Do you think more character gimmicks would work nowadays?

**Supreme Olajuwon** · 05-07-2010, 05:16 PM

WWE has pretty much done away with giving new guys full out character gimmicks to work with. There are still characters out there, but a lot of them have been grandfathered in from the Attitude Era or before (Taker, Kane, Goldust, R-Truth). Nowadays, guys are given a full name and besides a few personality tweaks, their gimmicks are just normal wrestlers trying to be successful.

So my question is do you think bringing back more character gimmicks would be a good thing? The more recent attempts have varied in success from terrible (Kung Fu Naki, Jimmy Wang Yang, the Spirit Squad, Hornswoggle), to mediocre (Festus), to pretty good (Cryme Tyme, Santino Marella, Umaga, and I guess Abyss in TNA), to great (CM Punk).

What do you think, fool?

05-07-2010, 05:16 PM	#1
Supreme Olajuwon You know that�s right Posts: 52,766	Do you think more character gimmicks would work nowadays? WWE has pretty much done away with giving new guys full out character gimmicks to work with. There are still characters out there, but a lot of them have been grandfathered in from the Attitude Era or before (Taker, Kane, Goldust, R-Truth). Nowadays, guys are given a full name and besides a few personality tweaks, their gimmicks are just normal wrestlers trying to be successful. So my question is do you think bringing back more character gimmicks would be a good thing? The more recent attempts have varied in success from terrible (Kung Fu Naki, Jimmy Wang Yang, the Spirit Squad, Hornswoggle), to mediocre (Festus), to pretty good (Cryme Tyme, Santino Marella, Umaga, and I guess Abyss in TNA), to great (CM Punk). What do you think, fool?