Your Own Gimmick Battle Royal.

[byrnside]

I just thought of this posting under The Brain's thread "Memorable Battle Royals." I went with the gimmick battle royal from Wrestlemania X-Seven. I was looking at the list of combatants, and I didn't care for some of the names, but I guess they didn't have a lot of choices. So of course, it got me thinking, who would I rather have had in the Gimmick Battle Royal. I tried to stay away from some of the bigger names to keep my list shorter and more gimmicky, feel free to use anyone, live or dead. Try to throw in some reasons why, let's keep from spamming. Also try to keep your lists limited to no more than 20.

01. Bushwhacker Luke. Fun gimmick, usually a fun elimination too.

02. Bushwhacker Butch. See #1.

03. Duke The Dumpster Droese. Always had a soft spot in my heart for this guy. "It's time to take out the trash!!" Had some decent matches with Triple H actually.

04. Doink the Clown [Matt Borne] One of the best villains of the 90s. Enough said.

05. Tugboat. Classic big man, always good for a Battle Royal. Cool sailor hat. Good revilary with Earthquake turned tag team championship partners.

06. Earthquake. See #5. Also add, first feud was with Hulk Hogan.

07. One Man Gang. Another classic big man, can't have too many of those in a Battle Royal. I always liked his punk rock/biker gimmick.

08. Kamala. Fun gimmick and another big man. My Battle Royal is going to be huge. As Gorilla Monsoon would say "Hope they reinforced the ring!"

09. Repo Man. Had to fit Barry Darsow in there somewhere, and seeing as the Golfer wasn't as long lived or as funny, I had to go with Repo. Also I added Crush later, but not the Demolition version.

10. Sgt. Slaughter. Don't think I really need to explain this one. Former WWF Champion and Hall of Famer.

Other names I would have thrown in:

11. Kwang. AKA Savio Vega. Came around in '93 and stayed 'til mid '95. Did he a pretty cool thing sort of like Tajiri, where he would spray some magical mist into his opponents eyes.

12. Bob "Spark Plug" Holly. Classic underdog, a good Battle Royal should have at least one. I've got two.

13. 1-2-3 Kid [1993/Mullet version]. See #12.

14. Brian Knobbs. Needed another good tag team, and this was always one of my favorites, great antics.

15. Jerry Saggs. See #14.

16. The Big Bossman. Another one of my all-time favorites. Loved how fast he talked and how fast he could move in the ring and with the night stick. His theme song was amazing [I'm actually from Cobb County.] I was going to put Nailz in as a good feud choice but instead..

17. The Mountie. Better worker in the WWF and more long-lived than Nailz, also former Intercontinental champion. Plus, he didn't try to kill Vince McMahon.

18. The Warlord. Needed a good strong man who has short staying power in a Battle Royal. He was good in The Powers of Pain and as a singles wrestler. Well, maybe not good..

19. "Kona" Crush [as a heel]. Personally, another favorite of the mid 90s. His feud with Randy Savage was Legen... Wait for it.. dary!

20. "The Model" Rick Martel. Another classic gimmick. Seemed stupid at the time, but it really got over. Also holds one of the records for longest appearance in a Royal Rumble if I'm not mistaken. I'd imagine him using his arrogance to try and get the win.

 

[neildittmar]

Fun thread. I'll try to stick to those individuals who are still living (and who WWE could reasonably get) though:

1. Demolition Smash (still active on the independent circuit. Perfect for a short appearance in a battle royal).
2. Demolition Axe (see above)
3. Virgil (just recently worked in a program with Ted Dibiase Jr., could probably still go in this type of a setting)
4. Nailz (To quote Eric Bischoff: Controversy Creates Cash)
5. Razor Ramon (crowd would probably pop big for The Bad Guy)
6. Diesel (Nice 2-3 minute run in this years Royal Rumble, if WWE have further plans this could help solidify them)
7. Doink the Clown (as a heel of course, he's almost a staple for matches like this)
8. Jake Roberts (recently retired... wants one more shot at the spotlight)
9. Randy Savage (as the "Macho King", runs down both Sheamus and HHH in a pre-match vignette)
10. Ultimate Warrior (wrestled in 2008 and looked good. Can still do the Warrior. Might seque nicely into a HOF induction down the road)
11. Dusty Rhodes (complete with polka dot wrestling attire)
12. Goldust (with at least one father/son exchange, even if it's just a staredown)
13. Mabel (released a year or so ago for weight issues... one match wouldn't hurt)
14. The Genius (with poem reading before the match begins)
15. Hacksaw Jim Duggan (always a crowd favorite... also still works occasionally)
16. Waylon Mercy (excellent character... Dan Spiveys "swan song" cut short)
17. Shawn Michaels (in classic Heart Break Kid getup)
18. Marty Jannety (in classic Rocker attire, goes right after Michaels)
19. Rowdy Roddy Piper (timeless)
20. Kamala (because he's Kamala and he's awesome)

 

[simeon63]

I noticed the above post mentioned the Genius Lenny Poffo, I like to share a
memory with you from the 80's in the old Boston Garden. They had this battle
Royal and Leaping Lenny Poffo wore a full suit of armor into the ring, it was hilarious
watching people trying to punch him only to hurt their hands. They finally threw him out
and he landed on his head( yes with helmet on). They had to pull him out of the arena on a stretcher, wasn't sure if that was part of the show or not.

