Let's talk gimmicks. for those who happen to come across this blog by a friend or found it by accident and you wanting to break into the biz. listen carefully. Look at wrestling as a product and the thing you are selling is yourself. Think of a gimmick and invest into that gimmick.
Look at the Honky Tonk Man. The greatest intercontionel champion of all time. He dressed like Elvis and talked like him but claimed to be better then Elvis. He used that gimmick and got heat and hit people with his guitar. It got him over. He invested into his look and tights to sell himself and it paid off for him.
Another good gimmick was Dusty Rhodes with just his common man and american dream gimmick. He knew how tot alk on the mic and just act like a everyday working man. Something everyone could relate to.
Demolation one of the best tag teams ever to work with there leather outfits and painted faces as being rough and tough guys got them 3 tag team title runs.
The Nasty Boys another great tag team dressing like street thugs and yelling at the fans there were gonna nastize them got them over.
The road warriors or Legion of doom. Another gimmck of tough guys from the streets of Chicogo one had a mohawk another had a double mohawk. Rough and tough and destroying who ever got in there way.
Hulk hoag appealed to kids telling to say there prayers and take there vitiemins and what not. Being the true american for wrestling.
My favorite gimmick of all time has to Stone cold Steve Austin. The beer swealing,finger flipping,foul mouth, ass kicking employee. Alot of us hate our bosses and he took the dream of beating up his boss. Dressed only in black trunks and drinking beer when ever he felt like it was a instant success for him. He was someone everyone wanted to be in wrestling.
Raven is another favorite of mine for gimmicks. He was grunge wrestler when grunge music was popular. He is awesome on the mic and promos is what got him over. Dressing is street jeans and ripped t-shirts was a great look for hima nd gimmick.
Find a gimmick send some cash on it to invest in yourself and the look. You may start out not making money at first unless you get it over to invest in your look.
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