what ever happened to gimmicks?

>>2570963

through your donations, Stone Cold is able to pay them all the time to keep the lights on

>>2570963

Goldust perfected the gimmick and nobody has ever been able to follow it

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>>2570963
Broken Matt is the only hope for gimmick revival. If WWE creative kneecaps it or it ends up not drawing, we'll forever live in the era of "wrestlers" who want to "wrestler" because they want to be the "champ"

Bray tried but he has been buried so much it lost all value.

But its very niche nowadays. Its has to be PG, passable by marks, not be able to be utterly obliterated by smarks, and still be able to be positive or neutral in nature to the kids to get behind.

Hence why Cena went from Thuganomics to Cenation.

>>2570963
Generic indys workrate manlets don't want them.

>>2570963
Nu-male faggot millenials are obsessed with "realism"

>>2570963
How do you consume 2 to 7 beers a night and still keep his physique

II>>2571097
What was Bret hart and stone colds gimmick? I don't remember them being a giant snake or a contacted killer. Throw a guy out there with some wrestling gear and charisma

>>2571206

Bret Hart's gimmick is that he lost a match once

Stone Cold's gimmick is beer

>>2571154
You work out and drop sugery food.

I only drink water and pepsi zero. Eat steak.

>>2571097
cringe

>>2570963
This is the reality era (smark era) proper gimmicks are not believable and thus not realistic

>>2571154
Consumer broken skull IPA

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>>2570984

>>2571421
But Twink Balor defeating Brock "Body of Zeus" Lesnar is

Gay cops

>>2571700
...that got very little screen time and zero chances to be characters

Literally every wrestler on the roster has variations of the same character.
If you're a face, you're a lovable underdog who strived so hard to get where he is, and loves what he does. If you're a heel, you're just... mean, I guess? The only guys on the roster who really have characters are Dean, Bray and I Orton.

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>>2571778
>Orton
>character
Pick 1

>>2571700
I was really hoping they'd do an over-the-top hard gay gimmick with that.

>>2571778
>and I Orton
fuck off Randy

>>2571778
>a Looney Tunes character
>le rambling hillbilly
>a sleep therapist

>>2571786
>>2571792
He kinda does have a character though. It's not good, but he's not a traditional face.

>>2571796
So you're agreeing with me?

>>2571206
Stone Cold was a working class Texan who didn't take shit from anybody up to and including his boss.

Bret Hart was a straight-laced ring technician.

>>2571206
Austin was a drunken, foul mouth redneck.

shining stars are travel agents
emmalina is a dumb socialite
fandango is an accomplished ballroom dancer
and shane mcmahon is the gm of a 2nd rate wrestling show

>>2571099
But there are more gimmicks in ROH than RAW...

>>2571796
>a sleep therapist

kek, Ortonnetty fucking destroyed

>>2571778
New Day?

What ever happened to stables?

In the 90s you were either part of a stable or a comedy act. Now the only stables are the New Day and whoever HHH is hanging out with to recapture the "glory" of DX. They have "the club" right under their noses. They keep disbanding the Wyatts. Factions are major merch sellers too. So why make everyone on the roster look so... Lonely?

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>>2571097
NIGGA THEY AINT WRESTLERS.

THEY SPORTS ENTERTAINERS.

THEY ATHLETES.

THEY SUPERSTARS.

THEY AINT FUCKING WRESTLERS AND THIS AINT FUCKING WRESTLING.

Sincerely,
Kevin Dunn

>>2571154
You pour 90% of it onto the floor and over your face.

>>2571102
This.

Can you imagine if they trotted out the undertaker for the first time right now and tried to sell him as literally a dead man walking (and wrestling)?

>>2572156
>Bray Wyatt

>>2571870
Roh is just trying to copy the pst of wwe.

Early roh was gimmickless.

>>2572509
>I've never watched early ROH but here's my take

>>2571154
Austin is pretty chunky now.

>>2571102
Because they feel emasculated by the UFC?

>>2572517
Roh is just bland guys doing flips. You need to stop living in delusions your mond created.

I dont count samoe joe as a gimmick. Nor do i count wearing a funky coat a gimmick.

Dbry only had a meme count thing. Nigel was just a british guy.

>>2572540
Briscoes are cool though.

>>2572540
kill yourself Nami

>literally the first match in ROH history was 2 gimmick teams

>tfw you have to go to Lucha Underground in order to see gimmicks

>>2571786
he a snek noodlehead

>>2571206
A hitman and an Everyman.

>>2571829
Fandango needs to have dance moves incorporated into his wrestling like he can spin around people to evade or something.