Bad gimmicks that worked...

[DaveWadding]

List with me some gimmicks that are probably Wrestlecrap material, but worked so well that they will never be there.

Honky Tonk Mang
Undertaker

keep going.

[Mayo]

I don't see why Taker is there since it is a pretty cool gimmick, but anyways...

Eugene (so far)
Heel Doink
Diesel
Goldust

[sadio8]

Eugene

[Lara Emily]

Disco Inferno

[YOUR Hero]

Iisac Yankem

[Shadow]

X-Pac

[Mr. JL]

John Cena...

[Batsu]

Undertaker, because let's face it... if that gimmick was on anyone other than Mark Calloway, it wouldn't have lasted so long.

Eugene (for now)

X-Pac

Edge and Christian (at first...having them talk was a BAD idea, but they turned it to their advantage)

definitely Goldust (see Undertaker... if it were anyone else besides Dustin Runnels, that gimmick would have gone the way of Adrian Adonis)

The Genius Lanny Poffo?

definitely X-Pac... it was just a ripoff of his WCW self.

[Rock Bottom]

Hunter Hearst Helmsley.

Nation of Domination.

Right to Censor.

[Tiken]

X-Pac

Austin as GM

Mankind comming out of the closet to become Mick Foley, then branching off into Insane world and having several split personalities.

Goldust turning into a studdering idiot (Worked for me)

Lita :wtf:

[KayfabeMan]

Jerry Lynn :shifty:

[LK]

Eugene

[FourFifty]

<font color=cyan>JBL

[Corkscrewed]

Well, JBL wasn't actually a bad gimmick... he's a bad person, but not a bad gimmick.


How about just plain Mick Foley? After all... it's basically a goofball who uses a sock as his finisher...

[tucsonspeed6]

Lance Storm: The "I don't need a gimmick" gimmick, which evolved into a boring gimmick.

[Fryza]

Undertaker
JBL
Nation
Eugene (for now)
Cena

...Doing it for the Rock...

[.44 Magdalene]

You have no idea how much I wish I could've said Eugene first.

Gangrel. :shifty: Though it didn't work...very long...I guess.

[Disturbed316]

Bushwhackers

[Gertner]

ultimate warrior

[Ferocious]

Mr Ass
Macho Man
Kaientai when they first started 'speaking' INDEEEEEEEEED

[.44 Magdalene]

Kaientai when they first started 'speaking' INDEEEEEEEEED

Dude, Kaientai was the best gimmick ever. :rofl: I don't know what you're talking about.

[Supermark101]

For a gimmick to "work" it has to draw money. If a gimmick works it can not be thought of as bad.

[Azriel]

Doink

[mrslackalack]

Diesel

[Kane Knight]

Mr Ass.

Think about it. People showed later on that they didn't like a "gay" gimmick (look at Billy & Chuck), but they loved a guy who was obssessed with asses...Including his own...In the most homoerotic show since the 70s Batman...

[Apprentice]

Al Wilson

[Shadow]

3 Count.

[HankScorpio]

Stoner Hardy Marks.


Heart Break Kid.. It made sense when he was young, now its just another dumb non-fitting gimmick

[My Final Heaven]

Irwin R. Schyster.

Everything about the gimmick screams Wrestlecrap, but Mike Rotundo (Rotunda?) was such a badass that he pulled it off.

[Aussie Skier]

gimmicks that worked:

IRS - "Bossman, I'm gonna get your mother locked away, because she hasnt paid her taxes!" :D :D :D

Million dollar man

Yokozuna

Undertaker

[The Ravishing One]

Irwin R. Schyster.

Everything about the gimmick screams Wrestlecrap, but Mike Rotundo (Rotunda?) was such a badass that he pulled it off.

:y:

[tucsonspeed6]

For a gimmick to "work" it has to draw money. If a gimmick works it can not be thought of as bad.


Yeah, but then you get into the problem that WCW got into when they started saying "none of you have ever put any butts into the seats except for Hogan, Savage, and Piper." I'm assuming for this thread that they mean that the gimmick sounded stupid as hell at first, but the fans actually liked it, rather than whether or not it sold, because I'm sure that even some A-Train t-shirts have sold, but that doesn't mean that any of his gimmicks have worked.

[MVP]

Kane
The Giant
Road Dogg
Ultimate Dragon

[Nark Order]

The Hurricane...

[Batsu]

what about...

HULK HOGAN?!

that gimmick would have gone nowhere without Terry Bollea.

[DegenerationY]

Moppy :shifty:

[Transplant]

Acolyte Protection Agency

[deathtrap]

Corporate Ministry

[The Answer]

You have no idea how much I wish I could've said Eugene first.

Gangrel. :shifty: Though it didn't work...very long...I guess.

That was cool.The whole Brood vs Hardy's saga was great

[El Santo]

I disagree that if the Undertaker wasn't played by Calloway, it would be crap. After all, Glenn Jacobs played a similar gimmick with the original Kane, and the Crow Sting was pretty close to Undertaker as well.

[Evolution]

Damn you Deadly Heaven. I was gonna be first to say The Hurricane. Oh well.

Godfather
Al Snow
Mr Perfect (think about it, all his gimmick was was boasting about being good at everything, then proving it, but because of who Curt Henning was, it got over)

And Kane Knight, Batman was in the 60's, not 70's.

Your welcome in advance.