Allie Kitsune
Crow T. Robot
Always Feelin' Foxy.
Celestial Princess in Exile.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Oct 26, 2016 5:14:31 GMT -5
I think a decent redneck gimmick ala the Briscoes in RoH would be a hit. Don't turn them into a comedy shtick, don't give them goofy accents or any bullshit like that. Make it seem like people who are beer swilling asskickers. I know The Revival have undertones of it, but you can crank it up a little and still not be obnoxious. Just don't get into Godwinns or Hillbilly Jim territory, and don't make them seem "dark and demented" or else you dip into Wyatt family territory. So basically... It still stuns me they've not made it there yet...maybe on the next wave of signings once some of the current big guns either leave or go to the main roster? Didn't they seriously piss Booker T off the last time they had a try-out?
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Push R Truth
Patti Mayonnaise
Unique and Special Snowflake, and a pants-less heathen.
Perpetually Constipated
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Post by Push R Truth on Oct 26, 2016 6:41:04 GMT -5
Shockmaster would go over like gangbusters because of his tripping and falling like a dofus, and looking like a dofus... and acting like a dofus. They'd play up that he's a goofy and clumsy oaf but can still be a real danger in the ring. Not unlike Face Big Show.
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msc
Dennis Stamp
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Post by msc on Oct 26, 2016 6:55:43 GMT -5
Mantaur - the gimmick is so bad, it'd be a cult favourite.
The likes of Rad Radford and Man Mountain Rock because fans would know who they were.
Also, Chris Kanyon would have been massively over in a NXT like environment.
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Post by No Name is needed Bro Beans on Oct 26, 2016 7:06:07 GMT -5
The Goon and Abe Knuckleball Schwartz fans today with eat it up
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Oct 26, 2016 7:09:55 GMT -5
Colin Delaney, comedic amount of bandages and all. Essentially if Ellsworth succeeded, likely Delaney would have as well
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Oct 26, 2016 7:11:30 GMT -5
Bad News Brown failed? Dude always got tons of heat.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Oct 26, 2016 9:06:50 GMT -5
The Mr. Kennedy gimmick. Guys whose really good at self promotion with his very own microphone. I have a feeling that might get over. That didn't really fail... Kennedy was over
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Dang!
Dennis Stamp
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Post by Dang! on Oct 26, 2016 10:21:45 GMT -5
The Mr. Kennedy gimmick. Guys whose really good at self promotion with his very own microphone. I have a feeling that might get over. That didn't really fail... Kennedy was over He really was. He was on his way to become a main eventer and would certainly have done as well as The Miz if not much better. The problems were his hypocrisy with wellness and pissing off Randy Orton. He never recovered from that and going to TNA didn't help him either. Unlike Christian and/or Matt Hardy he was NOT held down in WWE, but got a massive push and f***ed it up by himself.
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Hypnosis
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Post by Hypnosis on Oct 26, 2016 10:34:05 GMT -5
Salvatore Sincere, in this day and age this would be a license to print money. "You eat boogers!" *clap clap clap*
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Oct 26, 2016 10:42:46 GMT -5
That didn't really fail... Kennedy was over He really was. He was on his way to become a main eventer and would certainly have done as well as The Miz if not much better. The problems were his hypocrisy with wellness and pissing off Randy Orton. He never recovered from that and going to TNA didn't help him either. Unlike Christian and/or Matt Hardy he was NOT held down in WWE, but got a massive push and f***ed it up by himself. Yeah, he screwed up like 3 big pushes the WWE had in store for him through injury, or through his wellness failures.
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Post by Mike Bockwinkel on Oct 26, 2016 12:49:41 GMT -5
"Just look at me" Rob Conway "The Bashman" Doug Basham
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Post by One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel on Oct 26, 2016 12:56:55 GMT -5
The Truth Commission, cause the truth is out there
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Oct 26, 2016 13:01:19 GMT -5
The Zodiac. For the chants though Only if he's portrayed by a schizophrenic Daniel Bryan.
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ASYLUMHAUSEN
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Oct 26, 2016 14:27:27 GMT -5
If I had to pick one I'd say the New Rockers. May sound nuts, but think about the attitude the fans have in 2016. The idea of 2 guys who think they're super cool but completely unaware of how uncool and out of touch they truly are feels like something that would fit right in modern WWE just fine. So basically... Beat me to it. (but i'm totally a huge mark for the Bucks...sorry/not sorry)
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Post by bootytea on Oct 26, 2016 14:29:40 GMT -5
I'd love TJ Perkins to go full circle and become Max Moon!
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jwarr
Team Rocket
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Post by jwarr on Oct 26, 2016 21:12:44 GMT -5
Skinner in the Wyatt family would be cool.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2016 21:19:28 GMT -5
The Jackyl. I could see it really working in NXT. Just Joe, with social media might help. The Heartthrobs or DJ Gabriel, with some tweaks and lack of cheesiness, after the explosion of EDM. I second the Jackyl. He was too out there for a WWF environment centered around Attitude. That's amazing.
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Capt Lunatic
Unicron
Buttah in mah ass, lollipops in mah mouth
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Post by Capt Lunatic on Oct 26, 2016 22:07:16 GMT -5
I'd love TJ Perkins to go full circle and become Max Moon! I'd love that if it was presented as an alter ego like Finn's Demon..."Don't make me enter the cheat code! You don't want me to change skins!"
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chazraps
Wade Wilson
Better have my money when I come-a collect!
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Post by chazraps on Oct 26, 2016 22:55:04 GMT -5
Salvatore Sincere, in this day and age this would be a license to print money. Came here to post Salvatore Sincere. Talk about a guy who was just in the wrong time. Two years earlier it would have been a solid face-value heel. Two years later it would have been a loathesome heel as an edgy version of a bygone era. Four years later it would have been a fun nostalgic throwback. Four years after that the PG Era would have eaten up a slimey heel who could be a family-friendly jerk but with enough nuace for adult viewers. Reality era the mic work was strong enough to work as a catalyst with a character-heavy roster once again. The transitional period of '96-'97 was literally the only time his character would not have flourished, and that's where he happened to fall. Poor guy.
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Post by 111111 on Oct 27, 2016 0:10:22 GMT -5
The Spirit Squad....
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