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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2013 9:18:32 GMT -5
Gregory Helms was hit and miss, though it was undoubtedly better than the revived Hurricane gimmick on ECW. His segments were pretty much consistently the worst part of the show.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Dec 15, 2013 13:14:03 GMT -5
yes. with The Hurricane he had a defined character and gimmick that was a license to print money. without it he was "generic vanilla midget without any defining traits beyond typical heel schtick". sometimes it's better for a wrestler to just roll with what makes them money instead of trying to be super-serious. there's a reason "SRS" is a meme about bad repackaging here.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Dec 15, 2013 13:18:27 GMT -5
I never understood why WWE would take a colourful, entertaining and distinctive gimmick, and just strip it all away in favour of the generic. No possible benefit from it. Makes no sense. but it worked for Chris Jericho though. Chris Jericho's a superlative talent whose always been fantastic at tweaking and remaking himself. CM Punk is another one, but it's an ability very few people in the industry have. heck even Nash and Hall were still basically Diesel and Razor just with less colourful names. see also: Marc Mero trying to be something other than Johnny B Badd.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 15, 2013 13:24:06 GMT -5
There's a reason why he still does the Hurricane gimmick in the indies. It's the thing he is most remembered as and still can make money with.
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Post by jjdash on Dec 15, 2013 19:43:27 GMT -5
Hurricance.
My brother and I still say 'What's up with that?' and do the pose
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