#wrestling gimmicks

[wrestlingisweird]

THE EXECUTIONER (TERRY GORDY) vs. FREDDIE JOE FLOYD (TRACY SMOTHERS) - WWF 1996

[samijey]

Joe Hendry doesn't believe in fist bumps but he's happy to give you a nice hearty handshake (?) instead, what a guy!!

[elitehanitje]

[badbanaynas]

jungle boy is only really compatible with one uh...creature....sure he speaks in grunts and growls but they have this telepathic connectION..!

and if you're wondering if it can fIT..... DONT WORRY BOUT IT 🐁🐁

[metalhoops]

There are lots of modern aus with rockstar Eddie, and actor or professional sportsman Steve but I propose professional wrestler Steddie. I know this is niche, but hear me out. Wrestling is the perfect mix of sports (Steve) and drama/ camp (Eddie). 

You have a baby face Steve Harrington, who the crowd adores because he’s charismatic on the mic and not afraid to get a little bloody in his matches. Then you have heel Eddie who the crowd loves to hate. He’s got a Lost Boys-style vampire gimmick going on, heavy metal entrance music and has adopted the habit of walking in through the crowds. He’s amazing in tables matches and will take any opportunity to do a choke slam through the announce desk. 

The two don’t face each other in the ring often because Steve’s in a longtime feud with Billy Hargrove, whose a hell of a heel but downright dangerous in and out of the ring. He often refuses to sell for Steve and to make matters worse he’s a fan of not pulling his punches. 

Eddie and Steve don’t talk much in the locker rooms, they run in different circles and Eddie has the sneaking suspicion Steve is a stuck-up asshole (he’s not).  

They end up in a Royal Rumble match, where thirty-odd competitors get in a ring and fight to be the last one standing. Eddie’s sticking to the script. He keeps close to the guy he’s in a feud with until he catches Steve take a bump out of the corner of his eye. Billy’s on him and he’s not pulling his punches. Steve’s nose is gushing. The producers will be pissed because the T.V. network is getting squeamish about showing lots of blood. It’s not the 80s anymore. People don’t do that. 

Against his better judgment, Eddie decides to go off script. He takes Billy by surprise and manages to get him over the top rope. He wasn’t supposed to win anyway, so it wasn’t like they were going to dock his pay. He might get hazed in the locker room but that was a worry for another day. 

To Eddie’s surprise, Steve looks at him and shoots him a brilliant smile, his teeth filled with blood, his eyes shimmering with mischief. Someone tries to grapple with Eddie from behind but Steve intercepts, saving his ass. Eddie wasn’t meant to win the match either but he wanted as much airtime as he could get. He hates to admit it but he and Steve make a good team. Viewers seemed to agree. 

The next day Eddie is approached by his manager, telling him the higher-ups want him and Steve as a tag team. Which means one of two things. He and Steve were going to see a lot more of one another, and for once, Eddie was going to have to play the role of the good guy. It ends with them getting up way too close and personal in practice and pining hard over one another. 

[dootznbootz]

[sistertonin]

i just think he's neat :]

[luxurysystems]

Too 🌟stupid🌟 to be his partner.

[fallout-lou-begas]

i don't necessarily think AEW is doing things with such bad optics on purpose but i do think that between juice robinson threatening mjf with quarters, letting jericho and omega call themselves "the golden jets," and the possibility of adam page putting swerve strickland in a noose at full gear, AEW is in desperate need of a guy in creative whose entire job is just to google these things before they go ahead and do them on live television

[seanwaltism]

corporate needs you to find the difference between these pictures

[wrestlingisweird]

THE PHANTOMS (SORROW and TRAGEDY) and manager FANTASIA promo - USWA 1994

[supakixbabe]

Y’all got worked by a chair and that’s all there is to it. These PRO wrestlers are obviously going to be safe about it! Chill. I only hear this much discourse when it’s AEW and it’s hypocritical behavior.

Leave us to enjoy our T-shirt company in peace. Thanks. 😌👌🏽

[elitehanitje]

The most FAMOUS professional wrestling lawyers: Mike Dockins, Mark Sterling, Frank Beast Mortos

[dynamitekansai]

Via Tama Tonga's Instagram Stories

[jupiterjunebug]

I think if catch 2/2 ever turns heel they should have callum on english comms for a match then partway through hes like ok so tjp suggested i read the wikipedia article for aswang to you all so you understand whats abt to happen? Idk what that means. And then as he starts saying the sentence "an aswang is a shapeshifting, evil, vampire-like spirit" tjp just starts biting the ref.

[dilf-in-peril]

You're probably all aware of the "the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist" line and you know MJF said it to Punk after betraying him, because Punk said it in 2005 after betraying the crowd, but here's the full origin story of that line:

MJF (AEW Dynamite, 02.03.2022) → CM Punk (ROH Death Before Dishonor III, 18.06.2005) → Raven (ECW on TNN, 17.09.1999) → Keyser Söze (The Usual Suspects, 1995) → Charles Baudelaire (Paris Spleen, 1869)