Create a Character: Gimmicks you'd like to see

[RollSonnenRoll]

IRS played Michael Wallstreet in WCW and TNA had a guy doing kind of a dexter gimmick for a while.

I like it

Yeah WCW IRS was as close as I could think but the only thing resembling a stock broker being his character was the fact that he was named Wallstreet. Dude wrestled in black jeans.

I like the idea of a 2015 RTC that are hipster SJWs who constantly are offended. A stereotypical man-hating feminist diva could be the biggest heel in the company.

 

[The Clamburglar]

A muscular, attractive wrestler with a handful of tattoos, who wrestles the exact same way as everyone else from the performance center, and can't cultivate a reaction to save his life because he only spent 6 months on the indies actually learning how to work a crowd, and the rest of the time was spent in NXT where the crowd of smart marks who don't know shit about wrestling repeats nonsensical chants instead of actually being enthralled in the matches.

Has this been done yet?

 

[combat_rock]

A John Titor esque time traveller "from the future" who amazes people with his ability to accurately predict the outcome of matches.

 

[SuperNerd]

Part of me was hoping Sami Zayn would put on the El Generico mask and would over-the-top pander to the NXT crowd like an asshole, similar to heel HBK, and wrestle cheap and dirty.

I would love to see an asshole american in a luchadore mask be a asshole in the ring and expect cheers for his gear and taunts without being a complete parody.

 

[SocraticMethod]

I wouldn't doubt that Vince is toying with the idea of an ISIS heel. I remember when Sgt. Slaughter claimed to be Saddam's friend during the first Iraq War. It was hilarious and everyone hated Slaughter and thought he was going too far:

Those boots were awesome.

 

[SocraticMethod]

Yeah WCW IRS was as close as I could think but the only thing resembling a stock broker being his character was the fact that he was named Wallstreet. Dude wrestled in black jeans.

I like the idea of a 2015 RTC that are hipster SJWs who constantly are offended. A stereotypical man-hating feminist diva could be the biggest heel in the company.

Now that's an idea. The WWE could use it to shit on all their whiniest critics.

Take the femininazi diva and give her a neutered male valet who is always telling other guys to check their privilege and whatnot.

 

[Quinton Overeem]

The MMA Diva, the female Brock Lesnar.

 

[RollSonnenRoll]

Take the femininazi diva and give her a neutered male valet who is always telling other guys to check their privilege and whatnot.

My blood pressure shot up just reading that. I will pay air fare to any location and a front row ticket to watch Brock Lesnar destroy this person...both of them.

 

[PorkPiePusher]

Alan U. Ackbar (N is written kind like H).

A laidback surfer stoner dude (think a more stoned Van Hammer) who is always oblivious to whatever's going on, but whenever he's on the brink of losing a bunch of black-clad guys come and save him yelling ALAN U ACKBAR. He, of course is oblivious as to why they do that and calls them "ninja dudes", everyone else calls them confused by Alans name.

 

[The Clamburglar]

Take the femininazi diva and give her a neutered male valet who is always telling other guys to check their privilege and whatnot.

This triggered me.

It's an awesome idea.

 

[Cro Cop Is Back]

A muscular, attractive wrestler with a handful of tattoos, who wrestles the exact same way as everyone else from the performance center, and can't cultivate a reaction to save his life because he only spent 6 months on the indies actually learning how to work a crowd, and the rest of the time was spent in NXT where the crowd of smart marks who don't know shit about wrestling repeats nonsensical chants instead of actually being enthralled in the matches.

Has this been done yet?

Lmao

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

Alan U. Ackbar (N is written kind like H).

A laidback surfer stoner dude (think a more stoned Van Hammer) who is always oblivious to whatever's going on, but whenever he's on the brink of losing a bunch of black-clad guys come and save him yelling ALAN U ACKBAR. He, of course is oblivious as to why they do that and calls them "ninja dudes", everyone else calls them confused by Alans name.

Holy fuck that's funny :icon_lol:

 

[Smigg]

Plenty of ideas for this:

Football Hooligan faction, with the name of "The Firm": Too often, we've either seen British heels as snooty "God Save The Queen Whilst We Have Tea and Biscuits, oh and by the way, I was knighted, and also have butlers" or just general "I'm British, which makes me the bad guy in this scenario, here is my Union Flag".

The name "The Firm" is a reference to what they call the Football Hooligan gangs. This is labelled as "The Dark Side of the British Working Class", outside of the ring, they'd be dressed like a bit like Oasis, with Stone Island jackets, jeans, and Puma trainers, and you have a merch opportunity by creating "Firm" football jerseys (home and away), scarves etc.

This group summed up briefly would be dirty, and violent and the potential for a riot is always there when they're at the building.

"Charles Bronson" - Nothing too fancy, it would be like Tom Hardy's portrayal of the eponymous character in the movie "Bronson".

