granto Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 October 1993, The Undertaker is taking on Yokozuna in a special featured match for the WWF heavyweight championship on Superstars from Madison Square Garden, the referee is down so is the Undertaker, Yokozuna heads out the ring to pick up a steel chair, then all of a sudden a familiar face is seen at the entrance way and starts to run towards the ring, the fans are in disbelief, they thought Hulkamania was killed by Yokozuna at the king of the ring earlier in the year, Hogan is back and appears to be looking for vengance, not dressed in his usual yellow and red but instead a casual back T-shirt and jeans Hogan looks to be seeking revenge, he approaches yokozuna and with all the strength of his hulkamaniacs behind him snatches the chair from the hands of the 700+ pound monster, however Hogan immediatly turns round and hits the undertaker who has just started raising up with the chair, Hogan quickly runs the referee regains life, the fans are unsure what went on. The next nights Raw is open with Hogan again in casual street clothes standing in the ring. Hogan: I was walking through New York today, Everywhere I looked I saw my hulkamaniacs, yet i felt drained, I diddnt feel the power of the people, I felt so small and worthless, a kid couldn't of been much more older than ten approached me, I saw tears in his eyes, he asked me why I hit the Undertaker. I told him exactly what I'm about to tell you, I have been gone from the Federation just 4 months, I was meant to be an icon, I was meant to be the immortal hulk hogan, but you all turned your backs on me, all i've ever done is fought for what is right, but you lost track of what is right, instead of saying your prayers and taking your vitamins you started worshiping the devil, the reason im back in the WWF is to clense it of poison such as the Undertaker I'm doing this for the benifit of the young children who tune in each week, the parents dont seem to care that their children are being exposed to the undertaker so whether you're with me or against me and lets face it if your not with me your against me, I shall start to clean the WWF up for you. later in the night Hogan recruits Randy Savage to join his crusade. the plan is to bring the headhunters in as hogans lackeys, yokozuna of course is part of the group and Bobby Heenan will eventually become manager, Im trying to push away from the cartoony early 90's WWF a bit earlier and feel as though this is my key storyline that will achieve that. the plan is for hogans stable to take on the undertaker + the steiners + 2 more undecided at Survivor Series, at the rumble Taker will win the title from yokozuna and hogan will win the rumble setting up the mania main event. So my question is what should this stable of hogans be called? any suggestions on what I could rename each of the headhunters (i dont like having them unnamed), also I wouldnt mind some opinions on the storyline. sorry im no good at naming things.
WeeMan Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Hoganomics Team Hogan Might Makes Right The Power Trip [used by WWF later, but still it could work] Hope this helps.
wilts Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Sounds like a very well thought out storyline, I am guessing Hogan is now heel, kind of like the heel Y2J-saviour gimmick, right? As far as names for the headhunters go, pretty short on ideas. Got one idea, but I will flesh it out a bit before producing verbal vomit. As for stable name, The Maniacal Saviours? Burial Rights(because I guess burying taker will come into it somewhere...)? The Disciples of Resurection (sp?) (because resurection is is kind of in a round about way on the other side of an Undertaker...) All pretty damn naff I know, but I am the least creative person alive. As far as the storyline goes, a few things to flesh out. You have probably considered it but didn't go into detail, how do the Steiners play into the story? After Mania, where does this story go? In reality, a storyline like this would end with Taker off screen for a while with the typical death/burial/etc of Taker and then the return for revenge, so where are you planning to take this? In closing, all sounds great, I will pop back if I have any ideas for you.
cappyboy Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 As for stable name, The Maniacal Saviours? Burial Rights(because I guess burying taker will come into it somewhere...)? The Disciples of Resurection (sp?) (because resurection is is kind of in a round about way on the other side of an Undertaker...) All pretty damn naff I know, but I am the least creative person alive. Come now, Brother Wilts. Don't go selling yourself short here. Neither The Maniacal Saviors nor Disciples of Ressurection sound all that creative it's true. But both sound like something WWE would have used in 1993. So from that angle, they are both great suggestions. Personally I don't see the need to get all fancy with this group name. Something like Salvation Force or The Reclamation Project should be fine. One of the classic knocks on folks with principles like Hogan would be portraying here is a lack of creativity. Heck, that could be a knock on Hogan as a character anyway. The Megapowers? The Megamaniacs? A legdrop as a finisher? Really, Hulkster? Really?
