Underrated Wrestling Gimmicks!

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Real American: The Hulk Hogan Story

[@zemox2534]

Best wrestlers who successfully reinvented themselves outside wwe

[@jbj7599]

@@alexgeorge501 been done by every other wrestling channel...

[@alexgeorge501]

@@jbj7599 not on this one yet

[@jbj7599]

@@alexgeorge501 sure let's have 1000 different videos on that. Lame!

[@RuanAntunes7]

I really liked Jimmy Wang Yang. It was fun gimmick and he’s a really good wrestler

[@thetruej7872]

I remember Jimmy Wang Yang. He was cool.

[@jimbo_1312]

He was great in TNA as part of the flying Elvises as well.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

He should be a surprise in a Royal Rumble

[@BaByFaCeBAYkid1]

@@claymathewselevator8121 I agree, but he was a high flyer he might be too old to pull of those moves now 😭 but he was very entertaining back in the day forsure!!

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

The correct amount of comedic and damn did he really just pull that off wow

[@Kerorofan1990]

"Ruined by the Kliq" has enough material for a full-ass documentary.

[@1201zj]

Preach

[@leoncouturier4367]

"Pirate" Paul Burchill could've been great. A nice midcard act that could have evolved into a more serious role when pushed up the card.

[@derrickhaggard]

The reason why that anti-hero face gimmick failed was because as Paul would reveal in an interview "Vince was clueless and not caught up with the current pop culture interest and love for Privateers, and anti-hero/anti-heroine pirates that the first Pirates of the Caribbean film PotC: Curse of the Black Pearl ushered in." Meaning the reason why "Pirate" Paul Burchill didn't get the right booking or writing was because Vince was behind the times and failed to realize the success of the first Pirates of the Caribbean film meant fans would totally support a properly booked anti-hero face who was gimmick was that of a noble, courageous, and kind-hearted pirate.

[@itsjustjo9592]

Especially in the pg Era where that would have been a hit with children instead of man who wanted to boink his sister

[@Wolf813921]

Yeah but they fucked up with the weird angle with his “sister” and being very incest like.

[@siopau1501]

Breezango is also underrated. Comedy aside, they're actually great performers

[@eriklarson7023]

It’s already been mentioned in the comments, but Pirate Paul Burchill was really fun and was getting over before Vince abruptly pulled the plug (reportedly due to not knowing pirates were really popular at the time, having never heard of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies). Another fun one I miss: the Vaudevillains. I thought the gimmick was unique and original, a couple of classic 1920s mustache-twirling bad guys who wanted to bring back the days of “catch-as-catch-can” wrestling. It just didn’t get much of a chance on the main roster.

[@emanuelmartinez7267]

I think its because mainstream fans don't really get weird stuff like the Vaudevillains. NXT was basically an indie promotion with a billion dollar company funding them so it attracted fans of the indie style, it ran out of Full sail university which is a college dedicated to filming and gaming so the outlandish stuff appealed to that artistic crowd and it was based in Florida which is historically great for wrestling, as long as you can put on a decent match and cut a promo Florida will back you. The only "out there" gimmick that I can remember doing well on the main roster is the Wyatt family. the Ascension, Adam Rose, Broken Matt Hardy, Kairi sane and The vaudevillains all failed to click on the main roster because that audience isn't looking for an alternative to wwe formula

[@SellavinAtoms]

Paul Burchill I remember when he showed up he scared the Little person wrestlers that were there let's get the crapout of them and you just showed up I don't know where that was always funny with me for some reason 😄

[@IEatBooty4MyDepression]

@@emanuelmartinez7267 I’d argue gimmicks could go so much further if they let it. Creative has all the control here, and just like this video points out there have been SO many gimmicks with huge potential. Since it’s a gimmick though, it’s always written off before it can start. While fans may not be looking for an alternative, it WOULD works huge dividends. Look at the 96 - 2001 roster. arguably wwe’s most iconic roster stretch, and it’s chocked FULL of great gimmicks that got the green light for the main card. I’m pretty sure the hardy boyz were a gimmick in being “extreme” but we didn’t know they would actually have mic skills until later in their careers. Arguably the most legendary team of all time, even more so than the NWO. (id say the end of the wcw run hurts NWOs legacy..) I think Vince just got to the point he wasn’t much for risks, hopefully hunter will see us a bright entertaining future.

