10 Lessons WWE's Main Roster Is Slowly Learning From NXT's Success
6. Those Who Commit To "Ridiculous" Gimmicks Really Deserve To Be Spotlighted
Tyler Breeze is a male model. Mattias Clement is a professional wrestler employed by WWE, but Tyler Breeze? He's a male model who lives around the world and when not on runways, is so gifted at grappling that he's a part of WWE's developmental system. Though campy as hell, when "pro wrestling" goes "pro wrestling," ENTERTAINMENT is created, and when it's presented well, it's a great addition to a television program. WWE's lacking ridiculous gimmicks that wrestlers make completely believable on TV right now. Intriguingly enough, Damien Sandow's the one guy who's really great at it, and he's not on Raw or Smackdown right now. Whenever he's spotlighted on TV engaging in the absurd antics tied to his cockamamie gimmicks that he goes above and beyond the call of duty to make believable, it works and adds a touch of spice to the show that gives the program some levity and depth.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
