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Post by The Maxx on Nov 9, 2008 12:41:53 GMT -5
Yeah, we've all done this sort of thing before, but this time, we'll go a little deeper (at least, I will). To start: Team IrelandObviously, they began as a bit of a parody of TNA's Team Canada (one of my favourite stables of the last few years). But after a while they evolved into much more. Coach O'Hare was clearly inspired by Scott D'Amore's blustering, boastful Coach character (& that influence is still clear), even down to the Tricolour-wrapped Hurley (an obvious parody of the Maple-Leaf Hockey stick). In appearance & name, as noted before, he's based on my late high-school P.E. teacher. Kind of a tribute, which makes me feel bad for having the character be such a prick. Shane Malone was a like a bigger, interesting version of Bobby Roode. True, he never talks, but I think it works better to have him operate as a "silent assassin" type. That wasn't always the plan however. I just noticed one day after Mr. B. wrote up an edition of Chance Time with T.I. that Shane had never spoken. After that, I stuck with it. There was no visual inspiration for Shane. He's just a big shaggy guy. The only problem was with Aidan & Sean. Originally, Sean was inspired by Johnny Devine (in appearance mainly). His gimmick was that he got injured in every scene, a play on the fact that Johnny Devine was always out with an injury. But Sean had no real character. It was Ratings who came up with the nickname "Don Juan of Donegal" based on Sean's apparent good-looks. I decided to run with it & he became the ladies-man character we have now. That left Aidan. I tried things with him. I left him bland for a while, intentionally, mind, as a Lance Storm-type character. But it didn't really work. So, now, I'm re-modelling him. Aidan is currently going in the direction of one of my favourite literary characters, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly. Not that I'm turning him into a Robert Roode character, but hopefully I can manage to make him work as an affluent, Celtic Tiger-ish, South Dubliner. In appearance, I picture him as resembling Christian Cage. Maeve, now thereby hangs a tale. I'd wanted to introduce a female member for a while, but originally, I pictured her as being like a female Samoa Joe (to match her style). It was Ratings who talked me 'round into making her a bit more like a female bodybuilder type of physique, which also works. The character is a mix of several female friends & some ex-girlfriends. Basically, a bit of a bitch & a tad crazy, but you'd get along with her okay. A real-wrestling equivalent character would be ODB. Physically, she's Cindy Phillips, but taller. More on my other characters later.
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Post by The Maxx on Nov 9, 2008 14:53:57 GMT -5
Okay, Fannie Package. Firstly, she wasn't mine. It was Mr. B. who came up with this one & inserted her into the SENSATIONAL Ball at WHOA's Christmas Chaos last year. Afterwards, I adopted the character & had her gain 50lbs of solid muscle. I tried to play her like a character that desperately wanted to seem feminine despite her great bulk, but I just couldn't make it work for some reason so that approach was scrapped & I decided to make her an all-out power wrestler (which worked to great effect in her match with Rosie at Halloween Hell). Physically, she's based on Pro Bodybuilder Colette Guimond except a foot taller & 100lbs heavier. Going to the other end of the female spectrum in terms of my characters, Tiffany. She was inspired by the Diva Search & the fact that WWE seemed to hire nearly every girl entered in the competition after it ended. She was every crappy Diva stereotype rolled into one package. Bottle blonde, couldn't wrestle, dumb as a post, fake boobs, the lot. Took her appearance from fitness model Monica Starr. The name was picked entirely at random. I heard a few months ago that WWE actually DID hire a girl named Tiffany who was blonde, had big fake boobs & couldn't wrestle a lick... coincidence? I think NOT! The Maxx: I've been all over with this guy. He's been the cocky heel in just about every promotion, though I tried to turn it around here in W*I*G I just couldn't. The version of THE MAXX AWESOME that was seen here was perhaps the ultimate version. I took bits & pieces of the stuff I'd done with him in KPW, ROS & especially RCP (which is where I added the "THE", before Brian Kendrick was doing it in WWE, & the Dramatic Pause). But he was sacrificed to Coltrane (of whom more anon). So, I took him away repackaged him & almost regressed him to a state of stupidity. Now, while I don't write for James Bon Jovi, I did kind of suggest the character to the writer, afterwards I thought, "hell, why not repackage Maxx with him as a Miz-like guy?" Which is why we now have our own version of Morrison & The Miz. If WWE's going to steal my concepts, I can steal their's. Finally (for now) Coltrane. Of all the ideas that might feasibly work in actual wrestling, this might be the one. Borrowing heavily from Heroes & a "fantasy booking" idea I read in Power Slam some time ago, I had the idea of a "finisher thief". He copies the moves of others & uses them against them, easy enough to grasp. Then I went further down the Sylar route & made him a bit more psychotic. The kidnapping of Alexa was one of my favourite promos I've ever written. Something I'm quite proud of for such a new character that I'm still getting to grips with.
