From: GTM | #465
as a (horrible) person who only knows stuff from 2002-onward, this conversation only reminds me of this
I really do think we need more of this.
5 years from now, will anyone remember Tyson Kidd, presuming he goes nowhere?
What about Drew McIntyre? Yoshi Tatsu? Does anyone remember Sim Snuka? Duke Droese? Joey Mercury? Billy Kidman? Paul London?
Would anyone still remember Eric Escobar if not for his strange name pronunciation? Would anyone who only knew him from WWF remember Perry Saturn if not for Moppy?
Yet we're able to recall guys who were midcarders or even jobbers based on their memorable gimmicks, like Al Snow, Mr. Ass Eugene, Repo Man, the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, hell on the WCW side of things Hugh Morrus, Glacier, Mortis, etc.
Even guys like Mordecai who were all gimmick and around for like a second still get brought up by people who watched at that point.
Point is for guys who were never gonna be the next Cena, I dont see what a crazy gimmck can hurt. And for the truly special guys (Ziggler, Austin, Cody Rhodes) you can overcome the crazy gimmick eventually. For everyone else, it gives the audience a chance to care about you even a little and hell maybe even move a little merchandise based on some crazy thing you said.
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edwardsdv and swordz9 are basically the comedy heel tag team of this topic, why would people be taking them seriously?