Alright, I'm drunk, and I'm going to say something gay...
 

But I miss Shawn Michaels' old attire. I know, weird -- it doesn't really get in the way of HBK's amazing ring performances, but the chaps are just something I don't associate with classic Shawn Michaels. I miss the long tights with the heart designs on them.

Big Vito suggested in another thread that Triple H and Shawn Michaels could end up representing Vince McMahon and Bret Hart in their suggested feud. If that were to go down, it would just be fitting to see HBK in black tights with pink hearts on them.

Anyway, I've seen these threads done before. Feel free to discuss wrestlers' ring attire in general. For example: How awesome it was when Rick Rude used his attire to psyche his opponent out.

HBK's gear circa late '97 was probably his best.

I agree with everything said here

I was actually not aware of that. I thought there would be a reason. I remember when Stone Cold Steve Austin used to do that, and it worked for him. During his heel face in 2001, he actually went through a phase where he coloured them. I remember him wearing gold, silver and red. When he was a face I think he exclusively wore black -- representing how bad-ass he was. I thought that was a nice touch.

On the current roster, I admire how Mike Knox now wears only black trunks. He used to wear more interesting coloured ones, but since he moved to RAW, I believe, he started wearing all-black, which fits his character. Also, when Charlie Haas is teaming with him, I've noticed he wears his attire which is most black to somewhat match. I don't know how much of this is management, and how much is the actual guys, but whoever made that call -- kudos.

Chris Jericho's change to the shorter trunks was also a brilliant move with his heel turn. It highlights how he no longer cares about being aestetically pleasing, and how he is all-business. I also noticed that William Regal would bust out the full-body attire when he was playing a heel, but when he was called to be a bad-ass (like when he defeated Santino Marella for the IC Title in England), he would go back to the less ridiculous looking trunks.

Caylen Croft & Trent Barreta really need new attire, though. Also, Christian's attire since he has returned -- with the fancy patterning and shit -- just doesn't suit him, in my opinion. Bring back the big blocky "C" in the diamond. I agree about Kane's attire, too. I think he is overdue for an overhaul. His old stuff hid that he is getting older, and was a good parallel to The Undertaker.

Looking back, I don't like Triple H in long tights.

Have to admit -- they are pretty cool. They would even fit a new heel character if he were to turn on Shawn Michaels, or something. A similar colour-scheme, or something, with the current Triple H logo (or a new one).

Updating wrestlers' images is a great way to keep them relevant, in my opinion. It's cheap and easy, but a look can do wonders for a guy. Mike Knox with his awesome beard, for example.

Paul Burchill is a guy that I don't think works in long tights. Part of his appeal is that he is a bigger guy with athleticism -- but compared to a lot of the WWE roster, he isn't that big. The longer pants he was wearing for a while made him look a lot smaller.

I miss Jericho in long tights

Legacy Fears Pants

Aside from that, I agree with Noid. I cannot take HBK seriously in camo-chaps.

lol Triple H and his capri pants

I liked Triple H in those tights.

:shifty:

When DIDN'T you like something Triple H wore?

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I've always wanted WWE to do a "vintage" (insert Michael Cole joke) night where everyone on the card wears their old attire and re-adopts their old gimmicks of the past. For example, HBK can wear his heart tights, Kane can put on his mask, Hurricane could be Sugar Shane, etc..... I'd definately like to see it....

I'd love to see this.

In fact, gonna make a thread on this. :y:

These were made to look even worse when he wore the white boots with them. That was a really bad look for him.

HBK's blue tights from SummerSlam 95 were the best

http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.co...95/ladder1.jpg

Had a figure with those tights. Probably my favorite HBK tights after his red ones.

It's amazing how black sweat pants can be so iconic. When I saw them in Beyond the Mat on someone in the background, there was no mistaking who it was:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...eblackman1.jpg

LOL Yes! That was the one.

Steve Blackman could wear pink sweat pants and be the most bad-ass motherfucker on the planet. Seriously, if he's all good to go, the WWE should give him a Chuck Norris gimmick where he just shows up randomly and kicks some guy's ass.

He doesn't even need to appear every week. Have him show up once in a blue moon, and have people freak out "Holy shit! It's Steve Blackman!" and then get their ass kicked.

One thing I have noticed about HBK, is that he avoids the colour blue. I do not know why. He has had blue markings and such on them before, but for the most part he wears red, white or black.

I know that HBK's sister apparently made his attire for a while. I don't know if she still does -- but maybe she hates the colour blue, or something. I'd mark out if I saw HBK in blue again.

Someone should have a STEVE BLACKMAN lever. Imagine how awesome that would be.

Every once in a while, someone (probably DX) would randomly show up in picture-in-picture, "watch" the match a bit then pull the lever, summoning STEVE BLACKMAN to interfere.

This is why you should ALWAYS carry an extra pair of tights with you:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...aels_39130.jpg

That would actually make me love DX. Sincerely. Especially if Steve Blackman's name was capitalised to be STEVE BLACKMAN.

