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Post by Sparvid on Jun 3, 2012 22:28:47 GMT -5
Seeing the thread about whether or not JTG should recreate Cryme Tyme got me to thinking about how sometimes when tag teams (or stables) break up, there's one guy who keeps the gimmick/clothing/music/etc. as the team, only for himself this time.
Marty Jannetty stayed as a Rocker, while Shawn Michaels became a unique persona.
X-Pac seemed to continue being a DX member no matter how few people the group consisted of.
Any others?
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Post by chunkylover53 on Jun 3, 2012 22:32:39 GMT -5
Bart Gunn after The Smoking Gunns broke up until he and Bob Holly formed The New Midnight Express comes to mind.
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Post by CMWaters on Jun 3, 2012 22:48:29 GMT -5
Seeing the thread about whether or not JTG should recreate Cryme Tyme got me to thinking about how sometimes when tag teams (or stables) break up, there's one guy who keeps the gimmick/clothing/music/etc. as the team, only for himself this time. Marty Jannetty stayed as a Rocker, while Shawn Michaels became a unique persona. X-Pac seemed to continue being a DX member no matter how few people the group consisted of. Any others? Bret Hart never really changed after the Hart Foundation days. Neidhart at least tried the New Foundation thing even though it wasn't as good as the Hart Foundation. |
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Post by lildude8218 on Jun 3, 2012 22:54:54 GMT -5
not really what you're saying but Tito Santana kept the Strike Force gear long after they broke up
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Jun 3, 2012 22:58:20 GMT -5
Paul London kept the gear and music when he and Brian Kendrick broke up.
When the Dudley Boyz were split up from the draft, Bubba Ray kept his gimmick while D-Von became a preacher.
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Post by froggyfrog on Jun 3, 2012 23:05:24 GMT -5
Scotty 2 Hotty after Sexay left. Animal after Hawk died...
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Post by HMARK Center on Jun 3, 2012 23:09:40 GMT -5
Seeing the thread about whether or not JTG should recreate Cryme Tyme got me to thinking about how sometimes when tag teams (or stables) break up, there's one guy who keeps the gimmick/clothing/music/etc. as the team, only for himself this time. Marty Jannetty stayed as a Rocker, while Shawn Michaels became a unique persona. X-Pac seemed to continue being a DX member no matter how few people the group consisted of. Any others? Bret Hart never really changed after the Hart Foundation days. Neidhart at least tried the New Foundation thing even though it wasn't as good as the Hart Foundation. Bret is one of the few to truly ever make it work like that, isn't he? Then again, he was helped by the fact that the Hart Foundation didn't truly have a gimmick, so to speak; it's not like they were over the top characters (outside of Anvil's shouting), so it was still presented as Bret just being himself. Also helped that both guys remained babyface after the breakup, with no animosity; when there's a split that ISN'T friendly and one guy keeps the gear/gimmick, it makes it look like the other guy dumped the whole thing for greener pastures, makes it look weak. |
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Post by siredger on Jun 3, 2012 23:13:49 GMT -5
To a certain extent, we can say Booker T after the split with Stevie Ray. Sure, Stevie Ray reformed Harlem Heat with Ahmed Johnson *shrugs* but technically, up until that lame G.I. Bro gimmick, he still was the same.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen on Jun 3, 2012 23:30:18 GMT -5
I'd agree with Booker T. His character after Harlem Heat broke up could be seen as an evolution of the Harlem Heat gimmick, while Stevie Ray stayed pretty much the same.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jun 4, 2012 0:44:36 GMT -5
Since the ones I was gonna say are gone, I'll go the super-easy route and say Brothers of Destruction.
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Post by Ultimo Chocula on Jun 4, 2012 1:06:34 GMT -5
Conquistador #2 went solo for a while and kept the gimmick.
I'm serious! Stop laughing!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2012 7:16:06 GMT -5
Save for that spell in the York Foundation when he kinda changed his look to a more conservative business approach, Ricky Morton will always be a member of the Rock & Roll Express.
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Post by bitteroldman on Jun 8, 2012 14:45:18 GMT -5
The Assassins whether working as a team or apart never changed their look.Jesse Ventura was the same when he was part of the East-West connection (with Adrian Adonis) as he was during his singles run,
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Post by skulldouggory on Jun 8, 2012 17:26:52 GMT -5
Save for that spell in the York Foundation when he kinda changed his look to a more conservative business approach, Ricky Morton will always be a member of the Rock & Roll Express. Did'nt Richard Morton (While a member of the York Foundation) wrestle Robert Gibson who was still in r&r e gimmick mode. |
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Post by kyromax on Jun 8, 2012 18:40:32 GMT -5
Charlie Haas kept the same gimmick for awhile after Team Angle/WGTT broke up, while Sheldon went through a few changes including diff theme songs.
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Post by Jeremy on Jun 8, 2012 18:42:22 GMT -5
Scott Steiner post Main Event Mafia
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jun 8, 2012 18:51:23 GMT -5
Charlie Haas kept the same gimmick for awhile after Team Angle/WGTT broke up, while Sheldon went through a few changes including diff theme songs. I think BOTH of them held onto the gimmick in different ways. Haas obviously kept the theme song, but kept changing up his ring attire. Shelton went through different theme songs and gimmicks, but ultimately wore the same WGTT-based attire for his whole WWE run, having only switched from a singlet to trunks with the same design, wearing different colors before finally settling on gold once he became The Gold Standard. |
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Post by willywonka666 on Jun 8, 2012 19:26:26 GMT -5
Save for that spell in the York Foundation when he kinda changed his look to a more conservative business approach, Ricky Morton will always be a member of the Rock & Roll Express. Did'nt Richard Morton (While a member of the York Foundation) wrestle Robert Gibson who was still in r&r e gimmick mode. I thought that he wrestled Gibson while they were BOTH in the R'n'R Express garb right after Morton Joined. Gibson left very soon afterwards. Found a pic, unless he updated his look later on, Ricky looked about the same  |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jun 8, 2012 20:20:58 GMT -5
Barbarian kept the Powers of Pain look for a while after they split while Warlord went with his Phantom of the Opera-style look pretty soon after.
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Post by kyromax on Jun 8, 2012 20:24:15 GMT -5
Charlie Haas kept the same gimmick for awhile after Team Angle/WGTT broke up, while Sheldon went through a few changes including diff theme songs. I think BOTH of them held onto the gimmick in different ways. Haas obviously kept the theme song, but kept changing up his ring attire. Shelton went through different theme songs and gimmicks, but ultimately wore the same WGTT-based attire for his whole WWE run, having only switched from a singlet to trunks with the same design, wearing different colors before finally settling on gold once he became The Gold Standard. lol I suppose your technically right. |
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