Gimmicks in kayfabe

[Jeritron]

Originally Posted by Mr. Pierre I think back in the day WWE wanted their audience to buy into the fact that Taker was possessed by the urn and was this dead zombie, but now, I think they have a more "realistic" approach (if that's possible). For example, WWE seems to emphasize that Taker plays mindgames with his opponents and has made a career out of it, and a lot of his opponents nowadays are keep bringing up the fact that Taker's a "common man" etc, while still playing the gimmick.

True. How about the undercard guys though?

Like Paul Burchill. Is he a pirate who found his way to the WWE? Or is he a WWE wrestler who thinks he's a pirate, or is doing it to get himself noticed?

[KIRA]

I think Kayfabe is largly gone from WWE at least as so many of their wrestlers dont have larger than life Gimmicks with Taker being the last real example of that sort of thing,that being said I remember reading a while back that Eugine played up his "special" persona in public.Gangrels tm character was said to not be that far removed from his actual lifestyle.Warrior Lived/lives his gimmick.
On the Loose Cannon DVD it was said that Pillman kept up his character to the point where his co-workers were unsure when he was pretending.

Randy Orton had me wondering about him

I'm not sure about TNA except maybe James Storm he seems like he really might be a beer drinking badass in public

[Wishbone]

Originally Posted by Jeritron True. How about the undercard guys though? Like Paul Burchill. Is he a pirate who found his way to the WWE? Or is he a WWE wrestler who thinks he's a pirate, or is doing it to get himself noticed?

I believe Paul's story was that he was just a wrestler but found out his ancestor was a pirate and decided to become one himself or atleast I think that was Regal's explanation when his partner went bonkers been a long time since that storyline