Dude you have no idea. Yes it is kinda gay, but hey me and my brother say the same thing every time we see Shawn. I hate the new pants.

I liked HHH's 'half tights' that he wore in 2003.

Also Rock wearing the workout clothes as a heel in early '99 were awesome, also because of an injury. Oddly enough, injuries lead to sweet ring gear.

Side note, Rock's best work came while wearing those clothes.

Wow, pretty dumb 1500th post.

I don't know if I'd call boob reduction surgery an injury.

Ha, I thought he hurt his pecks or something.

Miz's jet black hair with purple streaks looked hilarious/awesome.

You mean you don't like the one he has had for the past 7 years lol

YUS!

http://cdn.bleacherreport.com/images...play_image.jpg


I like these the best

The thing about Bret's attires is that, after his fucking terrible powder pink run with the Hart Foundation (starting around 92 or so) his tights had a "timeless" feel to them. They always look good in terms of modern attires.

Bret's attire has always reminded me of the pink Simpsons doughnut.

Miz's old attire was way better than the current one. Gave him more "character". With Jericho it made sense for him to get more generic stuff since he was deliberately trying to get "less character". Miz is pretty much the same though, so he should have kept the stuff that made him more unique.

Also, Legacy needs some sort of new attire. Even though they've been around for awhile now, and have been pretty high profile, I still find myself thinking of them as "generic" just because of how they look.

Legacy, AKA Oil Spill.

http://ak2.static.dailymotion.com/st...iew_medium.jpg

sorry about the picture but it was the only one I could find. I liked these on HBK and this was when he faced Marty on Raw back in 1993 for the IC title

Those are pretty slick Jayman. I always dug any white-ish ones he wore.

For his new style "chaps" I really like the cream-brown ones he wears sometimes (I think he wore them at Wrestlemania 25)

I don't like Shawn's current attire to be honest.

But I'd love for him to take on that anti-Taker attire on a regular basis. :drool:

Yeah I prefer the old ones by far. Why did he switch anyway? Are his legs too skinny for tights?

Those are my favorite for both of them

Been covered in this thread. He has them because they cover his bigger knee braces.

damn I just realized that a topic about another mans pants has reached 60 replies :eek:

You're in another man's pants.

Thread.

Jericho's and Miz's change has been good. Jericho's took a while, but grew on me eventually. As said above, I really liked Miz's coz it made him more serious and not such a moron.

This is my first time in another man's pants. Thread.

Couldn't agree more.

Guess I'm the only one who wants Miz to have his old attire and music back.

As far as HBK, I like all of his various attires... EXCEPT when he is with D-X. Can't stand his look right now. The "Army" pants thing. Hate it. Just can't buy him as serious when he is with DX and looking like that.

http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.co...95/ladder1.jpg

Worst. Dropkick. Ever.

It's either the worst dropkick, or the best.

Zack Ryder indeed has awesome attire. I wish he would bring back the jackets instead of the mesh stuff, though. I also like The Miz's attire change. It was very much in line with what Jericho did. I also like that Matt Hardy has switched to tights, but I think he needs some new ones, and perhaps a haircut. A new look would go a long way for Matthew Moore.

I miss Christian's ring jackets, for the record. :(

Matt or Jeff?

or both?

Agreed with haircut. Not too sure about the trunks.

My problem with today's guys are, is that they all have the same sort of design on them. Orton, Rhodes, Miz, DiBiase, etc. all have tights with that sort of barbed wire type design (or similiar to them).

Noone really stands out and they all feel generic to me.

My favorite HBK pants are the ones from when he was facing Marty, the DX pants, and the ones from WM14.

HBK always switched it up with great ring attire. Pretty much all of it was great.
The DX pants from late 97, and the Wrestlemania 14 ones were great. So were the Texas heart ones, and the white tiger print.

Don't mind the chaps at all. I guess at first they stood out as a bit awkward, but I got used to them pretty quick. Plus they kind of represent a new era in his career. Didn't know about the knee braces, so I guess that makes them functional too. They still have cool designs, and the most important part is that the matches they're used for are still delivering.

SS 2002, however, was just plain awful

I could swear HBK has done interviews and either made fun of those SS '02 tights or said they were only half done? Could be wrong. But, by far, as everyone else has stated, horrible and to think...it was for a World Title win :(

He mentions it in his book...and possibly the DVD. I know Jericho mentions it on the DVD.

2002!

Newest segment of the Abraham Washington show!

Thanks to this thread I had a dream two nights ago where HBK was wearing his old tights on Raw causing me to mark out.

I don't even like them all that much.

Also I lol'd at how terrible everyone in this picture looks (except for RVD I guess)

http://shawnmichaelsweb.com/image-va...s2002-0007.jpg

Kinda looks like William Regals hair before William Regal's hair was cool.

I liked HBK's old attire better too.But like someone else said here,he needs the baggy pants for his knee braces.

William Regal has got beautiful hair.

Triple H looks like he's wearing a sewn on face

He lost his smile

You don't have to tell me

I just want to say that Bret Hart's attire for Survivor Series '96 in his comeback match versus Steve Austin was his best.