Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
W E L C O M E      G U E S T S

Welcome to 6 Star Wrestling. We are a small community of dedicated wrestling fans. Our forum members range from new to the product to 20+ years of viewer knowledge of the product.

We discuss WWE, TNA, ROH, WCW, and various other wrestling companies. Regardless if you have just watched your first wrestling show or if you have been following wrestling your entire life, I guarantee that you'll find someone to have an in-depth and enjoyable conversation with.

We also have discussions that are not related to wrestling. We discuss movies, music, news, play games, and do all sorts of fun and interesting things. So even if you are not a wrestling fan, we can guarantee you'll find something to keep your interest while you are here.

Feel free to follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook with the links below!

Please enjoy,
The 6 Star Community

Register your free account today!

http://6starwrestling.net

http://twitter.com/6StarWrestling

http://facebook.com/6StarWrestling

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Wrestling gimmicks...
Topic Started: Jun 1 2008, 07:30 PM (137 Views)
Whatever
Member Avatar

Well, wrestling and gimmicks have gone through a long history, and alot of "eras" of gimmicks, if you will.

Now before I get to the question, let me breifly refresh everyones memory...

Firstly, you would have the pre Hogan era, with pretty well no gimmicks, and just straight 'rasslin...

Then, during the late 70's, 80's and early 90's, you would have a lot of over the top, family oriented, almost larger than life like gimmicks. Guys like Hogan, Macho Man, Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Bob Orton, and many, many more.

But then in the attitude era, it got a little more complex. 3 quarters of the "gimmicks" were just normal guys, with big personalities, and nothing "fictional" These guys are the guys like Austin, Rock, HHH, Bret Hart, Benoit, the list goes on and on, there were so many wrestlers that were more realistic gimmicks, and more "normal" guys. But you also still had a few of the Underakers, the Stings, and Kanes of the world, with still over thwe top gimmicks.

So basically, what Im saying is, in one way or another, up until half through the attitude era, wrestling was very focused on gimmicks, big or small.

But now, it seems WWE is drifting away from "gimmicks" alot more. I mean, obviously wrestling will always have the necessary gimmicks of faces and heels, cocky and sadstic and unbeatable and legends and fighting champions and all that, but really, they seem to not have the big gimmicks any more.

So my questions are these:

-Do you think wwe and wrestling in general is better off with or without the big gimmicks?

-Would you say WWE is more simple gimmicks, or big gimmicks nowadays?

Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
WWEFootos48
Member Avatar
God
Actually those are great questions. I think, in a sense, even when the best gimmicks are the extensions of self, wrestling does need some big gimmicks. I mean, when you look at someone like The Undertaker, and see where he is now at the point of his career, it shows that things like that can work. But I think, in a sense, I would like to see more "real" gimmicks, in the sense that even though obviously they're not going to be acting like that in everyday life, you can picture that working. I was going to use The Godfather as an example, but obviously it wouldn't be the best since he owns his own strip club on the strip now. :lol:

But I would guess someone like Gangrel, who definitely isn't realistic, but is portrayed realistically. This would differ from someone like... well like someone who is given a gimmick, but is totally that gimmick and you don't see any semblance of a person. Maybe like Shark Boy or something like that.

But I think WWE, or wrestling in general, I think it should be played in a realistic way, but I think if a character does come along that is able to confuse, and ultimately enhance the show with his mannerisms and background, then I would have no problem with that. Only problem is, that 9 times out of 10 it doesn't work out. Kane was a great example of how it can work, where it took WWE 6 years to chip and chip and chip away at Kane, revealing some of the mystery to the audience, but when you look at Mordecai, or a lot of those other gimmicky characters they have come up with, they just don't work.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · General Wrestling · Next Topic »
Add Reply