Wrestling Gimmicks that Always Fail

[dh86]

Has giant foreigner worked since Andre?

 

[BrehWyatt]

New Age KING Gimmicks

Who’s The Last It Worked For, Booker?

I think it's Booker, but what helped is that he REALLY leaned into the gimmick and he became world champion in short order. It's another incident of the WWE having a blueprint and not pulling from it. For lack of a better term... the WWE plays too damn much.

All Xaiver Woods has wanted was to be KOTR. And it is damn near the worst thing he's ever done gimmick-wise.

 

[avon barksdale]

Crying winning the title

 

[Devilinurear]

Thats a terrible example because those worked. You could also add Ministry taker as a cult leader as well.


Gimmicks that always fail however:

Faggits

Long losing streaks gimmicks until they eventually win. That shyt never gets NOBODY over.

Billy and Chuck did alright

 

[Mob H]

When's the last time a takeover/destroy the company type of stable worked since NWO?

- Both versions of Nexus flopped
- Aces & Eights had a spark when it started
- Retribution just..

 

[JohnStarksMiddleFinger]

Yoooo Jim Dugan been austistic, How did I never realized that

 

[boriquaking]

I think it's Booker, but what helped is that he REALLY leaned into the gimmick and he became world champion in short order. It's another incident of the WWE having a blueprint and not pulling from it. For lack of a better term... the WWE plays too damn much.

All Xaiver Woods has wanted was to be KOTR. And it is damn near the worst thing he's ever done gimmick-wise.

Booker fukkin’ killed it. He was a perfect heel.

 

[OVER]

Ex-WWE guy who was "held back" but is going to let loose and show us what they're really capable of.


Also fun loving dancing wrestler seems to be toast.

 

[patscorpio]

Faggits

goldust might be the only one that "worked" in modern times

 

[thenatural]

Save for a few, the people with gimmicks that make it seem like they work a regular 9-5 and use wrestling as moonlighting.

 

[Dillah810]

OP is a really bad example because all of those guys got over because of the cult leader gimmick.

I would say the retard gimmick.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

Stuttering gimmick

 

[OVER]

One legged wrestlers and actual military veterans, we’re not gonna clap for just cause no more…

 

[luckyse7enz]

If you're an alcoholic that embraces your alcoholism (Stone Cold, Hangman, Sandman), you're over.

If you're a problematic alcoholic whose habit affects their performance and relationships (Drunk Hawk, Drunk Scott Hall, Legitimately Drunk Jake Roberts), you're trash.

Same goes for domestic abusers (Chaz) vs chauvinists (Jarrett, Mero); you can toe the taboo line but there's a limit.

 

[ALTRUISM]

Has stoic tough guy with sexy valet really worked for anyone?