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Post by malloc on Jul 25, 2022 3:45:16 GMT -5
Any Irish stereotyping that is executed in a cack-handed manner. Becky you are Irish, dress in green and do the river dance. Brawn the Leprechaun etc.
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Post by 4real on Jul 25, 2022 4:48:55 GMT -5
Sandow’s Liberace gimic in TNA. Godawful.
The original babyface version of New Day was pretty much unwatchable as well until the heel turn.
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jul 25, 2022 8:29:11 GMT -5
Ministry Taker.
His *look* was cool. The gimmick was asscheeks
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 25, 2022 8:38:10 GMT -5
I’ll just say every WCW gimmick in late 1999-2000 because every one of them involved treating the wrestlers like they were losers in some way. They were either old(Flair), Dumb(Sid), bad stereotypes(every foreign wrestler ever)….you name it. I think Hugh Morrus got the real short end of the stick there having to wrestle as Hugh G Rection. even Tony would deliberately call him "General Rection" to get around calling him by that stupid name.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 25, 2022 8:44:06 GMT -5
Ministry Taker. His *look* was cool. The gimmick was asscheeks in theory the idea of Undertaker getting more dark and edgy in a darker and edgier era ws absolutely fine. in practice you could tell his heart wasnt in it and he just wanted to be himself for a while instead.
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Ben Wyatt
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Are You Gonna Go My Way?
I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jul 25, 2022 8:57:09 GMT -5
Ministry Taker. His *look* was cool. The gimmick was asscheeks in theory the idea of Undertaker getting more dark and edgy in a darker and edgier era ws absolutely fine. in practice you could tell his heart wasnt in it and he just wanted to be himself for a while instead. It didn't help that his mighty army was Him, The Acolytes (who were fine...) Viscera and f***ing Mideon (they were NOT) before joining with Shane and a bunch of other people, none of which belonged with a dark evil heel stable
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4real
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Post by 4real on Jul 25, 2022 13:35:19 GMT -5
Thought Ministry Taker was fine until the Higher Power reveal. Just having Vince in charge castrated Taker’s character I feel.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jul 25, 2022 13:54:29 GMT -5
Any of the racist gimmicks (Saba Simba, Cryme Tyme, etc.) are obviously shit. Tim Horner's 'gimmick' in SMW was simultaneously the best and worst one ever. Worst because he was just awful and best because that video of him singing 'Shameless' by Garth Brooks and Cornette's explanation of all of that makes it one of the greatest things to ever happen in wrestling. What a minute, hold the phone here. That ain't no Saba Simba, that's Tony Atlas, that's Tonee Atlas!
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Post by thegatewaydrug on Jul 25, 2022 14:11:48 GMT -5
No gimmick. It’s getting harder to care for guys these days, when everyone is a wants to be a wannabe tough guy. Hi, I'm ____. You may remember me from such places as 'the Indies'. I'm good!"
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 25, 2022 14:25:30 GMT -5
Literal Child Bayley.
Muhammad Hassan which yes was always meant to be heel... and it just got worse from there.
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Post by Ozman on Jul 25, 2022 15:03:17 GMT -5
Heel Michael Cole. Play by play announcers should never be heel, and Cole stayed heel for way too long. He was especially bad when he was actually having matches in the orange singlet against Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Jul 25, 2022 15:09:34 GMT -5
Any of the racist gimmicks (Saba Simba, Cryme Tyme, etc.) are obviously shit. Tim Horner's 'gimmick' in SMW was simultaneously the best and worst one ever. Worst because he was just awful and best because that video of him singing 'Shameless' by Garth Brooks and Cornette's explanation of all of that makes it one of the greatest things to ever happen in wrestling. With Horner, it didn’t help that his promos were awful. And I always think of when they did the disputed finish and Tim had the belt but commissioner Bob Armstrong had to reverse the decision and return the belt to the Dirty White Boy. Tim, unbeknownst to anyone else, brought a special needs child to the ring with him and the kid was holding the belt. So Bob Armstrong had to take the belt away from the special needs kid instead of the wrestler. Cornette said he had never seen Bob Armstrong so mad when he made it to the back.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 25, 2022 15:32:49 GMT -5
Heel Michael Cole. Play by play announcers should never be heel, and Cole stayed heel for way too long. He was especially bad when he was actually having matches in the orange singlet against Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross. Yeah having the voice of the company be a heel is a dumb idea... and that's what the PBP is. The fact it only really ended because of Lawler's very real heart attack is insane. The entire thing should have been done after the Lawler match... even if it went on a bit too long if it ended there with Lawler winning (and no stupid ass Dusty ending) it'd probably have been "fine"
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Post by chrom on Jul 25, 2022 15:33:58 GMT -5
in theory the idea of Undertaker getting more dark and edgy in a darker and edgier era ws absolutely fine. in practice you could tell his heart wasnt in it and he just wanted to be himself for a while instead. It didn't help that his mighty army was Him, The Acolytes (who were fine...) Viscera and f***ing Mideon (they were NOT) before joining with Shane and a bunch of other people, none of which belonged with a dark evil heel stable If The Brood stuck around it could've worked
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Post by buckethead on Jul 25, 2022 15:37:43 GMT -5
Darsow's post-Smash gimmicks
The Red Rooster... although much of the blame falls on Taylor for not even trying to make it work.
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Post by lucas_lee on Jul 25, 2022 16:20:53 GMT -5
Darsow's post-Smash gimmicks The Red Rooster... although much of the blame falls on Taylor for not even trying to make it work. How could he have made that horrid gimmick work? And for me Man Mountain Rock for some reason irked me as a kid and still does
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 25, 2022 16:36:36 GMT -5
Any of the racist gimmicks (Saba Simba, Cryme Tyme, etc.) are obviously shit. Tim Horner's 'gimmick' in SMW was simultaneously the best and worst one ever. Worst because he was just awful and best because that video of him singing 'Shameless' by Garth Brooks and Cornette's explanation of all of that makes it one of the greatest things to ever happen in wrestling. What a minute, hold the phone here. That ain't no Saba Simba, that's Tony Atlas, that's Tonee Atlas! the only Good thing that came out of Saba Simba is it probably legitimately saved Tony Atlas's life... and I get everyone needing a gimmick in the new generation but... that's the best they could do?
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chrom
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Post by chrom on Jul 25, 2022 16:43:50 GMT -5
Darsow's post-Smash gimmicks The Red Rooster... although much of the blame falls on Taylor for not even trying to make it work. How could he have made that horrid gimmick work? And for me Man Mountain Rock for some reason irked me as a kid and still does No one could've made that work. It was designed to fail from the start
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Post by buckethead on Jul 25, 2022 16:45:05 GMT -5
Darsow's post-Smash gimmicks The Red Rooster... although much of the blame falls on Taylor for not even trying to make it work. How could he have made that horrid gimmick work? And for me Man Mountain Rock for some reason irked me as a kid and still does He could've went "all in" on the character and acted bat shit crazy...a bit similar to what Backlund did when he returned in the 90s.
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Post by XIII on Jul 25, 2022 16:51:58 GMT -5
Re: Red Rooster. Dude was walking around as a human version of Foghorn Leghorn, no one could have got that shit over. lol
Skinner was quite terrible.
Ricky Steamboat as a literal dragon is atrocious.
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