Guest One Bad Apple Report post Posted March 17, 2002 Some fag made a thread about this a little while ago, and I responded with my own ... "booking template." I wanted to see where the thread went, but I couldn't find it. Luckily, though, I saved the thread on a disk after I posted it. I spent 45 minutes on it, and wanted to keep it forever. I'm putting it up again because it was extremely cowabunga and I like to make topics. It's long, so read it. First, from the some fag: ======== Week One: RAW: Fallout from PPV, rematches. Set the scene for month (ie: Austin/Rock cage match after Wrestlemania) Smackdown: Final fallout, tidy up the strings. Weel Two: RAW: Establish heel / face lines for upcoming month if not already clear. Start friction between top contenders or continue running feud from previous month. Smackdown: Booker states no.1 contender matches for that night nailing down main event of next PPV. Week Three: RAW: Main event secured, stipulations can be determined (a la Austin - HHH, NWO 2001), upper mid card should be largely secured. Smackdown: 6 man tag with WWF & Tag Title contenders. Furtherance of other angles though interference & backstage skits plus some inflamatory Y2J esque promos. Week Four: RAW: Keep main eventers apart, building tension. OR Attacks based on stips in the PPV. Undercard secured at least 8 matches declared. Smackdown: Basically pre PPV show, with feud highlghts and some nothing matches made importrant through interference etc. Whatd'ya think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest One Bad Apple Report post Posted March 17, 2002 Mine. ======== It's, okay, but mine is better. I feel the stability of the WWF is a big problem, so my ideas reflect that. Week 1: Raw - Every match from the pay-per-view is done again. Pay-per-views shouldn't end feuds any more, they'll end on RAW. Crash and Funaki have a "state of the union" where they address everything going on in the company. What they do in the segment would never evolve into a feud or an angle or anything, but it'd be a wise use of 20 minutes because it would build a new WWF tradition. After the fans get accustomed and begin to eagerly anticipate it, Tajiri or Godfather will start doing run-ins at the end of the segment, switching off every month. This will get them each massively over as jealous heels. It works out great, 'cause whenever the fans get close to forgiving them, it'll probably be time for them to do it again. Then the fans will not want to forgive them anymore! "Looks like Godfather or Tajiri ... has himself a case of the green-eyed monster!" Someone will come back from a neck injury and thank the people out there for their support during his months in rehab. Suddenly, one of the cameramen jumps them from behind! "Wait a minute ... that's cameraman! That's no cameraman, King! That's ... that's that goddamn Mike Awesome! #### him! Awesome will do the unthinkable, breaking their fucking neck to try and end their fucking career. Jerry Lawler says even though he usually condones attacks that put people's lives in jeopardy, he can't condone Awesome's actions here tonight. Lawler and Ross wonder if the injured man's broken neck will heal in time for him to battle Awesome in a grudge match at the next pay-per-view. Other guys do stuff. Smackdown - Cage match with HHH and either Flair, Shane or Vince on even-numbered months. On odd-numbered months, HHH will talk about how he's just about had it with Flair, Shane or Vince's crap and says, "If you keep this up, I might end up doing something I may regret (like challenging them to a cage match)." Scotty 2 Hotty is shown in the back, warming up for his next loss. A random contestant who failed to take home the contract in Tough Enough comes out. They claim that they're the "Madman of the Badlands" and that they wanna rip apart any WWF Superstar "with the set ... to face me on Raw ... in a retirement match." Three outta five times, it'll be Darryl. Other guys do stuff. Week 2: Raw - Face and heel lines should be established with strap matches across the board. The heel will always choke his or her opponent in the beginning so the fans know whom they should boo. In the only non-strap match of the evening, someone like Edge defeats the Tough Enough jerk in a retirement match at 0:43 by making 'em tap out to the Edge-O-Matic. If it's a girl, match time is 0:13 and they cry afterwards. If it's Darryl, match time is 0:56 and he taps to an actual submission move. He'll also kick a stop sign and look at the crowd with that hard look. Lillian Garcia will conduct a sit-down interview with a wrestler that I'm interested in, like Raven or Mr. Perfect or Test. She'll end the interview by calling them pathetic for eating those worms, and the segment will end when they hit her with the Raven Effect or hit her with a Perfect-Plex or just hit on her. "Good Gawd! She's a woman for goodness sake! An' look at 'im ... yeah, he's so cool, so hip ... tryin' to end someone's