 

[Razgriz]

The California Hippie

The guy is in peak physical condition but is gullible. Told that certain things will increase his gains so he does them. Stays away from "chemicals", shops at whole foods and lambasts anyone who doesn't. Gets heat by telling people that they're unclean and if they can't buy "top of the line" food and designer shirts that promote a cause they should eat less and go shirtless.

 

[Smigg]

The California Hippie

The guy is in peak physical condition but is gullible. Told that certain things will increase his gains so he does them. Stays away from "chemicals", shops at whole foods and lambasts anyone who doesn't. Gets heat by telling people that they're unclean and if they can't buy "top of the line" food and designer shirts that promote a cause they should eat less and go shirtless.

That kinda happened already

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

I'd make a character who would have his career ended through injury. Fast forward several months and he would make deals with monsters past their prime and those who will never be the top man, who would beat the shit out of the champion and take the title. He would then use the threat of violence to enact the freebird rule on the title, so that anyone in his stable could consider themselves the champion and that when defending, the character and the other monsters would always be at ringside to ensure defence. When not at play, the character would sit in his own office, staring at the title in a glass box every day.

 

[sangreporsangre]

How about for a Lucha guy, preferably an American guy of Mexican descent, have him be a reformed cholo, a former Vatos Locos style gangster who has changed his ways. I think it could actually be pretty good if the guy is good enough to pull it off. Seeing as how wrestling is aimed more at kids these days, you could have him pushing an anti-gang message and believing in yourself type deal. He had a hard time getting a job because of his criminal record, training for wrestling kept him off the streets and out of trouble, he's trying to inspire at-risk youth to stay away from the gang life, things like this could all be parts of his character.

They could do a lot of stuff with it too. Heels could bring up things he did before, trot out previous victims of his crimes or his former homies to show that he's full of crap and he was the worst one in his whole crew, but his whole gimmick is that people can change and be redeemed and he prevails in the end. Also you could introduce guys for him to feud with by have them being former homies trying to drag him back into the gang life, or former enemies from rival sets. And of course when it gets stale and it's time to turn heel it would just be a matter of him reverting back to his criminal nature. I haven't watched much wrestling in the last 10 years so apologies if something like this has been done already.

 

[The Clamburglar]

How about for a Lucha guy, preferably an American guy of Mexican descent, have him be a reformed cholo, a former Vatos Locos style gangster who has changed his ways. I think it could actually be pretty good if the guy is good enough to pull it off. Seeing as how wrestling is aimed more at kids these days, you could have him pushing an anti-gang message and believing in yourself type deal. He had a hard time getting a job because of his criminal record, training for wrestling kept him off the streets and out of trouble, he's trying to inspire at-risk youth to stay away from the gang life, things like this could all be parts of his character.

They could do a lot of stuff with it too. Heels could bring up things he did before, trot out previous victims of his crimes or his former homies to show that he's full of crap and he was the worst one in his whole crew, but his whole gimmick is that people can change and be redeemed and he prevails in the end. Also you could introduce guys for him to feud with by have them being former homies trying to drag him back into the gang life, or former enemies from rival sets. And of course when it gets stale and it's time to turn heel it would just be a matter of him reverting back to his criminal nature. I haven't watched much wrestling in the last 10 years so apologies if something like this has been done already.

Wasn't that Fatu's gimmick in like 1995?

He was an ex-gang member who "escaped the life" and was preaching to kids to say no and stay in school, and his ex-gang friends would show up at his matches in an attempt to lure him back in. I remember this very vaguely. I was smoking a lot of herb at the time.

 

[El Moose]

Wasn't that Fatu's gimmick in like 1995?

He was an ex-gang member who "escaped the life" and was preaching to kids to say no and stay in school, and his ex-gang friends would show up at his matches in an attempt to lure him back in. I remember this very vaguely. I was smoking a lot of herb at the time.

Lol, yep....then for some reason he became the Sultan

 

[Smigg]

I'd make a character who would have his career ended through injury. Fast forward several months and he would make deals with monsters past their prime and those who will never be the top man, who would beat the shit out of the champion and take the title. He would then use the threat of violence to enact the freebird rule on the title, so that anyone in his stable could consider themselves the champion and that when defending, the character and the other monsters would always be at ringside to ensure defence. When not at play, the character would sit in his own office, staring at the title in a glass box every day.

Or, you do it this way.

He's a manager that walks around with a cane, and talks about how "I'd be in there, but I was attacked after a match in Puerto Rico, but I could have been a champion, I could have main evented WrestleMania ten times over, I was that good".

The problem is... he's full of shit.

He never was a wrestler, the was no attack, and he's never even been to Puerto Rico, and there is no injury. So he'd go to the ring with his clients, and given the opportunity, he'd put the boots to their opponents, hit them with his cane, and forget himself that he's supposed to be disabled.

Then, after the match, he's back to limping and walking with his stick. Maybe selling that "I was trying to protect myself, he went for my knee, I had to defend myself, what kind of man would assault a disabled person like that?!"