Not just "Who" would you push, but "HOW" would you push them?

[TheDirtbag]

Lately I get on here to check the stories of the day, and I'm so intrigued by the threads over here that most days I'll read them all. And it seems to me lately that everyone is all about the WWE's "push of the mid-carder," but then when it happens, everyone says it was the wrong guy, or its been done wrong.

So I'm just curious, not necessarily who you would push, because I always hear the same 5 or 6 names, but HOW would you do it, since you think the WWE is doing it wrong. Im not saying I agree or disagree with what I've read, Im just curious how you all would do it better?

 

[JenksIX]

I would push (excluding ECW talent)

Ted Dibiase, CM Punk, David Smith, Santino, and Kane.

DiBiase, I would make a face. I suppose him feuding with Orton and/or Rhodes is inevitable.

I suppose pushing Smith is pushing Hart Dynasty atm, so I would put them on the mic, prolly make David the face when the group broke up.

CM Punk being the leader of a heel stable does not sound like a bad idea too me.

I might even put the mask back on Kane and make him threatening again some how.

And Santino, I would try and get over as a comedic face who was very passionate and loyal about defending his friends.

 

[kobrad]

I would push Dibiase

Ted is a sure fire main eventer some day and this is how i see it all happening.

The rumble comes and NO he does not win it because Cody screws him and tosses him out with like 6 people left and then Cody gets tossed out right away. They argue on there way to the back.

The next night on RAW Ted talks about how he would of won the rumble if his so called partner wouldn't of screwed him. This leads us to the match between those two at Elimination Chamber. Dibiase wins and and while all this was going on Orton is furious over the break up of legacy.

The Monday after elimination chamber Orton (with Cody in the ring) is saying he would of won the Chamber match if blah blah blah would of happened and then Dibiase's new music hits. He cuts a promo on how they have been holding him back. Later in the night it is a handicap match between the Orton/Cody vs. Dibiase. dibiase gets a steal win with a roll -up on Orton. The next week on Raw it is Dibiase and Cody in a no DQ match. Dibiase is destroyed by Orton and Rhodes.

4 weeks before Mania dibiase challenges Orton to a match at Mania. Orton says he will only fight Dibiase if he can beat Cody in 5 mins with no DQ. With 1 min. remaining Dibiase is about to get the win when Orton strikes with the Punt to the head. Then to
a surprise out comes Kofi who hits the trouble in paradise on Cody and throws Dibiase over Rhodes while orton flees and Dibiase gets the win.

3 weeeks to Mania. Dibiase explains how he has a mild concussion but that wont stop him from beating orton at Mania. It is announced Kofi/Dibiase vs. Orton/Rhodes. Kofi and Dibiase get the clean win on Orton and Rhodes.

1 week till Mania. Dibiase and Orton pick each others opponents for the night. Orton picks Show for Dibiase who gets the win over Show. And Dibiase picks Kofi to face Orton and Dibiase distracts Orton for kofi to win over Orton.

Mania:
Orton vs. Dibiase
Dibiase wins clean after Orton misses a punt and Dibiase hits his finisher for the one, two, three. Dibiase is now in Main-Event and is pushed to get a title shot at an upcoming PPV.

 

[TheDirtbag]

I like the Dibiase story. And I agree, that would be a good way to do it.

(Remember, I asked for your ideas, meaning they may be far fetched and never happen, so there is no use in anyone shooting them down for being "morons" and tsaying "you're stupid if you think the WWE would ever do that," because that isnt the point of this thread, so people don't need to post that stuff)

My push is someone I have been hearing a lot of praise over, and I agree this guy is gold, The Miz. I won't go in as much detail, but I'll give you the overall story. I would have Miz lose at the Rumble to MVP, but then later in the night in the Rumble, throw out at least one Main Event contender, one of the real big names. Then at the Elimination Chamber PPV, have him in the chamber, and of course not win, but again pin one or two of the top stars. That way going into Mania, he can keep the chip on his shoulder, and talk about how he has been costing these big names big matches. Have him qualify for MITB, and promise his "Wrestlemania Moment" and "To Make History" every week leading up. I would open WM with the MITB match, and in it, have him cleverly lay low, letting everyone else take the big bumps, and in the end, win the match. Then for the Main Event, Taker and Michaels do a looooooooong classic that tops last years, leaving them both destroyed with Taker winning and keeping his streak, but Miz coming out blasting Taker with the case, cashing in, and defeating a beaten, exhausted taker at WM ending the streak in a cheap way, that doesnt diminish Takers big win at Mania, but does kill the streak in a cheap way, making Miz continue with his "Have I earned it yet?!" rep, and creating an instant legacy for his win, even if he did do it cheaply. Also, it lets Takers feud going into Mania keep everyone from even thinking a young up and comer could end it, and it allows for a huge shock moment. I'd love something like that.

