smarks! use your wisdom

[Guest ~LEON~]

Hi how how you all doing? anyway im soon to have my first wrestling match in england. And i need a name, character, angle ect. im completely head f**ked about it though. i start to think one of my ideas is shit hot and then im like... no thats just f**king dumb. You guys allways seem to know what your talking about {well, a lot of you} and this could be your chance to create a character we havent seen b4.

Im 21 5"6 and i have a build like steve austin {early years} im very agile and can pull off shooting star presses off the mat and 450 splashes of the top rope i also have black belts in karate and judo.

thanks for your help.

[Guest Dace59]

I'd personally say:

 

Use a lot of mat Judo stuff, very little wear and tear. Keep the high flying stuff to a limit if you can, less damage.

 

Go with moves you where good at while you where training.

 

For a finisher, try to use something or than from the big leagues or indies. And nothing to brutal.

Eg Not a Styles Clash, Not Twist of Fate, Not a Tiger Driver '91.

 

And make it easy to take too.

Using some Head Drop Finisher from Japan to get over is not a good idea.

 

So all in all, a New Japan Junior.

 

Character.. better people than me to advise you on that.

 

There are others with possible far better opions, so jsut wait for everyone to ahve their says.

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

A character is based on many things. What is your natural persnonality like? What are your acting skills? What kind of promotion is this? What other types of characters already exist there and are over? You need address these questions and many more before just picking a gimmick out of thin air.

 

For a small independent fed you want a character that is easily recognizable and understood by the majority. It's not like you're going to be doing promos every show and backstage sketches. They need to hear your name see your attire and know exactly how to react to you. Make something you can pretty much boil down to one word of who you are.

[Guest Dace59]

See, better advise.

[Guest TheHulkster]

I'm with Deacon on this one. Take a good look at yourself: your reactions to situations, your general attitude in certain environments, etc and embelish on it a great deal. Make a larger than life persona out of it. If you're leaning toward the heel side, try to get your hands on a lot of old Memphis wrestling. Lawler, Jarrett, and company utilized smaller heels better than anyone outside of Mexico. Watch what they do closely and take notes. Remember that you're not trying to be a stuntman, you're trying to make athletic theater. Ring psychology will draw the fans emotions a lot more than a skytwister press will.

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

If you decide to try to be a heel, do this spot:

Your opponent whips you into the ropes. When you return, they duck down and you leapfrog over them. You hit the ropes again, and your opponent turns around and jumps down to the mat flat so you can step over them. Step over them, take a solid step forward, and then turn around. When they're on one knee, give them the middle finger and kick them in the gut.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Call yourself the "coffee house killa" and basically be a psycho beatnik who, when you have enough caffine in you, you go ballistic but when you hit the wall you just tucker out and start reading poetry.

 

Your 'real' name can be something like Stephan Van Hoost and you can bring bongo drums or finger cymbals, to the ring along with a cup of joe. Maybe you could be Y2K compatible and bring a lap top to the ring and refuse to wrestle until you finish your email.

[Guest Ace309]

REVERSE.

 

THE.

 

SUPERPLEX.

[Guest deadbeater]

Sorry if I'm late, but I suggest a character based on Timmy, from that 'Terry and Timmy' song by The Streets: the college bong man.

[Guest Dace59]

Drug influences = one of the worst things in the world.

 

Infact

Drugs = One of the worst things in the world.

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

Izzy High...ugh...

 

It's always good to be a pure dickhead heel. Smile a lot. Come out with a thing of dead flowers and hand them to the crowd. Paintbrush your opponent a lot. Ya never know, it might get over, and ya might be called back.