Best and Worst Gimmick Ever

RichieLawlor

The heel thread got a nice response so id like to know everyones opinion on this

Ill kick it off with Big Daves 'Deacon Batista' gimmick with brother D-Von

And of course the Undertaker for the best imo

HorseRadish

Best : Has to be Austin. No nonsense,trash talking S.O.B!

Worst: The Johnsons that were in TNA. Oh dear.

chopperbyrne

Best - Million Dollar Man

Worst - Johnny B. Badd, Van Hammer or Shockmaster

WWE has had some terrible gimmicks over the years, but WCW is the undisputed champ!

Ruu_Old

Worst: The Giant Gonzales *shakes head*

Best: Sting

Mr.Nice Guy

Best: Tempted to say Hulk Hogan but the Undertaker persona had way more depth to it so that's my choice.

Worst: Shockmaster. It flopped within a second. Now that's impressive.

RichieLawlor

jesus Big Dave got a few raw deals.

What about Leviathan, the big bad guardian of the gates of hell. Apparently, OVW’s evil-manager Synn summoned Leviathan from hell through a portal in the Ohio River, making him a true sea monster. poor Dave.

Firewalkwithme

Shockmaster was bad but it might not even been remembered had he not made such a shocking debut.

My vote for worst gimmick has to go to WCW's "The Yeti". I just did a quick search on youtube but couldn't the link I was looking for but he does appear in this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LchAsMRV10

An utter abomination.

Best Gimmick - I think The Undertaker has stood the test of time like no other.

RichieLawlor

or this guy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobbledygooker

and what about poor terry taylor 'The Red Rooster' now that was criminal

TheBigEvil

Jesus...We Can only Pick one ??

The Killer Bees :rolleyes:

Los Conquistadors :rolleyes:

Coco B-Ware :rolleyes:

Leaping Lanny Poffo :rolleyes:


As for the Best, gotta be the Undertaker by a mile. Still going strong today, Hogan a close second. Austins up there too.

Bubs101

Worst Gimmick- Boogeyman. actually, scratch that. Tugboat

Best Gimmick- Goldust

Goldust was such a brilliant gimmick at the time, particularly with Booker T. So many great clips like Booker and Goldust at the movies. I can't believe Black Reign is so bad

Fozzy

Worst gimmick was Mantaur. Half man, half taur!

I'll say Raven for best gimmick. He was a perfect fit for ECW back in the day and he worked it so well

AlphaMale 3OO

best: taker

worst: eugene, warlord, berzerker, trash man guy, isaac yankem and all the other "occupation" gimmicks, which technically used to include taker. repo man was bad too.

krudler

forbesii wrote: »

best: taker

worst: eugene, warlord, berzerker, trash man guy, isaac yankem and all the other "occupation" gimmicks, which technically used to include taker. repo man was bad too.

dont think you can call being a berzerker an occupation:D

chopperbyrne

krudler wrote: »

dont think you can call being a berzerker an occupation:D

More a lifestyle choice!

krudler

chopperbyrne wrote: »

More a lifestyle choice!

all together now! huss! huss!

d.harney

simon dean being a health freak was pretty poor. snitsky having the feet fetish a few yrs ago didnt last to long either.

i think the hurricane was a good gimmick

Glenman

Worst gimmick in my opinion is probably Mr Mahons fake death & his little "Bastard son"

EdK

recent bad gimmicks include the boogeyman, black reign, the daltons, the heartthrobs, the dicks etc

Tricity Bendix

d.harney wrote: »

simon dean being a health freak was pretty poor. snitsky having the feet fetish a few yrs ago didnt last to long either.

I actually liked those!

Cactus Col

The Best: The Undertaker, STone Cold.

The worst: William regal's man's man gimmick, fake diesel and fake razor ramone.

Real831

Best: Austin, Rock, HBK
Worst: McMahns

chopperbyrne

Real831 wrote: »

Best: Austin, Rock, HBK
Worst: McMahns

Mr. McMahon is one of the best gimmicks ever.

Real831

Opinion. Think its tacky.

AlphaMale 3OO

My occupation is a berzerker. I wear big fluffy ug boots and shout at everyone I know.

RichieLawlor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LchAsMRV10

Bubs101

Actually, My favourite gimmick was definitly Al Snow.

He was an absolute king. From his tag team matches with Head, where he would tag in head and just hit people with him, his tag team run with Steve Blackman, better known as head cheese and his run as European champion where he would represent a different European country every week. He was a king.... Then there was Maven

Mr.Nice Guy

Bubs101 wrote: »

his run as European champion where he would represent a different European country every week.

I remember that. I recall liking that idea a lot and hoping they would do an Irish theme but I don't think they ever got round to us. I remember him coming out to French music one time and handing out baguettes if I'm not mistaken!

Fozzy

That was Al Snow? I could've sworn it was D'Lo Brown for some reason! I was only getting into the WWF back then I think

AlphaMale 3OO

I just remebered another really bad gimmick - MVP. Not the current Smackdown MVP, but a baseball dude with a painted face. He was absolutely sh1t. Bastion Booger was a really, really bad gimmick as well and Adam Bomb was cr@p too. Really bad play on words. What was Vince thinking? Who was he trying to appeal to?

