Heath "the Hunk" Jones
Dec. 6th, 2018 08:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crimisinThe last NPC day of the post about Bryce Rivers mentioned the General Manager Heath Jones, so let's learn a little more about him.
Heath the Hunk first got over in a tag team with Brian the Brain, they had a classic big man/little man dynamic. Though they were a pretty face-y team Brian's position as son of the owner meant that sometimes they benefited from some heel-like backstage maneuvering.
Though MGCW has a permanent set-up on the Las Vegas Strip for their weekly shows, the roster still travels every week to do various house shows and charity events. It was on the way back from one such even when the car Heath was driving was T-boned by a semi-truck. Brian lost his life, and Heath lost 2 years of his career to surgery rehab and physical therapy. Even after all of his hard work doctors were reluctant to clear someone who had undergone such severe head trauma to return to such a high concussion risk profession. So, MGCW management proposes an alternative: Old Man Rivers is looking for a Manager type character to take over on tv so that he can focus on creative.
This is how it plays out Kayfabe: Heath the Hunk is ready for his glorious return but Old Man Rivers blames Heath for Brian's death and wants him to suffer. Heath is given an opportunity make it through a gauntlet match and be reinstated. During the gauntlet match a heel character is upset at being submitted gives Heath a beat down before the next opponent takes position. Old Man Rivers sees Heath getting this beat-down, and realizes that this is his son's best friend, the man that was like a son to him, and he can't watch this anymore. Old Man Rivers intervenes calling of the match. After that Heath gives his retirement speech, and starts acting as an authority figure while Old Man Rivers retreats more and more.
By the time our players join the scene Heath has been the General Manager for several years. He's very good at being the kind of character that seems to be fighting for the people without ever doing anything substantial to help them. He's charming enough that the fans mostly accept him as a face however instead of thinking him snake-like and forcing the character more heel.
Heath the Hunk first got over in a tag team with Brian the Brain, they had a classic big man/little man dynamic. Though they were a pretty face-y team Brian's position as son of the owner meant that sometimes they benefited from some heel-like backstage maneuvering.
Though MGCW has a permanent set-up on the Las Vegas Strip for their weekly shows, the roster still travels every week to do various house shows and charity events. It was on the way back from one such even when the car Heath was driving was T-boned by a semi-truck. Brian lost his life, and Heath lost 2 years of his career to surgery rehab and physical therapy. Even after all of his hard work doctors were reluctant to clear someone who had undergone such severe head trauma to return to such a high concussion risk profession. So, MGCW management proposes an alternative: Old Man Rivers is looking for a Manager type character to take over on tv so that he can focus on creative.
This is how it plays out Kayfabe: Heath the Hunk is ready for his glorious return but Old Man Rivers blames Heath for Brian's death and wants him to suffer. Heath is given an opportunity make it through a gauntlet match and be reinstated. During the gauntlet match a heel character is upset at being submitted gives Heath a beat down before the next opponent takes position. Old Man Rivers sees Heath getting this beat-down, and realizes that this is his son's best friend, the man that was like a son to him, and he can't watch this anymore. Old Man Rivers intervenes calling of the match. After that Heath gives his retirement speech, and starts acting as an authority figure while Old Man Rivers retreats more and more.
By the time our players join the scene Heath has been the General Manager for several years. He's very good at being the kind of character that seems to be fighting for the people without ever doing anything substantial to help them. He's charming enough that the fans mostly accept him as a face however instead of thinking him snake-like and forcing the character more heel.
