9 WWE Gimmicks That Are Totally DEAD
Welcome to WWE's very own island of misfit toys and company irrelevancy!
Let's be clear about one thing first and foremost: It must really suck to struggle for house room on WWE television and know the creative team would rather you kindly buggered off to catering so they could deal with the important people instead. That, despite still being a paid gig, must be a quite-miserable existence at times.
Some current acts are living it.
They're all talented men and women for sure, but their on-screen gimmicks? Totally knackered and in dire need of change. Another two questions. Where do they go from here, and what characters should they play next? Well, that's something for the writing staff to contend with.
One thing is obvious though - enough is enough for these personas that only occasionally sneak onto Raw, SmackDown or NXT like somebody in creative horrible misspelled "Roman Reigns" when formatting scripts. Others on the list are already undergoing changes like they're Ozzy Osbourne and this is a 1972 Black Sabbath piano ballad (...not the horrible redo with Kelly!).
So, which WWE gimmicks are past their sell by date? These, these gimmicks are past their sell by or are already history...
9. Los Lotharios As A Flirty Tag-Team
Messrs. Garza and Carrillo haven’t worked a match since losing to Dragon Lee and Nathan Frazer on the 18 July NXT. Angel and Humberto argued afterwards, but later acknowledged that they haven’t been living up to the legacy of Hector Garza on the 8 August episode and seemed to put tensions behind them.
Something new is likely in the works then.
Being totally honest, their flirty love machine gimmick had been in the clearance bin of WWE ideas for a while now. It didn't gain any steam to speak of on the main roster, and that struggle has continued on the developmental brand. Now, it's being wiped out by the mighty pen.
Handsome sods for sure, Garza and Carrillo will be repackaged as dudes attempting to restore some family pride. In short, they'll aim to make the late, great Hector smile down from above. Fingers crossed WWE treats this sort of topic with the respect it deserves, and this isn't just another false dawn.