career! What kind of human being is he, King?!" Other very interesting developments. Smackdown - Booker T. announces how they'll decide the number-one contender. There'll be a tag match, and the winner and the guy he pins get to go on and have a match to decide the top contender. To put the loser of the tag at a disadvantage (since he's a loser and all), it'll be a three-on-one handicap match. The winner gets to choose any two women on the roster to team with. If the handicapped jobber wins, he still has to defeat Rikishi in a Stinkface Match. If the other guy wins, he has to test his mettle against Christian, the new "hired gun" or the Corporate Team. If Christian or Rikishi emerge victorious, a Casket Match between the champion and an opponent of his choosing will headline the next pay-per-view. Actors from a random UPN show or Mario Lopez will hang out with the APA. Booker will appear again, upset about his not being offered a role in the series. Bradshaw will exclaim that he's from Texas and that Booker needs a haircut. Booker will become infuriated and challenge the APA to take on the Dudley Boyz. The APA will accept! Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler will join the "Women of Roswell" fan club. No time for any other interesting developments, since the explanation for what will happen in order to determine who gets a shot at the belt will eat up a lot of the two hours. And then there's the matches that will actually determine who gets a shot at the belt. Not to mention the Booker skit with the APA and the battle with Bubba and D-Von! Week 3: Raw - Like you said, the midcard should be largely secured ... into contracts for Whatever City Street Fights! They'll all be split up and have to have a match with a wrestler who's also appearing on the pay-per-view. The pairings will be decided randomly, by way of the WWF's gold hopper. All the matches will involve interference by the bad guy the good guy's feuding with. A midcard wrestler ... let's say ... Tommy Dreamer does something illegal. Umm ... setting a homeless man on fire. Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler are appalled, but don't question why Tommy allowed his monkeyshines to be filmed or why the cameraman didn't make an attempt to stop him. Crash and Funaki will confront Justin Credible or Hugh Morrus about a disagreement they had on Jakked. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin will be asked by Kevin Kelly about his recent problems with Chris Jericho. Austin will say that he's a bad son of a bitch and a drug addict. He hopes no one finds out where in his truck that drug of choice is hidden or else he'd be looking at some serious jail time. He calls the Undisputed Champion a coward for going to the police just because Austin took his belts. He starts telling a story about a guy in Kentucky who once owned a mule, but is cut off by a Jericho chairshot! Jim Ross will remind us that Jericho is a threat to disqualify himself the next time he and Austin meet in the ring. Tommy Dreamer runs into some indy wrestlers and is placed under arrest. Jim Ross says how he's sick of Dreamer's "too cool for school" attitude and that he should be locked up for several days. Lawler urges his colleague not to get so worked up over this. "Now, J.R., there's no need to get yourself so worked up over this!" "Rowdy" Roddy Piper will hold a special "Piper's Pit" with a fan from the crowd. He will proceed to brutalize them after he learns of their ethnic background. A hush falls over the arena, as they realize Piper's finally gone too far. Other guys do stuff. Smackdown - Six-man tags between the heels and faces in the matches for the Hardcore, European and Women's Titles. During the bout, the face female will dare one of the male nasties to mat wrestle with her. Once the nasty manages to get the upper hand, he'll cop a feel on either her hoo-ha or her uh-ohs. The fans will boo him, and he'll be kicked in the jumble by his female opponent. We're told Tommy Dreamer was tried and convicted of the crime he committed Monday shortly after Raw went off the air. The judge handed down a sentence of one week, or seven days. Coach was on the scene to talk to Judge Jeff Jones, who presided over Tommy's case. Coach will ask why he was so harsh, and Jones will make fun of his taste in music before citing the wrestler's "too cool for school" attitude. Lawler will point out that the jailed wrestler will miss Smackdown. Michael will respond with, "Good! I hope they let the animal out late so he misses Raw, too!" Tazz will accidentally bump into Albert in the back, initiating a stare-down. The fans will catch on that a "respect" match may be needed to sort out this situation. Two tag partners will have a disagreement about either videogames or where they're gonna go for dinner. They'll vow to never speak to each other again and to rape one another's sisters. Later, one of them is attacked by a duo of baddies who feel the time is right to put the