What happened to the pirate wrestler?

[barryhorowitz4ever]

i forget his name, but he was the former buddy of regals that learned he was descended from black beard. is he hurt, where is he?

[gsguy]

Paul Burchill is in OVW currently. He has a ninja gimmick now.

[Gopher Mod]

barryhorowitz4ever said:

i forget his name, but he was the former buddy of regals that learned he was descended from black beard. is he hurt, where is he?

Paul Birchall is currently in OVW, without pirate gimmick, but with the OVW Heavyweight Championship around his waist. Don't know his exact gimmick in OVW.

[barryhorowitz4ever]

oh ok, good that he hasnt been forgotten:)

[Mr. Derp]

I read an article that he wasnt really a pirate though; it was all the kayfabe

[lovingway]

specialeffect said:

I read an article that he wasnt really a pirate though; it was all the kayfabe

The hell you say

His gimmick is basically being a badass jerk

[HRH The KING]

WWE killed the pirate gimmick because they thought it was silly, absurd and too ridiculous to get over.




So they made him into a ninja instead.

[EJS]

His current gimmick now is ...that he's a bad ass European. "The Ripper" Paul Burchill.

Kind of like Regal/Taylor or Finlay, except not old.

[Virt McGirt]

specialeffect said:

I read an article that he wasnt really a pirate though; it was all the kayfabe

*jaw drops*

This is worse than when I found out Kane & The Undertaker weren't really brothers!

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

According to wikipedia....

In mid 2006, Burchill required knee surgery and, to allow him time away from the ring to get it performed, was kayfabe injured by Mark Henry. This time away from the ring was also used to develop a new gimmick to replace his pirate character on his return because Vince McMahon, who apparently wasn't aware of the Pirates of the Caribbean films and Johnny Depp's pirate character, believed the character should have thought he was a real pirate; acting more like the Carl Ouellet pirate character (Jean Pierre Lafitte) from the 1990s, and felt it couldn't work as a crowd favorite despite the positive crowd reactions Burchill received.

Yes, Paul Birchall was a victim of Vince's behind the times thinking.

[Nickie James]

Ninjas... Yeah, that will really make him over...

[THE Dinobot]

zillawrath said:

According to wikipedia....

In mid 2006, Burchill required knee surgery and, to allow him time away from the ring to get it performed, was kayfabe injured by Mark Henry. This time away from the ring was also used to develop a new gimmick to replace his pirate character on his return because Vince McMahon, who apparently wasn't aware of the Pirates of the Caribbean films and Johnny Depp's pirate character, believed the character should have thought he was a real pirate; acting more like the Carl Ouellet pirate character (Jean Pierre Lafitte) from the 1990s, and felt it couldn't work as a crowd favorite despite the positive crowd reactions Burchill received.

Yes, Paul Birchall was a victim of Vince's behind the times thinking.

Yeah, because the heelish pirate character worked soooo well for Lafitte, what with stealing Bret's jacket...and umm...wearing that patch...being tubby?

I want Burchill to be more like this guy, too.

[Deleted]

I cast doubts on how over it was myself

I mean I enjoyed it, but the cheers always looked & sounded piped in to me

[BHB]

He is now "The most dangerous man in OVW" and the OVW champion.

www.ovwrestling.com/Superstars/paul_burchall.htm

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

barneybhb said:

He is now "The most dangerous man in OVW" and the OVW champion.

www.ovwrestling.com/Superstars/paul_burchall.htm

Yeah....when I went to see one of those shows, I was impressed by his skill and the fact that he could make a jumping neckbreaker look so devastating.

[Slim Loves Lily]

His cheers were definetely piped in.

[The Scuba Guy]

Whats next?

Vince finally sees a picture of Dennis Rodman in a dress?

Poor Vito

[bob]

I thought it was funny as hell especially the enterance

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHUgC1Ynckg

[Mr. Derp]

Come on you guys, why is everyone saying hes a ninja? Do you even watch ovw or do you just see a picture on the internet and jump to the conclusion? he has more of a dominatrix gimmick right now. he doesnt always wear that mask.

[Tea & Crumpets]

^ Dominatrix? I think you mean dominator. Dominatrix is something totally different.

Burchill is the man. I've seen him in OVW. The guy's big yet can do topes, planchas, shooting stars, standing shooting stars, standing moonsaults, the C4, and he can mat wrestle fairly well too.
I once saw Burchill do a somersault plancha to the outside, only instead of over the ropes, it was OVER THE CORNER AND RING-POST, and hands-free. Absolutely jaw dropping.

The guy needs to be the first British WWE Champion. He has the skill, the look and the charisma.