10 Gimmick Changes To Save Wrestlers' Careers RIGHT NOW
4. Johnny Gargano (Less Wise-Cracking, More WRESTLING)
How can you mess this one up?
The answer to how you get Johnny Wrestling over as one of your most loveable underdog babyfaces on the roster is literally right there on the tin.
But rather than have the long-time wholesome hero of NXT hop in-between the ropes and regularly beat the odds via his pretty much unrivalled ability within the squared-circle, Triple H has bizarrely tried to push Gargano as a wise-cracking, smug figure who most fans would likely prefer to watch get his comeuppance than rally behind.
If you need an example of just how much of a failure this strange cocky face experiment has been, then look no further than the simply depressing reception that met the former NXT Champion when his theme hit inside of The Dome at this year's Rumble.
Nobody cares. And so they shouldn't.
Leave the cowboy hats and forced one-liners alone, please.
Johnny Wrestling's strength lies in producing the sort of valiant and impressive bell-to-bell displays that give fans no choice but to lose their voices in support of the plucky protagonist on show. Not in annoyingly dancing on an announce desk and pulling unfunny fast ones on The Miz.