Occupation Gimmicks That Haven’t Been Done (But Should)

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

A tow truck driver. I’d say an evil tow truck driver, but that is naturally implied.

Bonus points if in these social media days they go meta with it and have the guy actually tow cars outside the arena.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

They’ve never done a chef, to my knowledge. In another universe, Wade Barrett got flushed out of WWE within a year because of playing a Gordon Ramsay-esque character.

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graphic designer, dog walker, anesthesiologist, air conditioner repairman

[PKO]

Image Consultant.

It is a perfect kayfabe reason to have somebody around in a manager position, and would be very timely in this current climate.

I believe the only time they’ve done it is with Amy Weber for JBL (she often gets incorrectly labelled as one of that eras “useless divas”, when she was actually really good in the role).

[Nosnorb]

A tag team that drive to the ring in an old RV and wrestle in two Haz-Mat suits.

[Dub H]

Oct 6, 2019 9:33:19 GMT -5 PKO said:

Image Consultant.

It is a perfect kayfabe reason to have somebody around in a manager position, and would be very timely in this current climate.

I believe the only time they’ve done it is with Amy Weber for JBL (she often gets incorrectly labelled as one of that eras “useless divas”, when she was actually really good in the role).

I think that kinda? was what Abraham Washington was suppsoed to be to the Primetime Players

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Oct 6, 2019 9:42:48 GMT -5 Dub H said:

Oct 6, 2019 9:33:19 GMT -5 PKO said:

Image Consultant.

It is a perfect kayfabe reason to have somebody around in a manager position, and would be very timely in this current climate.

I believe the only time they’ve done it is with Amy Weber for JBL (she often gets incorrectly labelled as one of that eras “useless divas”, when she was actually really good in the role).

I think that kinda? was what Abraham Washington was suppsoed to be to the Primetime Players

Didn't Stacy do that for a while with Test too, that's where "Test-icles" came from.

[Spider2024]

Oct 6, 2019 9:14:26 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

They’ve never done a chef, to my knowledge. In another universe, Wade Barrett got flushed out of WWE within a year because of playing a Gordon Ramsay-esque character.

"THIS IS RAW! THIS IS RAW!"
"I keep trying to tell you, Wade, you're on SmackDown, not Raw!"

[fw91]

Milkman and Paperboy. They could have predictably won every match on evening tv.

[Ryback on a Pole!]

A Ventriloquist, with a midget playing his dummy. For weeks everybody thinks it actually is just a dummy until it pops up to deliver a low blow to the opponent during a title match.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Oct 6, 2019 9:33:19 GMT -5 PKO said:

Image Consultant.

It is a perfect kayfabe reason to have somebody around in a manager position, and would be very timely in this current climate.

I believe the only time they’ve done it is with Amy Weber for JBL (she often gets incorrectly labelled as one of that eras “useless divas”, when she was actually really good in the role).

Yeah Amy Weber had potential. Not as an in-ring competitor or anything, but to do some things for storylines. Instead she tried to get into acting, but as with a lot of people who try to get into that you pretty much never hear about them again.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Oct 6, 2019 10:05:58 GMT -5 Ryback on a Pole! said:

A Ventriloquist, with a midget playing his dummy. For weeks everybody thinks it actually is just a dummy until it pops up to deliver a low blow to the opponent during a title match.

lol I'd love that. They could even use a real dummy off and on and have it have one of those faces where the actor would need to cake on makeup/wear a mask. So it makes it more unpredictable if it is a dummy or a person.

Its a bad idea, but a cheesy fun bad idea

[PKO]

Oct 6, 2019 10:08:16 GMT -5 KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! said:

Oct 6, 2019 9:33:19 GMT -5 PKO said:

Image Consultant.

It is a perfect kayfabe reason to have somebody around in a manager position, and would be very timely in this current climate.

I believe the only time they’ve done it is with Amy Weber for JBL (she often gets incorrectly labelled as one of that eras “useless divas”, when she was actually really good in the role).

Yeah Amy Weber had potential. Not as an in-ring competitor or anything, but to do some things for storylines. Instead she tried to get into acting, but as with a lot of people who try to get into that you pretty much never hear about them again.

She left after getting hazed pretty badly, mainly by Orton. I don’t know what her shelf life would have been, but she performed her role really well.

I think she later had some success doing dance music before moving on from the entertainment business.

[Friday Night SmackOwn]

Have they done a hypnotist gimmick? Like a traditional hypnotist with the stopwatch and whatnot? That’d be neat.

[DASH 243✅]

A grocery store bag boy
After he wins the match he shoves his opponent in a giant paper bag

[Lt. Palumbo]

A while back I did a "Current nicknames as 90's gimmicks" photoshop thread. It included Seth Rollins as a literal architect

[joeiscool]

A youtube star.. Like someone who gets to the wwe through how popular they are on Youtube. There's a lot of heat this person could get.

[koreycaskets]

A cocky hipster bartender. Bobby Fish would be perfect for it.

Warehouse Loading Dock Supervisor. A good role for Otis.

Bank Loan officer. Id give that one to Adam Cole.

[Perfect Timing]

Cable Guy.

[government mule]

Evil bookmaker collecting unsettled debts. Flanked by a stable of loan sharks (Think AoP but rename them Patrick Power and Bill Hill).