So the manager’s Meal Ticket move. How is it supposed to work? Is it a booked thing or is it like the Heel move and they can just call it whenever? Or does it kick in whenever the Player wrestler performers a Finishing Move? How does it interact when it contradicts with the players Finishing Move or the Heel move?
I’m fine winging it and going with whatever feels right, but I’m looking for some clarity on how it reads or has played for others.
Also: Does the manager act during the wrestler 1/wrestler 2 exchange (So it’d go W1/W2/Manager?) I found that it’s hard to build momentum if you always have to spend 1 to interrupt.
The Work the Audience move happens outside of the confines of the match, it could be used pretty liberally by a manager during a match.
Same too with Cut a Promo, though it is more directed.
To get actively involved in the match, I think you are correct with the interrupt. Though it also makes sense that the manager is a valid opponent to contextually use the Wrestling move on. Potentially passing control that way.
Justin Hunt has the right of it in my experience thus far – the Manager tends to act on the outside (cutting in like the Announcer, essentially) but not necessarily get control unless it makes sense following the fiction, right.
Meal Ticket triggers on interfering with the intention of winning the client the match, so it’s not going to happen after someone who’s booked to win hits their finishing move. Other than that it’s like the Heel Move – you can do it on your own initiative (and thus we never necessarily find out what the “real” booking was) or you can use it to interfere once the booking is revealed (and you’re then swerving the booking within the confines of kayfabe).
If multiple swerves happen, they happen – again, like the Heel move, you just treat them in the order they’re triggered to escalate the situation.
And it’s up to Creative to weave it all into a cohesive narrative 🙂
So either Meal Ticket or Finishing Move not both like with Do the Job
Yeah, that’s the intention. The Manager kind of “takes over” the Finishing Move for their client, while the Jobber does their thing in addition to the other wrestler.