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

I was really a fan of deuce n domino And you are right about the tag titles During 07 09 the titles were barely featured in PPVs relegated to dark shows or defenses on the weekly shows

[@distemic]

Yang was in wcw at the end with the Jung dragons and had a run in wwe in 2004 as Tajiris henchman. After he was released during his run as wang Yang, he visited backstage and Vince asked him where he’d been. When Yang told him he’d fired him, Vince actually resigned him and he came back for another run before being let go again

[@kenshigo3833]

Deuce & Domino had a short run, but they are one of my all time favorites. They lived that gimmick and it was so much fun! Jimmy Wang Yang was also super fun to watch. Such a shame ...

[@ashiqsr5751]

Kevin Thorne, Jimmy Wang Yang,Deuce 'n' Domino,Murdoch and Cade,Boogeyman are all such underrated gimmicks. Love them very much

[@to.kanali]

Boogeyman wasnt underated,he is a legend

[@gregoryfolsom7882]

Thorne's entrance and promo work were pretty good, too bad he wasn't all that good in the ring.

[@brianlesley4099]

Deuce N Domino were fun to watch. Loved there entrance theme

[@codster9]

All about coooooooooooooooooool.

[@minhtamnguyenthi976]

Thank you for your video. All of your products have been a useful tool for me to learn English, especially in practicing the UK accent. I am from Vietnam. I really want to see the 2006 Year in review soon.

[@stevegallo8483]

Jean-Pierre Lafitte getting buried by the Kliq was his biggest obstacle in WWF, same with Shane "Dean" Douglas. Regarding Chris Candido, somehow I doubt HBK was the only one in the WWF locker room having "Sunny days" at that time.

[@yanksrgreat]

shawn and the kliq are the worse thing about the 90s

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Vince McMahon once rehired Jimmy Wang Yang because he came to show as fan couple months after getting released and didn’t realize he fired him lol

[@BukBillyOi]

A good gimmick was shannon moore prince of punk!

[@jimmyvondoom1341]

(Pirate) Paul Burchill & Boogeyman Both top my "What If" lists

[@1201zj]

Yes. Boogeyman could have terrorize superstars and have had several creepy angles but instead was made a comedy act.

[@shutup2751]

Eugene was seriously underrated, his feud with triple h and kurt angle was great

[@1201zj]

It was very controversial at the time and def wouldn't fly today. But most people watching weren't making fun of Eugene. Instead, they were rooting for him. I sure was. I loved when he could do all the random finishers.

[@therealmikebrown]

@@1201zj His gimmick was perfect for using old finishers, fucking great! So much potential.

[@1201zj]

@@therealmikebrown for sure!

[@mider-spanman5577]

Original Doink the Clown has to be on here! Matt Bourne played that role to perfection, and of course it ended too soon! They could have done so much with the schizophrenic/bi-polar and sadistic clown who was an expert grappler and technician role!

[@jayb.6685]

Evil Doink with green tights was legit scary at that time, especially cuz he can wrestle good as well.

[@mbulelozondani9152]

You a fan of NotSamWrestling I see

[@jimbo_1312]

Matt Bourne's Indy doink was pretty dark in comparison. And his Bourne again character in ecw was awesome too the whole BPD and losing the plot because he'd been forced to play a clown was a nice twist.

[@Boomheyyou]

The clique was poison for wrestling

[@tf9104]

Jimmy wang Yang and the confederate flag is crazy

[@angelnieto316]

Not everyone was so offended and soft back than

[@EldritchGrimoire]

Loving the Jimmy Wang Yang appreciation!

[@claymathewselevator8121]

He needs to show up in a Royal Rumble

[@cloficc7234]

Hate it all you want but Kerwin White was fantastic, and so was Papa Shango

[@jonnysilanko1843]

I'm pretty sure Jimmy Wang Yang was the first wrestler I ever saw on TV when I got into WWE as a kid. I really liked him.

