McMahon Gets His Way (Oh Dear)

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

McMahon Gets His Way (Oh Dear)

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Brilliant..No wonder i stopped watching WWE regulary a while go with tasteless rubbish like this and worse still it has to be 2 of our own british wrestlers playing the parts..Nice job Vince.

-- Edited by Totoro101 at 09:50, 2008-01-30

Man In Black · Anime Mod

The irony with the Katy Vick angle was that it was designed to get the WWE mainstream press attention and it failed. Only the wrestling media and fans were up in arms about it.

Possibly in this post-ben0it world they might get some attention but generally I think it will go largely unnoticed by the mainstream media. Supposedly, it's more in line with Cruel Intentions (step brother and step sister) then proper incest. At least I hope it is....

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

Still, on the upside, it will get two talented British wrestlers some proper TV time with a bit of luck. At present our only representation on TV is Regal. Any word as to which brand this story line will run on?

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Well he dark matched on RAW, but he was last sen on SD! so on that basis.... ECW

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

What the hell? Incest? You have got to be kidding me! Vince has gotten close before, but I think that this is crossing the line. But hey, he's a billionaire for a reason. And he could care less about what the press says of him.

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

At least it's not as bad as his original plan of a story between him and Steph...!!!!

Didn't he originally want to do the storyline with Ken Shamrock and his 'sister' Ryan?

Mollison · 500 Club Member

With Vince you never know whether he genuinely plans on doing it, or if it's just a "leaked" story to stir up some publicity. And we all know Vince subscribes to the "There's no such thing as bad publicity." ethos...

Man In Black · Anime Mod

The Burchills have already worked dark matches with this gimmick so Vince is clearly intent on running with it.

Did you know before Billy & Chuck, Vince wanted Brian Christopher and Scott II Hotty to have a gay wedding when they were heels as Too Much? Jerry Lawler stepped in and got the idea quashed.

Dan Severn revealed on a radio interview recently that Vince wanted to have him be the Undertaker's disciple complete with the 666 on his head! Needless to say, Severn refused and threatened to shoot on all of his opponents in the ring...

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Vince has a lot of wacky ideas.I just wish he wouldnt let half of them on Tv,because who wants to see an Incest angle? What a terrible storyline for 2 very talented workers like Paul and Nikita.I heard about the Too much rumour before but i never heard that one about dan severn! Jeez..good thing they didnt go through with that because Dan is one tough sob so to have him shoot on people wouldnt be a very good thing.I remember him being a massive flop in WWE, mainly because he has little to no charisma.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

That's why they wanted to give him the 666 gimmick because he wasn't getting over on his wrestling alone. And to be frank, at that point in 1998 the WWE wasn't about wrestling and UFC was still little known then.

The Burchills debuted on RAW taped last night for next week.

Mollison · 500 Club Member

Not sure this fits in this thread but, if anyone hadn't noticed Stephanie's pregnant again...

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Yes. There is a thread about the new demon spawn HERE.

According to PWInsider.com, it was Burchill and Katy Lea themselves who came up with this idea and creative ran with it.

-- Edited by Man In Black at 08:56, 2008-02-14

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Thats a scary thought. Although thats maybe the only way they thought they could get themselves on RAW?

Man In Black · Anime Mod

My sentiments exactly.

jack_jeckel · On The Casting Couch

Hmm did anyone see Raw then? This was a pretty weird gimmick, it was like the crowd were laughing at what they said in a "haha, that sounded like he fancies his sister" then as the promo continued the crowd clicked.

Burchill did look impressive in his match but will casual wrestling fans not watch and realise that he used to be a pirate and now he's suddenly not but he bangs his sister...

-- Edited by jack_jeckel at 00:38, 2008-02-15

Mollison · 500 Club Member

Come on... People ignore gimmick switching as par for the course! Glen Jacobs going from a psycho dentist to Taker's "little" brother, was probably the last one to turn heads before people stopped caring.

jack_jeckel · On The Casting Couch

Yeah but at least he looked different and had a different name.
If they can change the gimmick gradually, like Burchill becoming a pirate in the first place or if they can take them off TV for a while and bring them back with a different name and attire then am all for it. But sometimes it's like they don't even try.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

They're probably hoping that people who watched RAW don't watch SD so they wouldn't know/remember Paul The Pirate.