Which Superstar's need a Re-Boot?

[Cleavo77]

Very simple thread. Answer any or all of the following questions below.

1) Who Needs a new finisher and what type should it be
(i.e. John Cena - New submission, top rope, and/or grapple)

2) Who needs new entrance music and what should it be?
(i.e. John Morrison - (Song title and Artist)

3) Who needs to form/disband a tag team
(i.e. Edge and Christian Reunite or Santino and Kozlov disband)

4) Who needs to turn Heel/Face
(i.e. DiBiase turn Face or Kingston turns Heel)

Go.

 

[Undertaker the 5th]

I think Jack Swagger just needs a re-boot overall.
They need to find a way to get him back on main event level and I think it would be believable because he is a former WWE Champion.

As far as who needs a finisher, I think it is pretty safe to say Santino. I don't know what it should be, but that cobra thing doesn't seem like it will get over with the big guys if he ever makes it to that level.

I don't think anyone should form a tag team. Mostly because I am not a fan of tag teams, so I don't care for that division anymore.

The guy who needs to turn face is Shaemus. I know he is a great heel and all, but he already faced HHH as a heel at mania and if they go at it again in the same pay per view, then it would be cool if the roles were reversed.

A new theme song, well maybe the guy who disbanded from the Hart Dynasty. I don't even know his name, but his song is too generic.

 

[Find'er Woo'er Ryder]

1. who needs a new finsiher and what type should it be
-john morrison-now that he is going for the wwe title and a fued with the miz he should have a new finisher and start to kick ass. maybe something like a springboard because of his gimmick with parkour

2.who needs a new entrance music and what should it be
-kofi kingston-since he dropped his jamican gimmick his song dont really fit him now. maybe something with a pop but i have no idea what it should be

3.who needs to form/disband a tag team
form-ted dibase and husky harris (money 2.0)
disband-no team needs to disband

4who needs to turn heel/face
heel to face-drew mcintyre-i dont really like his current gimmick and i think he could do good as a face
face to heel-rey mysterio-never seen his heel work and would be interesting to see his turn

 

[#hamler]

1) Who Needs a new finisher and what type should it be?

I believe Kofi Kingston should start using his SOS maneuver and save the Trouble in Paradise for his bigger oponents. The SOS is a wonderful move for anyone to hit, but Kofi is probably one of the few that can hit it perfectly. He needs to use it to his advantage and use it more often and use it as a finisher.

2) Who needs new entrance music and what should it be?

Hmmm, I have to go with John Morrison. Its very hard to take hin serious as a number one contender with that music. He needs something more serious, but yet fun. I don't really know what would fit him other than Saliva's "Superstar". Here's a video, forgive me its the only video I could find.

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Its a great song that Joey Mercury used in OVW. Made him look like a total badass. Could do the same for Morrison.

3) Who needs to form/disband a tag team

This took no thinking what so ever. Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder. Yeah that's right. Not Hawkins and Berrettta but Hawkins and Ryder. The two were a phenomenal tag team when they were the Major Brothers. Both have proved they can put on solid matches on Superstars so why not team them back together to help them both.

4) Who needs to turn Heel/Face

Chavo Guererro needs to turn face. He can't seem to get over as a heel. He tries to hang with Vickie sometimes but never seems to get the spotlight. Now he's reduced to wearing an eagle suit dancing around with Hornswoggle. He's a Guererro for fucks sake. He has tremendous talent. Give him the warrior gimmick back and have him go with that. Turn him face using Eddie's name as something to fall back on. He's a great in ring talent, they should use him more often.

 

[gurvinder372]

1) Who Needs a new finisher and what type should it be
HHH: Not that pedigree is bad, but i would like see him a using a submission as finisher once in a while.
Agree about Wade Barret's wasteland also.

2) Who needs new entrance music and what should it be?
Can't think of exact songs, but following superstars are my picks
John Morrison: Something that indicates of a rising superstar who is confident of his future,
Rey Mysterio: theme music that is genuinely mysterious , which implies that he is actually an underdog,
Jack Swagger: his is huge and is booked like a wrestler having good mat skills, entrance theme should suggest the same (similar to Kurt Angle)
and Kane: its about time he needs to hold his own in the ring and not as Taker's shadow, change in entrance theme could help

3) Who needs to form/disband a tag team
agree about edge and christian re-uniting
Off lately, i do not see random superstars put in a tag team, so i guess WWE has stopped doing it. I do not want to see Mark henry in any tag team anymore with a superstar less than half of his size. It just seems so forced, hence doesn't work for me.