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ragnal
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Post by ragnal on Nov 9, 2008 15:15:33 GMT -5
Alright, let's see what we got here:
Chick Aura-When I was looking over finishers on Youtube, I kept noticing a LOT of them were used by large female Japanese wrestlers, including Mike Ragnal's own Ragnalrok. It was around early this year I saw a lack of them in the feds I was with, though Fannie served as an exception at the time. So of course, I thought it was only natural to fill the void somehow, and came up with this behemoth.
Naturally, Chick Aura's name is a play on the Japanese word for power, "Chikara" (Which at the time I was watching some matches from the promotion of the same name, so that contributed some as well). I can't identify where her face is from, but her model's supposed to be that of the typical Japanese muscle, such as Amazking Kong. (I've had someone say the body should be more akin to Beth Phoenix, but I'm having a hard time visualizing it).
Originally Chick was supposed to be a face masked wrestler wearing a blue shiny outfit, but that was dropped because Chick kept looking goofy in my head. So unintentionally, YES UNINTENTIONALLY, I gave Chick red hair and put her in a red singlet, so she was wearing a lot of red, much like a certain Broken Rose we're aware of. And that's actually why that ball got rolling early on in WIG.
Lily-Rose-I'll be honest, the character wasn't originally mine. Meggie over at Divas Unleashed allowed me to use the character out of nowhere (or that's how I remember) by showing me her sig as it was in EWT. So obviously because of this, Lily was destined to be a rocker of some kind.
But unlike past gimmicks with rockers, Lily was supposed to be (and is still intended to be) legit in this world, being a multiplatinum rockstar. Her MMA style was just something out of the blue, to try a newsort of style compared to the high-flying and such I was used to with the Ragnals. Although apparently her base, Whitney Bensfield, is ALSO an MMA fighter, or at least that's what I picked up when I saw she had an interview of some kind in an MMA magazine.
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Post by Kermit The Hulk on Nov 9, 2008 20:10:05 GMT -5
The White Boys: Well, I'm from the South, and I never really liked the negative stereotypes of people from my region. I somehow thought of the idea for a tag team with this gimmick. They are based a little on the Briscoe Brothers (ROH) with some Stone Cold (Jason) and Brian Pillman (Justin) thrown in.
The Latin Lovers: I use to work at the Tyson Store for the Tyson Chicken factory in my hometown. Anyway, there was this guy there with the name of Guillermo Miramontes. I liked the name and thought it would be good for a character. But, I never could develop him beyond the name. Then, I met another man with another great name: Casimiro Melendez. I immediately thought of Guillermo, and then it hit me: a romantic Latino tag team. I threw in some elements of Julio Iglesias Sr. (Guillermo) and the works of Gabriel Garica Marquez (Casimiro) to flesh them out. Yes, that's right, I based an e-fed character on a Nobel Prize winning writer.
L. Rey: I was watching the movie "Planet Terror" and liked the main characer El Wray. I just liked the idea of a short guy being such a badass and thought it would work as an e-fed character. I was also inspired by El Mariachi from Robert Rodriguez's "Mariachi" trilogy.
James "Magnum" Constance: Again, I got the name "James Constance" from a guy at the Tyson Factory in my hometown. However, I couldn't think of a character for him. Then, I somehow came up with the "Magnum" gimmick. I can't remember if I got it from Magnum T.A. or Joey Ryan.
TNT: Another movie ripoff. Toby Nicholas Tucker is based on the character of the same name in the movie "U-Turn," and the girls are based on the girls in "Death Proof" that end up in the chase with Kurt Russel's character.
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Post by The Hardcore Disciple on Nov 10, 2008 11:00:47 GMT -5
Wish I had more than one to talk about here...
Chaz Stone: Like most of my characters, he's evolved a lot since his inception. He originally started as a comic book hero, a cross between The Thing and The Hulk. When I wanted an alternate character in another federation, I thought of him. Naturally, I had to tweak him significantly. No special powers, except for the immense natural strength, were kept, and that was based on my own physical strength in high school. He was originally made an exchange student from Scotland, as I've been to Scotland, and thought it a lovely place with fun people. I especially like Highland games, which is why I gave him expertise in such things. In body type, I borrowed from Test, before he fell the fuck off and cut his hair. In attitude, I wanted him to not be just another big, angry, tough guy. So, I went with a big, tough, rowdy, snarky guy who's doesn't get knocked off his joyful perch too very often. I figured such a specimen would attract a number of ladies, so I exaggerated this (his little black book is bigger than most church directories, etc.).
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Post by Jason Hereford on Nov 10, 2008 17:34:19 GMT -5
James Bon Jovi: Actually was Maxx's idea, to a degree. He approached me with his idea for the team, and since Jimmy Thunder, one of the male thirds of TJT had nothing to do and wasn't on the WIG roster, I figured it would fit. So Jovi retains the parody aspect, being a clear spoof of Nitro's transition to Jim Morrison rip-off.
Jason Hereford: The original point behind TJT was to be a parody team, but very quickly I got tired with that idea and figured it was better to expand the characters a bit--particularly the latter two letters of the team. Jason Jupiter become the alcoholic, foul-mouthed "brain" of the team and when my last computer died, I disappeared from E-Fedding. So the excuse in storyline played off of his rather poor disposition and lifestyle--after losing the tag belts, the team went on hiatus, but during this time Jason got in some financial troubles. That I kind of based on something I wrote, and he became "Jason Hereford" from then on. As for his style, I found that many heels now are "evil" kind of heels--generally extraordinary malevolent or crazy and outright brutal in the ring. I wanted to dodge that path and made Hereford into a selfish, conniving ring strategist.
Dimitri Konstantinos: Not much to the character, I wanted to try an aggressive sort of face with a crash-and-burn style. I like using foreign characters, but there's really no particular reason why I chose for him to be from Greece, other than the fact that there's really not many foreign characters (much less faces) from that part of the world.
Ykaterina Milosanova: Another foreign idea, but more inspired than the linear Konstantinos. I got kind of tired of the "Evil Russian" stereotype of the big, strong, dumb person that thinks the Cold War is still going on, so I decided instead on having a wrestler that chooses ringcraft and looks at the Cold War from a realistic standpoint--that it's over and there's no point in crying over spilled milk. She's not malevolent or cold, but I didn't want her to be an overly friendly type. She's there to wrestle, there to win, but also there to not become yet another page in the book of cheesy Russian cliches. As for the mask, I just wanted to add a little bit of neutrality to her appearance.