granto Posted January 6, 2009 Author Posted January 6, 2009 Sounds like a very well thought out storyline, I am guessing Hogan is now heel, kind of like the heel Y2J-saviour gimmick, right? As far as the storyline goes, a few things to flesh out. You have probably considered it but didn't go into detail, how do the Steiners play into the story? After Mania, where does this story go? In reality, a storyline like this would end with Taker off screen for a while with the typical death/burial/etc of Taker and then the return for revenge, so where are you planning to take this? In closing, all sounds great, I will pop back if I have any ideas for you. Yeah the current Chris Jericho gimmick is part of the inspiration, Hogan really believes he is in the right and will stop at nothing to achieve his goal Once I get the headhunters over a bit the plan is to fued them with the steiners over the tag belts, have the steiners lose at the rumble with rick turning heel and joining hogans stable, resulting in rick vs scott at mania with the loser getting fired (rick) I have a few plans for the end, one plan is for hogan to start showing face traits on and off up till mania, then have the stable he created actually kick him out just before mania, causing a huge vintage hulk promo pre match maybe have the undertaker turn heel and bury hogan alive post match (whilst hogan would start showing face traits taker would start going along a darker path). The other one im leaning to is hogan cutting these real intense promos about it being time to do or die ultimatly ending up with his words coming back to haunt him as the undertaker locks him in a casket and hogans stable actually help taker do this. I want to get taker as a heel post mania really, try and keep the title on him the full year, then have HBK as the top face resulting in HBK V Taker at the next years mania. The current hogan character is meant to be realistic and serious, so I'd like the stable name to reflect that ideally.
granto Posted January 6, 2009 Author Posted January 6, 2009 The Reclamation Project I like this, im considering it but as Project Reclamation. I guess underlying Hogan could be pissed off that hes not considered the top guy anymore, of course hogan would never admit to this but it would be hinted at.
wilts Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 well thanks............i think, Brother Cappy. Another possible stable name, along the lines of Hulkamaniacs, Mega Powers, Mega Maniacs, and playing with some later used names by the WWF, how about The Hoganytes? The problem is, is Hogan still about the prayers and vitamins? I know that is the back bone, but has he given up on all his values to do whatever it takes to take out Taker? If he is still about that, do Yoko, the Headhunters, Heenan follow that path? Given that Hogan and Heenan/Yoko have never exactly been best of friends, maybe play that up a bit, and work on the fact that it is a partnership with a shared goal, not a friendship, then the stable could be called something like, The Taker Treaty? Yes, crappy again, but it is the best I can do....sorry...
granto Posted January 6, 2009 Author Posted January 6, 2009 I really like the idea of a taker treaty, whilst not a stable name it would make sense for the announcers to refer to the members as having a treaty between them to take out the undertaker. Basically Savage has already had his talk with Hogan, in which Savage pretty much says I agree with you Hogan, me and you have history, but this is bigger than that, this company is heading in the wrong direction and i'm willing to forget the past for now to help put it back on track. at the moment hogans still all about the prayers and vitamins, but as time passes on and he still hasnt taken taker out things will get more intense. the headhunters are actually on the Hogan pay roll, if I go through with the stable turning on Hogan before Mania it will mainly be due to the past catching up with everyone.
wilts Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Sounds good. Are they going to be a full on stable, kind of DX, nWo, MEM - esque, going all out, "We are the <insert stable name here>, and we are taking over. The <insert stable name here> is blah blah blah....", or is it more a stable through actions, agreements and interactions and more of a hype by the announcers than the members? Following on from the crap-fest of my previous name suggestions, how about The Take® Out Team! woohoo!!! Team America, **** YEAH!!!! WMDs!!! WOOHOO!!!! Sorry, major flash backs to the worst film in history. Or other generic names, The Hogan Coalition, Team Hogan, Night Stalkers (playing on the obvious Taker reference, and that he will never see them coming because they are sneaky heels, and they could come anytime, day or night...) Tune in next time folks for Crapfest VII, Return of the CRAPMISTER!!!
gbasalmon Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 How about The Crusade? (Sorry, I just spent three hours playing Europa Universalis 3, so I'm in a period military kind of mood.)
cappyboy Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 well thanks............i think, Brother Cappy. Hey man, you're welcome. But I understand you're not being quite so sure how much of a compliment I'm giving. When I concede your name ideas i was quoting weren't necessarily all that "creative" what I meant is they don't have that flash that people think of when they talk about creativity. But they are functional and timely. Which is a kind of creativity that gets underappreciated because it's more functional. Kind of reminds me of my mom. For a long time, she's had these ideas for kiddie books and youth fiction stories she'd like to write up. But because her language skills aren't as flashy and mentally evocative as mine, she feels like she'd never be able to do them justice unless we colloborate on them. However, when she writes scenes, she does so with this great simplicity and functionality my flair for complexity renders me almost totally incapable of. And because her skill is different and more blue collar than mine, she often fails to fully appreciate it. Just as it seems you were the timeliness and functional creativity of your suggested names. Creativity comes in different forms. Don't knock yours just because it doesn't work like you think it should.
pepper2008 Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 Team America is a funny film designed for brainless yuppies, they dont need to be branded as the worst movie ever thats reserved for Ishtar
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