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From the very start, my problem with the Eugene gimmick was that after it was over, the man behind the character, the very talented Nick Dinsmore, was going to go to waste. What can you do after playing a retarded gimmick? You can't just "snap out of it" all of a sudden and be normal, because it wouldn't make any sense at all. I mean, Mae Young giving birth to a hand is pretty bad, but a retard turning regular is really, really out there.
The master manipulator idea is great, but really, what would be the reason for him acting like a retard the whole time? What did he get out of it? What did ANYONE get out of it? He had no motive. I guess they could play it off that he just liked to trick the fans, but there's too much extra stuff to cover, like the whole situation with him being Bischoff's nephew. Bischoff would had to have been involved, and it just complicates the situation even worse.
Still, the best option is to come up with a really great reason for him to act like a retard (to trick the fans and prove how stupid they are; Bischoff's reasoning could be that he was targeting the "special" fans to get more ratings), or put a mask on him and send him to Smackdown.
No matter what, they really fucked over Nick Dinsmore on this one.
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