Old gimmicks that would get over today.
 

What are some gimmicks from the past that would work just as well or better than their past incarnations? It could be an already successful gimmick or a gimmick that was ahead of its time or would fit in better in today's landscape.

Slight tweaks are allowed but at their essence they would be the same.

Also, who would you give them to?

I actually think The Honky Tonk Man would get over really well today.

Razor Ramon......

vader, ultimate warrior could as well

Gorgeous George

Kevin Sullivan

Psycho Sid

Also, who would you give them to?

Remember, these are just the gimmicks, not the people.

The million dollar man and saying stuff like "in this economy, everybody now has a price" then his classic laugh

http://www.classicwwf.com/uploaded_i...us4-799174.jpg

Twice today I've gotten to give Mr Poffo his props.

And, you could give the Genius gimmick to someone else who could make it work. Chris Nowinski was doing a good job with a similar if varied gimmick.

Give the Papa Shango gimmick to Shad Gaspard, let him feud with Undertaker

I'd give the Mr. Perfect gimmick to MVP.

Perfect gimmick for Ziggler would be perfect

"The Model" gimmick.

Hook him up with Maryse or whoever's been using the hairspray lately.

Ravishing Rick Rude

The Wild Samoan gimmick still has life in it although they probably won't rehash that for a while.

Ravishing Rick Rude's shtick would be perfect today. Dunno why wrestlers don't insult the audience as much these days.

There are very few actual gimmicky wrestlers anymore isn't there? If you include Hornswoggle in your debate I'll stab you with neg reps.

I'd say Punk falls into that old-school gimmick category, though with a realistic spin. Not a Doink or Repo Man gimmick, but something along the lines of Mr. Perfect. Taker's another one for sure.

And those are just the best examples I can name. Others who come to mind include Jimmy Wang Yang, Kung Fu Naki, Jay Lethal and Cryme Tyme.

Straight Edge isn't a gimmick Xero. It's a fucking way of life.

Now put your hand on your monitor and repeat after me.

And Curt Hennig was perfect in everything he did.

Doesn't make it any less of a gimmick, though.

I could definitely get behind a heel Doink the Clown in 2010

Fuck sake, The Yet-Tay!

A humping mummy humorously mis-named?

Fuck yeah!

Put some wraps around Khali and bam.....YET-TAY

Okay, what I have in my hand is The Death of WCW book. I am going to randomly scan to a page and whatever name/gimmick I come up with, I'll post it. I'll do this five times. I'll bet every one of them will be gold.

1. The West-Texas Rednecks - page 204
2. Goldberg - page 141
3. Big Poppa Pump - page 197
4. Virgil - Page 113
5. The Wall - Page 250

Yup, all money makers.

Glacier. Mortal Kombat never gets old. FINISH HIM

I never understood why they didn't just call him The Mummy. He walked like a mummy, was dressed as a mummy, yet he was called Yeti.

IT'S THE MUM-AYYYYY!

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IT'S THE MUM-AYYYYY!

Sixx and Xero - The most complimentary posters with X's in their screennames. I love you mates.

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Spray some fake snow on that suit and you have THE YETAYYYYYY.

Harvey Whippleman - That's the ticket!

Who was the Wall? I dont remember him!

Sgt. AWOL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Tuite

Youve never been loved till youve been gangbanged by a 7 ft mummy and The Big Show:yes:

I think Brian Pillman's "Loose Cannon" gimmick would work really well today. I'm trying to work out who I would give it to, though. I definitely think it would work.

I'd suggest Orton but I'd tweak it to have Orton more low key Psychotic only really showing the "Loose Cannon" side when hes especially agitated

Or give it to Edge since his character is somewhat crazy anyway

Dolph Ziggler actually showed a bit of an unhinged character for a while on SD! when matches didn't go his way

I think Ziggler would be good for the loose cannon gimmick. Awhile back I think they tried to use it for Brian Kendrick but that didnt completely go over. Besides Ziggler I think even Morrison would be decent for it. If/When his heel turn goes over he has the image and look, just turn him into a raving lunatic.

I'd like to see John Cena use the Loose Cannon gimmick. He could be doing a promo and suddenly jump into the crowd and beat the hell out of someone who was booing him.

I really don't think I'd want to see anyone else play the Honky Tonk Man other then Roy Wayne Farris. He looks and sounds just like Elvis, so I don't believe no other wrestler could pull it off. Roy Wayne Farris is perfect, and irreplaceable.

I wonder if brutus beefcake would get over with current wwe fans or if his gimmick would work with anyone else.

Also maybe the lethal weapon Steve Blackman could get over with the fans.

I want a new - NEW BREED!

President Dusty Rhodes sends a new team back to win the titles!!!!!!

The Warlord 2k10

Kofi Kingston turns to his Ghana persona and takes over a village

Hmm who would make a good Beaver Clever in 2010??

here are a few gimmicks that might work for current wrestlers and team names that would work
Million Dollar Corporation - Managed by The Million Dollar Man
William Regal, Ted Dibiase JR, Ezekiel Jackson, and JBL(If he came back)
The New Rockers - managed by Marty Jannetty and HBK - Paul London and Evan Bourne
Mr.Perfect - Dolph Ziggler
Harlem Heat - Booker T and R-Truth

IDIOT

Idiot? That's harsh talk for such a junior member. How about you post your critique instead of coming off as simple and a jerk. Like this:


Million Dollar Corporation - I would LOVE the Million Dollar Man to return in a managerial capacity. The economic climate is PERFECT for such a group.

