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We broke the news yesterday evening that WWE is considering Bob Barker, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Freddie Prinze, Jr. as future guest hosts on Raw, which got me thinking... What kind of classic games from The Price is Right could WWE present if Bob Barker were to host? As Stephanie McMahon told BusinessWeek, WWE can "adjust the storylines" to fit the host.
You have to start with the classic Cliffhanger game featuring mid-card wrestlers with no chance of getting over because WWE doesn't give the Raw mid-card any attention.
Two wrestlers bid on great products like Raid or Gerber's baby food and the first one whose little man falls off the cliff is Future Endeavored. Special guest Barker Beauty is Brian Kendrick.
My favorite Price is Right game, though, is the Hole in One golf game. What's cheaper, a box of soap or a bottle of shampoo? Since Chavo Guerrero was playing a golfer at one time (remember Kerwin White?!), he gets to play Barker Beauty as Jack Swagger and Evan Bourne putt for a shot at the U.S. Title against Kofi Kingston. Wrestler who loses gets to catch Bob Barker as he's press-slammed by Adam Sandler later in the show.
Since wrestling is soooo 1979 and, as a USA Network executive told BusinessWeek "it's all just entertainment male soap opera anyways," we don't need any stinking wrestling. The ring will be replaced by "contestants row" where wrestlers will be called down to the front from the "audience" to bid on the right to be verbally humiliated by Triple H.
Jack Swagger is a UT reject, Evan Bourne is a vanilla midget, Big Show takes a Kurt Angle before every show, Chris Masters is puny, Jerry Lawler should be signing autographs at VFW halls, and John Cena can't wrestle.
But, the fun won't stop there. Oh, no. In the main event of the show, WWE will present the "3 Strikes" baseball-themed game where contestants usually compete for a super car like a shiny red Cadillac or Corvette.
The tweak, though, will be wrestlers competing for a chance to avoid the three-strike Wellness Policy firing squad. Special Barker's Beauties will be Chris Masters and cameos by Jeff Hardy and C.M. Punk to build up their program on Smackdown.
Contestants will compete for Wellness Policy immunity. WWE doesn't seem to take the policy seriously anyways since they turned it into a storyline on Smackdown, so let's have some "it's all just entertainment" fun!
If a wrestler draws three strikes out of the bag before pulling out the numbers for a John Cena t-shirt, then he's automatically suspended 30 days without pay while having to continue working house shows.
If a wrestler is so fortunate to draw the numbers of the Cena t-shirt before the three strikes, he receives immunity from his next Wellness Policy violation. Everyone wins!
Like every episode of Price is Right, the show will end with the winning contestants's friends, family, or some strangers they met in line rushing the stage to celebrate. Except in classic WWE-style, all of the mid-card heels will start bumping for Hunter while Cena and Orton have a stare down from the studio audience to the stage to close the show.
Torch readers, what other Price is Right games could be applied to WWE Raw? Would you book Plinko to increase a wrestler's downside guarantee? How about the clock game instead of Beat the Clock?
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