Post by S on May 18, 2008 10:14:21 GMT -5
Right, first of all, i'd like to say that i really am not a fan of how much TNA borrows from other wrestling organisations, i know that it is necessary and smart to use certian ideas from other sucessful companies, but TNA seems to overkill it. However, there is one gimmick that i think was a fantastic gimmick of the past that, if used right, would give TNA their biggest heel in their history. This character would be that of ECW's Cactus Jack.
Remember this gimmick? if not, it was basically Cactus Jack was supposed to be 'anti-hardcore' (thus going against everything that ECW was supposed to be) and was openly saying that the WWF and WCW is better than ECW and it had cactus jack asking and begging to return to those whilst telling the fans of ECW how much ECW sucked. This turned him into a massive heel in ECW. Here are two examples if you don't know what i'm talking about (or if you just want to watch them)
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tF5ri46zgOE&feature=related
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2kb-Kkm7qOk&feature=related
To me, this seems like a gimmick that TNA could do, they have enough ex-WWE people who could do it, but to be honest, people who haven't been in the WWE could pull it off as easy. Also, its not like TNA doesn't already mention WWE, so why not use that constructivly?
They did a very watered down version when Team 3D went against the X-Division (which is often viewed as the crown jewel of TNA, however the knockouts seem to have it now), but it was not big enough, if Team 3D started supporting WWE and wishing to go back whilst feircly going against everyone in TNA, thinking they are infact saving them, it would have been much better. (Team 3D would be great for this role)
One last thing, for it to work, you don't need the guy to just come out and say 'TNA sucks, WWE rules', yo need someone to actually point out the flaws of TNA clearly and intelligently (like done in the links i posted).
So what do you say, would you like to see TNa copy this one gimmick?
(thinking about it, steve austin's ecw gimmick ended up like this)
Remember this gimmick? if not, it was basically Cactus Jack was supposed to be 'anti-hardcore' (thus going against everything that ECW was supposed to be) and was openly saying that the WWF and WCW is better than ECW and it had cactus jack asking and begging to return to those whilst telling the fans of ECW how much ECW sucked. This turned him into a massive heel in ECW. Here are two examples if you don't know what i'm talking about (or if you just want to watch them)
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tF5ri46zgOE&feature=related
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2kb-Kkm7qOk&feature=related
To me, this seems like a gimmick that TNA could do, they have enough ex-WWE people who could do it, but to be honest, people who haven't been in the WWE could pull it off as easy. Also, its not like TNA doesn't already mention WWE, so why not use that constructivly?
They did a very watered down version when Team 3D went against the X-Division (which is often viewed as the crown jewel of TNA, however the knockouts seem to have it now), but it was not big enough, if Team 3D started supporting WWE and wishing to go back whilst feircly going against everyone in TNA, thinking they are infact saving them, it would have been much better. (Team 3D would be great for this role)
One last thing, for it to work, you don't need the guy to just come out and say 'TNA sucks, WWE rules', yo need someone to actually point out the flaws of TNA clearly and intelligently (like done in the links i posted).
So what do you say, would you like to see TNa copy this one gimmick?
(thinking about it, steve austin's ecw gimmick ended up like this)
