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Superstar most in need of a re-packaging

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#1 ·
Which WWE Superstar do you believe would best serve the WWE to re-package. There are some wrestlers who merely require better booking, such as Cesaro or Barrett. Then there are those who will need to have their entire brand/image renovated. I think Johnny Curtis tops this list. The guy's got potential, but the Fandango gimmick doesn't seem to be going anywhere and the roster is in dire need of credible mid-card talent to keep the IC and US title scenes in their currently great state. Who are some other nominees? Try not to mention any NXT talent. They typically get rebranded upon coming up.
 
#44 ·
Emma and last Curtis Axle.
Mizdow
Corporate Kane
Curtis Axel
Fandango
New Day
Los Matadores
Stardust
Cesaro
Curtis Axel
Fandango needs to go back to Johnny Curtis
All members of the New Day
Kane, he needs to have a proper final run instead of interrupting matches.
Cesaro: needs to get a character
Curtis Axel: see cesaro
Cesaro, Emma, and Axel.
Ryder, New Day and Curtis Axel.
Cesaro, he needs to be a beast, a charismatic bad guy who is a ladies man. He looks like Statham, give him one of his movie roles as a gimmick. Wouldn't be that hard considering Cesaro has that pic of him holding two big guns in his sexy suit. He should be a suit wearing heel, he could even have a valet that works with the mic until he is fully comfy with promos himself.

Axle, seriously this guy is a ******* and that's not bad! It worked for stonecold! Axle is no SCSA but it doesn't mean Axle cannot have a gimmick similar to that. Who doesn't like being around a chill guy that drinks cold beer and fights assholes?
Axel and Sandow. I'm not saying these guys are future maineventers but they should have better characters.
I would say Emma, Axel, Cameron, and R-Truth. I don't care about any of them. So I would like to see WWE retool all of them and see what happens.

All these people saying Axel. :confused

Guys a good worker and good in the ring but he needs more than repackaging, he needs a personality. That guys a charisma drain. :bush
 
#5 ·
Paige
The Miz
Cesaro
Damien Sandow

Paige needs to be a anti-diva heel. Put her with a guy, or have Heyman take the reigns of her and let her loose.

The Miz is starting to grow on me a bit. At first, I didn't like him, I wanted him to go back to MTV where he belongs. But something about him has caught my attention. I like the whole "hollywood" star bit, although it's been overplayed before by Hogan & The Rock. I think they need to dump the tag team "stunt double" BS, and give him a push. Make him the most annoying Hollywood prick you can make him. Make him like the 2nd coming of heel Hollywood Rock. Rock did a GREAT job in that role. Let's see The Miz do it. Maybe not so much a World title reign (in case it flops). Give him a IC title run and see where it goes from there.

Cesaro has potential. Trying to make him a baby face is a bad move IMO, and teaming him with Heyman was even dumber. Maybe have him use his slight downfall as a storyline, blaming management, and the US fans for turning on him. Team him with Rusev and Lana for a bit to really get his heel heat going. Rusev I'd leave as a heel but make him do more heelish things, such as cheating in matches, beat down afterwards, ripping fans, etc etc.

Damien was and still is one of the most boring superstars on the roster, and this whole stunt double gimmick is by far the worst. I don't see any way to repackage him. My guess would be to send him down for re development, or send him on his way for his future endeavors.
 
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They need to just let Cesaro be what he is: a cocky, athletic beast. Stop going for the easy, and tired, anti-American schtick. Why is it that he can have entertaining feuds with Sheamus and Zayn, yet still go nowhere? They're trying to do too much with him.
 
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Harper: although he's doing well for himself now, I think he should have gone face and Rowan should have gone heel. Harper's bigger, slower, and generally limited in the ring, all things that lend themselves toward being a heel. Harper on the other hand is much faster and more agile, and has a much more fan-friendly, varied moveset. He's one of the most athletic big men the WWE has had in a very long time (maybe the most athletic since Lesnar in fact.)

