How would you book a black staple/Champ in the E?

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Seeing a New Day's failure to go over with monday nights crowd got me thinking.

Since there so much discussion about what the E isn't doing as far as black talent is concerned. Let's see if we can do a better job than creative. How would you book a black stable/main eventer in the E?
 
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Big E Langston should have been like "Brutus the Barber Beefcake" to John Cena's "Hulk Hogan" showing them training and working out and always having Cena's back

Then Big E simply turns on him and has a program with Cena.

He doesnt have to be the franchise of the company, just where Big Show is in the company (as a heel)
 

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To me to all gotta go out and make it a Nation of Domination like militant group based around the current social climate. Of course corporate ass E wouldn't do it, but also incorporating and talking about some the racist angles wrestling has done in its history and why they must stop it and become a beacon of a new, black excellence era. Imagine the heat generated just by mentioning how black lives aren't seen as important and how Smerica is still racist to a degree
 

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Book them as three brothers who handle business and don't give a fukk. I'd probably have Woods kicked out and replaced with someone else (maybe Titus) and then put Woods and Darren together in a tag team. That gives you an easy feud between Woods/Darren and Titus/E/Kofi.

I also would steal that Wake Up Now gimmick idea from whoever posted it and give it to Titus/E/Kofi. Have other wrestlers getting in deep debt to them and having to do their bidding and disrespecting them etc. Basically like three black Dibiases with the Evolution suit swag.
 

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This is the correct answer

To me to all gotta go out and make it a Nation of Domination like militant group based around the current social climate. Of course corporate ass E wouldn't do it, but also incorporating and talking about some the racist angles wrestling has done in its history and why they must stop it and become a beacon of a new, black excellence era. Imagine the heat generated just by mentioning how black lives aren't seen as important and how Smerica is still racist to a degree

As much shyt as Vince Russo gets, he'd actually have the balls to put something like that on TV and would get Cokeboy to run with it due to Russo's ability to sell Cokeboy on the promise of ratings and mainstream publicity (whether good or bad depending on the given storylines Russo is known for) that Vince so desperately wants and desires

Keep in mind Russo was the one responsible for the Nation of Domination becoming as notorious as they were in 1997. So Russo wouldn't panic at the controversy the stable would come with
 
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1. put the belt on the line at the rumble
2. make kofi win
 

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Well, I'm putting Mark Henry as the leader first and foremost. This is about him finally winning the WWE world title. He's obsessed with it. It consumes his life.

I'm probably putting these guy/gal(s) with him:

Big E. Langston
Kofi
Titus
Maybe Alicia Fox, I don't know.
I'll probably put Woods in there over Otunga because he's a better wrestler and Otunga isn't that leaps and bounds a better talker. That lawyer background doesn't mean shyt in a fictional setting.

I'm thinking a stable similar to the Dangerous Alliance. They may not need a manger because Mark is a strong talker, but fukk it, let's bring back Paulie. Mark is Rick Rude, Kofi is Stunning Steve, Big E. and Woods are Arn and Bobby, Titus is Zbyzsko, and Fox is of course Madusa.

Let them attack every talent on the roster. Babyface and heel. Just beat the complete shyt out of cats. Similar to the Nexus but more believable because these guys are experienced wrestlers and not rookies with mentors.

They should whoop Farooq's ass on one of their annual old-timer shows. Let the audience know that this isn't about rehashing that gimmick. It's about Mark getting himself and (allegedly) the young guys to the top of the mountain.
 
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Well, I'm putting Mark Henry as the leader first and foremost. This is about him finally winning the WWE world title. He's obsessed with it. It consumes his life.

I'm probably putting these guy/gal(s) with him:

Big E. Langston
Kofi
Titus
Maybe Alicia Fox, I don't know.
I'll probably put Woods in there over Otunga because he's a better wrestler and Otunga isn't that leaps and bounds a better talker. That lawyer background doesn't mean shyt in a fictional setting.

I'm thinking a stable similar to the Dangerous Alliance. They may not need a manger because Mark is a strong talker, but fukk it, let's bring back Paulie. Mark is Rick Rude, Kofi is Stunning Steve, Big E. and Woods are Arn and Bobby, Titus is Zbyzsko, and Fox is of course Madusa.

Let them attack every talent on the roster. Babyface and heel. Just beat the complete shyt out of cats. Similar to the Nexus but more believable because these guys are experienced wrestlers and not rookies with mentors.

They should whoop Farooq's ass on one of their annual old-timer shows. Let the audience know that this isn't about rehashing that gimmick. It's about Mark getting himself and (allegedly) the young guys to the top of the mountain.

I would either take out Alicia Fox and put in Sasha Banks or add Sasha later on to the group so that you could have them bicker back and forth like Debra did with Woman in the late 90s Horseman days.

As for a black WWE Champion, you can go two ways. If you want long a reign, then it has to be a heel. The best booked black heel in the last ten years was believe or not Floyd Maymeather when he faced Big Show. People just hated Floyd and translated well for that match. That being said, they missed the boat on MVP being the cocky arrogant heel champion that Floyd's persona is and need to book a guy like that. Have a guy be like Floyd or Adrian Broner in skits and stuff. Let him have a security team like Seth Rollins has. Honestly if Rollins was black, he would've got way more heat just based off the primary audience demographic.

Now if you want a face black WWE Champion, you have to book him like Daniel Bryan who is always in the hunt, wins it but has a short title reign. I know somebody in the NXT thread said that the D'Angelo Hawkins cat is gonna be paired with Chad Gable. Well, you could build on that and book him like they did Shelton Benjamin before Thea and his blonde hair. Hell, book Jason Jordan like that. I just want the WWE to book a black man as a serious guy other than the strongman or dancing type black man.
 

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Big E Langston should have been like "Brutus the Barber Beefcake" to John Cena's "Hulk Hogan" showing them training and working out and always having Cena's back

Then Big E simply turns on him and has a program with Cena.

He doesnt have to be the franchise of the company, just where Big Show is in the company (as a heel)

I think this idea is so simple to pull off and it would work 100%
 

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3-4 ass kickers who'll fight anyone and don't take no shyt...........it's not rocket science.

They don't need to be dancing, rapping, singing, playing basketball, smiling or nothing militant. Just be stand up dudes who are here to win and could care less what "the Universe" or any heel/face thinks. Let em rock in their own zone, the fans would hop on the bandwagon. Let their aggressive ring work do all the talking. Never pander to the audience unless they're energized, let shytty crowds be, fukk em.

The writing would destroy them, regardless, so no excessive talking. These writers, along with Vince, would make them into caricatures. They can do exclusive interviews on the WWE Network for only $9.99 and let em rock with no scripts. They'll be reserved when they have to speak, but be skillfully aggressive physically. Yes, they would be going over a lot, though I know how much that intimidates the majority of wrestling's fanbase.


One final key point is that whenever someone starts woofing, they get checked, right then and there or soon there after. Whether that's in the ring while someone's cutting a promo or backstage, they handle it ASAP. None of that "I wonder how they'll respond next week"
 
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All I know is that "5 gimmick" wouldnt have crossed over well into WWE.

I just dont see why he couldnt have had a Lex Luger type gimmick and just being strong and roidey.
 
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