team "out of circulation." Their dangerous plan is to assault each man at separate times. His cries of, "Argh ... oof! Eh ... AH! ... if only me and and my partner hadn't had that falling out," will be heard by his erstwhile friend, who will send the attackers running. They will kiss (not literally, fag) and make up, signifying that the team in back in business! The announcers will push that the two have a bond that cannot be broken by either dinner or videogames. This will push the idea that tag teams have a very deep friendship and that they love each other a whole lot (not like that, homo). The fans learn that Judge Jeff Jones was apparently just beaten up at his home by Rob Van Dam and Spike Dudley for some reason and was taken away in an ambulance. Mike Awesome is incensed, but is already busy with someone else, so Goldust and William Regal agree to be incensed for him. "Man, if he's hurt, we're gonna break your backs ... AND END YOUR BLOODY CAREERS!!" warns Regal. Goldust notes that both Spike and Rob are rising stars, and that the people are paying attention to them ... "when they should be paying attention to the brightest ... star of them all! Paying attention to ... [sucks in air] Gooooldusssst [sneers]. Other guys do stuff. Week Four: Raw - The main eventers will be mad at each other because the pay-per-view is coming. So they don't fight each other before the big event, Ric Flair will have off-duty cops come and escort them all to separate jail cells. The fans will boo, so Ric will come out and say this is for the better, and though those in attendance won't be able to see the top guys tonight, the jail time will allow them to cool down a bit so that they'll be back at Smackdown! Jim Ross will tell us they are chanting for Ric because he had the guts to come out here and inform them of what he was doing like a man. But in reality, they're chanting for him because his decision has assured that, in only three days, they'll be seeing a star-studded Smackdown from the comfort of their homes! Perry Saturn will come out and the fans will be confused that he's not acting friendly and strange anymore because they don't watch Jakked. Next month, he'll come out acting friendly and strange again so the fans will wonder why he's not mean and vicious anymore. In spite of his alternating viciousness and strangeness, he'll lose a strap match to Dallas Page or Bossman or somebody else that I enjoy watching. The reason for this strap match will be that the fans will feel they didn't get enough two weeks ago. Over the course of the show, the main eventers will cut promos from their cells. The Rock assures the fans he will whup that candy-ass on Sunday, but is interrupted by a guard. He tells The People's Champion that his good behavior has convinced the other gaurds to release him. Rock calls the guard a mean name and is told he'll be able to leave after the commercial break. The commercial break includes a new Stacker 2 ad featuring The Hurricane! The Hurricane tells us that although we may never have all the superpowers he does, we can at least get super-strength from Stacker 2! "Whassupwitdat?!" quips The Hurricane! Back at the jail, Rock is heading for the exit when he spies Tommy Dreamer! Apparently, Dreamer is about to be let out, too. "Well, well, f'n well! If it isn't the People’s Puss himself! Think you’re hardcore, just 'cause you spent 45 minutes in the clink? I bet your ass you wouldn’t have lasted an entire f'n week in jail like I did!" The Brahma Bull says that he’s far from a big puss, except when he invites one of his more ... "well-traveled" ... female admirers up to his hotel room. The fans cheer because the Rock loves the pie-ah! Tommy says if Rock's so bad, if he's so tough, how about he meets him tonight on Raw … in a "Jailhouse Match"?! Rock accepts! He then sings his latest tune, "Jailhouse Rocky," for all the fans to enjoy! Roddy Piper will host another edition of "Piper's Pit." He says his wife recently divorced him due to what happened last time. He announces his intentions to go into the crowd to find a pretty young lady that he can marry and then ask intimate questions to on stage. After minutes of searching, someone catches his eye, but she's doesn't want to join Roddy in "The Pit." She tells him that it's because she's fearful of Piper on account of what went down last week. The Rowdy One is enraged at this, so he pulls her into the ring by her hair and smashes her face in with a bowling ball! Who will stop Piper? Tazz and Albert have their "respect" match. Who will be forced to respect who? The announcers should always put this over the as a "first ever." Rock and Dreamer have a heated contest. After battling all the way to the death house, Dreamer scores with the Tommyhawk. The Innovator of Violence then goes to inject The Rock with with a lethal dose of poison! Rock dodges, and catches Dreamer with a Rock Bottom ... into the electric chair! Wanting to take full advantage of the