Merzbow Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 We always hear of bad gimmicks and angles that were thought up but never made it to air but what are some of the worst you can think of? I ask because I stumbled upon a new Youtube video about Aum Shinrikyo and it reminded me that Shoichi Arai once thought it was a good idea to ask Tarzan Goto to take up a Shoko Asahara gimmick almost instantly after the cult had led a terrorist attack on the subway system, killing many with sarin gas. Goto obviously told him to fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 The Heidenreich frozen nazi thing is probably the obvious shout so I’ll go with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted May 11, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 11, 2021 The Vince Incest angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted May 11, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 11, 2021 Tajiri leading a stable of Japanese lads called the Yakuza. I think Tajiri had to explain he'd probably be killed when he went back to Japan.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Gonna cheat since WWE actually aired hype videos (maybe just one) but Kenzo Suzuki's, Hirohito gimmick was a really bad idea which was dropped before he even debuted if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted May 11, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 11, 2021 Sid wanting Harlem Heat to be a pair of slaves won by Col Robert Parker in a card game, led to the ring by Parker in shackles. Or more famously, Jim Herd wanting to repackage Ric Flair as Spartacus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 30 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: The Heidenreich frozen nazi thing is probably the obvious shout so I’ll go with that. I dunno, as poor taste as it would have been, it'd probably have been more perversely entertaining than Heidenreich reading poetry and possibly sexually assaulting Michael Cole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Vamp said: I dunno, as poor taste as it would have been, it'd probably have been more perversely entertaining than Heidenreich reading poetry and possibly sexually assaulting Michael Cole. Nads. The collaboration with Sweet Gene Snitsky was that generations Mega Powers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 It wasn't their fault that they went nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted May 11, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 11, 2021 70s/80s Scottish wrestler Len Ironside has slightly narrower eyes than the average Caucasian male. So a fellow wrestler suggested he crop his hair, cover his body in yellow dye, and be billed as the Chinese champion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members unfitfinlay Posted May 11, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 11, 2021 Tommy Dreamer wanted to be shot in ECW. For real. By a professional marksman who could do it "safely". Terry Funk eventually talked him out of it by pointing out that when his Dad got shot, business actually went down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshC Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Brian Pillman having plastic surgery to become... Spoiler Evil Shawn Michaels ...caught me by surprise this week, that can't have been a real idea, surely! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted May 12, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 12, 2021 Chilly McFreeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted May 12, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 12, 2021 Whole "Drug Dealer" thing with Russo in 1998 \ 1999 WWF never really went anywhere. Guy was called "Key" aka Vic Grimes, but they never really went into it. I think he only had one match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonworden Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Didn't Disco have an idea for an alien invasion, cover up type story in late wcw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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