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Silly Gimmicks
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04-12-2008 1:59pm#1It was mentioned in the SVR thread but I think it would be fun to start a thread about the horrible horrible gimmicks that graced our sceens (most of which in the mid 90's).
I'll start things off with the legend that is Mantaur
What were your favourite (or least favourite) gimmicks.0
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kwang, a short fat guy from puerto rico who couldn't do karate
his debut at the 1994 royal rumble was funny when he tried to trade off with a 6'10 kevin nash and still look serious doing it
Giant Gonzales; you sign up a 7'6 400lb wrestler and instead of trying to learn him a few moves or make him an enforcer you stick a freaking muscle suit on him with hair on it and put him ina program with one of the worst workers of the time (undertaker) :eek: booked correctly gonzales could have made money out of the fact that he was totally unique (people on regis were amazed when they saw him coming out), he was booked as a joke
the yeti, poor ron reis, gonzales didn't have it half as bad as this guy. What is it with turning 7ft+ ex basketball centers into a joke??, vince would do it again with giant silva a few years later
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I'd like to say gimmick's views on music fans are pretty silly, but i'd probably earn a banning for it. So i'll just keep trucking with these two tools.
Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace, The Dynamic Dudes. Neither of which could actually use a skateboard, but were required to for their gimmick.
Much like Ortons motorcycle injury
Also, sorry for the small image, the only one i could find.
Here comes the Ax and here comes... Mr Hole In One, Barry Darsow?!
Folks, no wonder WCW went out of f*cking business!0 -
Ed leslie, everything after brutus, that says it all when you consider brutus a half decent gimmick
WWF had bad gimmicks in the early/mid 1990s but WCW took the cake
Arachnaman, brad armstrong seriously pissed someone off backstage
Ding Dongs,
OZ, complete with worst entrance ever, "Welcome to OZ"
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Turd Ferguson wrote: »
Bastion Booger
Why?
Wouldn't be the last time he'd be seen there either, Friar Ferguson anyone?
The hardcore title was a pretty bad gimmick in WWE too, especially it's 24/7 rule. It wasn't funny, it wasn't entertaining, it was plain dumb.0 -
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That crazy mid-90's period which saw some of "legit" sport stars enter the world of the WWF.
The Goon
He was kicked out of all the ice hockey leagues and now he's in the WWF to reak havoc and cause mischief. He came to the ring with a hockey stick , some gloves and a jersey.
Thurman "Sparky" Plugg
You all know this lovable guy, well he used to be a NASCAR driver didn't cha know ? Highlight of his career was winning the tag belts with the 1-2-3 Kid as Royal Rumble 95. Of course that didn't last long and it was years and years before he garnered any interest.
Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz
Em, this is Steve Lombardi of Brooklyn Brawler fame as a heel baseball player. He didn't last too long.
Jean Pierre Lafitte
Em, well he was a pirate and he stole Bret Hart's jacket. He wrestled for WWF for a good few years but this gimmick didn't last more than 6months I don't think.
Man Mountain Rock
The WWF were down with the kids cause kids loved guitars and long haired rocker type dudes and ty dye. Didn't they ?
For pre-1994 I think I'd have to give a big mention to :- Red Rooster
- Gobbledy gooker
- Shockmaster
- Warlord
- Babarian
- Zeus
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ShawnRaven wrote: »
The hardcore title was a pretty bad gimmick in WWE too, especially it's 24/7 rule. It wasn't funny, it wasn't entertaining, it was plain dumb.
I actually thought the 24/7 rule with Crash at the fore front was entertaining, the one were he was in the launderette was class. I usually get a chuckle out of most back stage tomfoolery, like this
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CinKeBnJ3Is&feature=related
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ShawnRaven wrote: »Just inCredible, isn;t he?
ShawnRaven wrote: »I'd like to say gimmick's views on music fans are pretty silly, but i'd probably earn a banning for it.
Meh is all I say to that.
Just Joe, for me, has to go down as one of the all time crappy gimmicks. he heard backstage gossip and told other wrestlers on it, but put his own spin on it. What the bloody hell.
The Finks heel turn in 2002 was a bit crap also.
Eugene was a fairly retarded ( ) gimmick also. Funny for the first few weeks, then got oh so boring. 0 -
alan dunne 27 wrote: »Man Mountain Rock
The WWF were down with the kids cause kids loved guitars and long haired rocker type dudes and ty dye. Didn't they ?
To be fair, that gimmick started in WCW as Maxx Payne.For pre-1994 I think I'd have to give a big mention to :- Red Rooster
- Gobbledy gooker
- Shockmaster
- Warlord
- Babarian
- Zeus
And you forgot this dude?!
