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JBL's comment on Edward Snowden gave me an idea for the Corporation storyline.

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#1 · (Edited)
Whilst watching Raw I heard JBL made a throwaway comment in regards to Edward Snowden comparing it to a situation in the Corporation storyline about Cole being a traitor to the company he worked for. When I heard that it immediately gave me an idea for the Corporation storyline which I think would work beautifully in this context.

WWE and Pro Wrestling have always been concerned traditionally with being a mirror of what society is. Right now in the world but especially in the UK (where I'm from) and America, it's paranoid. Paranoid about terrorism, paranoid about losing freedoms etc. which I touched on in my idea with how the Shield could have been booked in regards to having a police state in WWE.

The idea I have is what if a few months down the line we would have information being leaked out by an anonymous rogue messenger who is giving out information about meetings the Corporation are having which can be important pieces of information that would help the faces in certain big angle/match type situations? This wouldn't be done too much in order to undermine the dominance the heel faction is having but it would happen in certain important angles in the storyline enough to the point where this anonymous leaker would become a problem for the Corporation. You'd do this after at least a few months of Corporate domination and you could build and build this closer to either the Rumble or even stretch to close to Wrestlemania when finally Hunter decides he's had enough of this crap and he goes out to find out who this rogue person is. From there you can build for a few weeks up till the big reveal. Why I think this would be unique play on angles like this done in the past and would work really well is this:

1) It draws a direct parallel to a huge topic which is prevalent in society today about rogue information leakers who are leaking information to the benefit of the public like Edward Snowden who have been caught and threatened and treated like threats to national security yet become like martyrs and heroes to the public. In this case, the guy who gets revealed would become a huge babyface to not only the fans but the face lockeroom

2) I touched on it, it gives an opportunity to make a big new babyface who by the end of it pretty much becomes a martyr figure and would end up as a sympathetic babyface because of the consequences he would initially face.

3) It gives the babyfaces a different way of getting the upper hand without taking much away from the heels, so it gives the fans hope but without giving them that big comeuppance pay off just yet.

For this to work my idea would be it being one of the people associated with the Corporation which is another reason why I said after a least a few months because otherwise, it wouldn't be believable. Who should it be? My idea was either Maddox or one of the Shield guys because obviously it can't be one of the big players. The best option I think is Rollins because out of everyone, he is the guy who is most likely to pull off a role like this well and get fans invested.

What you guys think? Good idea? Dumb idea? Give some feedback either way.
 
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#5 ·
Whilst watching Raw I heard JBL make a throwaway comment in regards to Edward Snowden comparing it to a situation in the Corporation storyline about Cole being a traitor to the company he worked for. When I heard that it immediately gave me an idea for the Corporation storyline which I think would work beautifully in this context.

WWE and Pro Wrestling have always been concerned traditionally with being a mirror of what society is. Right now in the world but especially in the UK (where I'm from) and America, it's paranoid. Paranoid about terrorism, paranoid about losing freedoms etc. which I touched on in my idea with how the Shield could have been booked in regards to having a police state in WWE.

The idea I have is what if a few months down the line we would have information being leaked out by an anonymous rogue messenger who is giving out information about meetings the Corporation are having which can be important pieces of information that would help the faces in certain big angle/match type situations? This wouldn't be done too much in order to undermine the dominance the heel faction is having but it would happen in certain important angles in the storyline enough to the point where this anonymous leaker would become a problem for the Corporation. You'd do this after at least a few months of Corporate domination and you could build and build this closer to either the Rumble or even stretch to close to Wrestlemania when finally Hunter decides he's had enough of this crap and he goes out to find out who this rogue person is. From there you can build for a few weeks up till the big reveal. Why I think this would be unique play on angles like this done in the past and would work really well is this:

1) It draws a direct parallel to a huge topic which is prevalent in society today about rogue information leakers who are leaking information to the benefit of the public like Edward Snowden who have been caught and threatened and treated like threats to national security yet become like martyrs and heroes to the public. In this case, the guy who gets revealed would become a huge babyface to not only the fans but the face lockeroom

2) I touched on it, it gives an opportunity to make a big new babyface who by the end of it pretty much becomes a martyr figure and would end up as a sympathetic babyface because of the consequences he would initially face.

