Would the One Man Gang gimmick work in the Attitude Era?

[fg]

Think about this. That gimmick looked like it was ahead of its time. Why Vince changed it? Who knows. Maybe because he somehow thought it wasn’t family friendly enough. If that was the reasoning than it’s silly that the gimmick it was changed to was EVEN more offensive. I can see the One Man Gang working well in the attitude era and since the initials were OMG, Ican only imagine what that would be like in the Internet era’s early years since we all know that OMG also stands for in the words of Joey Styles: “OH MY GOD!”

[Aceorton]

Funnily enough, I saw the Gang in a WWF tryout match before a RAW in 1998, several weeks before WrestleMania 14. He had dropped a ton of weight but had the mohawk and chains. He was far from the menacing beast we knew and loved, but if they could find things for Kurrgan and the Harris Twins to do, I'm sure they could have come up with something half-entertaining for OMG.

[Deleted]

I could see him joining DoA.

[celtics543]

I think if he had come out in 1997 and just taken out DOA, Los Boricuas, and the other gangz at the time then he could've been huge. Just show that his One Man Gang was the gang warz champion.

[Mozenrath]

I don't think he'd be able to adapt the way that Bossman did, but it's possible they could have done something with him.

[Aceorton]

Apr 20, 2022 21:15:17 GMT -5 celtics543 said:

I think if he had come out in 1997 and just taken out DOA, Los Boricuas, and the other gangz at the time then he could've been huge. Just show that his One Man Gang was the gang warz champion.

Oh, man, that would have been incredible. One big tornado match with the three gangs of four and suddenly OMG shows up and levels them all. Would have made Gang Warz entirely worth it.

[fg]

Apr 20, 2022 21:42:02 GMT -5 Aceorton said:

Apr 20, 2022 21:15:17 GMT -5 celtics543 said:

I think if he had come out in 1997 and just taken out DOA, Los Boricuas, and the other gangz at the time then he could've been huge. Just show that his One Man Gang was the gang warz champion.

Oh, man, that would have been incredible. One big tornado match with the three gangs of four and suddenly OMG shows up and levels them all. Would have made Gang Warz entirely worth it.

You mean to tell me that the DOA and Los Boricuas WERENT completely WORTHLESS?

[sdoyle7798]

OMG as he was pre-Akeem?

Or a OMG with an Attitude-era twist?

[David-Arquette was in WCW 2000]

Apr 20, 2022 21:15:17 GMT -5 celtics543 said:

I think if he had come out in 1997 and just taken out DOA, Los Boricuas, and the other gangz at the time then he could've been huge. Just show that his One Man Gang was the gang warz champion.

I love this idea. I liked the gang wars but it just kinda fizzled out iirc. Having One Man Gang come out and destroy the leaders of each gang, with the other members stood in awe would have made OMG look like a monster.

Could he have sustained that for a while? Maybe not, but even a short run of him destroying lower-mid card guys would have been great.

[A Platypus Rave]

I don't think the gimmick was ahead of it's time at all... the gimmick and look was VERY 1980's in style...

[tafkaga]

I never even thought about this but OMG would have been a perfect fit for '97 WWF.

[James Fabiano]

Well we got a taste of it when he appeared in ECW in 1998.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

There is nothing in the gimmick you couldn't tweak and update. He was just a tough gang member type. The gimmick barely even exists, it could work in any era.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Russo would have had him try to join the nation as Akeem in blackface.