Now i don't need many reasons to strongly dislike Australians (an altercation that took place in Bruxelles on Harry St last year, don't ask), but if i needed one, this would be it!0 -
Sorry, this needs to be posted again. No wonder WCW kicked their arse in the ratings when WWF were churning this out. Granted it wasn't the only thing they did but I think the how you handle your undercard guys can say a fair bit about the overall company.
Max Moon v Shawn Michaels from the first raw. What the hell was Max Moon!!!!
Waylon Mercy - another character Vince and his team copied from films. This time it was Cape Fear's Bobby De Niro. I was never too excited about this guy although he had a ten year career (including 2 at WWF) prior to this stint. He tagged with Undertaker as the "Skyscrapers" in WCW for a while.
Poor poor poor Barry Windham.
The Stalker was just ****. It wasn't even silly, it was just crap.
Farooq Asade Ron Simmons has a futuristic gladiator was just bizarre. Even more bizarre was having Sunny manage him for about a week.
Kama , the supreme fighting machine was eh, I dont know. too early ? too late ? crap ? did anyone like it ? Slightly better than Papa Shangoooooh......
Freddie Joe Floyd was indeed pretty bad, can't even find a picture of him.
Phantasio - some wierd magician character.
The Hardcore belt was a crap gimmick. Crap because it was not funny. Gerald Brisco versus Pat Patterson in an evening gowm match is not funny :mad:
I liked the first dozen or so matches at the time. In hindsight they're a bit crap and ECW lite if you will.0 -
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rossie1977 wrote: »
definately Oz..didn't he used to be accompanied by a monkey who used to p*ss & sh*t all over the place?
On a side note if you're interested in bad gimmicks then you should pick up "Wrestlecrap- The Very worst of professional wrestling". Very funny book which details tonnes of bad gimmicks down through the years.0 -
ShawnRaven wrote: »Calm down with yer ten inclusions per post Alan!
Leave something for the rest of us.
I can't help it ! I've sooo many **** gimmicks and what not from 1994-1997KrazeeEyezKilla wrote: »I would have posted a picture but I couldn't find a good one. He was hillariously bad. Walking up to T&A to tell them LoDown had been slagging them off is the sort of $hite I had to sit through on Heat on Channel 4 in 2000 because I didnt have Sky until 2001 and had no other wrestling.
I don't think he lasted too long. I remember meeting Joe in Tallaght at the IWW in 2002. I had no idea who he was , then he said them two words "just joe". I felt sorry for him immediately. I think he'd only one PPV appearance which was to get beaten up by Austin at Unforgiven 20000 -
alan dunne 27 wrote: »
Waylon Mercy - another character Vince and his team copied from films. This time it was Cape Fear's Bobby De Niro. I was never too excited about this guy although he had a ten year career (including 2 at WWF) prior to this stint. He tagged with Undertaker as the "Skyscrapers" in WCW for a while.
dan spivey aka waylon mercy was a decent big man, he had been around for years before that (was in the battle royale at WM2 e.g.) that match you posted with nash in 1995 was his last ever he retired after that with injury, given time that gimmick could have gotten over
he is still making headlines these days but for different reasonshttp://www.hcso.tampa.fl.us/pub/default.asp?/Online/qdisp/bn=07045320 0 -
ShawnRaven wrote: »And you forgot this dude?!
I rememeber him well, about 6 weeks of Paul Hogan style vigettes, then his first big tv match, he lost to Butch Reed. Money well spent Vince.
Never mind Animotion SR, how much did Rolf Harris get for use of the theme tune ?
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rossie1977 wrote: »dan spivey aka waylon mercy was a decent big man, he had been around for years before that (was in the battle royale at WM2 e.g.) that match you posted with nash in 1995 was his last ever he retired after that with injury, given time that gimmick could have gotten over
he is still making headlines these days but for different reasonshttp://www.hcso.tampa.fl.us/pub/default.asp?/Online/qdisp/bn=07045320
Wasn't he one half of the US Express with Mike Rotondo in 1986? He subbed for Windham when he went back to NWA.0 -
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ShawnRaven wrote: »Wasn't he one half of the US Express with Mike Rotondo in 1986? He subbed for Windham when he went back to NWA.
yeah that was him, i liked his "dangerous" gimmick in wcw and uwf
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rossie1977 wrote: »i liked it
Me three, although i did need to keep a box of kleenex and a bar of soap beside me, but the less said about those segments, the better 0 -
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Deleted User wrote: »2 from mid 90's WcW:
Jimmy Graffiti-Would come out with bits of paint all over him so people would think he was tagging a few walls before he came to the ring.
Road Block-A big guy that would come out with a road block barricade.
Awful!!
Someone is still watching that Nitro 97 set that I am too Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on0 -
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On a side note to this, taking it off topic a little.
We should really thank orestes and Vince for making PW fun again. The iron fist was needed to come out quite some time ago to stamp out the muppetry.
So again, cheers folks.0 -
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