Characters/Personas you didn't fully appreciate until after the fact

[dbp]

Definitely Golddust.

Didn't think much of it as a kid, but now I realize how out there / risky that was to play in 1996. Could've SO easily been cringe-worthy and a massive flop but Dustin pulled it off.

Same with Taker, for that matter.

Edit: and Mohamed Hassan. The heat, that entrance, his conviction ... haven't had a heel like that in a long time.

 

[luckyse7enz]

Bill Alfonso. Really, most gimmicky managers, but Alfonso kind of made me feel like RVD WAS a show...the way boxing managers are. Just obnoxious and loud. Got you hype.

Characters like Ken Shamrock, Jerry Flynn, Ernest Miller, Steve Blackman and Dan Severn, especially considering the rise of MMA and how now you've got guys like current Brock, Kyle O'Reilly, and even Shinsuke Nakamura.

Looking back, those guys might have been a bit ahead of their times.

 

[jackswstd]

Owen Hart
I hated that he acted like such a whiny b*stard and blamed Bret for everything.

He had a point though, he was in Bret's shadow but he was just as good or perhaps even better than Bret to some.

 

[Konnan]

As a kid probably the Hollywood Blondes

And tho I was a mark for the Dangerous Alliance I didnt understand that I was truly watching basically the wrestling equivalent of the 92 NBA Dream Team

 

[I-Hate-You]

Bob Backlund

Great call. This character (and Bob's transformation) is so brilliant in hindsight. An older me could have grasped what I was watching a little better.

This character could maybe cook even more in today's environment, but they don't know how to book character wrestlers anymore.

 

[JuvenileHell]

The Hurricane. To be honest I didn't really appreciate him during his run, even when he feuded with The Rock But looking back now he was really entertaining, and the fact that he had the chokeslam as a finisher is just

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

Took me a while to get into regal
Same with Kurt. .. when he first debuted thought he was lame as all fukk lol. Still don't like the angle slam