situation, he straps Tommy in and pulls the switch! Teddy Long goes to check Tommy’s heartbeat ... he calls for the bell! "Ring that bell!" The Rock wins in 23:87 (24:27). Ross speculates Tommy's injury could cause him to miss over two weeks of action. Other very interesting developments. Smackdown - The Big Show will be walking around like he owns the place and his rival Kane will ask him why he's walking around like he owns the place? Big Show will be like, "Yeah? Well I own you, burned boy." Kane will snap back with, "Yeah? I will own you either tonight or at the pay-per-view, where I challenge you to a match." This'll only occur at a pay-per-view if neither man has been previously scheduled for a match. If at least one of them has one, it'll occur after the commercial break. All of the current feuds will be hyped up, but with video packages in lieu of run-ins and machete ambushes. Since this is the last Smackdown before the pay-per-view and tensions will be running high, Slick Ric will give all the undercard wrestlers with feuds the night off to relax and party hardy! This is the second part of his "cool down, daddy!" plan. He doesn't send them to jail, because these guys tend to be more mellow and easygoing than the ones in the main events ... though they do get wound a little tight at feud time. So while the top stars wrestle the night away, much more calm due to their stay in the slammer, the midcarders and undercarders hang out. Ric Flair doesn't want to send them all to the same place, so he arranges for them to go places in random groups to be determined by the gold hopper. But Vince and the nWo, who might still want to destroy the company, rig the hopper to send feuding wrestlers to same place! Periodically, the crew will be forced by Vince and his nWo henchmen to cut to fights between WWF Superstars going on in post offices, diners, deserts, chat rooms and many other locales! The purpose of this is to to undermine the power of Nature Boy Flair. Tazz will come out and declare that before his "respect" match with Albert he already had so much respect for the man he didn't think he could have any more. But after they went to a five-minute draw, Tazz said that his respect grew that much more. Albert walks into the ring and goes face-to-face to Tazz. Albert says he'd slap Tazz, but it looked like God beat him to it. Tazz is shocked, causing him to remove his orange sunglasses. Albert urges Tazz to hit him. After a few tense moments, Tazz will instead hug the mighty Albert (not in that way, queer). Then they will raise each other's arms and start pointing to one another, saying, "I RESPECT THIS MAN!!" to the thousands in attendence. Other very interesting developments. At the pay-per-view, it will be stressed that all of these matches will happen again on Raw to persuade the fans to watch that, too. Before anyone gets up in my BUTT, this booking template would just go on for around six months. The point of the repetition would be the fans would expect certain things to happen. When things finally start to change (except the monthly Crash-Funaki state of the union, which is a tradition), it will make the WWF look very unpredictable. At the same time, it is not so repetitive that fans would be bored. Notice the week-to-week shift between "other guys do stuff" and "other very interesting developments." With that element of unpredictability, the fans will spread the word about the excitement of the product. Then, sooner than later, everyone and their grandsister will be watching WWF television. Good, eh? Oh, and as for who will stop Piper? No one stops Piper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 21, 2002 I didn't want to read it at first because it was so long but it was so worth it. Holy fuck....that is the funniest shit I've ever read in awhile. I was drinking some milk and I almost spit out at the screen twice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest converge241 Report post Posted March 22, 2002 I would watch it. "no one can stop piper" INDEED the best part is the other guys do stuff, in reality thats kind of how the real booking is looked at. give it a read Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hayabusa Moleman Report post Posted March 22, 2002 I think that may be the funniest thing I have ever read on this message board. I was literally in tears. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RickyB Report post Posted March 23, 2002 LOL!! "No one stops Piper"... man all that build up and no payoff - typical WWF Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 23, 2002 I responded already....but this had to be one of the best parts: The Brahma Bull says that he’s far from a big puss, except when he invites one of his more ... "well-traveled" ... female admirers up to his hotel room. The fans cheer because the Rock loves the pie-ah! It was one of the two parts that made me spit my milk up at the screen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
