Just a call out to the peanut gallery. I am moving Professor Atomo into the advanced role of Icon next game, while Stras Acimovic is putting Reaper in as a Legend. This continues their on-stage wrestling feud while supporting their backstage machinations to grow the business.
As an Icon, Professor Atomo will have a move that sets the crowd afire (presuming I don’t botch) and I have two options I wanted some feedback on.
Firstly is his finisher, The Atomo Bomb. Basically an extended powerbomb, Professor Atomo has used this move for years. His recent workouts have buffed up his physique a little though, so the move has been having a more pronounced impact in the last few matches. The advantage of The Atomo Bomb as the Iconic move is that he uses the move fairly often and to great effect, though it could stand to be more dramatic. The same could be said of his submission move, The Atomo Equation, really.
Secondly is a move I think I will call The Atomo Missile. Several times Professor Atomo has hurled wrestlers out of the ring at announcers, generally for comedic effect. Last episode though, he very dramatically tossed Cloak at Scythe (missing him but nailing the Crakhead audience plant Freebase) while yelling out his familiar “WRESTLING SCIENCE!” Given the pop the move got, I think it would be interesting to make it Iconic. It would need to be a bit more formulaic if I did so… like always beginning with a body press and associated with his catchphrase. The advantage of this move is that it is delightfully over the top, but it is tougher to justify with any regularity.
Anyone have an opinion? Should I change any of the moves?
Maybe expand the Atomo Bomb a little (like into a short sequence finishing up with the Atomo Bomb) and turn it into the Atomo Meltdown?
I like the missile! Reminds me of the scenario in which the People’s elbow became famous.
I like the missile too. “ATOMO, ANGRY!”
You could throw anyone or anything at anyone or anything. Maybe even push stuff over.
When Atomo leverage’s the power of Wrestling Science in a feat of strength:
Maybe, but I feel like it has to be consistent to be an Iconic move. Maybe some sort of sequence that is more a Work The Audience than a traditional move? Although I really do like throwing people 🙂
What playbook is Atomo?
Veteran.
You can hang Iconic on anything you roll dice for, so you could put it on your Put Over move! You make other people look good iconically.
That’s kind of where Kane and Big Show are now in WWE, important enough to be involved with pretty much all the main storylines, but the audience knows they’re probably not going to win because that’s not their role in the company anymore.
That said, the Atomo Missile has organically become a pretty great signature move and I think it would make sense and be very satisfying if that was your Iconic spot.