For every good wrestling gimmick, there are ten others that are worse. This category lists professional wrestlers who were not individual people but a gimmick and fictional characters played by many people in professional wrestling subcategories. State of wrestling analyzing the world of professional. Flair, who was the booker in charge of storylines at the time, cracked under. This past weekend was wrestlemania, the biggest event of the year for pro wrestling. At the end of it you wonder if it could get any worse from there. Worst wwe moments of 2015 wwe had some pretty great moments in 2015. S evil taxman gimmick do you suppose someone in wwf creative was a mad magazine fan in the late 80s and remembered this parody a few. Whether its goofy characters or terrible debuts, youll find them in this latest top five. The term itself is practically meaninglessa multipurpose piece of industry lingo thats primarily used in place of the word characteryet a gimmick often determines a performers fate. All gimmicks are trademark and to wrestling promotion or wrestlers. The 8 most insane moments in professional wrestling. If you could create a wrestler, what is the best gimmick or character you could come up with and what is the worst gimmick or character you could come up with.
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. After a plethora of vignettes and a wcw magazine feature, his muchballyhooed debut took place in september 1996 five months after the first. Lugers successes in world championship wrestling are well known, including two reigns as the wcw world heavyweight champion and being closely tied to. The 6 most disastrous gimmick matches in wrestling. See more ideas about wrestling, professional wrestling and wwe. Granted, its fake and someone being eaten by a lion is a pretty strong indicator that somethings gone horribly wrong, but wrestling still stands as the only legitimate fight sport, if you ignore mma, boxing, kick boxing, mortal kombat, american gladiating and whatever. Doink came in as a heel and played horrible pranks on his opponents. Sports quiz worst wrestling gimmicks random sports or wwe quiz can you name the winners of the wrestling observers annual award for worst gimmick. For every great gimmick theres usually ten bad gimmicks. Peter lynn is a contributing editor to cracked magazine, and owner of the hilarious blog man vs. Displaying items 1 to 100 of total 45361 items that match the search parameters. Im not even saying worst gimmick, i mean actual favorite. During the summer and early fall of 2000, mike awesome had some of the worst gimmicks in professional wrestling history.
I always thought a private eyespy gimmick would work well. And so we look at ten copycat wrestling characters and the gimmicks they copied. Jgs ten copycat wrestling characters and the gimmicks they copied by james guttman aug 1, 2012. As last weeks top five piece showed, there have been a multitude of awful gimmicks in wrestling history that you would rather forget. You can bed a member of the mcmahon family, preferably one involved. The 10 worst gimmicks in wwe, wcw and tna history thesportster. Jgs ten copycat wrestling characters and the gimmicks. Brian damage throughout the history of the wwfwwe, there have been a plethora of goofy, cartoonish gimmicks and characters that flooded our airwaves. Ten of the worst gimmicks in wrestling history the. Professional wrestling is all about gimmicks and characters, and here are the 20 best of them today, featuring the velveteen dream and rosemary. This truly shows in every way why 2015 was the worst year for wrestling. What sports movie or tv show doesnt have predetermined results. A funny website filled with funny videos, pics, articles, and a whole bunch of other funny stuff.
If you could create a wrestler, what is the best gimmick. Headlined by jordans seemingly effortless freethrow dunk and dominique wilkins raw power, the 1988 dunk contest had it all, scoring a 5050 on gollivers scale. Most hated wrestlersgimmicks wrestle kingdom forum. But, all things considered, thats not the worst of it. The shockmaster every wrestling fan will have heard of this guy, so what better way to round off this list. One of the worst gimmicks in the history of professional wrestling comes from one of the best tag team wrestlers of all time, barry darsow. The worst thing about each member of the jedi order. We all have a little soft spot for the cryogenic mummies, the wallbusting entrances, the anthropomorphic chicken men, and the lone.
The 9 most unintentionally depressing pro wrestling gimmicks. I think its legit my favorite gimmickwrestler ever. Many lists cover some of these gimmicks, but this is the most complete list of the worst professional wrestling gimmicks on the entire internet. Laugh all you like, but professional wrestling is the closest thing we have to gladiatorial combat in our modern society. It also had some terrible ones, and extra mustard takes a look at them. Booker t is a certified wwe hall of famer and a legend in his own right. He has previously written articles and video scripts for websites like cracked.
