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It's creative and smart. I know it's cliche at this point, but that's why the WWE won't pull it off.
Watching the Shield's titantron gave me a big idea on how WWE could progress the Shield from now on and how they could turn the whole angle into something huge based on a subject and fear that is topical in today's paranoid American society. This would especially work if the WWE want to make their product more edgy and bring in something controversial that would give the product the spark that it needs. It would also fit in really well with the current gimmick of the stable and take it in a darker territory. I think my idea could bring in a unique kind of angle but I could be wrong.
Anyway when watching this the first thing that came to mind was those videos you see of police abusing their powers by hitting innocent civilians. The video captures a certain anarchy with people running around trying to break away from these armed men, there are buildings on fire indicating arson attacks whilst there seems to be a watchful eye over everything. There are flashing images of the dollar sign and images of power and pandemonium.
This leads to my idea and after seeing these images in the entrance video it all clicked in my head. What is the one thing that people in general fear not just in America but everywhere? They fear enslavement, they fear their freedoms being taken away from them and they fear being imprisoned against their will. The Shield want to bring their brand of justice to the WWE to fix all the injustices and atrocities that have been committed. But Justice isn't free as Ambrose alluded to and the eye of justiceis always watching you. You need to believe. Believe in the Shield. And what happens if people don't believe in something that you want to impose? You enslave them.
I haven't completely thought this through on how to pull this off but my idea is this: playing off the entrance theme and the gimmick of the Shield in their armored cop like uniforms implementing their brand of justice you build them up into a storyline where the WWE eventually forms into a form of police state where the Shield have gotten to a point where they have managed to eradicate the old ways of the WWE, the injustices if you will and have managed to take over the WWE implementing their ideals on to the WWE changing the foundation of the company and how its operated. WWE now operates by their rules and regulations with the eye of justice always watching making sure nobody gets out of line and if they do and commit any form of injustice according to the Shields morals they will be dealt with swiftly and locked away never to be allowed to perform under their own power ever again.
From this you can go several ways and the story allows for the audience to get connected to the victims (faces) that suffer under this regime, nobody is safe. Every one is trapped under the banner of justice known as the Shield. It gives the chance for Ambrose, Rollins and Reigns (and perhaps others) to be built up as mega heels whilst other stars could be made in this storyline. New faces and heroes can be born from it. With the right amount of experience mixed in with the new stars being built up this could be a unique take on a hostile takeover storyline because of the reasoning and approach behind it.
The best storylines are always mirrored around the subjects society are talking about. Because of recent events, 9/11, the economic collapse, the lack of trust around bankers, wars in the middle east and africa more and more people are becoming paranoid which leads to them feeding into conspiracy theories which fuel more paranoia. One of the biggest being America becoming some form of police state. The current Shield gimmick is genius because it allows the opportunity if WWE are smart with it to use that paranoia and the topical theme of the police state and turn into a storyline that replicates the fears of current society. Even with the people who like myself who thinks its all paranoia and nonsense could reflect and relate to a storyline such as this.
Is this a good idea or complete rubbish?
ThisA 3 big guy stable just wouldn't work that well. Just like another poster said on page 2, one big guy is enough as the muscle of the group. Plus neither Reigns, Ryback, or Langston are particularly good on the mic or in the ring, so having other guys who are better on the mic and in the ring are essential.
The styles are different and mesh extremely well. Reigns is the power wrestler, Ambrose the more technical wrestler or perhaps more of a brawler, and Rollins is more of an athletic, risk-taker type wrestler. Together they form a perfect team, and that's the point of them. The point is not that they are law enforcement or whatever, the point is that they have varied skills and are the ultimate 3 man team.
Well done! Repped. I actually agree with this. I think Ohno needs to re-watch some of his "that young knock out kid" work in ROH and find that character again. That character was like a re-imagining of Muhammad Ali and it would be/was perfect for Ohno. He should also shave that beard down to something manageable like Punk's beard, and really hit the weights. On top of that he really needs to choose a better palate of moves for his wwe moveset, which shouldn't even be an issue with the huge amount he has at his disposal.Ohno is the hero WWE deserves but not the one it needs right now.