4) Who needs to turn Heel/Face
Heel turn for: Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton (as a face, he is borton, simple as that) , and Taker (his tweener/face persona doesn't work for me)
Face turn for: Drew, Shamus (want him to feud with heel HHH)

 

[skeet mg]

New finisher:
John Morrison. His finisher can be botched too easily even though Morrison is great in the ring. I just think he might need a more serious finisher if that makes any sense. One guy who doesn't need a new finisher is Tyler Reks, his finisher is just plain awesome.

New entrance music:
Ted DiBiase Jr. This pop theme is AWFUL. I think they should have just stuck with the Legacy theme.

Tag Team form/disband:
I think JTG should team up with someone, maybe Kofi, Zeke, or Kaval, or if he moved to Raw and teamed with Evan Bourne when he returns. JTG is a solid talent that WWE should use.

Turn heel/face:
I would like to see Christian return, turn heel, and feud with Edge up to Wrestlemania 27. The feud practically makes itself, I don't see how creative could screw it up too much.

 

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

A few things:

1. Jack Swagger in my opinion should turn babyface, but go back to using the previous things he used to use. He wears that ring attire he wore at WrestleMania. He does that King Kong type of thing he used to do where he pounds his chest. You give him pyro again. Just make his character the serious "wrestler" guy who wants to go out, out-wrestle you, and that's it - but more importantly, make it so he CAN do it. I'm not talking a Goldberg undefeated streak, but make it so he wins more often than not, seeing as how he's a huge guy and strong but also pretty damn quick and very good at the technical aspects.

2. Kofi Kingston needs to turn heel to balance it out. He's bland as a face and is clearly going nowhere. I don't know exactly how they could pull it off, but give him a bit of an edge, kind of like how there was the transition from Rocky Maivia (smiling babyface) to The Rock. He doesn't need to be "The Kofi", haha, but you know what I mean..he just needs some purpose.

3. I'd like to see Jericho return as a face and back to wearing the tights.

4. Wade Barrett needs a new finisher, definitely. Wasteland works very well as a secondary move, but it isn't good enough for a finisher.

5, Alberto Del Rio needs some fucking kneepads and at least ONE other pair of trunks lol.

6. I would say R-Truth needs a new finisher, but I don't care enough about him to put the effort into thinking of one.

7. David Otunga needs a new finisher, as does Heath Slater (though I'd rather Slater just be released). McGillicutty needs his old name back. Gabriel's fine.

8. If we're to take Tyson Kidd seriously, he not only needs new music and a finisher of his own, but the push itself to coincide.

9. David Hart Smith needs a new personality.

10. Zack Ryder just needs a push. They're wasting him. He should at least be in a tag team and used more often than just Superstars.

11. Chris Masters, if he's to be actually viewed as worth something, needs new music.

12. Curt Hawkins and Trent Barreta should team up. They're not going to go anywhere higher than that most likely, so why not at least use them to beef up the tag team division? You can still job them out in singles matches as often as you normally do, but this way, you kill two birds with one stone.

 

[Kyle316]

1) Who Needs a new finisher and what type should it be
Kane- Instead of ripping off the Undertaker's tombstone piledriver, Kane should use a crucifix powerbomb. It's very cool and i think it would fit Kane well.

2) Who needs new entrance music and what should it be?
Again, Kane- I personally like his theme from 2002-2008 (the one with the rock music; i think the song was "slow chemical", but i cant remember). It sounds more fitting for his gimmick.

3) Who needs to form/disband a tag team
I dont really know- some suggestions/possibilities are:
-Ezekiel Jackson (just moved to SD) and Chris Masters (both have this "ripped", "muscle" persona)
-Dolph Ziggler & Vickie: I know they're not even a tag team, but they are getting old.

4) Who needs to turn Heel/Face
In addition to the above, Dolph Ziggler should have a face turn.
Also, Edge makes a better heel in my opinion, so there's that.


I also wish CM Punk were a face, but as we all saw, he attacked Cena, turning him heel (i still love Punk no matter).

 

[CM Pulsar]

1) Who Needs a new finisher and what type should it be
I'm gonna say John Morrison, and it should be some sort of parkour style kick. Starship Pain is awesome looking...when it's landed properly. The problem is it's a really difficult move to do so having it as his finisher opens himself up for unintentional botches at a point in the match where all eyes are gonna be on him.


2) Who needs new entrance music and what should it be?
Ted DiBiase needs a new theme song desperately. The one he has right now is just weak (see below for further thoughts I have on him)

I'm gonna omit number 3 as I'm not totally sure on that one.


