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Davros1 posted:Teacher gimmicks: Dean Douglas, Michelle McCool, Matt Striker Then there was Muffy (?) the personal trainer gimmick who was scrapped almost immediately because she was Stephanie's personal trainer and, what, are you insinuating that she's fat or something?
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The_Rob posted:I’m actually gonna say Simon Dean was pretty over as a lower midcard dude. It's interesting that the two people who were actually a success with that gimmick, Sgt Slaughter and Col DeBeers, were (or at least in Sarge's case started out as) heels
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The_Rob posted:I’m actually gonna say Simon Dean was pretty over as a lower midcard dude. The only person that ever arguably got over with that was Sgt. Slaughter, and IIRC he spent most of his career as a heel, doing the "brutal drill sergeant" gimmick. As a face during the 1980s he was pretty much eclipsed by Hulkamania and when he turned heel in the 1990s again (as the "Iraqi Sympathizer"), literally nobody gave a poo poo. As an aside, I always wondered why Slaughter was billed as an ex-Marine drill sergeant (and yes, I know he was supposed to have served in the Marines), and yet he wears the rank of an Army staff sergeant on his hat. I know, I know, it's one of those utterly pedantic things that nobody should ever give a poo poo about, but it always slightly irritated me for some weird reason.
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Has any "foreign monster heel" gotten remotely over in the last 30 years besides Rusev, who, I think most people would probably agree, was good DESPITE that gimmick rather than because of it?
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Sep 16, 2019 02:13
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TriffTshngo posted:Has any "foreign monster heel" gotten remotely over in the last 30 years besides Rusev, who, I think most people would probably agree, was good DESPITE that gimmick rather than because of it? Over with the crowd or with Vince? Because Khali got over with Vince.
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Sep 16, 2019 02:14
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The_Rob posted:He was never actually in the military though. His gimmick was just red state America which will always work. Jack Swagger died with that gimmick
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Sep 16, 2019 02:17
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TriffTshngo posted:Has any "foreign monster heel" gotten remotely over in the last 30 years besides Rusev, who, I think most people would probably agree, was good DESPITE that gimmick rather than because of it? remember at blood money 1 when daivari came out with the iranian flag
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Sep 16, 2019 02:17
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Davros1 posted:It's interesting that the two people who were actually a success with that gimmick, Sgt Slaughter and Col DeBeers, were (or at least in Sarge's case started out as) heels It is weird that "Professional Murderer" is a natural heel role.
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Jerusalem posted:I really hope it's a good show and you have a great time - I wasn't blown away by Cedric/AJ on tv recently but I can only imagine they were restraining themselves in that match and the PPV match is gonna be better. Welp.
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