Post by The Curmudgeon on Jan 28, 2017 21:49:57 GMT 2
I've not posted a wrestling related thread in a while, so I wish my first one in ages was a more positive one. But where would the fun in that be?
So, gimmicks. Often the making or breaking of a wrestler. Where would Ted Dibiase be without being the Million Dollar Man? Would people remember Randy Poffo more than the hat, tassles and sunglasses wearing Macho Man Randy Savage? Doubt it. If anyone asked how long you think the gimmick of a supernatural zombie would last, you'd give it six months, but the Undertaker is still going twenty seven years later.
It's all about the performer, and how well executed the gimmick is. So THIS particular gimmick... eh, not so much. It was debuted on WWE's "rookies" brand (which has become a bit of a word of mouth worldwide phenomenon that sold out in the UK in minutes), and the idea of NXT is to try out new wrestlers, new gimmicks, new commentators, and when they evolve move them up to the main shows. This will not happen with the following wrestler.
It's not the guy talking, it's the guy about to interrupt him. A thousand Stan Lee No-Points if you can guess who he's supposed to be imitating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vItnjtsyG0
Yeeesh. How bad was that? Yeah, it was supposed to be Prince. I imagine this was the conversation.
Creative: Hey, Patrick. Do you like Prince?
Patrick: No, not really.
Creative: Oh, 'cos we want you to be Prince.
Patrick: What? Why?
Creative: Well, he's dead and, just.. well, go Youtube him or something, you're up next."
A Prince gimmick I'd be fine with. Hell, a well rehearsed and heartfelt Prince gimmick would be fucking great. All clad in Purple, surrounded by hot women, breaking an electric guitar over people's heads, wearing a face mask.. shit, sign me up for that. But even if he wore high heels and all that, Prince was NEVER camp. That effected walk, the mincing, the limp wrists.. it's like Patrick saw a photo of Prince and went "oh, OK. I know what to do."
And for the record, after that boot to the head he's not been seen since and that was a few months ago, so I'm hoping Patrick Clark is locked up in the vaults along with Prince's unreleased music. So this is the end result when my two favourite things merge. The fucking Patrick Clark experience.
So, gimmicks. Often the making or breaking of a wrestler. Where would Ted Dibiase be without being the Million Dollar Man? Would people remember Randy Poffo more than the hat, tassles and sunglasses wearing Macho Man Randy Savage? Doubt it. If anyone asked how long you think the gimmick of a supernatural zombie would last, you'd give it six months, but the Undertaker is still going twenty seven years later.
It's all about the performer, and how well executed the gimmick is. So THIS particular gimmick... eh, not so much. It was debuted on WWE's "rookies" brand (which has become a bit of a word of mouth worldwide phenomenon that sold out in the UK in minutes), and the idea of NXT is to try out new wrestlers, new gimmicks, new commentators, and when they evolve move them up to the main shows. This will not happen with the following wrestler.
It's not the guy talking, it's the guy about to interrupt him. A thousand Stan Lee No-Points if you can guess who he's supposed to be imitating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vItnjtsyG0
Yeeesh. How bad was that? Yeah, it was supposed to be Prince. I imagine this was the conversation.
Creative: Hey, Patrick. Do you like Prince?
Patrick: No, not really.
Creative: Oh, 'cos we want you to be Prince.
Patrick: What? Why?
Creative: Well, he's dead and, just.. well, go Youtube him or something, you're up next."
A Prince gimmick I'd be fine with. Hell, a well rehearsed and heartfelt Prince gimmick would be fucking great. All clad in Purple, surrounded by hot women, breaking an electric guitar over people's heads, wearing a face mask.. shit, sign me up for that. But even if he wore high heels and all that, Prince was NEVER camp. That effected walk, the mincing, the limp wrists.. it's like Patrick saw a photo of Prince and went "oh, OK. I know what to do."
And for the record, after that boot to the head he's not been seen since and that was a few months ago, so I'm hoping Patrick Clark is locked up in the vaults along with Prince's unreleased music. So this is the end result when my two favourite things merge. The fucking Patrick Clark experience.