 

[Yrrab]

I like the Dibiase story. And I agree, that would be a good way to do it.

(Remember, I asked for your ideas, meaning they may be far fetched and never happen, so there is no use in anyone shooting them down for being "morons" and tsaying "you're stupid if you think the WWE would ever do that," because that isnt the point of this thread, so people don't need to post that stuff)

My push is someone I have been hearing a lot of praise over, and I agree this guy is gold, The Miz. I won't go in as much detail, but I'll give you overall story. I would have Miz lose at the Rumble to MVP, but then later in the night in the Rumble, throw out at least one Main Event contender, one of the real big names. Then at the Elimination Chamber PPV, have him in the chamber, and of course not win, but again pin one or two of the top stars. That way going into Mania, he can keep the chip on his shoulder, and talk about how he has been costing these big names big matches. Have him qualify for MITB, and promise his "Wrestlemania Moment" and "To Make History" every week leading up. I would open WM with the MITB match, and in it, have him cleverly lay low, letting everyone else take the big bumps, and in the end, win the match. Then for the Main Event, Taker and Michaels do a looooooooong classic that tops last years, leaving them both destroyed with Taker winning and keeping his streak, but Miz coming out blasting Taker with the case, cashing in, and defeating a beaten, exhausted taker at WM ending the streak in a cheap way, that doesnt diminish Takers big win at Mania, but does kill the streak in a cheap way, making Miz continue with his "Have I earned it yet?!" rep, and creating an instant legacy for his win, even if he did do it cheaply. Also, it always Takers feud going into Mania to keep anyone from even thinking a young up and comer could end it, and it allows for a huge shock moment. I'd love something like that.

That'd be awesome, but I just couldn't see Miz ending Taker's streak at WM. Sure, Taker beats HBK, but if Miz went over Taker, it'd still be a loss for Undertaker at Wrestlemania. I think it could absolutely work if it were anyone else, though. And it's something I anticpate happening now that you lay it out like that...

 

[Da Prophet]

Orton & Sheamus!
Have Sheamus get the better of Orton over the next few weeks,then have him(meaning Sheamus lose at Rumble)be clean to!Then have Sheamus come in the Rumble and win(settle down boys and girls)only just.Then have him attack Randy and Legacy with weapons and leaves them blood rushing down their face's at the end of Raw.(course this is outside of the PG era)

Then this would lead to EC and Orton would put it on the line with Cody,Ted,Hunter,Sheamus and Cena.Orton and Legacy would take out everyone but Sheamus wold be the last one left.Then Legacy would turn on Orton,Ted would cover pinning him 1,2,3 while Sheamus looks on in shock.(leading to Legacy to feud with Orton on the months to follow.)Now Cody would be the next pinned,coming down to Ted and Sheamus,Ted would get the best of him till Sheamus roll's him up.

The next night Sheamus would say that it was the right decision to use his Rumble win at EC like Cena did in 2008 but he won unlike John.This would tigger Cena's music.He hits the ring and says he wnats Sheamus at Mania.He says no and that he must earn it like he did by winning the Rumble.

We have a road to Mania classic with former Mania Events battling to take on sheamus for the WWE Championship at Mania.(This would only have Mania Classic in the first round of course.)Come down to Batista vs Triple H vs Cena.With.............who know's can't say would ruin this future storyline for ya.

But what a Road to WrestleMania!!!

 

[Jordan-Dixon]

Im thinking the next big pushes apart from the obvious DiBiase one which everyone knows is coming up, the next big ones will be after the draft after wrestlemania. I hope Kofi and/or The Miz go to Smackdown and challenge for the World Championship from Taker or whoever it is after mania as i cant see Taker being champion at Mania and think he will lose it at Elimination Chamber.

