Kane and Boogeyman

[Sephiroth]

Could this tag team possibly have gone places? They only teamed for one actual match, but Glenn Jacobs obviously tried hard to sell it, making it out as if Kane was bemused by Boogeyman and then enjoying his antics. Part of me thinks it would have been a great combo; I enjoyed Boogeyman's gimmick and entrance, but he honestly sucked in the ring-which is where Kane would have worked great to help cover for that. Lets be honest, if Kane and Daniel Bryan could make a believable tag team, I easily think Kane and Boogeyman could have.

[Sparkybob]

This looks like a winning stable. Kane and Boogyman with Backlund managing.

[Heartbreaker]

Goldust and Boogeyman should have been a tag team.

[mrbananagrabber]

Kane is great. Boogeyman was awful.

So no.

[bob]

I miss Boogeyman. A team of him and Kane would've been really really weird and enjoyable.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

I never got what people saw in the Boogeyman. It was such a cartoonish gimmick, and I don't see how it could go anywhere. Especially not with a guy who sucked in the ring.

The only bit I liked was his skit with Donald Trump.

[Deleted]

I loved The Boogeyman

[mrjl]

Oct 20, 2013 12:41:24 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

I never got what people saw in the Boogeyman. It was such a cartoonish gimmick, and I don't see how it could go anywhere. Especially not with a guy who sucked in the ring.

The only bit I liked was his skit with Donald Trump.

I don't care if gimmicks don't go anywhere. In fact I don't see how gimmicks are supposed to go places. A gimmick is not a story

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Oct 20, 2013 12:46:37 GMT -5 mrjl said:

Oct 20, 2013 12:41:24 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

I never got what people saw in the Boogeyman. It was such a cartoonish gimmick, and I don't see how it could go anywhere. Especially not with a guy who sucked in the ring.

The only bit I liked was his skit with Donald Trump.

I don't care if gimmicks don't go anywhere. In fact I don't see how gimmicks are supposed to go places. A gimmick is not a story

Stories tend to involve character evolution. And things tend to get old, quickly, if they don't evolve. Every talent is so over-exposed these days that it's not like when you could have someone like Duggan who basically did the same thing for decades.

[Deleted]

I'd call them Glow Worms.

[mrjl]

Oct 20, 2013 12:49:28 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Oct 20, 2013 12:46:37 GMT -5 mrjl said:

I don't care if gimmicks don't go anywhere. In fact I don't see how gimmicks are supposed to go places. A gimmick is not a story

Stories tend to involve character evolution. And things tend to get old, quickly, if they don't evolve. Every talent is so over-exposed these days that it's not like when you could have someone like Duggan who basically did the same thing for decades.

in a story about a lawyer the character tends to remain a lawyer though.

That's how I tend to look at the role of gimmicks in stories.

[Instant Classic]

More so would have liked a feud between the two.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Oct 20, 2013 14:24:18 GMT -5 mrjl said:

Oct 20, 2013 12:49:28 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Stories tend to involve character evolution. And things tend to get old, quickly, if they don't evolve. Every talent is so over-exposed these days that it's not like when you could have someone like Duggan who basically did the same thing for decades.

in a story about a lawyer the character tends to remain a lawyer though.

That's how I tend to look at the role of gimmicks in stories.

Yeah but that lawyer has progression in what his motivations are. Why is he a lawyer? What obstacles does he face as a lawyer? By the end of the story, does he still want to be a lawyer? Just because his profession stays the same doesn't mean he, as a person, stays the same. Character progression is a massive part of storytelling. The problem with the Boogeyman was that there wasn't a lot of room for progression. He was a one note character.