4) Who needs to turn Heel/Face
I think an R-Truth heel turn has some potential. He is somewhat still over as a face but the character has gone stale and his star is fading fast. Positioning him as a heel would open him up to feud with guys like Morrison and Bryan and give him the chance to have some great matches.

On the other side, if Nexus is indeed done I think Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater could both benefit from a face turn. Theyre both young, good looking, solid in the ring and have the potential to be very likable. Keep them as a tag team in the London/Kendrick vein and give them time to develop.

I'm gonna add a fifth category

5) Who needs a gimmick overhaul?
I'm gonna say Ted DiBiase. He's a good wrestler and has a good look, but the Million Dollar Couple gimmick was DOA. Saddling him with a watered down version of his father's gimmick has done nothing but hold him back. At Survivor Series in his match with Bryan I saw flashes of a darker, more aggressive side to him that could really carry some weight. Imagine this scenario: he spends the next few weeks losing matches, getting more and more frustrated, until finally in a match with another mid-carder he just LOSES it and not only wins but completely brutalizes his opponent. He then takes the mic and basically buries his own gimmick, saying he is tired of pretending to be something hes not. He tells Maryse she is part of the problem and to take a hike. He stays heel, but an unpredictable and volatile one.

 

[steveh0481]

Finishers:

1) John Morrison: Agreed with all the reasons everyone else has posted. He DOES need a credible finishing move. Starship pain (or Starship fail depending on the angle) has a 50/50 shot of actually connecting on his opponent. He needs a finisher that employs his new wrestling technique

2) Wade Barrett: Wasteland just doesnt seem to fit him. It is the equivalent of a body slam in my opinion. I would like to see something submission from him.

Entrance Music:

1) John Morrison: Once again, I would go with something tougher. I know he dropped the Johnny Nitro gimmick for the more rock "John Morrison" gimmick, but I would get something a little more tougher. The Jim Morrison stock music doesnt really fit him anymore.

2) Daniel Bryan: I like Flight of the Valkyries, but I dont really think it gets anyone interested in seeing him come to the ring. I dont know if the stock rock music he had before was any different than what he has now.

Form/Disband a tag team

1) Hawkins/Ryder: I think someone posted it earlier, but these guys were decent when they were the Major brothers. The WWE needs more tag teams, so why not bring these two back together since they really havent done much solo?

Heel/Face turn

1) Jack Swagger: He really needs a face turn and to be one of the top faces on Smackdown. He has the all-american gimmick, but I would add to it some of the things that got Kurt Angle over. He would be a huge face that would fued with....

2) Edge: He needs to be heel. I know the WWE is trying a face run with Edge, but he is always going to be a better heel. Edge would also be a great guy to get Swagger over.

3) Randy Orton: I loved Orton as a heel. He was in his element as a heel. As a face, it seems like they are really trying to figure out how to get a wrestler over that hears voices. I would like to just see Orton go back to being a heel.

4) Kofi Kingston: His face run has grown stale. He needs a heel turn and a meaner edge.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

Finisher

Wade Barrett for sure. The Wasteland looks like a move you would use to keep your opponent down long enough to climb the turnbuckle. As Wade does not do that, he just needs a more powerful standing manouvre. I could see him using something like a gutwrench powerbomb (but Swagger uses that) or an Abyss-style Black Hole Slam. Maybe even a jackhammer style move.

As he is getting pushed to the main event, John Morrison needs a new finisher. I love Starship Pain, but it isnt hit well enough regularly enough to be a credible finisher. Also, I am not a fan of Moonlight Drive, so I think a Sky-High type finisher (D'Lo Brown's sit out spinebuster) would work well for JoMo.

Music

Morrison again. His whole gimmick doesnt look like a champions gimmick, especially the music. I just dont think of it as a wrestling entrance theme. He definately needs something more threatening and rockier. I like the idea of a Saliva theme, their music suits wrestling pretty well as they have done the WM Music one year and previously done the entrance music for Batista, The Dudleys and Jericho

 

[SullivanSmith]

I just want to throw my two cents out there and agree with everyone on Ted DiBiase. He's awesome but he doesn't really get the chance to show it.

Come to think of it, and I apologize if this strays off topic a bit, but - has anyone noticed the lack of gimmicks these days? I'm not saying we need to go back to the days where every wrestler was a cop or a fireman or a garbage man or anything else an 8-year says they want to be when they grow up. But it seems like there's a lot of really good talent out there that just aren't given any personality.

 

[merce07]

Chris Masters just needs a reboot in general. His character is actually good, he just needs to be made to look dominant and a threat again.

