I actually really like the first incarnation of Doink. When he was a slightly sinister heel and was portrayed by Matt Borne. By the time Dink arrived, much of the appeal was lost.
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I actually really like the first incarnation of Doink. When he was a slightly sinister heel and was portrayed by Matt Borne. By the time Dink arrived, much of the appeal was lost.
Borne Again, his crazy Joker-ish Doink in ECW was some great stuff.
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He was paired up with Shane Douglas as Borne Again, IIRC, yes?
That seems likely, but I have no idea if he did or didn't, sorry.
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It's cool, I'm just going by memory. IIRC, Douglas and Borne teamed up, and the storyline was that Douglas wanted to show the world that Borne was more then a "wrestling clown", that he was sick of being looked at as a joke, and wanted to show how dangerous a man he was.
This gimmick shouldn't have worked, but it did.
I just love this little douchebag.
Now that he's coming back, I hope we can see a more sneaky and vindictive streak. Like maybe getting a foreign character who could beat him (like Cesaro) almost deported so he won't have to risk losing in a big event. Then play dumb when called on it.
I just love this little douchebag.
Now that he's coming back, I hope we can see a more sneaky and vindictive streak. Like maybe getting a foreign character who could beat him (like Cesaro) almost deported so he won't have to risk losing in a big event. Then play dumb when called on it.
Borne is a perfect example of WWE eschewing talent in favor of beefcake.
imo the heel Doink might have worked in ECW. Yeah he's a clown, but if he's an evil psycho clown then it's ok.
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(I'm pretty sure Muta has no idea what's going on)
This had the potential to be a great gimmick with a cool-looking character and a great theme, too bad it didn't work out.
I'd like to see them bring this gimmick back with a new light where the wrestler is a face who punishes heels for their sins by striking fear into their hearts. Whistling could be his calling card (not unlike the Whistler from The Wire) which would be the first 17 seconds of Rammstein's "Engel." Sorry, sometimes my imagination runs away with me.
I'd like to see them bring this gimmick back with a new light where the wrestler is a face who punishes heels for their sins by striking fear into their hearts. Whistling could be his calling card (not unlike the Whistler from The Wire) which would be the first 17 seconds of Rammstein's "Engel." Sorry, sometimes my imagination runs away with me.
I was a massive fan of the Mordecai gimmick. If he'd been around in the early attitude era he could have done great things with Undertaker.
Ha ha omg I got to see Chavo Gurrero live during his Kerwin White gimmick. It was magical.
I kind of love Santino Marella's kung fu cobra gimmick, speaking of Kung Fu(k) Naki. One of the few wrasslin' shirts I ever bothered to buy. Not sure if it counts since the kung fu part was more something on a t-shirt than it was something incoporated into his tv gimmick. I can't help but enjoy Santino Marella. I know, I have no credibility.
I dug the hell out of Santino. As much as his Russia asskicker gimmick was neat I think Santino got way more mileage than the Russian probably would have.
Cobra was a good twist on the gimmicky finish. I liked the times it couldn't be turned off, or the time there were the dueling snake charming flutes trying to control The Cobra.
And they need to remake King of the Zombies with Santino replacing Mantan Moreland.
Cobra was a good twist on the gimmicky finish. I liked the times it couldn't be turned off, or the time there were the dueling snake charming flutes trying to control The Cobra.
And they need to remake King of the Zombies with Santino replacing Mantan Moreland.
I have been called out so many times for saying I enjoy Santino Marella I just expect to encounter hostility whenever I say it, LOL. I just think he's a lot of fun and I agree, his cobra gimmick made an otherwise pretty unremarkable (other than being a sort of rip off of Mr Socko) finisher something entertaining. I've seen him live and he is fantastic, really works off the energy of the crowd and does a ton of interaction.
Since I live in a place that only gets visited once a year by the WWE at the most so they bring out the big guns for us. I've been lucky enough to see Ric Flair, HBK, Edge, Undertaker, Kane (they were in a brothers of destruction tag match, which made me mark out so hard), Rey Mysterio before his injuries limited him... a whole bunch of great wrestlers. I enormously regret not going to the Hulkamania Tour, though. I also wish I'd discovered wrestling before 2005.
Since I live in a place that only gets visited once a year by the WWE at the most so they bring out the big guns for us. I've been lucky enough to see Ric Flair, HBK, Edge, Undertaker, Kane (they were in a brothers of destruction tag match, which made me mark out so hard), Rey Mysterio before his injuries limited him... a whole bunch of great wrestlers. I enormously regret not going to the Hulkamania Tour, though. I also wish I'd discovered wrestling before 2005.
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anybody remember this exceptional shit?
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He reminds me a lot of Baron Corbin.
Bray Wyatt would have been bad ass in ECW.
These are all good gimmicks, but I am surprised no one mentioned the "Stone Cold" gimmick. It's just so basic and easy to relate to. A pissed-off redneck that talks a lot of trash, who wasn't ever given a chance and gets obstacles placed in front of him because he can't conform? The Stone Cold character has got to be one of the most basic but effective gimmicks of all time.
Most outrageous one, I liked this...
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who else was into wrestlecrap back in the day?
I've read the books, like the Death of WCW and the Book of Lists, but never used the site much.
