Fantasy Booking: Wasted Talent

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Fantasy Booking: Wasted Talent 

Post#1 » by tugs » Sat Mar 30, 2019 2:55 am

Curious what everyone's ideas would be on how you would introduce, build up, find a feud, and eventually push to the main event the following wrestlers (all of which have already been called up and placed in unusual situations):

Shinsuke Nakamura
Asuka
Sami Zayn
Alexander Rusev
Andrade Cien Almas
Bray Wyatt
AoP
Chad Gable
No Way Jose
Tyler Breeze
Ember Moon
Sanity
The Good Brothers

All NXT guys except for Gallows and Anderson but I'm including them.

Feeling creative? Go!

Main roster debut scenario:
First feud and progression:
Conclusion of feud:
Next feud and path to main event scene:
Defining moment:
Duration of championship reign:
Next feud as champion:
End of reign and transition to another storyline:
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Re: Fantasy Booking: Wasted Talent 

Post#2 » by loserX » Sat Mar 30, 2019 7:23 pm

Great idea for a thread! I'll think on it.

Seeing Bray Wyatt on there hurts my heart. His intro and development was great, he had all the makings of a huge star. It looked like they were on *exactly* the right track when he went after John Cena for being a false idol. It would have been the perfect gimmick for smarks: taking on all the WWE's sacred cows and destroying their image as well as destroying them in the ring. He could have had a built-in program for every top face on the roster, champions or not.

But then of course Cena won, and Bray was relegated very quickly to midcard jobber, then to joke. They had him talk the talk (and oh could he talk) but then he never got to walk the walk. And when you have no credibility, you have no push. What a waste.
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Re: Fantasy Booking: Wasted Talent 

Post#3 » by LLJ » Sun Mar 31, 2019 4:14 pm

Sasha
Finn Balor
Bayley
Samoa Joe

The list goes on and on
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Re: Fantasy Booking: Wasted Talent 

Post#4 » by Stanford » Mon Apr 1, 2019 12:18 am

There will only be one correct answer to this question

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Re: Fantasy Booking: Wasted Talent 

Post#5 » by tugs » Mon Apr 1, 2019 2:51 am

Damn it. Didn't think it'll be this hard. Alright let me try with: Tyler Breeze

Main roster debut scenario:

Breeze debuts by interrupting Dolph post match. No physical altercations first. Have him beat up ruthlessly but with style local wrestlers every week.

First feud and progression:

After every Dolph match, or during, Tyler appears on the titantron, selfie style of course, showing Dolph his previous squashes and telling him, "This is how you show off!". These cost Dolph most of his matches and calls out Tyler but all he does is selfie promos everytime he's called out.

Then in one post match, Ziggler will be distracted by a pre recorded selfie video, telling him, "I'll show off to you and the universe, personally." Dolph prepares but is blindsided and attacked mercilessly. Then he embarrasses Dolph and talks trash and pounds on him while shooting a selfie.

Dolph challenges Breeze to a match but due to his "injuries", he'll lose and will eventually put in the shelf.


Conclusion of feud:
Dolph is storyline "injured".

Next feud and path to main event scene:
He'll participate in the Fatal Five Way for the IC Title and eventually win, of course stealing a pin win. Sometime 2016 Zach Ryder was the champion so I think we can build a program around that. In one of his title defenses, Dolph will cost him the match and lose the title.

Defining moment:
Participates in an MITB match and wins. Cashes in and takes over Dean Ambrose's spot but a champion heel.


Duration of championship reign:
6 months, feuding with multiple high caliber wrestlers but winning using dirty tactics.


Next feud as champion:
He'll eventually feud with Dean and AJ. Basically he'll eat up the stupid Ellsworth storyline so we'll have none of those.


End of reign and transition to another storyline:
Will lose to Styles at Backlash and uses his clause but lose again. Will be out for a while then eventually return as a face, assisting Dolph in his feud with the Miz (although this was one awesome career feud for both).

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