10 Old School Wresting Gimmicks That Need To Return
7. A Ripped Narcissist
There are characters that flirt with elements of this gimmick at present, but nothing that brings it all together to capture the sheer sh*thousery of Lex Luger in various incarnations, Rick Martel in all his late-80s 'Model' pomp or even Chris Masters before his work was badly, badly exposed and his body was mocked by his boss' son-in-law following a wellness violation.
When Brian Cage has finished doing the bidding for Team Taz, he should get to flexing a little more for the good of himself. Humongous mirror and all. Shayna Baszler is bigger and badder than most of the women on the Raw roster, but that's rarely been enough for Vince McMahon to book her as such thus far. It goes understated how much black humour she adds to her beatings - might she have untapped comedic potential adding braggadocios bullsh*t as well? MJF has mastered "mean and lean" since getting his big television break a year ago and could easily add even grosser narcissism to his bag of tricks.
Wrestling remains an aesthetics industry too - there'll never be a time where the bananas visual of a bananas body would actively hinder somebody's trajectory.