12 Awesome Wrestling Gimmicks WWE Didn’t Know How To Handle
6. Tyler Breeze
Tyler Breeze's woeful presentation on the WWE main roster was unfortunate proof that the lauded developmental system driven by Chairman-elect Triple H is maybe not the magic wand of superstardom it always appears to be.
Two months after a high profile match against Jushin Thunder Liger opened up NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn in 2015, Breeze was given a long-awaited call-up to the main roster, having magnificently refined his Zoolander-inspired idiot model persona into a cynical heel with dependable in-ring panache.
His ascension was the headline event on the WWE Network's enjoyable 'Breaking Ground' project, as Breeze's overdue elevation served as a reminder for the Full Sail crew to keep working away at achieving their dreams.
The fairytale ended there, with an emphatic thud.
Despite his innovative selfie-cam entrance, the entire presentation was painfully lightweight. Breeze even lost his debut match, falling to Dean Ambrose and shortly after embarking on an unacknowledged losing streak laying down for just about anybody in degrading defeats tucked away on the 'Main Event' and 'Superstars' tapings.
A low-card recovery in tandem with Fandango as 'Fashion Police' has loosely reinvigorated Breeze, but the rewarding original gimmick looks lost in the ether, unlikely to ever return.