Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted September 28, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2012 Sorry about the blunt thread title, but that's sort of what I'm getting at. Wrestlers always used to start off with a piss poor version of what they would eventually wear as their trademark. Its only in recent history wrestlers have actually started making their gear before the storyline starts. Here's what I'm talking about. Â Jeff Jarrett 98: A shirt made by a woman on the market in Blackpool (probably). Generic red shirt with his new catchphrase on it. Wasn't for sale and the WWF eventually made them, but Jeff wasn't hanging about. Looked pretty crap to be honest. Â Hollywood Hogan 96: First of all, that isn't even a real nWo shirt. It looks like he's chalked it up himself on a black t-shirt. Secondly he's wearing his black "Hulkster" belt from the Dungeon of Doom days. It just always looked odd. Like he still hadnt found the right look and the nWo shirts still hadnt hit the market. Â Triple H 99: Post heel turn Triple H saw him change into short trunks for the first time in the WWF. While his lovely leather "HHH" ones were being made he had to make do with the short part of his WrestleMania 15 pants. I remember hating them at the time. He always had such great outfits. These ones were especially shit. They didnt last long but I'll take the memory to my grave. Â Scott Steiner 98: Says it all really. Just his old Steiner Brothers gear with bits of nWo airbrushing on it. Not the Big Poppa Pump we knew and loved. He'd come later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted September 29, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 I can't find a good picture, but The Godfather from around July 1998 to November 1998 before he got into wearing his colourful gear. Â Also The Rock's weird 'R' shirt he had when he just joined The Nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donedude Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 The brown tights shawn michaels wore in the first elimination chamber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Up Chuck Posted September 29, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Rotten, weren't they? Â Â I remember reading (might've been in Jericho's 2nd book) that everyone ripped the piss out of him for that. Deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted September 29, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 It's in the book and is also a bonus feature on one of the Michaels DVD sets. The segment might as well be called "Brown pants, lol." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 He did say somewhere (may have been his book) that they were unfinished as the people who made them didn't reach the deadline, so he decided to wear them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I've never really had a problem with the HBK tights. I've always felt that the darker more sombre look to them suited the tone of the match to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 29, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 They were awful! I always knew about the story as to why he wore them, but why did he wear cowboy boots? His hair was also crap when it was that short. Fortunately his looked improved (i.e. returned to pre-retirement) after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarTheSlouch Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 What 'bout the 'long' version of the Razor Ramon tights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewart Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 What was up with the outfit Undertaker wore at Survivor Series 1996? Â Â A really odd leather one which I think he only wore for a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 29, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Didn't he wear that for a while around that time? Looked good I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 The leather one only lasted very briefly before he swapped it for a similar top but in the kind of fabric as his other outfits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ShortOrderCook Posted September 29, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Yeah, that was the precursor to his 97, 98 Hell in the Cell garb. The transition between that and the purple glove look. He did wear a couple of things just once though. A hideous set of Deadman Inc tights similar to his t-shirt at (i think) Armageddon 2001 and those snakeskin badboys against angle at Survivors 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted September 29, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 What 'bout the 'long' version of the Razor Ramon tights? Â Need a picture. Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 This is a bit off topic, but Angle's been wearing this new singlet recently that says "ANGLE" on the thigh, except each letter is in different colours and the N and L are practically invisible, meaning all you can read is "AGE". Â Also, Angle is big again. Look at the size of his neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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