Phosphor Glow
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Jul 20, 2021 2:24:30 GMT -5
Okay so this question may be superficial but
...does anyone else think Glacier may have had a better and more successful career if his hair wasn't like, a bland military buzzcut that grew out a little bit?
I loved the gimmick as a kid and I thought his martial arts based in-ring style was dope as a kid, but I just thought he didn't look cool at all, and I think a lot of that had to do with his hair.
It seems like something so stupid to criticize someone for, especially in a company where looks didn't matter, but he could've looked so much cooler with just...somehwat longer hair.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 20, 2021 2:40:42 GMT -5
It did admittedly lend to him looking like a bit of a square.  It does look better here, at least. |
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Post by pinja on Jul 20, 2021 2:51:13 GMT -5
They could've made Lance Storm Glacier. Same haircut, ice cold expression, can kick your head off. So let's test that ... I think you're right. The hairstyle doesn't help and shows that miniscule details can make or break a look and therefore a gimmick. I wouldn't go as far, I didn't care about Glacier in general, because I found his style to look too staged. I cared much more about Mortis due to his cool mask and Kanyon being a good pro wrestler. I also don't think that Glacier actually could've sported a different hairstyle. If I'd be a pro wrestler I couldn't grow my hair out without looking like Daniel Bryan and I think that's a horrible look.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 20, 2021 6:29:29 GMT -5
Horrible hair for a Mortal Kombat inspired wrestler named Glacier. Great hair for a guy named Ray Lloyd, former college football star.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2021 6:42:55 GMT -5
I always thought it was a huge mistake for him to get rid of the paint covering one eye.  I was a Coach Buzz Stern Guy myself  |
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Jul 20, 2021 6:43:52 GMT -5
What kind of hair would have suited Glacier? Bald, Long Edge style? Something else?
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jul 20, 2021 7:06:45 GMT -5
His lack of charisma was. You need a certain level of charisma to get over as a quiet badass and Glacier did not have it. He looked like a cosplaying gym teacher out there.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jul 20, 2021 7:25:44 GMT -5
Blatant Sub-zero knockoff comic book bullshit wasn't ever going to be over when he showed up. There was honestly no saving the gimmick.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jul 20, 2021 7:29:00 GMT -5
Blatant Sub-zero knockoff comic book bullshit wasn't ever going to be over when he showed up. There was honestly no saving the gimmick. Agreed. Makes me think of some Memphis BS just with a bigger budget. Kombat inspired characters like Mortis may have worked but direct rip offs are a bad idea. |
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jul 20, 2021 7:46:31 GMT -5
Blatant Sub-zero knockoff comic book bullshit wasn't ever going to be over when he showed up. There was honestly no saving the gimmick. Agreed. Makes me think of some Memphis BS just with a bigger budget. Kombat inspired characters like Mortis may have worked but direct rip offs are a bad idea. Yeah I mean the dark/edgy 90s era of wrestling certainly had room for dark, mystical characters like Undertaker or Raven, but even those characters were still grounded in reality (hot take- BikerTaker is my favorite look for him). Glacier and his Midway reject opponents looked too cartoonish even for 80s WWF to ever be treated seriously. |
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Post by toodarkmark on Jul 20, 2021 8:07:46 GMT -5
His hair didn't help, but I just thought he was a bit stiff doing the gimmick. Later, when it became a joke gimmick, I felt he loosened up in the ring and I enjoyed him a lot more. But you know, you might be right about the hair.
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Post by King Devitt on Jul 20, 2021 8:20:52 GMT -5
Dude could have had a Kevin Nash hairstyle of long flowing locks and it wouldn't have made a bit of difference, he had the presence of a plank of wood.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jul 20, 2021 12:58:36 GMT -5
Dude could have had a Kevin Nash hairstyle of long flowing locks and it wouldn't have made a bit of difference, he had the presence of a plank of wood. He would have looked even _more_ awkward with Nash-style hair, IMO. Especially back then, short hair fit "cold and serious" better. It's just that Ray Lloyd had no flash or outward charisma about him, personally. He's not the kind of guy who can get away with trying to not be bland, because nobody would accept it. |
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Jul 20, 2021 17:00:30 GMT -5
Is this also why Rick Victor was never WWE Champion?
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Post by Triangle Lancer on Jul 20, 2021 17:01:38 GMT -5
They could've made Lance Storm Glacier. Same haircut, ice cold expression, can kick your head off. So let's test that ... I think you're right. The hairstyle doesn't help and shows that miniscule details can make or break a look and therefore a gimmick. I wouldn't go as far, I didn't care about Glacier in general, because I found his style to look too staged. I cared much more about Mortis due to his cool mask and Kanyon being a good pro wrestler. I also don't think that Glacier actually could've sported a different hairstyle. If I'd be a pro wrestler I couldn't grow my hair out without looking like Daniel Bryan and I think that's a horrible look.
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 20, 2021 17:17:15 GMT -5
Yeah he looked too much like a dad with that haircut
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Jul 20, 2021 20:02:44 GMT -5
What kind of hair would have suited Glacier? Bald, Long Edge style? Something else? Bald or more closely-shaven could've worked, or even just like, slightly more grown out and parted. There's just something terminally uncool about that haircut to me, I always hated it. Also yeah this topic is real silly but I was drinking and watching 1999 Nitros last night, sue me. |
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 20, 2021 20:13:34 GMT -5
What kind of hair would have suited Glacier? Bald, Long Edge style? Something else? Bald or more closely-shaven could've worked, or even just like, slightly more grown out and parted. There's just something terminally uncool about that haircut to me, I always hated it. Also yeah this topic is real silly but I was drinking and watching 1999 Nitros last night, sue me. That Ali guy who’s in WWE now looked badass when he wore a similar mask  |
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Post by moonpies88 on Jul 21, 2021 7:35:43 GMT -5
nah nwo ruined interest
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 21, 2021 11:43:17 GMT -5
He couldn't freeze people or rip their spines out,
That's why the gimmick didn't work.
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