But i want Miz to be the next big Heel World/WWE champion as Sheamus isnt a good champion and only faces Evan Bourne and isnt a good look as champion. The Miz could be made like HHH was at the start of the 00's when we all ways scrapped through challenges and still came out ontop as it was god to watch. Also you can see him Beating Taker, Cena and those sort of Prestige names in WWE and still be his cocky self with a major belt.

Kofi should win Money in the bank and cash it in at WM26 on the same night and beat the WWE champion, and then carry it for a few months untill Edge or Orton become a major Challenge to him.

 

[Shane101]

Chris Jericho & R Truth

Okay now i know that Jericho has been on the top of the world before but honestly i hate how he is being used now, however after reading the SD spoilers i think that it would be of good potential if they push for a R Truth and Jericho feud.

At the Rumble Jericho would be dominating until R Truth eliminates him then Jericho gets back in and helps another individual eliminate R Truth.

Then the next Smackdown We will see R Truth talk about how Jericho is jealous of him for out doing his twice. Jericho will come out and ask for a match right there on the spot and will explain that "Third time will be a charm."
The match would end with R Truth hitting his finisher and getting a clean pin (after a great match.)
Then the following weeks we will see both men qualify for the Smackdown EC


At EC R Truth will get a roll up pin on Jericho and right after Jericho gets eliminated out of pure frustration we see Jericho hit a Codebreaker on R Truth and some other wrestler will eliminate him.
R Truth will come out the next night and talk about how Jericho has to be a sore loser or else "he can't function properly" that "he has a problem with losing, everyone has a problem with losing, but he just does not know how to control himself... he has to be a sore loser!!!"
We see him making it out as a joke yet showing a lot of heat, he is trying to keep that "chilled" mentality intact. On the same night in a rematch Jericho finally beats R Truth clean.

Then the next week we will see Jericho cut a promo on how R Truth's victories were all just "flukes." He finally proved that he can beat R Truth, easily (match will be pretty short.)
R Truth will come out and give Jericho his due however his victories over him easily outweigh his.
R Truth then says that he truly believes that he (Jericho) pulled off a fluke himself.
Jericho will get pissed off and start a brawl with R Truth, he will end up beating the total crap out of R Truth with the help of a few weapons.

Finally R Truth will get out of his shell and get a more serious personality, the fans will not only still adore him but they will also start to take him more seriously. Jericho will also get some serious
heat with the fans... Leading to a DOG COLLAR MATCH or if that doesn't work they will get some other stipulation.

R Truth will get a big push this way and Jericho would end up get some more appreciation from the writers cause they really have been sloppy with their uses of Jericho. Jericho is definitely one of the top 5 most important talents currently in Smackdown. YOU SHOULD USE HIM!!!

And the same goes for R Truth as well.

 

[razerp]

I'd like to see Kane get 1 more World Title run, he was WWf/E champ 4 one night, he held the ECW title, i think a fitting cap to his career would be to hold the WHC. for this to happen Kane would need to either win the Rumble (he has been one of the most dominant Rumblers ever) and declare that he wants the Trifecta, the one top tier title he hasnt held. Or he wins MITB at WM26, after the WHC title match (last on the card) Flame, music, Big Red Machine down the ramp.. pummel, pummel, flying clothesline, chokeslam, 1, 2, 3!! New WHC Kane.. flames up!!.. Darkness!! Dong!! Blue Lights.. Dong!! Lights up and Taker in the ring!! Crowd all go bezerk... BOD raise belts in unison - 40 million watchers smark out despite themselves.

 

[mrwilliams061088]

the 1st person I would push is The Miz. I wasn't real big on Miz to begin with but after his promo about being banned from the locker room for 6 months and how no one took him seriously really sold me on the miz and now he's my new favorite wrestler. He's got the look, he's great on the mic, and who's a bigger heel on raw right now than the miz? I would start by him losing the u.s. title to mvp and then catapulting him to main event status by beating Cena or Triple h. A win over either one of them or maybe even both would definitely make him a main eventer and by summerslam we're looking at miz as our new wwe champion.

the next person would be kofi kingston. I say move him back to ecw and let him beat christian or ezekiel jackson (or whomever is the champion at the time) for the ecw title. That gives him time to improve and maybe a year later move him back to raw or maybe even smackdown and we have a new main eventer.

the last person is jack swagger. where are they trying to go with him? i mean he is so talented and has so much potential. he reminds me something of a young kurt angle. give this guy a shot! i would have him fued with triple h or maybe shawn michaels or some other main eventer to really get fans to take him seriously. he is being so misused right now and its emabarrasing to a guy as talented has swagger.

