2012 Pro Wrestling Thread

Not sure if it was the same one. Definitely had the style of it though.

 

Yeah. I've kind of thought that Taker has been coming off as more of a heel lately, and I think I read once that like Triple H, he prefers working as a heel vs. as a face.

 

I've always liked Undertaker, but I've loved him as a heel even more. He can be more sinister -- like he was during the ministry days -- than when he's a face.

 

Whenever the Undertaker goes out, I would like for him to mystically transfer his identity to a younger wrestler—preferably a guy who beats him at WrestleMania. To defeat the Undertaker, he must become the Undertaker. Then the character runs for 20 more years.

It's not like it's the hardest shtick to pull off. You just have to walk slowly and say very little. And whatever big guy they place in that role, he becomes an instant new superstar, and he doesn't have to bother with going to tanning salons any more.

 

As much as I love Taker, no way do I want to see someone else carry it on after the original retires.

 

Tell that to Kane and Rick Bogner.

 

Yeah, we've already done Fake Undertaker.

 

Thanks for reminding me about Prime Time Brian Lee.

 

I don't think this would work for the Undertaker, just because he's such a legendary figure, but I think it would be perfect for Kane, who has always been a bit of a compromise between an ass-kicker and pure horror cheese after his initial debut.

 

Nah, there's still something about the way Taker and Kane physically carry themselves that define them from the posers. Should I remind anyone of the awful Kane vs. Kane storyline, in which Festus was the guy behind the old Kane costume?

 

Then again, maybe Andy "Silent Rage" can be the New Undertaker. Make it a pure 80s schtick, like when we had the New Freebirds and the New Rockers and Lon Chaney Jr. as the New Count Dracula!

 

Kane vs. Kane sucked, but at least it brought back the mask.