10 WWE Stars Who Would Be Nothing Without Their Props
4. Elias, Jeff Jarrett And Honky Tonk Man's Guitars
Musical instruments seem to have been a mainstay in WWE for decades. Is it the live crowd atmosphere, mirroring the energy of a concert? Or maybe the aesthetic of a superstar sat in the middle of the ring with the acoustic/electric noise maker just gets Vinny Mac going?
Guitars have been used over generations and it would be rude to single out one performer's use as the definite bar for handling the tool on-screen.
The Honky Tonk man used his version to wallop everyone from Jake 'The Snake' Roberts to Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka. This application weaponised his inner-Elvis gimmick. Though he rarely played the instrument (and when he did it mocked the very instrument he was using) he'd berate the live crowd on a regular basis.
Jeff Jarrett took similar inspiration by smashing his prop over the heads of his enemies.
Elias however, wielded the guitar for its primary function - to play. Madness. His drifter shtick saw him float between segments backstage, until it got him over to a level where he now manipulates an entire audience with just a few plucks of his strings.
Whether it's being used to bulldoze your opponents or prod a capacity crowd, if used to its optimum capacity, this prop can be a career-maker.