 

[THEratedRsuperStar]

I'd like to see Kane get 1 more World Title run, he was WWf/E champ 4 one night, he held the ECW title, i think a fitting cap to his career would be to hold the WHC. for this to happen Kane would need to either win the Rumble (he has been one of the most dominant Rumblers ever) and declare that he wants the Trifecta, the one top tier title he hasnt held. Or he wins MITB at WM26, after the WHC title match (last on the card) Flame, music, Big Red Machine down the ramp.. pummel, pummel, flying clothesline, chokeslam, 1, 2, 3!! New WHC Kane.. flames up!!.. Darkness!! Dong!! Blue Lights.. Dong!! Lights up and Taker in the ring!! Crowd all go bezerk... BOD raise belts in unison - 40 million watchers smark out despite themselves.




I so totally agree on this that would be epic course I always thought Kane shot get one more run with some of the other former champs that only had one or two runs but as for new guys getting pushed besides Ted, Christian, Morrison I'm going to go out on a limb and say Shelton and Matt Matt could win MITB and cash it in at TLC or he just get his shot at TLC and win Shelton go to raw or sd have him fued with orton or jericho

 

[AMH]

I'm sitting here and I'm thinking about the possible outcomes leading up to Wrestlemania and can't help but think about the status of John Morrison. For the past two years or so he has continually given the WWE Universe one great match after another. One of them, which took place last year was against a man who at The Royal Rumble face the Undertaker for the title in one Rey Mysterio. That was probably one of the best matches of the year, and should be acted upon again.

So how I see it. Being that HBK and The Undertaker are more than likely going to face off one on one at Wrestlemania, have The Undertaker drop the title to Mysterio at the Rumble. I know, it would be awesome if the Taker/HBK match was for a title, but I don't necessarily see Shawn jumping to Smackdown if he'd win, so...well, then again, there is the draft. But anyway, back to the top, have Mysterio win, then put him in a tag match with Morrison against perhaps Batista and McIntyre. It's a good match given these four can deliver, with the exception of a fed up Morrison turning on Mysterio. Finally claiming that he is a better wrestler than Mysterio what not. I know it's sort of a familiar storyline, but compared to what the WWE has done lately, it might come off as a shocker. Sort of like when HBK gave Hogan the sweet chin music on Raw that time.

What the WWE is lacking is the element of surprise, plain and simple. Take for example on Monday, when I heard the main event was going to be a six man involving Horswoggle and John Heder, I know Horswoggle was going to get the pin and the fans were going to cheer instead of boo which they should have. This has become far too common in the WWE. By creating little twists and turns along the way involving mid-card talent, they'd not only be creating new main eventers, but also they'd be giving us something new and fresh, which is what we're in dire need of. I think Morrison is the future. He is the new HBK. WWE needs to put their fears aside and just go for it. Make Morrison and Mysterio happen. It'd be a great Wrestlemania match.

 

[Greenlight13]

My initial reaction was going to be someone like Kaval/Low Ki or Bryan Danielson, but I guess it's not really the topic to say how you'd push someone who hasn't even debuted yet, and I am being biased towards guys that I assume will be good before they've even done anything because of their previous years of wrestling. No, this thread is more about who would you push that you don't feel is being pushed correctly at the moment and how.

I'm going to go with John Morrison.

I'd have him enter and win the Money in the Bank and then go on to lose when he cashes in the case. Not in the conventional way though. Everyone other than RVD has cashed in after someone else's match, which is an exciting way to do it, it's a dramatic shock and everything, but someone like RVD may not have gotten a main event PPV title shot if not for the case, so I think this would work with Jo-Mo too.

You have him come out on Smackdown and cut a promo about how he's been busting his ass in the ring and yet he feels he is overlooked when it comes to title shots. Say something like win or lose he'd at least like a try on the big stage with the spotlight shining down on him against the World Heavyweight Champion, and so for that reason he's going to use his case to challenge at (insert PPV name here).

Champion comes out and is of course obligated to accept but if it's someone like Batista or Jericho or another heel they mock him and say he doesn't belong in his league, what's he ever done etc. Then you do a pull apart punch-up and the commentators hype up how Morrison didn't back down and was going toe to toe with the champ.

