soliloquy
Well-Known Member
In defence of HHH when he was a goofy aristocrat it's worth noting that was Mcmahon's fault as he's in charge and lumbered lots of wrestlers with really bad gimmicks during the mid 90's like the Rock with that horrible perm & flowery outfit, Steve Austin as the Ringmaster, Mankind, Edge and Christian being "brothers" Kane being able to control fire etc.
Thing is that most of the guys who really make it in WWE are saddled with a crap gimmick but they break away from it and form their own character a great example is Steve Austin who was brought in as a jobber but once he got on the mic he blew it up and they had no choice but to start pushing a guy they originally had little faith in.
On another note I'm more a fan of TNA these days but I watched WWE recently and I really like Alberto Del Rio as he's quite a change from the bland faceless guys with porn star type names the WWE seem to be keen on now, plus he reminds me a lot of the classic heels I grew up on like Rick Rude (surely this guy deserves an award for the greatest abs of all time?) and Mr Perfect that were all about being arrogant and really pissing off the crowd to make an impact.
i'm HATING how wwe doesn't really have any heels nor faces anymore. everyone is in this annoying gray area where sometimes they are heels, and othertimes they are face, and it really doesn't 'pop' the crowd the least.
take randy for example. great guy, great wrestler. everyone loves him in the back as he demands justice and wants everyone to get fair and equal timing and blah blah blah....but he comes out and RKOs a heel and he gets great pop from the crowd. then he RKOs a face, and its the same thing.
i still say that in the recent wrestlers that came in the last 15 years, the best heel in my books has been HHH. i LOVED him during the 'power trip' stable with austin (i really started loving him after he tore his leg). i loved him when he fough tHBK. i loved him when he was the denim wearing HHH. i love him when he came back after the invasion angle etc etc....but then WWE pussied him out