10 Wrestling Gimmicks That Weren’t Supposed To Last Long
7. Suicide
A curious experiment gone right (before it went horribly wrong, because of course it did), Suicide was a completely covered wrestler that appeared in TNA right around the time the company began promoting their first ever video game.
In keeping with the thinly-veiled perception of them as rivals to WWE, 'TNA Impact' brought a limited cast of characters into the homes of wrestling fans with the added bonus of an everyman story mode featuring the superhero-type gimmick that could then be seen on their television product.
The synergy made sense, even if the character (at various points portrayed by Christopher Daniels, Akira Kawabata, Kazarian and future WWE Cruiserweight Champion TJ Perkins) had little motivation in the 'real' world compared to his time as a sprite.
It was perhaps why the suit stuck around so long. TNA farmed it out to that many talents that it hung about on television long after the game came out, lasting five years before Perkins took on 'Manik' as a new name, dropping the mask and the persona altogether.