Do the standard title build from there, have them wrestle in a combination of tag matches, cut promos on each other, beat high profile stars on their way there etc. Morrison has beaten the likes of Chris Jericho, CM Punk and Rey Mysterio in the past so he could easily just do that again, have the commentators tout what a huge win it was, how much momentum he has going in.

Then the show before the PPV you have him get the pin on the champion in a tag match, clean or taking advantage of a situation, it doesn't matter. I know that foreshadows that he won't win on PPV but that was always the intention of my storyline.

And then finally the match itself. You give them 15 or 20 minutes. I know, I know, that's a rarity in the WWE these days. You basically do a Tyler vs Nigel from ROH with it. Have Morrison keep barely kicking out of every move, reaching the ropes, making it back in the ring etc. Make the heel turn from cocky to frustrated to scared and the commentary team go bananas everytime he keeps fighting back. Have him hit all his signature stuff too, maybe even have the champ only just get out by using a rope break, or rolling out of the ring after a move. Carry this on and in theory the crowd would be going nuts for it. Then you have the champion beat Morrison clean.

It is possible to put a guy over in defeat and by following that blueprint I think it'd work. Morrison would have given the champ everything he could handle and refused to die in their match. Heel could give begrudging respect afterwards and then attack him with a cheap shot or something too. I think this would make Morrison a main event talent because of how close he came but narrowly didn't make it. It also doesn't weaken your champion.

Just my take.

 

[kcordloh]

I like the Morrison one for sure.

Some many names I wanna see pushed. Knox, Swagger, Bourne, Masters, Ryder, Miz, Morrison (reminds me of 2004 when everyone was talking about how loaded the midcard was THEN. This one definitely takes the cake)

I would push Mike Knox.

The storyline would start simple enough. He would lose yet another match, but afterwards it would be announced that person suffered a severe injury. He would be approached by Chris Jericho, who tells Knox that he could easily beat 99% of all WWE "supersucks" if he just focused on winning instead of hurting people. Knox would grin, and laugh.

The next few weeks he would actually pull of wins, beating Finlay, R-Truth, and finally lead back to his feud with Kane. Knox and Kane would challenge each other for a few weeks/month until Kane told him if Knox just focused on winning he would have no chance.

Suddenly Knox goes nuts. (Kane was his idol growing up, due to all the pain and torment he caused). He goes undefeated for 2 months (midcard/jobbers), leading to a tournament for the #1 contendership for summerslam. He wins, by beating Khali, Mysterio, and someone else. He ends up getting screwed out of the #1 contendership by the champion who doesn't wanna face Knox (a tweener champion would be perfect here).

This goes on for 5 months, the champ only being afraid of Knox, and nobody else. Knox never loses a match, he just gets screwed over in title & #1 contender matches.

Finally, Knox wins the RR, heads to Mania, and gets his legit shot at the champions belt.

Yes, I took Knox from a massive heel, and used the winning streak to trust someone being afraid of him to turn him into a puesdo tweener.

 

[tsull2121]

Since it's a "pet peeve" of mine, I would revamp the Women's division.. and I mean ALL the women.

First things first, I would vacate the pathetic Divas Championship then retire it FOREVER.

Second.. "The Axe Would Fall"... repeatedly! I'd outright fire from the roster Alicia Fox, The Bella Twins, Eve, Kelly Kelly,and Maria.

Third.. I'd remove Layla from the active roster and make her the manager of Michelle McCool. Tho I see no possible use for Layla IN the ring, I think she brings excellent heat on both herself and McCool. I'd have McCool do an angle where she refuses to speak to any of the other women because she thinks she is so much better than them and instead lets Layla do all the talking for her.

Fourth... I'd set up a tournament to determine the number one contender for the WWE Women's Championship. First round matches would be Gail Kim vs Rosa, Natalya vs Mickie James, Jillian Hall vs Beth Phoenix, and Katie Lea vs Melina. During the tournament I would have Maryse chasing McCool for the title but never managing to get a win thanks in part to Layla's interference 99% of the time, leaving McCool to defend the title against the eventual winner of the tournament.

By my estimation, the first round winners would be Gail over Rosa, Natalya over Mickie, Beth over Jillian, and Melina over Katie Lea.

