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SEMAJ SAVES THE WCW

Well heres a fantasy booking/what is wrong with WCW article that you probably get a ton of. Heres hoping it gets up in lights....

For those Deprived Children at home Semaj is just james backwards, thus I'm not anything other than an annoyed americain ready to explain the the WCW what they need to do.

For the millions of people screaming about how WCW Sucks, I am finally coming to terms with thier major problem. While admittedly saying Vince Russo's job or an utter lack of orginisation may seem to be the case, in this instance your all wrong. Feel my mailbox fill with that comment. Yes I, unlike all the rest of you have figgured out why the WCW sucks so badly right now. Mind you letting 4 good/great wrestlers who help ruin your depth and add to the competitions may be utterly stupid, but thats not the problem. So right now your all sitting there thinking to yourself, "What has this man figgured out that no one else has? What can he possibly know that I dont?"

The answer is simple, the WCW needs a few real heels. Ok, Ok, before you all storm off angry hear the Semaj out. Right now I see one, count them one, genuine visible main event heel. The chosen one Jeff Jarett. Thats right, he's the closest thing to a number 1 heel this federation has, and anyone making comments on any of the boards say "I like Jeff Jarett as Commisioner more than Nash already."

Why? Because Nash refuses to be a true heel. He tries to be funny, he tries to look cool, and he tries to get himself over. Now sure, he may be getting boo'd some now, but lets face it, he just doesnt scream heel the way a Tripple H or a Jeff Jarett does. They both seem to enjoy being hated, and more often than not, show the fans thier utter contempt for them. So when Sid finally has a chance to get his hands on that annoying little Jeff Jarett, the crowd pops.

When the NwO (yeah I know it's nWo, but I'm a trendsetta, not a copycat :)) started out, everyone thought the NwO had a good chance of being the right move. IF the guys all did the real heel thing, and only if they did it. This would seem to me to be why Russo would fine said people for doing things to keep the fans on thier side. He wanted them hated because Russo knew what I did, WCW lacks someone for everyone to hate. This is why russo was so much in a bind when the two closest things to true heels, Jeff Jarett and Bret Hart, both went down with injuries. Now right about now all you people reading this are going, "This almost makes sence, but Semaj, what can WCW do to remedy this situation? The answer isn't simple but heres what Semaj would do..."

First, lets face it, Jeff Jarett for world champion. Have the annoying little Jeff win the world title via guitar shot/interference/insert cheap heel win here. Then have him come out and gloat, and well, make the fans love him as only a real heel can. This however is a short term plan, because the PPV's cannot work with 1 heel alone. Sure 13 babyfaces vs Jeff Jarett in 13 different matches might look fine on paper..... the true test is delving through the WCW roster, and finding a few other high profile heels to make the world go round.

One sure bet is Brett Hart who can be as hated as any man on the planet. Once he gets back from injury, have him feud with....Sid! yes somehow that 7 foot freak gets monstrous babyface pops, and a good way to solidfy Brett as a heel is to have him continue to do naughty mean and nasty things to poor Sid. But this is where our problems begin because after these two the amount of heels in Nitro are hiding. So heres the Semaj plan for making a few insta-heels.

First, after Jarett wins the title, he kicks Nash from the NwO while retaining the COmmisioner label. Thats right, Nash, who refuses to be a true heel, becomes a Face again, and the fans rejoice because they get another big, huge, bad working, powerbombing face to cheer. Of course Scott Hall jups ship with Kevin Nash, and the NwO is smaller again, but not for long, because as we all know, a few heel moves, a NwO shirt, and you too can be hated. Now since I myself cant say "Hire blah from blah" for the insta heel process, I'll work witrh the current roster.

First, Rick Flair will become a heel, for how long is to be determined by whether he ever can get boo'd in the south. The Flair Heel turn is highly known, but here's how I'd have it go down. Flair and Terry Funk get so pleased with each other they finally decide to have a match, hardcore style, and roughly halfway through, the NwO comes down with bats, and ruins the match. They spraypaint the two guys, and do the whole stick, thus forming an alliance everyone doesnt mind seeing. This cumulates with a Flair/Funk vs Harris Boys PPV in a somekinda hardcore stip match. And after a good match for these four, Flair turns on Funk (shock of all shocks) and lays him out good. Flair then looks out at the crowd and dons a NwO shirt. Thats right, Flair joins the NwO. If that doesnt shock the hell out of everyone (well not after all of you read this, but I digress) nothing will. This should help elevate Flair to a big enough heel to headline shows and since the NwO has hot women hanging around all the time, flair should feel right at home.

At this point Commisioner Jarett comes out with world title and says 'Since the chosen one has booted out the old leader and becaome the leader himself, and then gotten the world title, it's safe to assume I have officially stopped becoming the chosen one, and have arrived. I think it's time to find a new chosen one. The new chosen one will be none other than,.... "Champaign Chris Kanyon" Thats right people, we get ourselves a glossy guy who likes female escorts to fit right in with the rest of us, and already has feuds vs DDP and Bigelow. So everyone prepare to watch as I give the chosen one the TV title, which we all forgot exsisted, and let him defend in every week."

Chris then gets a huge monster heel push and becomes the new chosen one, solidfying a truly hated NwO.

We'd also have the Harris Boys win the tag team golds, and feud with the now face Outsiders. While possibly preparing to get back together the Steiners, or after Ahmed slims the hell down pushing the new Harlem Heat to the moon along with Booker T and the US belt vs Lex Luger, DDP and Flair.

There you have it, the start of a new, better WCW product, however I cant help but scream at WCW and request that they work on some new young talent who can not only wrestle, but WORK A MIC! Thats right, most of the guys in the powerplant may be huge, but there as personable as an accountant. But as you can see, if they really want to start winning the war with WWF, they need to listen to one Semaj, and i can garentee they dont suck nearly as much.

All that and not once did I make the comment Russo wasnt doing a horrible job as much as he got screwed by the guys he was trying to puch getting injured (filthy animals, Hart, jarett, etc.).... And like I said before with that last comment, feel my email swell. if any of you feel the need to argue I can be reached at Semaj@ihateclowns.com which IS a real email addy.

So until next time hippies....

Semaj

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