best wrestler, worst gimmick

[bigslimjj]

Who has been the best overall wrestler(Promo ability,ring skills,"IT" factor etc.)that has been stuck with the worst possible gimmick you could think of.Dusty Rhodes' polka dots come to mind,as well as "The Stalker"Barry Windham or more recently The Hulk Hogan/Abyss HOF ring travesty.

[VSG]

Fit Finaly with the Jolly Irish gimmick.

[Razzamajazz]

skateboarder shane douglas

[bigslimjj]

thought of another one-wolfpac Sting.:nono:

[Blue Demon]

"Dean" Douglas

[Droford]

Mr JL

[Lock Jaw]

"The Stalker" Diamond Dallas Page

[bigslimjj]

Vince always screwed over the wcw stars.lol

[nrt4]

Owen Hart as The Blue Blazer.

[Steveviscious89]

Forget about 'stalker' DDP....what about 'Positively' Page?.....that was just disgusting.

Also...the recent AJ Styles is a good example...he should NEVER be a heel.

[bigslimjj]

a.j. has always been better as a face.The wannabe flair stuff is just weak sauce.Like Abyss wanting to be hogan.Let him be old Kane like he was before.I liked OLD Kane.

[XL]

Nick Dinsmore.

Whilst "Mini Flair" AJ was "retarded", this guy literally had a retarded gimmick.

[BizarroKing]

Legion Of Doom with ROCCO!

[Mooияakeя™]

You know, on paper The Undertaker could be a contender. I mean, apart from being people till they die so they need to use his business to get him some cash, there's no real sense I can see. But it's not stupid and it's worked and Calaway is more than a good wrassler.

I think Owen as the Blue Blazer is a good call. Obviously it has to be Ziggler as a cheerleader though.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

The various times bookers decided to incorporate a wrestler's real life drinking problems into the storylines. Jake Roberts, Road Warrior Hawk, Scott Hall all spring to mind.

[The Pope]

The various times bookers decided to incorporate a wrestler's real life drinking problems into the storylines. Jake Roberts, Road Warrior Hawk, Scott Hall all spring to mind.

And Rhino in TNA

[The Pope]

Christian: when his grandmother rejected him. (Grandmother was actually Vince McMahon)

[Favre4Ever]

Reverend Devon Dudley.


.....................nevermind.

[Destor]

The Undertaker is clearly the right answer. He made millions off his shitty gimmick...says a lot about how good of a wrestler he is no dont it? :p

[Jeritron]

Undertaker's success in spite of that gimmick is the ultimate testimony to his ability. And in all fairness to the gimmick, it evolved enough to be good. Mostly it was thanks to the credibility Undertaker lent it, and kept intact no matter how much the times changed.

Seriously, I would have loved to know what he was thinking when he was told by Vince that he'd be debuting as an old western style undertaker, complete with all the supernatural fixings and a manager named Paul Bearer.
He must have thought he had 6 months tops.

[Jeritron]

Chris Jericho was originally offered The Goon character

[Destor]

yuck

[Sixx]

'That 70s Guy' Mike Awesome.

[BollywoodSingh]

"The Red Rooster" Terry Taylor

[Seth82]

Dirty White Boy Tony Anthony as TL Hopper

Bill Irwin as The Goon

Terry Gordy as The Executioner

[My Final Heaven]

Come on, how can nobady have mentioned Irwin R. Schyster yet? "Evil Tax Man" is the most nonsensical gimmick you could think of, but the sheer power of Mike Rotunda's awesomeness bled through & legitimized him. Of most of the Dumb Gimmick guys (save The Undertaker), IRS was the only one to hold a title - 3 time Tag Champ :cool:

[tna]

Scotty 2 Hotty as Scott 2 Hot Taylor!!!

[Rammsteinmad]

3 Count.

[XCaliber]

Burchill as a pirate it was rubbish.

[XL]

Come on, how can nobady have mentioned Irwin R. Schyster yet? "Evil Tax Man" is the most nonsensical gimmick you could think of, but the sheer power of Mike Rotunda's awesomeness bled through & legitimized him. Of most of the Dumb Gimmick guys (save The Undertaker), IRS was the only one to hold a title - 3 time Tag Champ :cool:
For it's time the evil taxman gimmick was genius. Who likes the taxman - evil or not?

Could have been a wrestling refuse collector ffs.

[XL]

Seriously, I would have loved to know what he was thinking when he was told by Vince that he'd be debuting as an old western style undertaker, complete with all the supernatural fixings and a manager named Paul Bearer.
He must have thought he had 6 months tops.
Pretty fucking happy!

Seriously, he had left WCW, had a trial with WWF but was told they had nothing for him. Then Vince called with the Taker gimmick.


Ref: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjQTK_MpFXc
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[TLHOPPER]

Hector Guerrero as the Gobbledy Gooker

[Rollermacka]

Pretty fucking happy!

Seriously, he had left WCW, had a trial with WWF but was told they had nothing for him. Then Vince called with the Taker gimmick.


Ref: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjQTK_MpFXc
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Actually think about it, if Matt "Doink" Borne did not had the problems with drugs (and left the WWE) could he have evolved the "wrestling clown" like Mark did?



Also side note, Issac Yankeem and "The great and powerful" Oz.

[BizarroKing]

I got another one...

Naked Mideon....*shudders*

[Xero]

Taka Michinoku comes to mind. His WWF gimmick was fun, but he deserved so much more.

[DLVH84]

Who

[Howl]

I agree with all The Undertaker votes. Even the American Badass gimmick was an awful career move and he still made it through.

[Haze]

Dancin' Lance Storm

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[Swiss Ultimate]

Disco Inferno

[Triple Naitch]

Spike Dudley was always entertaining, but his character pretty much was a kid with Downs.

[Sixx]

Chyna as a woman.

Noone bought it.

[BizarroKing]

Oh I thought of another one, you may have heard of him. His name is John Cena. (CURRENT gimmick, not the rapper gimmick)

[Stickman]

Sting...seriously what's with the beach blonde and face paint?

[RiX1024]

Nick Dinsmore as Eugene
William Regal as The Real Man's Man
Terry Taylor as Red Rooster
Paul Burchill as the Johnny Depp wannabe
Dustin Rhodes as Seven
Shane Douglas as The Dean and Skater

cant think of more.

[XCaliber]

Kevin Nash as any other gimmick in WCW other than himself or nWo member.