Second round would have Natalya over Gail Kim to advance to the Finals, and Beth over Melina.. setting up a showdown between Beth Phoenix and Natalya for the number one contendership... I would give the nod to Natalya, just to pump some new blood into the Championship picture, then go with her defeating McCool for the belt at the PPV.

What I WOULDN'T do however, is what Vince is doing right now which is DRAG the tournament out over a span of a few weeks... I would have the first round matches on RAW and the second round matches on ECW, the finals on SMACKDOWN and the WWE Women's Championship match on whatever PPV was due up on that Sunday.. so within a week's time the tournament would be DONE and the Championship match over by the following week's RAW.

After the tournament and title match was over, I would DEFINITELY push Katie Lea to the friggin moon! She is an INCREDIBLE wrestler, but for some reason they don't let her work much at all which is a waste. Beth vs Natalya would be an INSTANT CLASSIC and one HELLUVA bout.. then to have Natalya fight it out with katie Lea afterwards? you got MONTHS of fresh programming right there!

I'd drop Jillian's tone deaf gimmick and let HER wrestle too.. despite the lame gimmick Jillian is VERY GOOD in the ring.. but again, they don't LET her show it.

I'm not too sure on Rosa Mendez tho.. I had heard she is pretty good, but I have yet to see her in action so I can't say I am impressed or not one way or another.

Still, out of ALL the women's roster, I think the ones I had put in this tournament format were the best of the bunch and the rest are just dead wood.

 

[RicSpade]

Right now I would be pushing Ryder for ECW, Bourne on RAW and R-Truth on Smackdown, and here is the scenario for each one.

Zach Ryder - He is now the self proclaimed face of ECW, he goes on to beat Hurricane, and goes on to say how he has taken out the top names ECW has to offer, Christian comes out and says Tommy was his friend and you took away from him what meant to him most, but his passion for ECW lives on in me and I will fight the good fight, Ryder says that ECW is nothing without Ryder and that he said if it were up to him the name ECW would be an after thought to the rest of the world and they go on to have a title match where the winner would decide the fate of ECW. Ryder would win and they would change the name of ECW and he'd be the champion and he would have credibility for most of his tenure as the guy who ended ECW for good.

Evan Bourne - The Rey Mysterio of RAW except they have him job constantly I think they need to do with him what they did on ECW when he won the homecoming qualifier and have him beat a big heel and then it would gain him a little credibility and he beats all these bigger guys by the skin of his teeth. Finally Miz comes out "Really Evan, Really? You think because you have a streak your on cloud nine, but in reality your nothing more then a fluke and I will prove it, he faces Evan and Evan beats him similar to Rocky Maivia beating Hunter in 96 at Tuesday Raw Tuesday and it sets up a PPV match where Evan proves he is the better man still and is a fighting champion for probably a few months until he loses to a big name star to take the belt off of him.

R-Truth - He's close to being a main event star he's beaten guys they want to bring to the top level or has beaten former champions in some form or fashion I'd have him start by beating Jericho one on one. Jericho would go on to say its a fluke a con by a mediocre knock off of Rerun and Vanilla Ice he then sets up the Truth or Consequences challenge for R-Truth where he picks wrestlers for truth to beat until Jericho gets frustrated and decides to take him on himself, and then has to cheat to beat Truth. Truth tells Jericho you can't beat me straight up? Whats up? He then challenges Jericho to a Street Fight where the loser leaves Smackdown and during the match someone from ECW or RAW would help Jericho therefore setting up the next big feud for Truth on a different brand without making Truth look weak.

 

[MikeZnox]

Ziggler.

The guy just keeps putting on solid matches, I actually had fun watching Kane and Dolph's "best of 3 series". Very good worker.

Anyways, what I would do is have him come out next week, and challenge Kane to another match. Have Dolph up the stakes and say if he beats Kane, he gets a title shot at the Undertaker sometime down the road. If he loses, he'll leave WWE or Kane could say he gets lit on fire or something like that.

Later on in the night, a segment with the Bros of Destruction is shown and Undertaker basically says to accept the match.

So Kane and Ziggler takes place, have Dolph win with some interference by...the straight edged society or someone like that. (Sets up a Punk-Kane fued...Kane had to go through painkillers after the fire... ) He hits the Zig-Zag and wins the match. Taker comes down and cleans out the ring after the match.