Ruu_Old

forbesii wrote: »

I just remebered another really bad gimmick - MVP. Not the current Smackdown MVP, but a baseball dude with a painted face. He was absolutely sh1t. Bastion Booger was a really, really bad gimmick as well and Adam Bomb was cr@p too. Really bad play on words. What was Vince thinking? Who was he trying to appeal to?

Also known as the Brooklyn Brawler, didn't last very long and yes it was terribly poor.

AlphaMale 3OO

Ruu wrote: »

Also known as the Brooklyn Brawler, didn't last very long and yes it was terribly poor.

MVP was the Brawler? Meaning MVP could technically be inducted into the HOF one day! OMG:eek::eek::eek:

filament

Best - Kurt Angle - like him or not, great character
Worst- The brooklin Brawler

Fozzy

forbesii wrote: »

I just remebered another really bad gimmick - MVP. Not the current Smackdown MVP, but a baseball dude with a painted face. He was absolutely sh1t. Bastion Booger was a really, really bad gimmick as well and Adam Bomb was cr@p too. Really bad play on words. What was Vince thinking? Who was he trying to appeal to?

Was he the guy on Raw in the opening segment? I didn't catch a proper look at him but I assumed it was the Brooklyn Brawler dressed up. Didn't give his name as MVP for obvious reasons

AlphaMale 3OO

Fozzy wrote: »

Was he the guy on Raw in the opening segment? I didn't catch a proper look at him but I assumed it was the Brooklyn Brawler dressed up. Didn't give his name as MVP for obvious reasons

I never remember him being on the opening segment and I dont think he lasted very long, but I think he is at the very start of the bad gimmicks youtube video earlier in the thread.

Otis Driftwood

Best - Stone Cold,Mankind or the Original Undertaker

Worst - The Undertaker when he returned as the gay biker.How crap was that??????
Dudelove - even Foley hates that period of his career

Cactus Col

Perry Saturn's mentalist gimmick. Very similar to Al snow and head, except done very badly with a mop. I hated moppy.

Bubs101

Moppy was BRILLIANT. Not as good as head but class

RichieLawlor

Fozzy wrote: »

Was he the guy on Raw in the opening segment? I didn't catch a proper look at him but I assumed it was the Brooklyn Brawler dressed up. Didn't give his name as MVP for obvious reasons

His name is Abe Knuckleball Schwarz aka Steve Lombardi aka the Brooklyn Brawler

AlphaMale 3OO

Fozzy wrote: »

Was he the guy on Raw in the opening segment? I didn't catch a proper look at him but I assumed it was the Brooklyn Brawler dressed up. Didn't give his name as MVP for obvious reasons

I see what your talking about now Fozzy, I hadnt seen RAW. Yeah thats the guy.

kyp_durron

Worst - Beaver Cleavage, thats was pretty ****, not to mention weird.

Best - The Rock.

MikeHoncho

I really cant see past Eugene as the worst gimmick ever. Take a talented guy and give him crap to work with. Fair play to Dinsmore for actually having a go at it but can you imagine being told after years of hard work to finally reach your goal of being a WWE superstar that you are going to be playing Eric Bischoffs retarded nephew? I would take Shockmaster, The Gobbeldy Gooker, Brooklyn Brawler etc any day over that.

Fozzy

MikeHoncho wrote: »

Fair play to Dinsmore for actually having a go at it but can you imagine being told after years of hard work to finally reach your goal of being a WWE superstar that you are going to be playing Eric Bischoffs retarded nephew?

I'm sure I've read Dinsmore saying in interviews that he came up with the gimmick himself. You could say it's unfortunate that he felt he had to have some outlandish gimmick to get noticed though. He's a really good wrestler but he never got to show it in WWE

Otis Driftwood

Not sure about that cos a while ago after one of his matches a fan in the crowd said "youre better than this" and he turned around and said "i know" which is a big no no.
He got alot of heat from Vince over it.

Fozzy

In an interview in September he said this:

With regards to the development of the "Eugene" character in the WWE, it was created by himself, as he has a friend who has a son whom he based the character off of. He took it in his direction, and made it more wrestling-oriented. He had no problems "living the gimmick" for the fans outside of the shows (meeting fans at autograph sessions/behind the arena) as well, despite what the "smart fans" might have said otherwise.

From http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/stories/Nick_Eugene_Dinsmore_Interview_Talks_about_WW.shtml

swx22000

Awful Gimmick on KANE: Before Kane became Kane he was Yankem, a dentist character that bombed quickly, and they also had him as substitute Disel brought in by JR , another bad gimmick

pingu_girl

Best gimmick = evil Doink or the Undertaker

Worst = Nightmare Freddie, Doug Gilbert dressed as Freddie Kruger with fake rubber hands and mask. Wrestlecrap's finest only saw it myself last night.

Vince135792003

pingu_girl wrote: »

Best gimmick = evil Doink

I got to admit that the clown really creeped me out as a kid. Even when he was a good guy I could never trust him!

komodosp

I forgot about that clown! Yeah he was cool... Never knew he turned good... (must have stopped watching then). The Undertaker too, maybe...

Worst persona / character name ever was... The Red Rooster! esp. when he used to do that silly walk thing!

Prufrock

Answer for both: Goldust.

Scott Hall

Best= Raven

Worst= Who

Best: Kane

Worst: Kerwin White