One of the longest standing traditions in pro wrestling is the gimmick. That said, there have been many great characters that have stood the test of time such as the undertaker, those that have been ahead of their time like the goldust character and those, such as. The worst part of the junkyard invitational, apart from the fact that at least four of the wrestlers got seriously injured wrestling in that piece of shit. Two of the key things i was concerned about was that the book not just be a repetition of death of wcw, and that they didnt just rip on hogan the entire. The worst costume gimmicks in pro wrestling the robots. A compelling gimmick can be enough to keep a mediocre wrestler afloat, but a limp idea can drag down even a great wrestler. In pro wrestling there are a few ways to temporarily prolong your career. What the hell was wwe thinking when they said kane to take off the mask this was the worst decisions in wwe history. The 5 worst moments from professional wrestlings attitude. Raw 2007 save somewhere with a gm mode roster built exclusively around an infinite paul burchill wwe champion title reign. A special thanks to, the very worst in pro wrestling, for the assist on this article. Why do wwe wrestlers not keep their real name in wwe. Everything else is just the unwanted details of a lifestyle that is as much wrestling gimmick as it is, well, a life. Although he came up the ranks as his own independent entity and tried to carve an original image for himself, vince russo and eric bischoff, for whatever.
Top five weirdest wrestling gimmicks to ever get over. He could spy on the opposition, use blackmail to get matches he wants, make reference to various conspiracies, and if there are any whodunit angles, he could be the guy to solve them. The thing that separates wrestling from all the other shows is the audience. After debating with myself for hours, here are the top 20 worst wrestling gimmicks of all time. See more ideas about wwe, wrestling and professional wrestling. Top five worst wcw gimmicks of the 1990s ring the damn bell. Personally, i think the worst idea for gimmicks would be another religious figure. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star popular quizzes today. Wrestlers who stole their gimmicks from others therichest. There are quite a few similar lists out there, but not a single one anywhere near as accurate as this one. World wrestling entertainment has been engaging families across all generations with their family programming for more than two decades. Jordan soaring, birdman bumbling among best, worst dunk. But between the old territory days and the penchant for guys in wwe and wcw to change gimmicks at the drop of a hat or the drop of a leg, in ed leslies case, some wrestlers had more gimmicks. Possibly the biggest name in the industry and the least deserving.
Earlier this month on wwe nxt, ric flair was in the ring at full sail university. Wrestlecrap, being the timetested haven of the worst in wrestling, is obliged to look back on 2015 with mournful eyes at the worst gimmicks, storylines, concepts, news events, and general malarkey that the wrestling world spit up like the most disgusting of bile. But back when the monday night wars were rife and wwe and wcw were at each others throats, booker t was an obvious ripoff and poor mans version of the rock. They were so bad that no wrestler could have made it work, regardless of the talent of the performer.
The book spotlights several, not every single one, but a big chunk of some of the worst gimmicks and events to happen in the modern sport of entertainment we know as professional wrestling. When wrestler triple h came out, he wore the costume seen above during his entrance. Anyone deciding to start up a wrestling company should read this book, will be perfect advise on how to not fk up a wrestling company unlike a. Sports quiz worst of wrestling random sports or wwe quiz can you name the winners of various wrestling observer awards for worst categories. World championship wrestling had really begun to give up at this point. It has elements of sports with what appears to be a competitive contest, but has predetermined results. A gimmick generally refers to wrestlers character, persona, attire and behavior. Any professional wrestler will tell you that the hardest part of the job is coming up with your gimmick. Top five weirdest wrestling gimmicks to ever get over wrestling news and rumors becoming a true wrestling superstar requires the full package. Check out my top 20 worst wrestling gimmicks of alltime.
Wwf magazine cover parody from 1987 manages to predict the wwf future correctly. This list will look at the gimmicks that were the worst of the worst in wwe. For a man like lex luger, who is recognized as one of the most iconic professional wrestlers of the 90s, to be featured on a list related of failed wrestling gimmicks seems plenty strange. It can create overnight sensations in some talent while burying others so deep the chance of recovery is impossible. Gimmicks cagematch the internet wrestling database. A gimmick is a character that a wrestler comes up with or is given by the company to portray. This was a gimmick so goofy that mad magazine had actually created something similar to it in a joke years earlier in their wwf magazine parody. Top five best gimmicks in wrestling ring the damn bell. In professional wrestling, the wrestler have to carry gimmicks. The wwe has had its fair share of controversies throughout its many. The 25 worst gimmicks in professional wrestling history. The two awards are given to the best and worst gimmick of that year.
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