During the next month or so, have Taker scare Ziggler backstage (Lights out, shadows, face in the mirror, etc, all that BS ). Eventually have Ziggler/Punk vs Bros of Destruction. After the match have Gallows/the society (hopefully some members stay) come to the ring and they all beat down Kane and Taker. Ziggler announces he will be the next WHC.

Ziggler and taker do NOT fight at Mania, though, have the fued run through other Taker fueds. Whoever Taker fights at Mania will lose to him, but Ziggler will interfere in the match to try to screw Taker out of a win. This would give Dolph large amounts of heat for trying to ruin the streak.

I guess it's Backlash after WM? So that's when Dolph and Taker finally square off, after 3 solid months of build up.

Would Dolph win the match? I'm not sure, but it would be a good push regardless of the outcome. Probably wouldn't win clean, but I think Ziggler could put on a good match with Undertaker.

That's my stupid idea...thoughts/criticism would be appreciated.

 

[mkman613]

id like to see the hart dynasty somehow pushed with the return of bret hart plus cm punk/gallows, who look like they will be the new tag champions. making them legitimate right now and having cm punk raise the tag division would do the wwe a great service.

thats a great idea about jericho pushing r truth. hes a fun wrestler who is very over with the crowd and would give jericho something to do before edge returns.

of course dibiase will be pushed. not worried about that.

the miz is doing a great job pushing himself.

and from ECW... id love to see christian go to raw or smackdown and start off with a great fued. christian is great. what i was hoping is that jericho and big show would stay together, then once edge came back he would want a piece of jericho. so he gets a tag partner...none other than his own brother christian. edge/christian vs jerishow feud

and id like to see vance archer pushed. hes powerful!

 

[metsfan104]

I would love to push Shelton.!! he is one the best pure athletes in the WWE. I know I know he is not good on the mic and does not have charisma but come on he deserves a title or something. During the draft I would have him move back to Smackdown and start a program with Jericho maybe he can get some charisma out of him.

 

[mont3818]

Benjamin

I mean, they've made stars out of worse people (Batista, Ultimate Warrior, Benoit (NO mic skills, way worse than Shelton at least. And probably not very good charisma.)

First I think I'd give him the ECW Title once Christian is moved to SD! in April to start an upper-mid carr/semi-main event push. And I'd have Shelton feud with Regal. Canyou imagine that? Especially now that Shelton is face.. they'd put on a wrestling clinic! And it would give Shelton all the confidence he needs to take where he lacks to the next level. To me, Shelton should be in ECW ONLY to improve himself, thats what all of it should be; the minor leagues where you imrov enough to be put back into the major leagues. Then in like september I'd love him to Raw. I think thats where he belongs. Thats where he got his first singles push. There I'd have him put on possible classics with Jack Swagger then feud with Triple H (thats an interesting one to me). That'll be his foot in the door to a permenant position in upper-mid car/main event. Shelton can call triple h out feeling like he has something to prove all these years and he can't move on until he knows he can beat Triple H without is seeming like a fluke or shock. That's a start to me.

Another one is Christian. Just because I see endless opportunities for him on SD! I'd love to see him reunite with Edge a couple times, especially since they'll both be big time babyfaces of SD! And I envision a REALLY good rivalry with CM Punk. I think they match up pretty good, like a younger Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. Huh?? It seems like he'd be a good fit for SD. Maybe this whole time in ECW was his chance to prove himself to Vince and I think he's done it. Immidiately after WM26 he should go. Christian could bring so many fresh matches to SD.

 

[johnnyblaze3:16]

i would start by having kofi win the rumble and finally get pushed to the wwe champ it would open belivable feuds for the up and coming stars. he could feud and put over, dibiase shemus miz(wich i think would be awsome) miz vs kofi for the title allows miz to become main event and have it be beliveable what i mean is miz can beat kofi but do you belive he could beat cena? i also would like to see heart dynasty win the tag straps or punk&gallows

 

[LegendKiller716]

I would love to see The All American American Jack Swagger get a huge push.

I was hoping his feud with Miz to go somewhere. I finally thought WWE would have a cocky face wrestler, but then the magical dancing titties stole his push.

If I had to pick how swagger was push I would start off with heel vs heel feuds. This would need to be done carefully so swagger would come off as the fan favorite of the 2 heels. The would need Swagger to take on guys with tremendous heat such as Miz or a move to smackdown to take on Punk or Jericho.

