What’s Old is New Again…
By Scott Keith on December 1, 2017
What do you think of they rebooted the York Foundation gimmick for someone new? I thought it was a great concept, but goofy when it was done way back.
But now, we live in the information age with both social media/internet activity as well as ESPN with statistical access & sport science studies. Done today, that gimmick actually makes some logical sense.
Imagine if they get a talented guy missing that character/charisma factor (a Roddy Strong type) paired with a mouthpiece workinga tablet with all the stats. He/She does a promo throwing some info ("this person had 3 surgeries here, so work that part" or "this person's stamina goes down 90% past the 10min mark" for example) & then the match story follows it. The stats can be made up or elevated, but then the match pays it off.
It can either fail for comedic effect, but if the info pays off for the wrestler, then it adds storytelling to some matches that would just be generic otherwise…
Like Sabermetrics for wrestling? Interesting idea. They should have Scott Steiner come up with the stats, though.
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