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Post by The Maxx on Nov 12, 2008 15:09:51 GMT -5
Just a little addendum on the names of a few of my characters. I've made the reason behind Maxx Awesome known so many times that if you don't know by now, well, you just haven't been paying attention. Pat O'Hare & Tiffany I already explained. Given the nature of Maxx at the moment, I imagine "The Maxx" is pretty obvious too. As for Maxx's "real name" (Anderson, in case you missed it), I was as surprised as anyone when I wrote that. It was the only thing I could think of that sounded vaguely like "Awesome". Aidan Donnelly was a merger of my older brother's first name & one of my best friend's surnames. Sean came from my cousin & my mate Dan's surname. Shane Malone, another merger of a guy I used to live with in Belfast & a friend of the girl with the surname Donnelly. Maeve is the only one with any actual reason, which you can learn more about here.As for Liam, I used the surname of an ex girlfriend & just stuck an Irish name in front of it (traditionally, it's short for William). Coltrane was a name I pulled from the Preacher series of comics. In the first trade of the series, Jesse, Cassidy & Tulip encounter Cassidy's friend Si Coltrane (who, it later emerges is a serial killer). I wanted something simple, a surname that could come to seem threatening. I thought calling the character Alexander Coltrane had a nice ring to it. Fannie Package: Thank Mr. B for that one. I've been thinking of making her more serious by dropping the gimmicky name, only I have no idea what her "real name" could be.
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Boku
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Post by Boku on Nov 12, 2008 16:40:08 GMT -5
BR Juri Sadamoto: Originally, Juri was just a one off character I made in the Smackdown! Series (SD!2 I think) after seeing Tajiri. In that game, she had long black hair and blue eyes. Alot of her moves were strikes and her finisher was a Super Kick. The name Juri came from a minor character in Yu Yu Hakusho. "Sadamoto", as far as I know, is a name I made up. After that, she faded away never to be used again. Until the GND title was killed in EWT. With Oceanic and Terina being the only ones left, Khali and I got to talking about how we both didn't want to see that happen for good. So I brought up that I made a girl before and could use her. Thus Juri was brought back. I changed her appearance some and made her far more vicious than she ever was in game. And I used a bit of an Anime I liked, Nana, to add some final touches.
Danny Taylor: When I heard KPW needed more people, and especially girls, I offered TKJ two options: a country girl named Danny or a cute goth named Billie. Danny is actually not really based on anything more than the vast amount of country girls from around Northern California. When you think of California, you think of LA or San Fran it seems to be the case. Less known are the forests, mountains, hills, farms, and the beautiful wilderness. Danny was also interesting in KPW, because she was one of the only ones that was sane seemingly. One KPW fall later and I was at work one day, listening to country music again. And I got the idea to have Danny jump to WIG. But not as the nice, intelligent cowgirl she was in KPW. Rather, I needed something different to separate her from KPW. So I got the "role model" idea from watching R-Truth as well as other "role models" in wrestling as well as the overall concept by WWE that Trish Stratus, Michelle McCool, and Candice Michelle are heroes for little girls. But as with everything I do, I like to twist them. What can be more annoying that a know-it-all loudmouth? Heel Role Model.
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Post by The Maxx on Feb 24, 2009 16:50:17 GMT -5
Gigantor Maximus was absed on the fact that I thought it'd be really funny to see a tiny man stomp down a ramp under the belief he was a giant. Partially inspired by "400lbs Super-Heavyweight" Crash Holly & that period when The Hurricane tried to Chokeslam & Powerbomb much larger opponents.
And another note on Coltrane: I'm trying to get across the message (& I hope it's working) that he sees wrestling as a place wher only the serious workers should be rewarded. Those who rely on gimmickry, promos & snappy catchphrases are something to be abhored; even women drag down wrestling, regardless of ability. These are all the things he hates about modern wrestling & the "side-show" feel it has attracted. Wrestling is a sport fit only for those who work hard & earn their spots. Seems like an admirable stance to take, he just has a twisted view of it. Again, it's a wrestling based take on Sylar's idea that only certain people deserve to have powers & such...
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Post by Jason Hereford on Apr 16, 2009 21:12:19 GMT -5
Archibald Barnes was inspired by all of the old wrestlers that can't seem to ever hang up the boots and come out of retirement on a regular basis, despite the fact that they really aren't qualified to be wrestling in their advanced age (a few kicks, chops and scoop slams a talented wrestler does not make). So how do you turn that up even more? By making a senile, skinny little senior citizen who seems to only remember how to improperly do moves. Truth be told, there was a bit of Robbie Ellis thrown in too.