A group I would like to see pushed is the group of Zack Ryder, The Dudebusters, and the returning Curt Hawkins. Hawkins would need a Gimmeck tweak but I think the group has good potential. Ryder can be the main star Hawkins the secondary and the Dudebusters the tag team. I think the gimmicks of Ryder Croft and Barreta mesh good and there is history between those three and Hawkins.

 

[milfy21]

well i was sitting here thinking about this question and how wrestling is going to be in a few years and where it will be (who will be there and who wont) and after thinking about it a notice that the wwe is pushing some guys wight now to take place of the big names that will be retiering soon.

so i came up with this

Shawn--- will be leaving soon but the wwe is doing a good job bringing up people like john morrison that'll take his spot

Taker-- i believe there trying to make sheamus sorts like they made the taker but with a different char a guy comes in and make a impact and get the title within months off a super big face so exspect him only to lose it in a bullcrap way not a clean win by who ever wins it from him to make him look semi creadable still

rey---- now this is who i think doesnt have another char to take his place ... so this leads me to my answer

Evan Bourne i believe he is a very exciting young wrestler but the one thing he doesnt have is size . so the only way hell ever make it to uper midcard or main event is if they push him like the wcw and wwe did with rey by being a giant killer and getting a streak of winning over big guys ... then have like the big show or kane have the u.s or i.c title when he gets the win over them in a fued to show he can play with the big boys lol(wcw line!) but i hope u get what i mean

lmk what u guys think if it would work or not

 

[marklouis]

My initial answer would be Dolph Ziggler, but he would not be alone. He would be the leader of a new stable called "The Revolution". This group would consist of Ziggler, the Hart Dynasty, and Mike Knox. It would be about young guys wanting their shot. The Hart Dynasty would take the tag titles, preferably from DX (although it looks like that will happen with Punk/Gallows). They would then proclaim themselves better than their Hart family bretheren.

Knox would go after Kane. He would talk about looking up to him, alway rooting for him when younger. But Kane has gone soft. He doesn't hurt people anymore-he's not brutal enough. The two have a match-Knox can win or just destroy Kane. Knox then becomes the pre-eminent monster of WWE.

Ziggler would have to adopt a "legend killer" type gimmick, basically taking on all big name guys, whether they have a title or not. He doesn't have to hurt them, just beat them. He could start with Mysterio or Jerhico, but eventually he'd have to win the WHC. Maybe he wins the Money in the Bank match.

This could aslo be done with Morrison as the leaser rather than Ziggler, but I think Ziggler is a little better on the mic. But Morrison should be a heel in my opinion.

 

[mdcclxxvisoad]

First on picking who to push, is someone who I think will go over with the crowd. As much as I think someone like Swagger is talented, I don't think the general fan will ever except him as being more than a donkey kong acting Scott Steiner wanna-be. I don't think he could generate real heat, and people just see him as being a joke.

Hart Dynasty are not ready yet, but they will be. They have the talent, the name recognition that it takes to last in WWE. As long as their ego's and behavior don't interfere with their ability to last. Unfortunately no matter how talented they are, the Tag Team division in WWE is practically non-existent.

The person who I think is ready for a push is Ted Dibiase. Cody Rhodes is ready too, but I think his size is a factor that will never get him over on the Raw brand. I think Legacy is ready to be done with and now is the time to push Ted Dibiase.

How would I push Ted? Make him win Money in the Bank. He is the son of the Million dollar man so it is fitting. I wouldn't make him a face. I think he should remain as a heel until he cashes in the MITB. He should remain in Legacy and have Jelousy build up between him and Randy Orton. HHH will end up with the championship down the road, and Orton challenges him, both Cody and Ted secure Randy Ortons victory. Orton goes in for a man hug on Dibiase, and Ted dream streets him, and then cashes in on Orton and wins. Cody is shocked and doesn't know what's happened, he goes in and helps Orton up and then Cross Rhodes him. Now Orton is alone and Ted is champ with Rhodes by his side as his virgil. Orton gets a rematch next ppv and loses, now Ted is officially over. Since he went over Orton and still remains heel, he can get cheers on both sides. Then I would have him job to HHH, so that HHH still is the guy who keeps people down, to get more sympathy from the smart marks, and generate more heat from the general fans. Which would bring him down a notch, but not to the point where he is a midcarder. It really would depend on his ability, and it would be up to him and the fans to determine his place. How well the fans react would determine his overall fate.