Randy Orton is The Viper, he was The Legend Killer and he used to be some pretty boy son of the Cowboy Bob Orton, the "evolution"(haha, clever pun intended) of his character has been immense, and in my opinion his evolution increased his ability to get to the top.
To be fair though, the times of PG still have their gimmicks, though these usually apply to the top stars, who have built these gimmicks on the nothing they were given at the beginning of their career. But that is a very "out there" gimmick, and because The Undertaker is so respected from his hard work and years of service, their is both a mix of respect and fanfare for The Undertaker, even if everyone knows The Undertaker is just a man, and he's very much alive. The Undertaker would have never been The Undertaker without gimmicks, a star like that would never have made it now because it just seems to unrealistic to the younger fans of today. I've always believed that the key to a good wrestler is their personality, and their personality stems from their gimmick. Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase are sons of Hall of Famers, Drew McIntyre and Shaemus are foreigners, what do the others have? Dolph Ziggler, whats his gimmick? Hi his name is Dolph Ziggler, I used to be a male cheerleader? How about Zack Ryders, woo woo woo you know it, I'm an idiotic joke of a jockstrap? Some are lucky, they are already different. Maybe that was a loaded question, but for reasons I can not comprehend, Vince keeps sending out wrestlers that just all look and sound the same. The Undertaker is the phenom of death valley, and Trent and Caylen play guitar hero in their spare time, now please leave a comment and name me the jobber/jobbers in this sentence. Trent Baretta and Caylen Croft are an example, whats their gimmick? they play Playstation. I've noticed that all the wrestlers seem the same, the gimmicks are just normal everyday wrestlers. The first instance i see of this is the name.
Remember the days with "The Real American" Hulk Hogan, a bunch of foreign guys, The Rock, Stone Cold and a bunch of other guys who actually had gimmicks? Now days, we have "superstars" who just seem to conform to the average person image. I believe gimmicks would make some of these wrestlers at least more memorable, but to be fair we are in the age of PG, and gimmicks are few and far between in wrestlers. We have a recent influx of just normal wrestlers, with no real identity to make them stand out. Anyway, I decided to write an article while waiting for my next WWE Raw fix to load up on youtube and after some light reading in my archives, I've decided on my topic to write about. Hello Bleacher Report, long time no writing.
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