Jack Jupiter was another character inspired by the idea of the uncharismatic and completely awkward "blue chipper" that wrestling federations try to push, despite the fact that, while talented as wrestlers, they lack any degree of ability to connect to the crowd and are extremely green. After a short while, I decided to Miz-ify Jack's personality a bit, making him a perverted, obnoxious douchebag with a loud mouth--but still, little to no mic skills despite all the time he gets to talk. Then Joe One created the promo I will never forget, where the one-off line of which Jack called himself "The 'REAL' Jack Jupiter," inspired a further turn into douchosity--as evidenced by his pretentious and impractical entrance gear.
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Post by Kermit The Hulk on Apr 16, 2009 21:27:05 GMT -5
Damien Blood: The idea for him comes from Ricky Steamboat. His real name is Richard Blood, which I thought would be a great name for a heel. So, I came up with this idea of a heel version of Steamboat. I even mentioned him here earlier. However, someone on here suggested I changed the name to seperate him from Steamboat; I think it was Boku. Anyway, I was thinking about some new first names (I decided to keep the last name "Blood" because I liked the whole blood with his moves), and I somehow landed on "Damien."
Paul's Boutique: I was just listening to the Beastie Boys' album Paul's Boutique and just got this crazy idea to make a stable of wrestlers based on the group. Their names come from songs on the album.
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Post by C. M. Synthy on Apr 16, 2009 22:12:17 GMT -5
"The Unhallowed Valkyrie" Saga Vidya: "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. =D You'll see, hopefully.
Princesa Ice Cream: CHIKARA's lack of female equivalents for some of their coolest people.
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Post by Kermit The Hulk on Apr 17, 2009 20:28:49 GMT -5
"The Unhallowed Valkyrie" Saga Vidya: "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. =D You'll see, hopefully. Princesa Ice Cream: CHIKARA's lack of female equivalents for some of their coolest people. You know, I came up with a Los Ice Creams like team: Los Refrescos. Basically, it's the same team, but with soda instead of ice cream.
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Post by The Maxx on May 4, 2009 14:46:28 GMT -5
Timmy Barnes: I actually had this idea a little while ago, but had no real means of getting it out there. Partially inspired by the glut of "Second-Generation Superstars" in WWE (Ted DiBiase Jr., Cody Rhodes, Nattie Neidhart, Randy Orton, etc.) & by second-generation wrestlers in general (Jeff Jarrett, The Rock, Dustin Rhodes) I decided it'd be fun if we had a character here who comes from a "famous wrestling family", but was less like the aforementioned names & more like utterly clueless berks like Greg Gagne, Erik Watts or David Flair (the latter two being an influence upon his appearance). Of course, I didn't want to use a real wrestling family (though I briefly toyed with the idea of making him an Anderson). Khali's introduction of "legendary" Archibald Barnes was a good opportunity for this useless wrestler to show up & ruin what remained of his family's good reputation through sloppy performances & crappy promos.
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Post by Jason Hereford on May 4, 2009 16:02:39 GMT -5
Timmy Barnes: I actually had this idea a little while ago, but had no real means of getting it out there. Partially inspired by the glut of "Second-Generation Superstars" in WWE (Ted DiBiase Jr., Cody Rhodes, Nattie Neidhart, Randy Orton, etc.) & by second-generation wrestlers in general (Jeff Jarrett, The Rock, Dustin Rhodes) I decided it'd be fun if we had a character here who comes from a "famous wrestling family", but was less like the aforementioned names & more like utterly clueless berks like Greg Gagne, Erik Watts or David Flair (the latter two being an influence upon his appearance). Of course, I didn't want to use a real wrestling family (though I briefly toyed with the idea of making him an Anderson). Khali's introduction of "legendary" Archibald Barnes was a good opportunity for this useless wrestler to show up & ruin what remained of his family's good reputation through sloppy performances & crappy promos. Wow, so Archibald Barnes WASN'T entirely useless!
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