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Post by TheMediocreWarrior on Dec 17, 2017 15:08:54 GMT -5
Over the decades, WWE has come up with a lot of idiotic TV. We've gone over that quite a bit. Sometimes something is ridiculous but works anyway, but there are some things that are never a good idea, and it's hard to imagine that they were developed beyond, "what if we did...oh nevermind".
So, if you had to pick a few of the worst of the worst, what would you go with?
The reason this comes to mind is because I'm watching Royal Rumble 2006, and I can't believe anyone thought the Jillian Hall mole thing was a good idea. It was never funny, and I don't get how they thought that would get her over in any way.
I guess Natalya farting would be a similar situation. How does that help her get over at all?
Edit: The Mexicools is another one. Why not retcon the unmaskings like with Rey Mysterio? You have two new luchadors in Juvi and Psychosis to boost the cruiserweight division, and sell more masks. Plus they could have put over Super Crazy being awesome in ECW. Instead, horribly offensive gimmick.
I wonder if I continue to watch 2005-2006 PPVS, if I will stumble on a whole lot more of these.
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Post by Deputy Muscle on Dec 17, 2017 15:12:46 GMT -5
Stuttering Matt Morgan
Man this company is dumb sometimes.
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Post by Chiral on Dec 17, 2017 15:21:25 GMT -5
Looking at the answers so far, Smackdown just seems home to this specific brand of dumb and terrible gimmicks.
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Post by vinnysimmo on Dec 17, 2017 15:26:11 GMT -5
Beaver Cleavage. Are we supposed to cheer him for boning his own mother?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 15:30:28 GMT -5
Lord Tensai
Might as well have just brought him back as Albert or A-Train.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 15:33:29 GMT -5
Kurt Angle’s son Jason Jordan
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 15:39:00 GMT -5
Bludgeon Brothers
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Post by freeze Austin on Dec 17, 2017 15:43:25 GMT -5
Eugene
Brodus Clay as the "Funkasaurus"
Worlds Largest Love Machine.... Viscera
Mantaur
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Post by TheMediocreWarrior on Dec 17, 2017 15:45:42 GMT -5
Here's the Spirit Squad coming out now. I don't know if that's quite as bad as my other examples, but they were characters with a short shelf life.
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Post by Fade on Dec 17, 2017 16:01:43 GMT -5
EugeneBrodus Clay as the "Funkasaurus" Worlds Largest Love Machine.... Viscera Mantaur "So he's mentally disabled. . ." Vince: Go on. |
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Post by AJ Smudgico on Dec 17, 2017 16:34:00 GMT -5
Red Rooster
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Dec 17, 2017 17:16:08 GMT -5
Here's the Spirit Squad coming out now. I don't know if that's quite as bad as my other examples, but they were characters with a short shelf life. Perhaps, but they were great heels. And shocker, DX killed them... |
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Post by Bobeddy on Dec 17, 2017 17:25:52 GMT -5
Vince: C'mon guys, what the hell can we do to make the crowd care about Mideon? For god's sake give me something, hell even a change of attire?
Writer: I think we could send him out there naked and the crowd wouldn't care.
Vince: Haha! I LOVE IT!
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Dec 17, 2017 17:41:11 GMT -5
Edit: The Mexicools is another one. Why not retcon the unmaskings like with Rey Mysterio? You have two new luchadors in Juvi and Psychosis to boost the cruiserweight division, and sell more masks. Plus they could have put over Super Crazy being awesome in ECW. Instead, horribly offensive gimmick. The Mexicools were clearly supposed to be ironic. Their characters at the very beginning were bitter about how the only way to be accepted by anglo fans was to play into stereotypes, so they were trying to throw the stereotypes back into the fans' faces by going all-out with them. The problem is that they half-assedly didn't commit, and because the fans weren't sure if they were good guys or bad guys. But it's not inherently bad. |
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Post by SCCB Was Told To Do Steroids on Dec 17, 2017 17:47:59 GMT -5
On a tangential note, I had the opportunity recently to ask Heidenreich if he knew about "Unfrozen Caveman Nazi", and he said he didn't.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Dec 17, 2017 18:58:17 GMT -5
Hirohito (though it was killed after one promo package)
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 17, 2017 19:02:41 GMT -5
Vince: C'mon guys, what the hell can we do to make the crowd care about Mideon? For god's sake give me something, hell even a change of attire? Writer: I think we could send him out there naked and the crowd wouldn't care. Vince: Haha! I LOVE IT! Naked Mideon was f***ing hysterical. |
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Dec 17, 2017 19:16:29 GMT -5
Looking at the answers so far, Smackdown just seems home to this specific brand of dumb and terrible gimmicks. Specifically, mid-2000s Smackdown. That show was a whole different level of inane. This was the time period that gave us The Dicks. |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 17, 2017 19:49:33 GMT -5
Beaver Cleavage. Are we supposed to cheer him for boning his own mother? Given the trash TV cutlture of the time, yes. |
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Post by The Blue Nova on Dec 17, 2017 20:00:16 GMT -5
anything Bray wyatt has done in the last 3 years lol
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