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Post by JimSteel on Oct 16, 2005 12:50:05 GMT -5
There are alot of bad gimmicks. to many to list here
My top 5 are
1-The Red Rooster-The Gimmick that killed the promising career of Terry Taylor
2-Bushwackers-Vince turned one of the most vicious tag teams in the sport in the New Zealand Sheepherders and turned them into a joke
3-Issac Yankhem aka Kane
4-Giant Gonzalez
5-Flash Funk-A great star in 2 Cold Scorpio turns into a godfather wanabee
6-Repo Man-Going from being Smash of Demoltion to a Repo Man
7-Fake Diesel+Razor Ramoan
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Post by Matt on Oct 16, 2005 20:22:24 GMT -5
They all sucked, but the Red Rooster was the worst of all. To think Terry Taylor went from promising youngster to a clucking jackass that quickly......
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Post by stephenvegas on Oct 16, 2005 22:47:04 GMT -5
I voted other. All of the gimmicks listed in the poll were bad but turning the One Man Gang into Akeem really stands out in my mind as a horrible gimmick.
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Post by tafkaga on Oct 17, 2005 1:00:26 GMT -5
One Man Gang was over... I'll always believe he was a spoof on Dusty Rhodes. A white man pretending that he's black, talking like a black man...plus the name "African Dream". I think he was more over as Akeem than he was as OMG.
A few painfully horrible gimmicks that didn't make this list are:
1. Greg Valentine when he dyed his hair black to be an Elvis impersonator
2. Honkey Tonk Man... period
3. Arachnaman ... WCW's take on Spider-Man
4. Glacier ... a 5 foot tall ripoff from Mortal Kombat's Sub-Zero
5. Yellow Dog... Brian Pillman in a mask
6. Bastion Booger ... huge fat guy looking as disgusting as possible and acting as disgusting as possible
7. Mantaur ... a medium sized wrestler who had horns painted on the side of his head
8. The Godfather... if Flash Funk can make the list... the Godfather goes there too.
...the crappiest of all in my opinion is....
I.R.S.
Here they took an excellent wrestler who could work a mic well...Mike Rotundo...and gave him this ridiculous gimmick.
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Post by GrumpyBigBee on Oct 17, 2005 11:54:03 GMT -5
dont remember most of these
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Post by Barnestormer on Oct 19, 2005 8:14:47 GMT -5
What about the "Gobbeldygooker" (INSERT DRAMATIC PAUSE FOR A COLLECTIVE AUDIENCE GROAN HERE). Even the WWE admitted that that was a bad idea. I wonder who the unfortunate idiot was that got put in that terrible costume.
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Post by Vidtek on Oct 19, 2005 9:40:21 GMT -5
What about the "Gobbeldygooker" (INSERT DRAMATIC PAUSE FOR A COLLECTIVE AUDIENCE GROAN HERE). Even the WWE admitted that that was a bad idea. I wonder who the unfortunate idiot was that got put in that terrible costume. Well, tis the season to bring that back up. Oh and that "unfortunate idiot" was Hector Guerrero. My vote also has to be other here, so many crappy moments so little time. I think good guy Doink tops my list, simply because that RUINED the character! |
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Post by neil on Oct 19, 2005 13:05:39 GMT -5
i remeber these gimmicks and they were stupid.so i voted other.
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Post by gatekeeper on Oct 20, 2005 9:03:01 GMT -5
I had to go with Repo man because he was Smash for cryin' out loud. What a way to tarnish a guy's career.
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Post by MikeMcKinney on Oct 20, 2005 20:04:28 GMT -5
Has to be the RED ROOSTER, Terry Taylor was great and could have been a superstar but.....Vince made him a joke... a damn shame
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Post by gwffantrav on Oct 21, 2005 19:15:16 GMT -5
I was always a fan of Taylor. I had always heard Taylor and Henning were in the running for the "Mr. Perfect" gimmick that went to Henning. To think of Taylor almost getting that gimmick and then being stuck as the Rooster.
I remember watching WCW Saturday Night in 91 when he was Terrence Taylor. The crowd was laying into him yelling "ROOSTER". You could see he was P.O.ed! He really shot on this jobber and was stiffing him hard. I remember him whispering down to the jobber after the match, but it was plain as day on camera, "Sorry about that.."
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Post by Big Bri on Oct 23, 2005 11:55:10 GMT -5
Yeah, all these gimmicks sucked, but you have to think of it this way: these guys like Taylor, Darsow (Smash-Repo Man), and the Buswhackers could've said "no" to these gimmicks. Sure, they would have probably made less money in their careers, but they could've at least kept some of their dignity. If Taylor should've been angry at someone, it should've been himself.
I still remember the Rooster's debut on the Brother Love show, when he cock-a-doodle-dooed. I think it was the first time I ever felt sorry for a wrestler. It was painful to watch.
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Post by Omen on Oct 27, 2005 23:31:09 GMT -5
How 'bout Vince as WWF/E champion, or Dusty in Polka Dots, Uncle Elmers wedding...The Giant Machines, Killer Bees ... Cindi Lauper .... Beefcake as a barber ... the list can go on forever with Vince ... o yeah I forgot Mae's Baby....tasteless and crass sells in WWE
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Post by gatekeeper on Oct 28, 2005 7:51:59 GMT -5
How 'bout Vince as WWF/E champion, or Dusty in Polka Dots, Uncle Elmers wedding...The Giant Machines, Killer Bees ... Cindi Lauper .... Beefcake as a barber ... the list can go on forever with Vince ... o yeah I forgot Mae's Baby....tasteless and crass sells in WWE No, EVERYTHING sells in the WWE because it's the monopoly of wrestling, you've got no other choice. Sad but true. |
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Post by soug on Oct 29, 2005 20:51:25 GMT -5
the red rooster. (even though he made me laugh!) how can anyone agree to do it?vince must have said to his friends "watch me make this guy do anything".the chicken strut???
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Post by pistonhurricane on Oct 29, 2005 23:55:23 GMT -5
Maes hand.
Does anyone even understand what was supposed to be the payoff for this? Ive thought about this for years and cant, for the life of me, figure out what this was supposed to be.
How can vince be so particular over details and let something like this slip?
If anyone figured this out PLEASE pm me and save me more troubled, sleepless nights...
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Post by GalactiKing on Oct 30, 2005 23:45:10 GMT -5
Gobeldygooker...all that buildup for such sheer stupidity that was quickly dumped.
Red Rooster and black haired Valentine are close 2 and 3
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Post by josharpie99 on Nov 29, 2005 1:37:56 GMT -5
Naked Mideon
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Post by canadianpittbull on Nov 29, 2005 11:23:17 GMT -5
There were some nasty and goofy gimicks but Giant Gonzalas took the cake! I am sorry but El Gigante had more credibility without the bloody airbrushed Sasquatch suit. I absolutely hated that gimmick especially after watching El Gigante before he went to the WWF.
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Post by kaz on Dec 12, 2005 10:11:32 GMT -5
dont remember most of these Count yourself lucky. The rest of us have scars too deep to talk about. |
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