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Post by Chronos on Sept 12, 2011 13:15:53 GMT -5
It's not WWE, but I could swear there was a Japanese indie guy whose gimmick was that of a stalkerish wrestling otaku who'd only wrestle to get his heroes' autographs. Has there ever been a cable guy in WWF/E? Or a TV repairman?
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Post by ihuntthereforiam on Sept 12, 2011 13:22:24 GMT -5
I came up with the incredibly dumb idea of having a crazy scientist/ecentric billonare building a female cyborg with the hopes of having the first female world heavyweight champions in wrestling history.
.......I've watched blade runner way to many times.....
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Post by Nikki Heyman on Sept 12, 2011 13:27:41 GMT -5
Has there been an Egyptian gimmick in WWE? Not yet - ths indies have Osirian Portal
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Post by rapidfire187 on Sept 12, 2011 13:28:18 GMT -5
I was just about to say that I can't really think of a gimmick that I want to see, as I much prefer actual characters but then inspiration struck.
How about a "douchebag with a guitar" gimmick? Get some young good looking guy that can play an acoustic guitar and sing halfway decently. To introduce him they could do these segments where he's shown backstage swooning the divas by playing & singing to them. What better way to get heat for a heel than by having a bunch of divas swooning over him while he is clearly playing them.
Eventually that would get old though, and he would have to wrestle. Have him play a song when he gets in the ring. You know, instead of cutting promos he could just sing disrespectful stuff about his opponent. When it finally comes time for him to have a real feud, you could do a spot where he's singing while his opponent is in the ring, and then his face just gets really angry and he smashes the guitar over the guy's head.
I'm tempted to say that he would obviously use his guitar to cheat and win matches, but I'm thinking that's too cliche. Then again, it just seems to obvious not to do it.
IDK, maybe the idea sounds better in my head. I could see a guy like that really getting over as a heel though.
And if anybody replies to this with a picture of Jeff Jarrett in his early WWF outfit, I'm going to ragef*** your mom.
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Sept 12, 2011 13:44:41 GMT -5
I was just about to say that I can't really think of a gimmick that I want to see, as I much prefer actual characters but then inspiration struck. How about a "douchebag with a guitar" gimmick? Get some young good looking guy that can play an acoustic guitar and sing halfway decently. To introduce him they could do these segments where he's shown backstage swooning the divas by playing & singing to them. What better way to get heat for a heel than by having a bunch of divas swooning over him while he is clearly playing them. Eventually that would get old though, and he would have to wrestle. Have him play a song when he gets in the ring. You know, instead of cutting promos he could just sing disrespectful stuff about his opponent. When it finally comes time for him to have a real feud, you could do a spot where he's singing while his opponent is in the ring, and then his face just gets really angry and he smashes the guitar over the guy's head. I'm tempted to say that he would obviously use his guitar to cheat and win matches, but I'm thinking that's too cliche. Then again, it just seems to obvious not to do it. IDK, maybe the idea sounds better in my head. I could see a guy like that really getting over as a heel though. And if anybody replies to this with a picture of Jeff Jarrett in his early WWF outfit, I'm going to ragef*** your mom. But... that is Jeff Jarrett.
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Post by ihuntthereforiam on Sept 12, 2011 13:48:35 GMT -5
A gay monster heel. Someone whose openly gay but almost mean and manly like freddie mecury. Think guys from deliverence not kid from glee.
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Post by The Punisher on Sept 12, 2011 14:41:05 GMT -5
I was just about to say that I can't really think of a gimmick that I want to see, as I much prefer actual characters but then inspiration struck. How about a "douchebag with a guitar" gimmick? Get some young good looking guy that can play an acoustic guitar and sing halfway decently. To introduce him they could do these segments where he's shown backstage swooning the divas by playing & singing to them. What better way to get heat for a heel than by having a bunch of divas swooning over him while he is clearly playing them. Eventually that would get old though, and he would have to wrestle. Have him play a song when he gets in the ring. You know, instead of cutting promos he could just sing disrespectful stuff about his opponent. When it finally comes time for him to have a real feud, you could do a spot where he's singing while his opponent is in the ring, and then his face just gets really angry and he smashes the guitar over the guy's head. I'm tempted to say that he would obviously use his guitar to cheat and win matches, but I'm thinking that's too cliche. Then again, it just seems to obvious not to do it. IDK, maybe the idea sounds better in my head. I could see a guy like that really getting over as a heel though. And if anybody replies to this with a picture of Jeff Jarrett in his early WWF outfit, I'm going to ragef*** your mom.
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Post by I *still* ✡ Johnny on Sept 12, 2011 14:50:17 GMT -5
Someone in this thread suggested a Jewish gimmick, and I'd like to see a Jewish wrestler emerge who is proud of his roots and wants little Jewish kids to look up to him. Think Horowitz in 1995 or so. They could give the gimmick to Colt (but don't change his name again to something like Scotty Levy to hammer home the point he's a Jew. Hell, his real name doesn't even sound archetypically "Jewish")
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Sept 12, 2011 15:17:05 GMT -5
Milkman has been done by Jake Milliman in the AWA, and during his time as a jobber in the WWF (though I don't remember if he used the "Milkman" gimmick in the WWF).