[@buhbuhjaychampagne1706]

Shane Douglas was a big fish in a small pond in ECW. He wasn’t a great wrestler, he was solid. But he couldn’t stay healthy.

[@matthewlane518]

Sunny is still famous, just for very different reasons

[@MachinegunnNick]

I feel like Jamie Noble's trailer park gimmick is underated. Dude was was cruserweight champ for most of 2003 and then gone and forgotten before 04 ended. Dudes run was so dominate and so brief that he was never in a WWE video game.

[@JUVI9596]

The Kliq certainly were a bunch of troublemakers

[@therealmikebrown]

The Skinner gimmick worked for the Liver King too.

[@jjfromthebigland781]

I still remember the first time I saw Jimmy Wang Yang on Smackdown... it was definitely a wtf moment hearing that good ol boy accent on an Asian dude... but he totally sold it and knew what he was doing in the ring...

[@thedivinityman]

For the MMA you forgot Dan the beast Severn

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Coldwater, Michigan’s own

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Great theme song

[@yoBigWave]

Yoshi Tatsu comes to mind. But really any foreign wrestler pre 2008 was doomed to job

[@sjrex2553]

Kama = Balrog (Street Fighter II) That should have worked because a lot kids played the hell outta that game, especially, before Mortal Kombat.

[@thriftymervis7898]

Jimmy wang yang is awesome. Talked to him about the goonies because i was wearing a goonie sweater. His daughter jazzy is cool as well.

[@reddragonlegacy]

I miss Jimmy Wang Yang. Dude was legit one of my favorites. I need to get a ride in his taxi

[@elleni-41]

I just subbed to this channel not that long ago...im a 26 year wwe fan n i really enjoy these videos...👍👌

[@NateTheGnat]

I think that KWANG was a very underrated gimmick. That was the first wrestler I remember being excited about as a kid watching back in 1995. A wrestling ninja who spits. What's not to love? He was even a playable character in WWF Raw 32X.

[@adambennett2737]

Savio Vega still uses this gimmick at times in mlw

[@LimitBreakr424]

Your year in review series is so informative and helpful thank you for your content

[@jbinbuggin5956]

steve blackman is pretty underrated imo

[@cowboyquebecanimations3068]

I believe Al snow was also MMA guy helping train Dan sevrine and became The avatar for a second. Also take a shot everytime you hear how Shawn screwed so many people's lives

[@dannysart3990]

We all know Bastion Booger is rightfully number 1 here.

[@Kalel2.0]

As a huge fan of Kushida and Back to the Future in general I agree with him being on the list. He's a great Technical Wrestler and has a unique charisma about him. He's an underappreciated MVP of the Pandemic Era I honestly feel he should have beat Gargano at Takeover Vengeance Day for the North American Title. Hope to see him on the main Roster one day and booked the way he deserves

[@rememberstayangry2366]

Douglas was one of biggest misses on this list.

[@1201zj]

Jimmy Wang Yang's character had SO much potential just thrown down the drain. Could have been in a stable with Cade and Murdoch or Jesse and Festus. And was mid card enough to hold the US title. A large number of WWE fans, if not the majority, are southern kids. This would have been a hit.

[@gregoryfolsom7882]

BISCUITS N' GRAVAAAAYYYYYYY!

[@1201zj]

@@gregoryfolsom7882 MADE ME A MAAANNNNNNN

[@1201zj]

@gregoryfolsom7882 Festus going buck wild after the bell hit and he snapped out of his...bless his heart. Fucking classic.

[@stevengrvp]

Dean Douglas and kama careers turned out great

[@mae2759]

Paul Burchill pirate gimmick was over! Wish they didn't pull the plug there. Deuce and Domino could have been so much better had they been used right.

[@margaretgasparro5503]

I like Duece & Domino. I thought they were going to climb the tag team ladder. Jimmy Wang Yang was also great. I saw him a mid card or a main player.

[@SRC267]

Big Bossman was underrated

[@dane3038]

As a Native Texan, I'm here to tell you that guys like Wang Yang are real. Black Red Necks are real too and Black Cowboys are very real. It's true, it's very true.