Regal/DiBiase/Jackson/JBL - I don't get this one at all. Regal is amazing as a leader of a group but you should repost a way to bind these guys together.

New Rockers - Not something I want to see. They revamped the Rockers in the late 90's with Al Snow & Marty Jannetty and it was barely a tag team footnote. Better leaving this alone.


Dolph Ziggler - I def. see the visual comparison to Hennig. He is also very athletic and cocky. So yes, very similar and this gimmick would help him progress away from wrestling Khali and Kane every week.

Harlem Heat 2.0 - not a fan of this one either. Mainly because it is not plausible. Booker is basically retired with no interest in returning to WWE & R-Truth is too good of a wrestler to be pigeonholed in such a "stevie ray" type gimmick. Remember, Booker could really wrestle while Stevie was nothing more than muscle. This paring just doesn't do it for me.





So in summation, Spaff, quit being a cunt. :)

Nick Dinsmore in a darker 'Jokeresque' Doink the Clown would be pretty fucking money. It would make even more sense now since he was stuck with that retarded gimmick. He'd have a perfect reason to be disgruntled and want to hide his identity. He doesn't want to make other people laugh. He did that forever and got nothing out of it. Now, he just wants to make HIMSELF laugh...at any cost!

God, somebody book this right now.

Nick Dinsmore returns to WWE after a long stint in rehab and months of therapy under the tutelage of CM Punk. Come to find out, he wasn't a fucking retard...He was just hocked up on goofballs.



Now put your hand on the monitor and repeat after me........

So you're saying that the Luke Gallows gimmick would work today?

I am saying that they could add more members to the SES under the same guidelines.

Oh, my bad, I thought this thread was about old gimmicks that would get over today.

oh snap

BOOYAKA BOOYAKA

I want to rep you for setting me straight but I'm not gonna give you the satisfaction.


Instead i will top your Eugene gimmick by submitting this:

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That is actually a really fucking sweet guitar, but who would you give the Man Mountain Rock gimmick to today to make it work?

Not really "old" in the sense, but old in the fact that it was, and isn't currently being done.

Jimmy Jacob's emo gimmick. I think it'd get over great as a heel/tweener gimmick. Especially if whoever does it writes music/poetry. Not sure who could do it though... Maybe Heath Slater if they died his hair and paled him up a little.

Also, I agree 100% w/ Ziggler being Mr. Perfect.

Also, Randy Orton should get a bit of the old Jake the Snake "Trust me" gimmick.

<3 Jake The Snake. All time top 5 favorite.

Orton would rock that Jake schtick. Also, Jeff Hardy could do the emo gimmick.

Also, we need a new Nailz character, but do it right.

Like have some midcarder who gets injured, instead of running an injury angle, have some sort of story where he assaulted someone, and was sent to jail.

When he comes back, just have him be totally different, hardened, etc. Imagine if they did that with Kofi, and he came back just vicious.

Jake "The Snake"

Randy "The Viper"

He's basically biting him already.

Nathan Jones sucked.

Waylon Mercy was amazing. Short lived but amazing.

Hardy would be amazing at an emo gimmick actually, you are correct.

I agree, but he was brought in like that. I think if you did it as a story to an already existing character who had to leave for a bit, it's go over a lot better. Plus, think about how Kofi was when he trashed the car, imagine him coming back like that all the time.

Jeff Hardy.

They should do that if he comes back in fact. Completely play oblivious to TNA and whatever the court ruling is and say he was in jail. But never say for what.

Punk would have a field day with it.

It would actually be kinda funny to see R-Truth do that emo gimmick too. Imagine if he was writing different emo raps to come to the ring with every match. It would be hilarious, I think.

OK, well Crush sucked a lot.

Might as well bring back Shannon Moore. :(

Are you serious? Old school crush vs Randy Savage was awesome. You shut your whore mouth!

An emo rapper would be fucking hilarious.

R-Truth gets the crowd pumped...Hence why he opened Wrestlemania. That would fucking bomb.

Yes, THAT crush was awesome, but the "Jailbird" Crush with Clarence Mason sucked. Remember when he had braids and a tattoo on his face? It happened almost the exact same way WWKD? described.

He could come out to Mankind's Schizophrenic theme and rap over it.

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Yes Jailbird Crush and biker chaingang version of Crush both sucked...As did his Kiss Vampire bit from WCW..


Hawaiin Mullet wearing Crush was simply amazing as a child.

Not if they were turning him heel. The fans would hate it, and that'd be the point.

Remember those vignettes of "Crush" as a child crushing his toys? :lol:

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I used to ask what's up, but now I ask what's down
It's my quivering spirit sunk deep in the ground
Lament and tortue is all my life's worth
Look into my eyes, you can see The Truth Hurts :'(

That would not pump ANYBODY up. Would be awesome, though.

I'm thinking Repo Man would get over just because of the current economy. Obviously not as cartoony, though. Have him be like the guys you'd see on one of those reality shows about Repo Men. At one point have him repossess a trailer home with the people still in it.

I honestly though about all those guys as candidates. None really perfectly fits, though.

Yes you are correct that was a pretty well written depressing rap.

BTW is this the music forum now?













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I'm just imagining that rap in R-Truth's voice and it's making it even better.

I'm a spiteful lil Jew ;)

Give Marc Mero's boxer gimmick to Michael Tarver. :shifty: