and removes the lid to look inside. He sets the lid to the side of the teapot and leaves. Cena comes in and sees the lid and puts it's back on. Boom! Story starts.
From here you can slowly turn them with Cena saying "I'm the face of the WWE!" in the middle of a promo and it doesn't fit the promo he's doing and he acts like where did that come from.
Orton starts throwing up the hand signals after a win or also starts saying things Cena would .
Eventually they realize they are stuck in each others bodies. From here the entertainment I believe could be priceless.
Imagine Cena in Ortons tights with a three day old scruff RKOing people.
And Orton interrupting a heel promo decked out in Neon, with a sideways hat and chain around his neck.
The swap bodies story is ancient and has been done for children and adults and the WWE is an entertainment company. Talent wants out of the box ideas and things they can sink their teeth into. This idea completely flips the script for Cena and Orton and who knows what refreshing content miight come from it.
The bottom line is it gives the WWE a way out if it doesn't work. Instead of a true Cena heel turn where he turns on the fans and speaks his mind as the youth cry, this story protects losing his young audience because they understand why he's acting the way he is and that he will return to himself one day.
Bash me.
