smoot
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Post by smoot on May 5, 2010 1:33:19 GMT -5
Topic: What is the thinnest gimmick you've ever seen? WWF/E, WCW, TNA, anywhere... For this, "thin gimmick"= one that's not thought-out, underdeveloped and generally seems like someone was given less than a minute to come up with the idea and just blurted something out. This doesn't really cover "me, turned to 11" gimmicks, because those are generally not simple- they have some depth to them, because they're based on a person. Also, some of the wrestlecrappiest gimmicks ever were overly-complex: (He's from the new talent program and he was supposed to be a sort of scary-nightmare sort-of guy and he thinks he's the monster now, but we didn't fire him because he cost money already, and he makes it rain worms and he lives under the ring and he's Convoluted Maaaaan!) Here's my nomination: Salvatore Sincere. See, he's Italian and he doesn't mean what he says. But his name's Sincere. Geddit? Huh? Got anything thinner?  |
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Post by derrtaysouth95 on May 5, 2010 1:35:15 GMT -5
Braden Walker.
That is all.
And if you ask him....he maintains he came up with that crap on the spot.
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Doctor Of Style
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Post by Doctor Of Style on May 5, 2010 2:33:14 GMT -5
Aldo Montoya. It consisted of a jockstrap, a can of yellow spray paint and a pair of scissors.
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Thrillho
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Post by Thrillho on May 5, 2010 2:41:31 GMT -5
Colin Delaney?
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on May 5, 2010 2:47:58 GMT -5
Shrimp who loses all the time. To be fair, it wasn't any more complex when Mikey Whipwreck did it. It's a pretty simple sale. |
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Post by thesam07 on May 5, 2010 3:11:27 GMT -5
Jim Neidhart is Who.
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Thrillho
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Post by Thrillho on May 5, 2010 3:16:37 GMT -5
Shrimp who loses all the time. To be fair, it wasn't any more complex when Mikey Whipwreck did it. It's a pretty simple sale. Umm... I was just making a weight joke. Congratulations though, you've remembered more about Colin Delaney than Colin Delaney. |
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CMWaters
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Post by CMWaters on May 5, 2010 4:01:28 GMT -5
Shrimp who loses all the time. To be fair, it wasn't any more complex when Mikey Whipwreck did it. It's a pretty simple sale. Umm... I was just making a weight joke. Congratulations though, you've remembered more about Colin Delaney than Colin Delaney. If you were going with the weight joke, you should have used this man:  |
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Post by neal on May 5, 2010 4:32:26 GMT -5
The Ding Dongs
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Post by slickster on May 5, 2010 6:22:07 GMT -5
Irwin R. Shyster
TAX CHEATS. ALL OF YOU ARE TAX CHEATS. THAT MEANS YOU CHEAT ON YOUR TAXES. YOU SHOULD PAY YOUR TAXES OR I WILL KEEP CALLING YOU ALL TAX CHEATS, YOU TAX CHEATS.
TAX CHEATS.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 5, 2010 6:59:56 GMT -5
The first iteration of Dolph Ziggler.
He... really likes to introduce himself. And offers to shake hands with people all the time. Even during matches. And this goes on for months.
God knows what they were thinking. The whole thing felt like an in-joke that a half-dozen people backstage thought was hilarious, but was so contextless that it seemed thunderingly pointless to anyone else.
Then he got moved to Smackdown and retooled as an all-purpose arrogant, self-absorbed heel, which was a significant improvement.
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Post by johnnyk9 on May 5, 2010 7:48:41 GMT -5
Rad Radford
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on May 5, 2010 7:54:38 GMT -5
The Yeti.
"Go out there and hug the wrestlers menacingly for no apparent reason."
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Post by quantum on May 5, 2010 8:09:24 GMT -5
Irwin R. Shyster TAX CHEATS. ALL OF YOU ARE TAX CHEATS. THAT MEANS YOU CHEAT ON YOUR TAXES. YOU SHOULD PAY YOUR TAXES OR I WILL KEEP CALLING YOU ALL TAX CHEATS, YOU TAX CHEATS. TAX CHEATS. Why does this make IRS a heel?. He was simply trying to to his job and up holding a law at that. My vote is for Mantaur moooo!!!, or Duke Drosse a wrestlnig garbage man yeah that will work. Take your pick from the awful charachters that we got during the 'New Generation Era'. Hell 1995 Rumble is almost a run down of who's who in 'thinnest gimmicks'. |
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on May 5, 2010 8:35:07 GMT -5
The Grimm Twins
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Post by thesam07 on May 5, 2010 8:37:24 GMT -5
The Yeti. "Go out there and hug the wrestlers menacingly for no apparent reason." Do you mean the YETAAAYYYY!!!? |
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Post by Shameful_Lobsterhead on May 5, 2010 8:46:23 GMT -5
My top 4:
1. Kwang.... haha enough said
2. Aldo Montoya ...Never understood what exactly a "Portuguese Man O' War" actually was haha.
3. Mantaur
4. The Man with No Name, The Booty Man, The Zodiac, The Butcher, The Disciple...*Runs out of breath* Poor Ed Leslie, he went through these gimmicks in like the time span of a year, it seemed like haha.
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Post by Woooooolhouse! on May 5, 2010 9:07:11 GMT -5
You forgot of "Run-In Man" for Mr. Leslie. I know they were just trying to give him something to keep him on the payroll after his horrible accident... but "you're going to run-in, headbutt the bad guys, hug the good guy, and then leave" was nothing.
I'd also say Abe "Knuckleball" Schwarz, the striking baseball player.
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on May 5, 2010 9:18:16 GMT -5
"Wildman" Marc Mero.
Just go out there and act "wild." There's your gimmick.
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mtb
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Post by mtb on May 5, 2010 9:20:41 GMT -5
The Zombie
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