Face paint and other gimmicks, Should it make a comeback?

AudioSavior

The Road Warriors and The Ultimate Warrior had awesome face paint and it worked well for them. There haven't been many wrestlers who used face paint in a while. Do you think it should make a come back?

It seems lately that wrestlers and gimmicks basically consist of a wrestlers personality and little more, unlike something different ie. Ultimate Warrior and the The Road Warriors.

The tag teams now mostly consist of singles wrestlers tossed together or even the ones who are purely tag teams have been broken up or stripped of most of their gimmick like La Resistance or The Bashams.

There is a rumor going around that Matt Morgan will be returning with a mask. Do you think WWE should start doing this more now? They tried giving Kenzo a big gimmick but it went down to nothing after a few weeks.

I think WWE needs to start using more bold gimmicks now. Having wrestlers only gimmick being their attitude or personality is great for a lot of wrestlers, but it can get old if most of them are doing it for a long time and then it gets a little bland. I say bring back a little cheese in the gimmicks but at the same time make it entertaining and fun to watch!

What do you think??

Narc

I really would like to see gimmicks like that comeback. Some of the best wrestlers/teams, had either face paints or crazy gimmicks. I dont know if today they would work, but I surely do miss them. I think Brock Lesnar should have had face paint tho. He had too much of a baby face. Also Batista should have came in with his Leviathan gimmick. I dont think they should over do it, but one here and there wouldnt hurt I dont think. Lately thats all you have, are wrestlers with the same look (Test, Haas, Jindrak, Christian, Orton, Cade, etc.) and I dont think that can be good.

AudioSavior

Ya that was also something I noticed. Everyone is starting to look the same. They need to start mixing it up abit and go with a gimmick and actually stick with it. The only thing they did different lately was Eugene.

Narc

And that gimmick, tho fun at first, is retarded...you know what I mean lol. What about having the Shane Twins come in with face paint or something. I always loved face paint.

AudioSavior

Ya, I was hoping they do something like that with them. Otherwise they will be the Bashams 2.

AudioSavior

This is a good thread damnit. Start posting lol. Lazy bastards.

Gothgirl

How about Demolition? They looked awesome with their face paint. And it worked for their gimmick too.

Lou

Yeah, it is a good thread. I saw it earlier, but took me a while to post because I just can't really form a good argument for why I would like to see more face paints. I guess I can just say I just like it, and that's that.

I suppose face paints are not what WWE wants because it's been wanting to get away from the colorful characters of the early 90's, and wants to be taken seriously by the mainstream media. But man, without gimmicks, so many of the wrestler are just so boring. Not only that, their entrances (the MOST important part of pro wrestling IMO) are all becoming indistinguishable. And now, even some of the more colorful characters who had success throughout the Attitude era are becoming blend. I actually looked forward to seeing Hardcore Holly when he was doing the Don Quixote-like character. Now, he's just another tough dude.

I agree that introducing some of the new guys with face paints can really set them apart from the rest - and WWE might actually sell more t-shirts too!

Disco Raheem

How about Jeff Hardy, everyone ragged on him for wearing face paint. And he had cool face paint, so obviously it just doesn't gel with this time and place.

Knyte

Masks and facepaints could be quite handy for Vince, if you look at like this:

1. Vince loves big guys.
2. Most of the Big guys Vince gets, don't have a shread of charisma or acting ability.
3. Have a big guy like Heidenrich (sp?), Tomko, or even Batisa wear a mask or heavy paint, and give them a Sting Crow Gimmick, or Even Edge's origanial gimmick. They just hang out in the dark, in the rafters, or elsewhere. Never speak, instead letting their actions speak for them. They run in, dominate their match, or help/hinder ally/adversaries, and leave just as quickly. It keeps them mysterious, and makes us want to see more of them, rather than going, "Ah crap, Heidenrich has the mike again, time to go take out the trash...."

Just a thought..

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