[@micahkiyimba8641]

The Miz's A-Lister Gimmick is severely underrated

[@chocolateface4885]

Jaques the Mountie seems like such a nice guy in shoot interviews .

[@stevegallo8483]

Apparently Hogan thought so too. Believe it or not, Hogan threw him a bone at a house show once and did the job for him clean.

[@JustCallMeRazzberryAzzyV1]

Paul Burchell's pirate gimmick is so enraged that I love it

[@dylanbryant3547]

Kudshida back to the future gimmick

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

And to think want Yang was this close on becoming champion but then chavo was a last entry on the gauntlet match

[@journeymanX]

Glacier from wcw,full sub zero Edge during his pre-brood,wwf debut,silent loner Adam rose on nxt, bonafide russel brandt

[@gregoryfolsom7882]

In the same vein as Losing Streak Curt Hawkins, I absolutely LOVED Heath "I got kids to feed" Slater. Perfect for the post-pipe bomb era of reality wrestling.

[@bdeezy1794]

It's interesting that many of these have 2 things in common. They're on the small-mid size range (in relation to other pro wrestlers) and despite being "gimmick guys" were very talented in ring performers. Definitely makes you wonder what if

[@J1P2K]

I can't help but image an angle where the Big Boss Man and the Mountie ended forming a tag team. I would have called this tag team, the Board Patrol.

[@danc3488]

Part of the reason The Mountie was dropped so quickly was that the actual Canadian Mounties did, in fact, get quite upset with the gimmick despite how nice he tried to be in Canada. I believe they actually threatened the WWE with a lawsuit for defamation, hence why the gimmick was changed to a more comedic one with a more slimmed down gear appearance before the Quebecers were introduced. Also, one little known fact about Shane Douglas is that he had a brief run in WWE in early 1991. He was actually a participant in the 1991 Royal Rumble.

[@andrurec]

Hurricane gimmik,Boogeyman gimmik are some underrated gimmiks

[@dustintirey6122]

Jimmy Wang Yang owns a Red Neck Party Bus company in West Chester Ohio. My friends rented it for my birthday and he drove us around Downtown Cincinnati. Super nice guy!!!

[@johngotti3487]

Jimmy Wang Yang and Chuck Polumbo were some good wrestling characters during the middle of the ruthless aggression era

[@wilhemalmodovar8910]

Jimmy Wang Yang was def my favorite for a period of time when I was a boy

[@zemox2534]

Jimmy Yang was really fun to watch.

[@RKOzza]

Mountie hit it out the park with the post Slammer match segments

[@altytv9053]

Jimmy Wang yangs first promo vignette was lit

[@Theghostdogmadderkayne]

Paul Burchell Pirate nuff said....I loved that character

[@jimmyvega3735]

I'm half way through but something tells me they forgot the most underrated gimmick of all time... Nails the Innocent convict(The babyFace that got violated by BossMan).

[@1201zj]

Nails got blacklisted for kicking Vince's ass. Don't remember why. But that's what happened. I saw him 20 something years ago at my local flea market lol. He was tagging with the Duke of New York vs the Brooklyn Boys. That's when I understood as a kid that wrestling was staged and I was ok with that because Nails was interacting with an audience member to do take a fake punch. And i was like. That's cool af. That's what its all about.

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

Man, I miss Deuce N Domino. You never get a tag team like that, and it's such a shame. I liked the greaser gimmicks. And who would've thought that Dean Douglas would be the precursor to Matt Striker's teacher gimmick too?

[@uponthisrock1555]

They gave Stone Cold the persona of a serious version of Jimmy Wang Yang

[@scarvello]

I love the fact that they didn’t use the typical crazy martial arts Asian tropes with jimmy wang Yang

[@marsmellow1978]

Great video 👌🏼 I was a big fan of the Adam Bomb Gimmick in mid 90s WWF 💣

[@crushcity3034]

Same! He was like an action figure come to life

[@Betared2003]

Gotta be honest...I think Chavo as Kerwin White could have been something special...like a Repo Man for that generation.

