And when you least expect it, a post about Rob Conway

**Vastardikai** · 09-14-2011, 10:54 PM

First off, I have a bit of a buzz going on, so forgive me.

I'm posting about something that just hit me, and it was about a horrible gimmick that failed to get over: "The Con-Man" Rob Conway. We had the little term for it: "Conway heat." I mean, he came out and worked to absolute silence. At this point, I actually consider the gimmick a success.

Wait, what?

Yes, the gimmick was successful in a sense. WWE creative had nothing for him, so he made up his own gimmick and put work into making his gimmick successful. And above all else, it was actually given television time.

I'm not gonna say the gimmick was of Austin, Rock, or even Punk levels of success. I mean hell, I'd be the first to say it flopped with the audience. I call it a success because he actually gave it a shot. How many of the WWE guys are given shit gimmicks, do what they can with them, and are simply released when WWE Creative has nothing else for them? A metric shit-ton. How many of the WWE guy are told that there's "nothing for them" and decide to create something for themselves? Very few. It wasn't a delusional "Javy-Juice" like scenario that would be D.O.A. with anyone that has sense. It was a different character that they saw and said "Hell, why not?" As fickle as the industry is, it could have just as easily been a drawing gimmick as it was a flop.

Discuss, flame me to fuck and back, whatever. I'm drunk and I don't care.

09-14-2011, 10:54 PM	#1
Vastardikai Taller than Adam Cole Posts: 10,876	And when you least expect it, a post about Rob Conway First off, I have a bit of a buzz going on, so forgive me. I'm posting about something that just hit me, and it was about a horrible gimmick that failed to get over: "The Con-Man" Rob Conway. We had the little term for it: "Conway heat." I mean, he came out and worked to absolute silence. At this point, I actually consider the gimmick a success. Wait, what? Yes, the gimmick was successful in a sense. WWE creative had nothing for him, so he made up his own gimmick and put work into making his gimmick successful. And above all else, it was actually given television time. I'm not gonna say the gimmick was of Austin, Rock, or even Punk levels of success. I mean hell, I'd be the first to say it flopped with the audience. I call it a success because he actually gave it a shot. How many of the WWE guys are given shit gimmicks, do what they can with them, and are simply released when WWE Creative has nothing else for them? A metric shit-ton. How many of the WWE guy are told that there's "nothing for them" and decide to create something for themselves? Very few. It wasn't a delusional "Javy-Juice" like scenario that would be D.O.A. with anyone that has sense. It was a different character that they saw and said "Hell, why not?" As fickle as the industry is, it could have just as easily been a drawing gimmick as it was a flop. Discuss, flame me to fuck and back, whatever. I'm drunk and I don't care. = "KARA-TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" Question Mark.