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In comparison to gimmicks from the past nothing from the modern era comes to mind. Bray Wyatt can be a bit over the top at times, but the whole cult leader thing seems a lot less crazy than something like Undertaker's gimmick the majority of the time. About the only time it really got super cringe worthy was during the whole New Day visits the Wyatt Compound skit.
I'd say Stardust was probably the wildest it's gotten recently, and even that played off more like Cody just going bonkers rather than them trying to play him off as a real character. I think that's where the issue (or non-issue) lies though. Today most of the over the top gimmicks are explained away by commentary or the wrestlers themselves as nothing more than mind games. We're not meant to believe any of them anymore whereas back in the day many gimmicks tried to pass themselves off as legit.
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