Gimmick PPV ideas

Santa Claus hosts show; all faces receive gifts, all heels receive chairshots. Spoiler: at end of show, someone tells Santa he doesn't exist and he vanishes giving someone (to be cast later) the biggest heel push since Hogan went Hollywood.

UCI telethon show: all matches are chosen based on fake pledges we collect, making the show... exactly the same as usual, except with the worst variety acts ever between matches (can any of y'all spin plates?) and Wentworth Updegraff Jr. As the worst (best?) Jerry Lewis ever.

Live at Red Rocks - we did a show once a year in GEW in Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre, which is pretty much a concert hall in a mountain. Tradition held that every year somebody would either fall from, jump from or be thrown from atop the theater; that's a red and rocky landing, for sure.

Mandatory Lucha Night. Everybody has to mask for a week, all the matches are two out of three falls and all match writers must write in at least one hilarious Sin Cara caliber botch. Sponsored by Tecate.

And my all time favorite gimmick show idea: we all switch characters with our opponents for a week. Sure, maybe you can win a match against the Polar Phantasm... but can you win a match as the Polar Phantasm? I don't really care if you do or not, I just know I'll mark out seeing you try Call it the Freaky Friday show if you want, whatever. Save it for April Fool's or Opposite Day or whatever, but do that shit <3

-B.

Had a somewhat similar match years ago in another fed; the "Search for Santa" match. It was part backstage brawl, part hide and seek. Someone dressed as Santa roams the arena with something special in his sack - for the match I wrote it was the World Championship, though a title shot or Christmas bonus would also be sufficient - and a group of wrestlers search for him. I think it was five the last time I was involved, though the number isn't important. The winning conditions are simple; find and catch Santa.

Actually accomplishing that can be difficult, as there aren't really any other rules for the competitors to follow, and eliminating the competition is encouraged. Of course, there are some rules for Santa, as well. He can't leave the arena, for one. And though he's supposed to avoid being caught, Santa is supposed to be non-violent, so he can't just clock somebody and take off; once he's caught, he's caught.

Logistically the match was easy to write, since it took place in snippets throughout the night; little bits of action and intrigue taking the place of segments between matches. All in all, it was a rather entertaining experience.

Spoiler alert: epic Polar rant to follow. You have been warned.

We have to do a character switch show; this is exactly the kinda shit this Fed could get famous for.

It would make a fun "buffer" show to run the week before an epic PPV, for sure. Instead of having two weeks to write for a big show, we have a voluntary exhibition show where shit is all backwards and nothing really counts as the entertainment for the week off. It's like how they do the pro bowl now in the NFL... cramming it into that two week wait for the Super Bowl, because motherfuckers will get bored waiting for a game that's usually hard to watch.

Besides, what else would you be doing with a two week RP period? We know we're all going to panic for a week because we're out of ideas, have a solid concept by Tuesday, hate it Wednesday, drink and cry Thursday, pound out thousands of words flailing at a victory on Friday and Saturday only to spend Sunday waiting anxiously on the show. All I'm saying is you spend the week panicking because you're out of ideas for your character writing up something as someone else.

Couldn't hurt!

Plus, every Fed I have seen this done in..? Some of the most legendary promos ever come out of this shit. Some times they're legendarily bad, but sometimes... shit,son. It's a chance to see yourself through someone else's eyes. More than once have I had to take a long hard look at Polar because another writer spun him in directions I hadn't considered.

For instance, the whole idea of Kid Phantasm and having Polar grow up to be Polar came from a promo my friend Scot wrote as the Phantasm back in the day. Didn't use it for a decade, but that idea was still stuck in my head that day I ran across the Dub.

This is probably the most creative group of amateur and semipro writers on the 'net, fed or otherwise. Just sayin'; this is precisely the kinda shit that could be a hallmark event for UCI. Flip the whole Fed on its ear for a show? Why the fuck not... this is an underground fight league warehouse wrestling federation. It's not like we got much to lose, eh?

This is a strange fed, and I say we keep it that way. And while we're at it, I say we follow this 'strange' thing and see where it takes us. If we get to Shockmaster or Gobbledygooker, though, stop swiftly and make a hard u-turn. Thanks.

/end Polar rant
-B.

When are we doing the shark tank match?

WHEN I ASK YOU

See, we tried to do that with a rival stable once upon a time, but that whole thing fell apart, so it's whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, there it is... Doc Henry just came up with the next Brawl For All.

Book it, Bookerman, before it turns into sports entertainment!

...wait, what am I saying. I totally hope the E does steal that idea. There just aren't enough humiliating wrestling fail videos on YouTube yet, you know?

-B.

Another crazy match idea: back in GEW we had a guy whose signature deathmatch was called the Barnburner. It's pretty much what you might imagine; two guys fighting in a barn that's on fire. How's UCI's insurance? Y'all all paid up?

-B.