PDA

View Full Version : Thoughts on the Gimmick Battle Royal and WM17 and should WWE do it again?

Mjdiesel
09-09-2011, 09:56 PM
I know the crowd in Houston wasn't too crazy about it, except for Doink getting the biggest pop.

But I think they SHOULD have one at WM27. How bout it?

And if so, who would you put in it.
BizarroKing
09-09-2011, 10:00 PM
Can they go back in time about 5 months ago and book it?

But seriously if they did that again I'd probably enjoy that.
Lock Jaw
09-09-2011, 10:01 PM
<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-AlorQ6lFc4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
What Would Kevin Do?
09-09-2011, 10:01 PM
No.

Instead, they should have a Gimmick Swap battle royal.

Now that would be awesome.
Mjdiesel
09-09-2011, 10:06 PM
No.

Instead, they should have a Gimmick Swap battle royal.

Now that would be awesome.

Gillberg is the man!
Shisen Kopf
09-09-2011, 10:51 PM
Bushwhacker Butch
Evil Vito
09-10-2011, 01:13 AM
<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-AlorQ6lFc4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<font color=goldenrod>Was at that show live. Marked out for pretty much everybody. Sadly the same couldn't be said for most of the crowd, you could hear a pin drop...probably why it's unlikely that we'll be seeing another proper Gimmick Battle Royal, since only a few (Doink) will get any sort of significant pop.</font>
blak23
09-10-2011, 02:00 AM
<font color=goldenrod>Was at that show live. Marked out for pretty much everybody. Sadly the same couldn't be said for most of the crowd, you could hear a pin drop...probably why it's unlikely that we'll be seeing another proper Gimmick Battle Royal, since only a few (Doink) will get any sort of significant pop.</font>

scotty got a decent shout
Cool King
09-10-2011, 06:37 AM
<font color=goldenrod>Was at that show live. Marked out for pretty much everybody. Sadly the same couldn't be said for most of the crowd, you could hear a pin drop...probably why it's unlikely that we'll be seeing another proper Gimmick Battle Royal, since only a few (Doink) will get any sort of significant pop.</font>

Yeah, I felt so bad for the guys when I was watching it on television. :(
Nicky Fives
09-10-2011, 08:44 AM
As long as it doesn't bump someone deserving from the card, I'm all for it.....
Next Big Thing
09-10-2011, 09:10 AM
I didn't mind it for nostalgia. Hated seeing Sheik and Slaughter in it though. They were legit bad asses at their height and shouldn't have been in there with some of those jokes.

I don't think I'd want to see it again tbh.
LuigiD
09-10-2011, 10:02 AM
I wouldn't mind a more "serious" one at Wrestlemania 30 as an anniversary type of deal..
If I remember correctly, I don't remember seeing a single wrestling move in that match. All kicks and punches.
PorkSoda
09-10-2011, 11:02 AM
Most of the guys were so old they could only kick and punch.

I do remember Slaughter putting the Cobra Clutch on the Sheik when it was over.
Evil Vito
09-10-2011, 11:10 AM
scotty got a decent shout

<font color=goldenrod>Scotty had always been over and I'm pretty sure he just got released that year...so he barely counts</font>
Evil Vito
09-10-2011, 11:11 AM
<font color=goldenrod>If they DID do another Gimmick Battle Royal, I'd try to limit it to just gimmicks that cropped up since the last one. The Boogeyman, Deuce 'n Domino, the World's Largest Love Machine, etc.</font>
Ace
09-10-2011, 11:25 AM
I'd love to see a new one.... but like Vito said, you'd have to keep it semi- recent. The only problem being, 'Legends' roles have gotten to be more of a big deal since WMX7, with the HoF coming back and all.....so I'm pretty sure a fair few of them wouldn't come back just for no reaction and to be dumped out of the ring in a few seconds....
Mjdiesel
09-10-2011, 03:02 PM
I'd love to see a new one.... but like Vito said, you'd have to keep it semi- recent. The only problem being, 'Legends' roles have gotten to be more of a big deal since WMX7, with the HoF coming back and all.....so I'm pretty sure a fair few of them wouldn't come back just for no reaction and to be dumped out of the ring in a few seconds....


Good point.

