10 Wrestling Gimmicks That Weren’t Supposed To Last Long
5. 'Stone Cold' Shark Boy
Shane Helms isn't the only one that owes Steve Austin a debt of gratitude.
Yet another ridiculous TNA gimmick that threatened to make chum out of a bonafide X Division challenger, Shark Boy's 'Stone Cold' confusion remains part of his amphibious act to this day.
Previously reliant on a comedic aesthetic that literally masked his skills in the Impact Zone, Shark Boy instead feasted on the best of Steve Austin's repertoire after waking up from a coma with a case of mistaken identity and flagrant gimmick infringement. Doing his own version of Austin's "BMF' walk to the thrashes of his 'Stone Cold Fish' entrance music, Shark Boy struck all that moved with 'Chummers' in a character twist that, stupefyingly, stuck.
The Austin-infused silliness of the character endured - so much so that Shark Boy's cameo in the riotous Slammiversary 2017 Scott Steiner/Josh Matthews/Joseph Park/Jeremy Borash tag team match was revealed to a thunderous pop with an "Oh Shell Yeah" subtitle.
Shark Boy's made just enough of somebody else's gimmick work for him - and that's the fishin' line.