They should give him a less generic theme song w/vocals (some country/rock mash-up sort of thing), make him cut his beard ad hair slightly (but not too much, just so he looks less like a cannibal/serial killer), change up his attire slightly (white short-sleeved t-shirt w/a new dark-colored logo on it, black jean/leather sleeveless jacket, still the blue jeans), and sell both as merchandise items. He could/should also give the handkerchief in his pocket (or a bandana as part of the repackage) to some fan in the audience (or throw it into the audience prior to executing his finisher.) I firmly believe Harper could make an awesome badass, blue-collar face if pushed correctly and made into more of a biker and less of a deranged hick.

Wyatt: He really should have been repackaged given how badly Cena buried him. I'd try and revamp him into a darker version of Mick Foley with three personalities (Husky Harris, Bray Wyatt, and Axel Mulligan.) "Bray" would be under the impression that Husky and Axel are two of his henchmen, Axel could be portrayed as a mercenary type only following Wyatt to cause mayhem (but he isn't above trying to usurp him if he thinks that would cause more chaos), Husky could be trying to break free of his influence, etc. Each personality could have varying alignments between heel, tweener, and face, with slightly different wrestling styles, etc.

I'd also give Wyatt his own logo to enable him to generate some sales (I'd make it a stylized open palm below a lantern with the world inside the lantern) and start selling merchandise for him, like the hat. He could sell well too if given the chance.
 
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#23 ·
Roman Reigns-he needs character development in general. He has very little substance and WWE gives you very little reason to care about this guy.

Cesaro- Cesaro is smooth, funny and a shit talker in real life. But like Roman, he doesn't really have a character and is scripted to hell.

New Day is horrendous and they better be turning heel

Dolph Ziggler: not a total repackage but something that take him to the next level. Something that makes him seem more like a main eventer.

Sheamus: He should just go heel and become an ass kicker. Just wreck the shit out of people in the ring and enjoy every second of it. Let him be a little sadistic.
 
#27 ·
New Day - Though at this point I don't see much hope longterm for any of them.

Emma - The dancing gimmick really killed any chance she had to be taken seriously.

Luke Harper - He's too similar to Bray in gimmick appearance. If they have any sense Wyatt isn't going anywhere except up. So Harper is going to need repackaging eventually if he is to be a player.

Sheamus - Heel turn asap.
 
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Luke Harper - He's too similar to Bray in gimmick appearance. If they have any sense Wyatt isn't going anywhere except up. So Harper is going to need repackaging eventually if he is to be a player.
I'm still trying to figure out why they were so quick to break up him and Rowan. I haven't been watching the shows frequently as of late. When I looked up the Survivor Series results, and saw them on opposing teams, I was astonished.
 
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I remember seeing somebody suggest it a few days back and thought it was a great idea...

Fandango should repackage and hate every mention of Fandango.. Anyone mentions Fandango to him and he goes mad and kicks the shit out of them.. Think that would be good for him, think you'd get a lot of crowd participation too trying to annoy him.
 
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Cesaro
Stardust back to Cody Rhodes
Fandango
 
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John Cena

Kofi Kingston

Roman Reigns.
 
#16 ·
^ Emma too, almost forgot about her.
 
#20 ·
Axel, but looks like he's going to get this chance.

Emma, because she's good but her matches on the main roster are very 'bad dancey'.

New Day, obvious reasons.
New Day are the worse. :trips7

Who in creative thought this gimmick was a good idea? I wanted the WWE to do something with Kofi since he was so stale, but this nonsense with him, Big E and Xavier Woods is so embarrassing. I was legit annoyed this past Monday watching this crap and was close to changing the channel.

Emma deserves a second chance. She's a good wrestler.
 
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He's another one, but I think it's too late to salvage his credibility. He can actually perform in the ring, and has proven his ability to get a crowd behind him. He just didn't know when to tone down the gimmick, and become more than a 15-minute star.
 
#25 ·
Cesaro, he needs to be a beast, a charismatic bad guy who is a ladies man. He looks like Statham, give him one of his movie roles as a gimmick. Wouldn't be that hard considering Cesaro has that pic of him holding two big guns in his sexy suit. He should be a suit wearing heel, he could even have a valet that works with the mic until he is fully comfy with promos himself.

Axle, seriously this guy is a ******* and that's not bad! It worked for stonecold! Axle is no SCSA but it doesn't mean Axle cannot have a gimmick similar to that. Who doesn't like being around a chill guy that drinks cold beer and fights assholes?
 
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