The Fink’s Payload 03.26.07: WM & Legends
Posted by Sforcina-Marsico on 03.26.2007
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.
Matt: Yeah, hi, etc, etc, etc. I'm using my "One Free ‘Not have to write a good intro' Card" this week.
Nick: I have a stack of those.
Matt: Well, this week was very light on the ground, since apparently, people don't want to see Legends at WM, taking up time and focus from the new stars. Fancy that. But we did get a couple of ideas (and a late Debut idea), so let's get cracking. We start off with John Hucks and his idea… involving Masters. Sigh.
On RAW: Have Cryme Tyme make fun of Chris Masters after his losing to Bobby Lashley last week. He said he'd challenge them but they are the two most likely candidates to get locked up in Detroit over Wrestlemania weekend. They say what does he mean by that and he says you get us a tag team match at WM and you'll see what I'm talking about. They agree to his mystery man stipulation. The stage is set for Wrestlemania as it's Chris Masters/Mountie taking on Cryme Tyme. During the match, Chris Masters and The Mountie have both members of Cryme Tyme tied up in the ropes and Chris Masters gets the stick saying that while he respects America, he doesn't respect Detroit's finest, and it's a damn shame because he had to go to that hell-hole Canada to get The Mountie, which in turn causes The Mountie to stun Chris Masters and leave the ring to Cryme Tyme picking up the victory. So you get the pop for the shock stick, a victory for Cryme Tyme (as they still have the tag title shot to cash in), and Chris Masters can continue wallowing in defeat.
Matt: Well, while I like the idea of Masters getting shocked, and Cryme Tyme getting on the card, I think it's a bit too late to fit in one more match, even if it is a tiny tag match. And is Mountie still even around?
Nick: Ridiculous in a bad way. If you just have the Mountie randomly shock Masters backstage, then it's cool. Taking up unnecessary time by making it a match is a bad thing.
Matt: Kenneth B Schmidt is next, and has something a bit more like what I was expecting.
Lashley and Umaga have their big match, I don't expect it to be to exciting considering I'm 100 percent sure of the outcome, but it's a good affair that inevitably ends with Lashley going over. Anyway Austin raises Lashley's hand and he stares down Vince who SPRINTS up the runway. He makes it through the entranceway as Austin and Trump give chase. A few seconds out of camera view and he is thrown back by a mysterious force and pushed right into an Austin Stunner. Who was that mysterious force? It was Brutus The Barber Beefcake who comes walking out with his shearers (a little overkill for a barber I always thought), provides a sleeper hold to make sure McMahon is out and helps Trump and Austin with the head shaving. I know he isn't the biggest legend in wrestling but he invented shaving people's heads after matches and it'd be cool to see him again for a little struttin' and cuttin'.
Matt: I'm not sure, given the current drug brouhaha, that Beefcake is the best legend to bring back in. But this is certainly an obvious but still good idea.
Nick: Somebody brought this up elsewhere a few weeks back. It's not a terrible idea and there's nothing really wrong with it, it's just nothing I personally care about. If I end up watching the show with a group of people, though, which I likely will, I'd probably get a kick out of it.
Matt: And finally, the late entry, from Reservoirdog96, and his idea for a re-debut.
This takes place during the ECW New Breed versus the Originals in a ECW rules 8 man tag match. The New Breed takes control of this match early. The match then goes back in forth... Finally all 8 men are in the ring. Then everyone stops after hearing the "Classic" ECW theme as Paul Heyman shows up at the top of the stage. And just watches. The two teams then break out into an all out brawl. While this brawl is going on Paul slowly makes his way down to the ring to get a closer look. Tommy Dreamer is in the middle of the ring with Monty… I mean Marcus Cor Von. He is about to lay him out with the Sandman's Cane, when Paul steps into the ring and grabs the Cane. Tommy turns around and while he is confronting Paul, MCV low blows Dreamer, Paul nails him with the cane, New Breed wins. Post-match Paul is in the ring with the New Breed and cuts a promo about how he made ECW what it was. This is the future of ECW, The New Breed.
Matt: So we'd end up right back where we started? I dunno, seems a bit weak.
Nick: Yeah, it's exactly what was going on when Paul left in the first place. As far as I'm concerned, the only way I want to see Heyman again involved with WWE would be writing a show, and if he's on camera then as a manager, not as an authority figure. Though he would be better than Vickie Guerrero.
Matt: And that's all we got in the mail. So, our ideas?
Well, apart from getting Heenan in at some point for comedy, possibly involving a bunch of the guys and girls not on the card, perhaps the ECW Slunts, my main idea is relatively simple. Have a few legends, Arn, Steamboat, Larry Hennig, Malenko, anyone else who's in the building with a rep, then, as the Cena/HBK (or Dave/Taker if you're so inclined) match starts…have them come out and watch. Merely by having these vets come out and watch the match, from the entrance way, you, without saying a word, put over how important the match is, how important the title is, so on and so forth.
Oh, and have Finkel announce every match.
Nick: I'm totally on the bandwagon for Finkel. In fact, I'd love it if he were just around to announce the Big Four PPVs. Let Lillian, Chimel and Roberts handle the other shows, but have Fink do the big ones.
For my idea – just some of those wacky backstage deals. Nothing out in the ring, no matches or promos or anything – they're just a time waster. Let Umaga run into Afa and Sika at some point during the night, and some Fuji interaction with Estrada, since he's the only male manager around at this point. And I want Heenan interacting with Cryme Tyme. Also, I want to see all of the living HoF inductees beat the shit out of Miz, for no other reason than that he's the Miz.
Matt: So, it's the biggest week of the wrestling year. We'd need a pretty big idea, right? Well, yes, we have one.
Book a match for WM24, the build up starting at WM23 (or between it and Backlash if you need the extra time).