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Post by Dr. Mantis Toboggan on Sept 12, 2011 18:33:02 GMT -5
I was just about to say that I can't really think of a gimmick that I want to see, as I much prefer actual characters but then inspiration struck. How about a "douchebag with a guitar" gimmick? Get some young good looking guy that can play an acoustic guitar and sing halfway decently. To introduce him they could do these segments where he's shown backstage swooning the divas by playing & singing to them. What better way to get heat for a heel than by having a bunch of divas swooning over him while he is clearly playing them. Eventually that would get old though, and he would have to wrestle. Have him play a song when he gets in the ring. You know, instead of cutting promos he could just sing disrespectful stuff about his opponent. When it finally comes time for him to have a real feud, you could do a spot where he's singing while his opponent is in the ring, and then his face just gets really angry and he smashes the guitar over the guy's head. I'm tempted to say that he would obviously use his guitar to cheat and win matches, but I'm thinking that's too cliche. Then again, it just seems to obvious not to do it. IDK, maybe the idea sounds better in my head. I could see a guy like that really getting over as a heel though. And if anybody replies to this with a picture of Jeff Jarrett in his early WWF outfit, I'm going to ragef*** your mom. That sounds like a good idea. They could have a PPV match where he gets so fed up he's about to smash the guitar over the opponent's head, but he stops and restrains himself because he doesn't want to ever ruin his guitar. The end of the match sees the face destroy the guitar somehow which makes the heel go nuts and kick the crap out the face in a rage and over the next few weeks he grows more and more emo like because he lost the one thing that understood him: his guitar.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Sept 12, 2011 18:56:12 GMT -5
what about an alieens or one i made a thread about, a stand up comidean gimmic Bill Demott was a comedian at one point. He told bad jokes before his heat matches... it was very shortlived and I think he was fired shortly after it started.
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Post by Nikki Heyman on Sept 12, 2011 21:42:36 GMT -5
I'd like to see a savant character (not like Eugene) who is introduced as a rookie, but picks up moves and such from other wrestlers. Whenever he's asked about it, he's humble and comments "dunno, just wanted to try it".
I'd love to see a variant of a computer-savvy character- one who knows how to hack accounts and get other superstars in trouble on FB and Twitter.
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Post by ededdneddy on Sept 12, 2011 21:53:49 GMT -5
An Ice Cream Man, Bee-Keeper, Scuba Diver (Sign Scuba Steve)
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Post by ihuntthereforiam on Sept 12, 2011 23:41:25 GMT -5
Opps. Now that I think about it , Wade Barret already kind of uses this gimmick.
They it could more out in the open.
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Post by Space Ace on Sept 13, 2011 0:03:29 GMT -5
Has there been a proper doctor? That would be a good gimmick, he could hurt guys with his knowledge of human anatomy, and then offer to fix them up for a price. The closest i can think of is Sam Sheppard. He was a surgeon in the 1950's who was tried and convicted of killing his wife. He was released from jail on an appeal in the early 60's. He somehow ended up wrestling as a way to earn money being that he was now broke after being in jail for about 10 years or so. He played the part as a heel who could dismantle an opponent due to his vast knowlede of the human body. I saw an interview with Jim Cornette somewhere where he claimed that Sheppard invented the mandible claw... (btw, Sheppard claimed a man broke into their home and knocked the doc out and then killed his wife before fleeing. many have said that his story was the inspiritaion for the tv show "the fugitive")...
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Sept 13, 2011 1:03:12 GMT -5
Has there been a proper doctor? That would be a good gimmick, he could hurt guys with his knowledge of human anatomy, and then offer to fix them up for a price. The closest i can think of is Sam Sheppard. He was a surgeon in the 1950's who was tried and convicted of killing his wife. He was released from jail on an appeal in the early 60's. He somehow ended up wrestling as a way to earn money being that he was now broke after being in jail for about 10 years or so. He played the part as a heel who could dismantle an opponent due to his vast knowlede of the human body. I saw an interview with Jim Cornette somewhere where he claimed that Sheppard invented the mandible claw...(btw, Sheppard claimed a man broke into their home and knocked the doc out and then killed his wife before fleeing. many have said that his story was the inspiritaion for the tv show "the fugitive")... I think Mick Foley talked about this in his first book.
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Post by Knailsic From Now On on Sept 13, 2011 1:07:55 GMT -5
Jew. WWE needs an awesome Jew gimmick. Huge nose, buddies in the New York Times, the works. This is how they should repackage Kane
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Post by salTy on Sept 13, 2011 1:31:48 GMT -5
A character based on Howard Hughes. No, not just a rich guy, but also with the OCD and paranoia.
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Post by ihuntthereforiam on Sept 13, 2011 2:07:50 GMT -5
Gimp Masochist?
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Post by perpetualn00b on Sept 13, 2011 3:12:28 GMT -5
Didn't Goldust do this at one point?
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