BrianS81177 3,502 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I was talking with a friend today about the Attitude Era and he made a comment about Rikishi (something like seeing that fat ass more times than he cared for) and I told him that showing that fat ass was still better than being The Sultan which surprised him because he had totally forgotten Rikishi was The Sultan. I told him not to feel bad since The Sultan was only around for a couple months and he replied that the gimmick lasted a lot longer than that, so I looked it up and sure enough the character debuted in August 96 and last appeared in January 98. I could have sworn it only lasted 3 months or so. So what other gimmicks did you remember being short lived before finding out they actually lasted a while? Link to post Share on other sites
colonial 256 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Found this match on YT a couple of months ago ... I do not remember the Quebecers returning to the WWF during the Attitude Era, and they were there six months (I vaguely recall Pierre being in Brawl-for-All, but I presumed that was a one-shot deal). Also, per Cagematch, the Bart Gunn-Bob Holly incarnation of the Midnight Express lasted about five months, much longer than I remembered (honestly thought it was 2 months tops.) Link to post Share on other sites
PetrolCB 8,918 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Granted, they weren't on the main shows, but I was surprised to see that Fake Diesel and Fake Razor lasted into June of '97. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Doc Townsend 218 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I didn't remember Rick Martel's WWF heel run lasting all that long until I started re-watching late 80's/early 90's PPVs. Was surprised to see him still getting a decent push in '93, so I looked it up and he did "The Model" heel character until 1995. He was still getting a decent push in '93, though it looks like he was rarely on tv in 1994-95. He turned on Tito and broke up Strikeforce in '89, so he was The Model for about six years. I've gotten so used to seeing him as a heel it's hard to go back to AWA and watch super babyface Rick Martel. Interesting, he and Don Callis both claim there were plans to bring them back in the late 90's as a heel tag team, and that Callis was going to eventually tun on Martel so he could become a babyface. Link to post Share on other sites
Log 1,188 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On the flip side of that, I was surprised to realize that Martel was only in WCW for about six months in ‘98 and he was injured for a good chunk of that time. Link to post Share on other sites
Web Conn 2,861 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 He got injured healed came back got injured again and said screw it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Green Meanie 1,837 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 6 hours ago, colonial said: Found this match on YT a couple of months ago ... I do not remember the Quebecers returning to the WWF during the Attitude Era, and they were there six months (I vaguely recall Pierre being in Brawl-for-All, but I presumed that was a one-shot deal). Even stranger is that team of "Armageddon" - never seen them before! Bull looks super awkward in that outfit. Link to post Share on other sites
Zimbra 3,207 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I always thought the Tugboat gimmick was only around for a few months before he turned, but apparently it was almost two years. Link to post Share on other sites
AxB 10,387 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 The York Foundation lasted for a whole entire year. Link to post Share on other sites
For Great Justice 1,256 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Repo Man lasted from late 91 to Spring 93. Tatanka's return lasted from August 2005 to January 2007 Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,331 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 I'm not in a position to look them up but two that came to mind BLACK BLOOD (AKA BJ Haynes) YOSHI KWAN (AKA Kris Champion) Link to post Share on other sites
Jiji 10,871 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 I still can't get over the fact that Repo Man was played by the same man as Demolition Smash and Krusher Krushchev. That did not compute at all for me as a kid. Dorsow's hunched lurching was on point as Repo Man even if the gimmick and matches were the shits. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Death From Above 5,317 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Darsow's golf gimmick in the dying days of WCW was phenomenal. Anyway the answer for me is Sho Funaki spinning Vince thinking that film overdub joke was the funniest thing ever into a 12 year WWE stint. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
clintthecrippler 1,787 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 (edited) 4 hours ago, The Green Meanie said: Even stranger is that team of "Armageddon" - never seen them before! Bull looks super awkward in that outfit. Did that gimmick even make it to Raw? I seem to remember it being 100 percent sequestered to the syndicated Shotgun shows. And for the original question, I think the winner has to be Bushwhackers still popping up here and there in 1996, though from about 94 forward they weren't really regularly featured on Raw and were primarily in "ambassador" roles showing up for autograph appearances and non-wrestling WWF video packages, and used part-time to pad out international tours, and occasionally pop up on Superstars or WWF Mania while also being loaned out for indie appearances. It's wild to me that Hunter Hearst Helmsley wrestled a Bushwhacker at the Kuwait Cup in 1996. Edited July 22 by clintthecrippler Link to post Share on other sites
HumanChessgame 2,455 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 1 hour ago, Death From Above said: Anyway the answer for me is Sho Funaki spinning Vince thinking that film overdub joke was the funniest thing ever into a 12 year WWE stint. Indeed. 5 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Green Meanie 1,837 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 2 hours ago, clintthecrippler said: showing up for autograph appearances and non-wrestling WWF video packages Hillbilly Jim had this gig for what, 20 years? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,331 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 He was office right, as part of Coliseum Video? Link to post Share on other sites
PetrolCB 8,918 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 11 minutes ago, The Green Meanie said: Hillbilly Jim had this gig for what, 20 years? As long as his Hall of Fame speech. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
The Green Meanie 1,837 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 12 minutes ago, odessasteps said: He was office right, as part of Coliseum Video? Yeah, he was a spokesman for the for what felt like years. Did all the appearances for them at conventions, fan fests, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
BobbyWhioux 3,039 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 (edited) 22 hours ago, BrianS81177 said: I was talking with a friend today about the Attitude Era and he made a comment about Rikishi (something like seeing that fat ass more times than he cared for) and I told him that showing that fat ass was still better than being The Sultan which surprised him because he had totally forgotten Rikishi was The Sultan. I told him not to feel bad since The Sultan was only around for a couple months and he replied that the gimmick lasted a lot longer than that, so I looked it up and sure enough the character debuted in August 96 and last appeared in January 98. I could have sworn it only lasted 3 months or so. So what other gimmicks did you remember being short lived before finding out they actually lasted a while? Man Making A Difference Fatu had to have been around 18 months as well then. Instead of just 4 months of jobbing due to distractions by his mafiosi cousins (were they Rosey & Jamal years early?) that simply felt like 18 Edited July 22 by BobbyWhioux Link to post Share on other sites
BrianS81177 3,502 Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 I think it was Samu and Rosey Link to post Share on other sites
Phil4126 738 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 8 hours ago, Death From Above said: Darsow's golf gimmick in the dying days of WCW was phenomenal. Was this when he was trying to get the world shittiest arm submission over? I remember him having a move called the Barely Legal which the announcers sold like he was going to tear some poor son of a bitch's arm off but it just looked like he was bending the arm ever so gently. This always used to make me laugh my ass off but I can't remember what point in time this happened Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Coaster 154 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Lance Von Erich wrestled as a Von Erich in World Class for about a year and a half. I always remembered it being less than a year. Link to post Share on other sites
colonial 256 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 7 hours ago, Phil4126 said: Was this when he was trying to get the world shittiest arm submission over? I remember him having a move called the Barely Legal which the announcers sold like he was going to tear some poor son of a bitch's arm off but it just looked like he was bending the arm ever so gently. This always used to make me laugh my ass off but I can't remember what point in time this happened The "Barely Legal" submission appears to be pre-golf pro gimmick. Honestly don't remember this at all - - early 98 Darsow appears to be "talk like the Blacktop Bully while dress like Krusher Khruschev." 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Go2Sleep 1,442 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 I still think of gimmick ppvs as a new concept, but not that long ago, I realized Hell in a Cell and Money in the Bank are longer running ppvs than King of the Ring. WWECW feels like a flash in the pan now, but it ran on tv for almost 4 years. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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