KB"s Wrestler Challenge #13- Awesome vs. Doink

[klunderbunker]

This week we have athleticism vs. gimmick.

To begin with, we have perhaps the most agile big man since the Big Boss Man. This guy lived up to his name in being nothing but Awesome. If you got into wrestling after he was gone, go out of your way to go find some of his old stuff. For his size, which was about 6'7 and weighing about 290, he wrestled like Eddie Guerrero. WCW absolutely wasted this guy with bad gimmicks, which screamed another instance of people spitting on ECW. Ladies and gentlemen, Mike Awesome!

His opponent is one of my all time favorite gimmicks. Now let me preface this by saying I'm talking abotu the original when he was a heel, not the abomination of a face that he was. This gimmick was absolutely great. Heenan put him over to no end. Think about it for a minute. Doink was a very very good wrestler. He put on a damn fine match with Bret at I believe Summerslam 93. The idea that someone with his talent was so deranged that he felt he had to wear makeup and hide his true identity was brilliant. Joker anyone? Ladies and Gentlemen, Doink the Clown!

You know how it works. If not, go look at some old ones.

 

[Monkey_Mania]

This wrestlers challenge is an easy one. At least to me it is.

Mike Awesome is a guy was 6'7" and weighs 290 pounds all the way up to at least 320. He could do so much that even guys half his age cant do. He could also talk on the stick a little bit. He looked impressive because he was impressive. One of the greatest Super Heavyweights to ever step foot in a ring. This is not a knock on Doink who really had little to work with and made the gimmick work. But Mike Awesome is just...well...Awesome like his name entails.