As we all know, a gimmick in pro wrestling can either make or break a wrestler, but what we don't often consider is how importance the time that said wrestler debuts that gimmick makes. If Hulk Hogan debuted this week opposed to the 80's, he'd either get booed quickly or get as polarizing of a mixed reaction as John Cena gets on a weekly basis. In an age where the majority of fans goo-goo-ga-ga over wrestlers with personalities closer to their real life personas, like CM Punk and Daniel Bryan and Kevin Steen and Samoa Joe, how much of a chance would characters like The Undertaker or Sting would have if they debuted with their famous gimmicks today? Now, there are also gimmicks that probably would have gotten over a lot more if they debuted in the 80's, such as Alexander Rusev. A lot of comments I've been reading on the guy were that the "big USA-opposing Russian" gimmick is boring in this day and age and probably would have gotten more over if he debuted around the WWF days against guys like Hulk Hogan.
What I'm asking is what gimmicks do you think were before their time and which were ahead of their time? What gimmicks do you see today that would have faired better with audiences years ago and which gimmicks that were around years ago would have faired better if they came around today?
If you ask me, Ken Shamrock would have been perfect for the main event scene if he, or at least a character like him, first appeared in WWE today. His gimmick was simply "MMA fighter guy". That could probably be said better, but that's what he was. It was evident he was an ass kicker that looked like he could snap you in half, but since MMA-UFC was still a fairly new concept at the time he came in, audiences didn't really connect with him enough to put him in the main event title hunt. Now, UFC is a global phenomenon and MMA itself has gotten much more popular. I guarantee if a guy like him came onto the scene now, he'd be much more popular with crowds than he was in the Attitude Era.
What do you think?
What I'm asking is what gimmicks do you think were before their time and which were ahead of their time? What gimmicks do you see today that would have faired better with audiences years ago and which gimmicks that were around years ago would have faired better if they came around today?
If you ask me, Ken Shamrock would have been perfect for the main event scene if he, or at least a character like him, first appeared in WWE today. His gimmick was simply "MMA fighter guy". That could probably be said better, but that's what he was. It was evident he was an ass kicker that looked like he could snap you in half, but since MMA-UFC was still a fairly new concept at the time he came in, audiences didn't really connect with him enough to put him in the main event title hunt. Now, UFC is a global phenomenon and MMA itself has gotten much more popular. I guarantee if a guy like him came onto the scene now, he'd be much more popular with crowds than he was in the Attitude Era.
What do you think?
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