 

[Henhouse]

1) Finisher:
Regal, a Submission Finisher is fine but he needs another one that he can do on people any time, any place, similar to an RKO. Still, anything is better than Power Of The Punch (Minus Brass Knuckles)
2) Who needs new entrance music?
Ted Dibiase jr. needs one.
3) Who needs to form/disband a tag team
Guerrero needs to be in a tag team, for sure. With an NXT Rookie maybe.
4) Who needs to turn Heel/Face
JTG should turn heel. Punk should turn face.

 

[Tequila Dave]

Who needs a new finisher and what type should it be?
I'm gonna go wit Drew McIntyre and R Truth. I like the Future Shock, but it doesn't seem like a match-ending move. DDTs simpy aren't a big deal in todays wrestling, and I feel like it's a little anti-climatic to have a match end with one. And Truth's finisher is just shit, I can differentiate the Lie Detector from any of the other flashy moves he does.

Who needs new entrance music and what should it be?
Kofi Kingston. I can't stop myself from cringing whenever I her his music, I mean, he dropped the Jamaican thing a year ago...I suggest he uses this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBKJeoSx_pw. It'd be a rave everytime he comes to the ring.

Who needs to form/disband a tag team?
I don't care much for tag teams, but I'm suprised WWE haven't teamed up Ted DiBiase and Husky Harris based on the fact their parents were Money Inc. And Edge and Christian reunion would be fun, but only on a short term basis.

Who needs to turn Heel/Face?
I wouldn't mind seeing Swagger attempt a face run. What I would like to see is Swagger literally come out and declare himself a face, saying people have to cheer for him. Over the next few weeks he could consistently try and do good, but mess up. In the end he feuds with a heel, crowd gets behind him, face turn complete. It'd be fun.

 

[KOFINATIC]

Finisher
R-Truth needs a new one cuz that lie detector isn't working for me it looks weak. And Rey Mysterio needs one too cause the 619 is garbage especially the set up wrestler lays on the rope for like 5 looonnng seconds.....then here comes Rey-Rey to kick u in the face GRAB HIS LEGS & SWING HIM OR SOMETHING!!! Ugh I hate that move its so annoying,

Music

KOFI KINGSTON needs a new song since he is no longer a Jamican I think he should use Travis Porter's "I Put On A Show" cause that what he does in every arena he goes to, or since he's a big Lil' Wayne fan something by Wayne....some type of rap song that isn't a WWE generic crap, but knowing WWE & their out of date on hip-hop culture...nevermind smh

 

[Arkham Noir]

Kofi Kingston I think needs a serious re-boot. I think the guy has a ton of potential to do well, but he has no personality or gimmick on-screen. Dropping the accent but not dropping the entire jamaican gimmick confuses me abit and really makes no sense at all. I really don't mind trouble paradise as his finisher, but his theme music should change with his gimmick.

The other person is Drew Mcintyre. I don't think he needs a total re-boot, but he does need to show some more grit and emotion. He is doing O.K. though considering he hasn't been around for a long stretch of time. But by god I hate the futur shock. I feel like he is setting himself up to get the sharp-shooter every time he does it. I think a submission would help him with the agression and add a little more of a badass feel to this guy, or at least make him seem a little more dangerous and should be taken seriously. He comes across as bland right now and a little too anticlimatic.

 

[BillAlfonso]

I'd say that Kofi needs a repackaging, they should change him to a cool guy that just does his thing. His promos could be focused on how good he was and how no one can stop him, it's a little cliche but they can tweek it a little bit by having him give reasons for him being so cool and that no one can stop him. There are several songs he can come out to several songs by a rapper named Playa Fly from Memphis, TN. The songs I have in mind are "Just Getting It On," "Universal Hearthrob," and "Life Goes On." It would be cool to see him just come out, win and then act like it was supposed to happen.

John Morrison doesn't need to be repackaged but he should get a bit of an overhaul with his gimmick. He should come out to songs like "The End" or "Riders on The Storm" by The Doors and his gimmick should closer resemble that of Jim Morrison. He can come out like he's some sort of prophet and like his matches have some sort of philosophic importance. He would have to change his finisher as well. He should look to Japan with his athleticism for a new finisher.

I think that Jack Swagger and Chris Master should both drop their current gimmicks and form an unstoppable tag team called "Bulls On Parade." Their theme should just be something instrumental and their tag finisher should be something that shows Chris's power and Jack's technical ability, can't think of one off hand. They could be the new Road Warriors or, at the very least, Dudley Boys.

They don't need to change anything with CM Punk but if they have him going up against Cena, they should keep at the Straight Edge Society to balance out the Cenation.