3) It gives the babyfaces a different way of getting the upper hand without taking much away from the heels, so it gives the fans hope but without giving them that big comeuppance pay off just yet.

For this to work my idea would be it being one of the people associated with the Corporation which is another reason why I said after a least a few months because otherwise, it wouldn't be believable. Who should it be? My idea was either Maddox or one of the Shield guys because obviously it can't be one of the big players. The best option I think is Rollins because out of everyone, he is the guy who is most likely to pull off a role like this well and get fans invested.

What you guys think? Good idea? Dumb idea? Give some feedback either way.
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#6 ·
Sympathetic figure?

A traitor, right?

Who has JBL been calling a "Benedict Arnold," "Linda Tripp," and "Judas Iscariot" ever since he turned babyface? Ricardo.

Who would fit as the leaker to make the Corporation look bad - especially if ADR goes Corporate? Ricardo.

All this talk of traitors from JBL is starting to make sense. Granted, Ricardo is hardly a "Rage Against The Machine" Stone Cold Steve Austin/Daniel Bryan type, but having him in the face "Snowden" role would make things interesting.
 
#13 ·
That's honestly a really cool idea OP. Usually when people have threads like this about their story ideas the ideas are absolute shit. However, this is a good well thought out idea that would be different and not the same "wrestling" angles that we usually get. Nice post bro.
As for Ricardo? No...just no. I like Ricardo don't get me wrong but using him in this role would be a waste. I agree that Rollins would be a good fit for this.
 
#14 ·
I like this idea a lot. It would get the viewers thinking and speculating on who it is, and give us all a reason to tune in next week to see how it develops. The whistleblower would get over with the crowd as a babyface for being a rebel too, everyone loves a rebel who goes against 'the man'.
 
#15 ·
This is a good idea.

I was sorta having the same conversation with my bro yesterday. They need to have some sort of secret happening between the audience and another wrestler that the Corp doesn't know about. That way audiences can have an 'in' on something.
 
#16 · (Edited)
Christian could Edward Snowden...

current storyline resemble society where HHH is Corporations/Elites, Maddox is Goverment (they need Booker T as GM who act like babyface against Corporation but behind it he on the same page corrupted), The Shield is Police force protect Corporations/Elites and Daniel Bryan is a citizen get beat down and screwed over by Corporations/Elites.

just look at the world right now...Government work for Corporations/Elites not for the people.

comes to think of it, i find Booker T more like that person on Monday where he telling Bryan to give up the fight that he cannot win...it's like telling people not to stand up against Banks/Wall Street because they too powerful or too big to failed.

Glen Jacobs aka Kane or RVD who support Ron Paul could perfect fit in current storyline.
 
#17 ·
Christian could Edward Snowden...

current storyline resemble society where HHH is Corporations/Elites, Maddox is Goverment (they need Booker T as GM who act like babyface against Corporation but behind it he on the same page corrupted), The Shield is Police force protect Corporations/Elites and Daniel Bryan is a citizen get beat down and screwed over by Corporations/Elites.

just look at the world right now...Government work for Corporations/Elites not for the people.

comes to think of it, i find Booker T more like that person on Monday where he telling Bryan to give up the fight that he cannot win...it's like telling people not to stand up against Banks/Wall Street because they too powerful or too big to failed.

Glen Jacobs aka Kane or RVD who support Ron Paul could perfect fit in current storyline.
No thank you, up and coming faces plz. Rollins would work but Ricardo wouldn't because it would be a waist of a big push if it was only used on a manager. Why has no one mentioned Rhodes? He'd work great, He's been fired by the Corporation and he wants to get his revenge and help in any way he can so he begins leaking information to the fans and face superstars backstage. He could get a huge pop when he got revealed as the secret man behind the information, especially if he appeared next to the face authority figure which has been fighting the Corporation.
 
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