Holdovers from an old gimmick

[arkady]

It has occured to me that there have been several WWE wrestlers (sorry...Superstars ) who have had holdovers to previous gimmicks.

For example:

Chris Jericho's Lionsault from his Lion Tamer gimmick;
Triple H's Pedigree from his upper-class butler gimmick;
Stone Cold's Stunner from his "Stunning Steve Austin" gimmick, while he was one of the Hollywood Blondes.

What others are there?

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

It has occured to me that there have been several WWE wrestlers (sorry...Superstars ) who have had holdovers to previous gimmicks.

For example:

Chris Jericho's Lionsault from his Lion Tamer gimmick;
Triple H's Pedigree from his upper-class butler gimmick;
Stone Cold's Stunner from his "Stunning Steve Austin" gimmick, while he was one of the Hollywood Blondes.

What others are there?

I don't think Austin used the Stunner when he was Stunning Steve Austin, he used the Stun Gun back then.

Jericho was "Lionheart" not Lion Tamer. The Lion Tamer was a better version of the Walls Of Jericho submission hold, with more pressure placed on the neck.

Val Venis continued to use the Money Shot when he was in his Right To Censor gimmick. Obviously the name "Money Shot" was linked with his Porn Star gimmick but I don't think he changed the name once he became a member of RTC

Undertaker kept using the Tombstone when he became the biker, and also now occasionally uses the Last Ride in his Deadman gimmick when that was created during his Bad Ass phase.

Scott Hall always used the Razors Edge finishing move even after dropping the Razor Ramon gimmick. If I remember right it was still called The Razors Edge even when he came back to the WWE in the nWo in 2002

JBL used the Clothesline From Hell throughout his WWE career, from his days in the Acolytes in the Ministry, to the beer-drinking APA days and then in his JBL gimmick.



Most wrestlers don't tend to drop moves from their repetoire just because their gimmick changes. Sometimes they get renamed, (The Razors Edge was called the Outsiders Edge in WCW) but most of the time if they have found a great finisher they stick with it, or at least use it occasionally once their gimmick changes.