That divas battle royal at WM25 was crap. They could've introduced 'em including Sunny. Wasn't Sable in it as well?
Gerard
09-10-2011, 04:39 PM
<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-AlorQ6lFc4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>



Who was playing "Skinner" there? That sure as fuck wasn't the original guy, if it was then he's reverted in age by about 20 years. :wtf:
Mr. C
09-10-2011, 05:10 PM
I'd rather see an Attitude Era gimmick battle royal with Billy Gunn, D-Lo Brown, Gangrel, Hardcore Holly, Ken Shamrock, Mark Henry, Perry Saturn, Rikishi, Road Dogg, Steve Blackman, The Godfather, The Undertaker, Vader, Val Venis, and X-Pac. Obviously, Undertaker wins. Maybe on an Attitude era-inspired RAW (like Old School RAW).
Pintint
09-10-2011, 05:34 PM
I always welcome seeing old guys no one ever cared about except me. Like Gangrel.
Its a shame Gangrel got fat and started directing porn.
Razzamajazz
09-10-2011, 05:50 PM
a gimmick battle royal would be 100x better than those skits they had this past wrestlemania
FourFifty
09-10-2011, 06:01 PM
I always welcome seeing old guys no one ever cared about except me. Like Gangrel.
Its a shame Gangrel got fat and started directing porn.

...really? I'd like to see it.
Evil Vito
09-10-2011, 06:04 PM
Who was playing "Skinner" there? That sure as fuck wasn't the original guy, if it was then he's reverted in age by about 20 years. :wtf:

<font color=goldenrod>That was indeed the original Skinner, Steve Keirn.

IIRC, the last 3 guys in the battle royal were IRS, Skinner, and Slaughter...the only agents in the match.</font>
Ace
09-10-2011, 06:27 PM
<font color=goldenrod>That was indeed the original Skinner, Steve Keirn.

IIRC, the last 3 guys in the battle royal were IRS, Skinner, and Slaughter...the only agents in the match.</font>

That's some good bookin' :lol:
Sonofanarchy
09-10-2011, 06:42 PM
Skinner (Keirn) works backstage?

I heard the klique harrased him daily and made him cry...
loopydate
09-10-2011, 06:51 PM
Skinner is one of the main trainers/bookers for FCW, I think. I know he was an on-air authority figure for them for a long time.
Rollermacka
09-10-2011, 06:51 PM
<font color=goldenrod>Sadly the same couldn't be said for most of the crowd, you could hear a pin drop...probably why it's unlikely that we'll be seeing another proper Gimmick Battle Royal, since only a few (Doink) will get any sort of significant pop.</font>

Well if thats the case, why not do a Doink battle royal? The WWE can get all 50 people who they have had play Doink to wrestle in costume so they all get decient pops? :shifty:
Pintint
09-10-2011, 07:46 PM
Well if thats the case, why not do a Doink battle royal? The WWE can get all 50 people who they have had play Doink to wrestle in costume so they all get decient pops? :shifty:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/YOU'RE_WINNER_trophy.jpg
Lock Jaw
09-10-2011, 08:30 PM
Have a battle royal with current wrestlers... but make it a gimmick battle royal in that they each have to pick out a gimmick before the match and then arrive as it.

Can have old gimmicks, or just random professions. Kane picks out "Dentist Gimmick".
dhellova guy
09-10-2011, 10:27 PM
Do it somewhere where the fans would remember who they are.

New York, or Toronto would be my guesses.
Aguakate
09-11-2011, 12:39 AM
They should have another Old School RAW. That's what I want to see! (Srs)
KaosDarksol
09-11-2011, 03:09 AM
A gimmick battle royal with some of the more recent gimmicks would be awesome just as long as the winner is the wrestling GOD JBL
RiX1024
09-12-2011, 11:13 PM
Would be nice to have another one, just for nostalgia reasons, however most of today's fans wouldn't know who the hell most of them are.
Mjdiesel
09-13-2011, 12:36 AM
They should have another Old School RAW. That's what I want to see! (Srs)

:y: I second that.
RiX1024
09-13-2011, 07:27 AM
I also agree with that...Attitude Era style.
XL
09-16-2011, 09:38 AM
Would be nice to have another one, just for nostalgia reasons, however most of today's fans wouldn't know who the hell most of them are.
I liked the original (and the Raw 15th Anniversary one) and would like another one, today's fans be damned.
Battlekat
09-16-2011, 10:07 AM
I would love another one, I would just make sure it was different gimmicks (mostly Attitude Era) this time. I would bring in people like IRS, Gillberg, Val Venis, Viscera as the love machine, Steven Regal (The Real Man's Man), Doink, Beaver Cleavage, and The Godfather all come to mind. I think it would be alot of fun and it could possibly replace a Divas pissbreak.
JERRY
09-16-2011, 10:15 AM
gimmick royal entertainment massive need more wcw dumb-man gimmick i m o
Jordan
09-16-2011, 10:54 AM
Someone said The Undertaker should be in a gimmick battle royal at Mania, this thread should be closed.
The Popular Drink
09-18-2011, 12:21 PM
Been there, done that.