[@1201zj]

Yes it was ditched too early and the character would have to be a world title threat to truly garner the super heel he could have been. He could have been a menace sabotaging people who questioned him and fought him for denouncing his latin race, or something along those lines

[@gregoryfolsom7882]

In the same vein, Simon Dean was perfect as the guy you tuned in to (hopefully) see get the shit kicked out of him. Even more so once he got teamed with the Gymini.

[@girlgarde]

I remember Kama in his days in the Million Dollar Corporation, he was my favourite member of the Corporation and he was brutal and tough. It's too bad though that he wasn't used properly but at least his character got a good send off in the 1996 Royal Rumble as he was the 2nd last girl to be eliminated and it was at the hands of Diesel after a brutal fight between the two men PLUS he caused Diesel to get eliminated by Shawn Michaels as Diesel got distracted eliminating Kama. Even when he came back in 1997, he still had that badass edge to his character which made him a valuable member of the Nation of Domination.

[@MP-in4or]

5:26 He was in WCW prior and was 1 half of the 'Amazing French Canadians.'

[@MrXanderthegreat1]

8:25 video glitched

[@therealmikebrown]

The Quebecers were forces of nature. Dedicated performers for sure.

[@adamrenfrow]

Loved Kama and Jean Pierre Lafite.

[@chperezjr]

So The Mountie was the first wrestler to be a babyface in Canada and a heel in the US and not Bret wow Im blown away

[@Nowitsfound]

The macho warrior ric hogan.. awesome and hilarious gimmick I just recently seen from I believe Memphis in the 90s

[@pauloguerreiro820]

Waylon Mercy was a great character with so much potential

[@donzellmccalipp8510]

Kushida's almost been one of mt favorite wrestlers coming out of new japan deep down vince would have had him chasing the 24/7 championship on the main roster

[@CarnivoreAF]

Shane Douglas’s run in ECW is my favorite heel in wrestling history!

[@hangeishot7919]

Wrestling With Andy. What happened to your Randy Savage video, I can't find it?.

[@Theghostdogmadderkayne]

The devil's advocate Sean O Hare is one that always comes to mind

[@Zxlxya]

2:52 Well Andy, he’s not running the company anymore. Bro really likes shading Vince cause he’s always rent free in his head

[@volklupo5133]

Yeah Sunny became a backstage personality, manager and occasional commentator and let's not forget full-time village bicycle 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@sadetwizelve]

1:48 UFC was in its infancy,mma had been around for years already.

[@sauceking4890]

thank you for not saying ronda when talking about the legit fighters to come over from ufc LOL

[@Brando-Lee3725]

I thought Kushida got that gimmick from when he and Alex Shelly formed The Time Splitters because they split their time between the states and Japan and he rolled with it . Maybe im wrong . Either way Kushida is a great talent ! But so is Jimmy Wang Yang ! Great wrestler ! Silly gimmick but I actually dug it . And im not big on comedic wrestling . But that was a perfect blend if your gonna go that route . I wish he was wrestling now days though .

[@denisesiddon7241]

Liked the mountie gimmick back in the 90s

[@jerzedits9318]

Kushida might be winning the impacts world champion and PCO definitely puts on a great performance for his age

[@officialbrucewayne]

Once again proof Hogan isn't the only one who was "shady"!

[@pool__boy]

I thought papa shango or however it was spelled was a pretty strong character. Always scared the hell out of me as a kid

[@bigdogmobilegamernation]

You forgot Ronda rousey she was in mma

[@badGamer123]

Dashing cody rhodes

[@leedee743]

I got so good at one of the old 2k wrestling games that I would just play Jimmy Wang Yang to anger my friends using their caw or favorite wrestlers.

[@victorvance2573]

Kama looks like a character from a late 1980s early 1990s brawler game like Streets of Rage or Final Fight.

[@tyreepowell8367]

I Like This Awesome Video 📸 Wonderful Job Wrestle With Andy Keep Up The Good Work.

[@reycastillo8811]

Broke Baron Corbin was underrated I enjoyed that one

[@moycorbin4750]

Pirate Paul Burchill could have been bigger than life ☠️