Besides hulk hogan who are some wrestlers and gimmicks that would not get over today

[The Intergalactic Koala]

• Ultimate Warrior-The smarks would eat him alive and give him the Roman treatment
• Bret Hart-"He's a vanilla midget"
• HBK-
• The Bushwackers- Endeavored the moment they get fed to The New Day
• Stone Cold- His gimmick would get gutted especially in the WWE
• RVD- Not enough flips
• Sabu- Not enough scars
• Sting-Why he got the blond hair?

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Dusty would be more over today then back in the day he was too charismatic to fail

One gimmick that would be dead on arrival if it was even attempted now would be like Rey mysteriou. I think the small lucha style wrestler is harder to get over today then back in the day because even the white guys are doing 720 splashes and suicide dives. I think a bigger lucha based guy with face paint and mask could kill but the small guys are hard to single out

 

[WMG the 2nd]

He still fairly skinny tho

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

He still fairly skinny tho

He can stare guys like Foley and Cena eye to eye, he aint no damn cruiserweight size. He's gotta be like 220. I aint saying he's Mason Ryan but he was certainly that bigger lucha dude that could do flippy shyt and sell masks but be big enough to hang w reg roster. Plus there was no English barrier if they wanted him to start cutting promos.

At this point, I'd say Sami might be doing better right now if they let him stay as Generico for awhile.

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

nWo would've been scrapped after a few months

"Goddammt, pal - Hall - I want you to hit Nash with the chair. Hogan - you stand there and look shocked.... :cokeboydown:"

*6 months later*

"Goddammit, Nash - they're not booing you. They're saying 'BOOOOG DADDY COOL!' Now go out there and read this Sylvester The Cat promo. If there's anything kids love, it's catchphrases from characters who were created when their grandparents were children... :cokeboydown:"

 

[Grifter]

Imagine a Dusty Hard Times speech now.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

"Goddammt, pal - Hall - I want you to hit Nash with the chair. Hogan - you stand there and look shocked.... :cokeboydown:"

*6 months later*

"Goddammit, Nash - they're not booing you. They're saying 'BOOOOG DADDY COOL!' Now go out there and read this Sylvester The Cat promo. If there's anything kids love, it's catchphrases from characters who were created when their grandparents were children... :cokeboydown:"

"Vince we gotta talk about Diesel. He isnt getting over, fans arent buying in, ratings are way down."

"Theres no need to worry about Diesel, pal. He'll get over."

" How?"

"BLUE CONTACT LENSES"

 

[Ku$h Parker]

The Original Nation of Domination

 

[Nero Christ]

Mankind/Cactus Jack. Both these gimmicks were predicated on how much punishment Foley was willing to take and how disturbing his character could be. In today's WWE, he would be surface level crazy (or goofy Ambrose) and we don't even need to talk about the hardcore matches he would be in.

He would definitely get over in Lucha Underground where violence and disturbing matter is welcomed

 

[El Guapo]

Kane? Even before the actual debut, would we all just look at it like Jason Jordan being Kurt's son? Like we wouldn't play along because we know that he wasn't Undertaker's real life brother? Also after the debut we'd get fed that ridiculous backstory of him.

 

[woof]

• Ultimate Warrior-The smarks would eat him alive and give him the Roman treatment
• Bret Hart-"He's a vanilla midget"
• HBK-
• The Bushwackers- Endeavored the moment they get fed to The New Day
• Stone Cold- His gimmick would get gutted especially in the WWE
• RVD- Not enough flips
• Sabu- Not enough scars
• Sting-Why he got the blond hair?

Bret and Michaels would both be crazy over if you dropped them in their primes into the current scene.

The Bushwackers would be getting big "ironic" pops from the CAC bros probably too, at least for awhile.

 

[StarClout]

Brian Pillman would get either lamed out or fired for the Loose Cannon gimmick

That gimmick would not get past creative meetings cause of its nature and because it would naturally get over

Also USA Network would have NO parts of that gimmick airing and doing the shyt he was known for

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

The Original Nation of Domination

They were heels, no? Probably be more over than ever w wrestling crowds today

 

[BrehWyatt]

The Original Nation of Domination

I'd pay money to see them right now, in these times, with no filter.

 

[Bootzilla]

DX

Ok they'd be over, but HHH yelling "Let's get ready to suck it!" in 2017.

shyt was lame to me in the second incarnation struck me as them tryin to hard to be edgy

Kane? Even before the actual debut, would we all just look at it like Jason Jordan being Kurt's son? Like we wouldn't play along because we know that he wasn't Undertaker's real life brother? Also after the debut we'd get fed that ridiculous backstory of him.

especially if in said universe they already had him as Issac yankem too fans would be chanting that shyt on him while he fighting undertaker