 

[The_Gene_Genie]

So many gimmicks outh there; some good, some bad and some that should never ever, ever, have been thought about, pitched, discussed, agreed on and thrown out in front of a television camera! I'm gonna pitch my Battle Royal in that vain...

1. Isaac Yankem DDS. Well they eventually got it right with poor Glenn Jacobs, but c'mon a wrestling dentist. Really? Bad teeth and a gimmick to match

2. Arachnaman. A Spider-Man rip off dressed in Bananaman colours. Wrestling originality and creativity at its unfathomable best. Well done WCW

3. Max Moon. Billed from where? The future?

4. Oz. Not Kevin Nash's finest hour. An awful gimmick provided once again by the ingenious WCW writers circa 1991. Brilliant. But I need a big guy in this Battle Royal to go against Yankem

5. Tugboat. Is it just me or are the majority of horrendous gimmicks reserved for the big guys? I couldn't get my head around the big sailor, nor could I ever consider this gimmick as serious. I'm so glad he went onto be Typhoon and later on the Shockmaster, just to improve his credibility

6. Battle Kat. Wasn't this the alter ego of Prince Adam/He-Man's faithful companion Cringer? Dean Peters was a natural athlete whose athleticism inspired the move sets of such stars as RVD. Only wrestling can kill such a potential talent with a crap gimmick like this

7. Mantaur. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Just no

8. Bastion Booger. Supports my claim that bad gimmicks always seem to go to the bigger guys. The big guy was surely better than this gimmick?

9. Gobbledy Gooker. Arguably the worst gimmick of all time. I'll throw him in to give Bastion Booger something to eat

10. Zeus. Actors aren't wrestlers no matter how big and scary looking they are. Period. The majority of wrestlers can't act. Period. Perhaps these two genres should stay far, far away from each other. Forever

I'll leave it as a ten man Battle Royal as I could go on and on, but I've got things to do and my fingers are starting to hurt.

 

[Mr. Artistic guy]

1) Earthquake - Big guy and had a fair bit of success whilst not being too big a name, decent gimmick despite being very limited.

2) Tugboat - Same as Earthquake really

3) Doink The Clown - Pretty fun gimmick, really deserves to get in and there is plenty of funny spots you could use his character for.

4) Jake "The Snake" Roberts - Don't see why not. Bringing Damien down to ring and having all competitors back up into corners of the ring would be a nice little sight.

5) Big Bossman - In classic blue uniform, some people forget the fan following he had at times during his early career, would have got a nice pop for being old school.

6) Demolition Smash - Classic gimmick formulating one of the best tag teams around in a golden era of tag teams, would have been nice to see.

7) Demolition Axe - As above

8) Million Dollar man - A gimmick that you could do anything with, one of the most successful in that period, really stand-out and successful in rumbles and battle royals also.

9) I.R.S - To go with Ted DiBiase, his gimmick wasn't quite in the same league but he's fairly active as a wrestler still so for viewing purposes it would have made sense.

10) "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan - Everyone loves the guy, he's fun and would bring life to some of the older guys, I can hear the USA chants right now.

I'll stick with 10 for now.

 

[Tech N9ne]

I would make it a 20 Man Battle Royal...

1. Doink "The Clown" - When I think "Gimmick" I think of this clown.

2. Thurman "Sparky" Plug/Bob "Spark Plug" Holly - A race car driver gimmick. 'Nuff said.

3. Sgt. Slaughter - This would be one of the more serious character gimmicks in the match.

4. Headbanger Mosh
---- Uhhh how about that gimmick!!??
5. Headbanger Thrasher

6. Earthquake - More as his later stage Face, happy fat guy.

7. Typhoon - More as his angry self in The Natural Disasters. He and Earthquake would square off in the match.

8. Bushwacker Luke
----- Hard to mention gimmick without thinking of these 2.
9. Bushwacker Butch

10. The 1-2-3 Kid - His whole gimmick/existence was based off one 1-2-3 he got over Razor Ramon.

11. Hillbilly Jim - Gotta have at least ONE of the red neck/farmer gimmicks out there.

12. Koko B. Ware - The dude danced with and like a bird...

13. El Matador - It would have to be this gimmick for Tito to get in. It was a pretty big play off his race.

14. Hercules - The prototypical early definition of a wrestler. He was the ripped strong man, with the name, Hercules...

15. Brooklyn Brawler - Lombardi's biggest gimmick. Could have chosen numerous different characters of his.

16. Red Rooster - He had a red dyed Mo-Hawk, crowed, and even walked like a chicken...

17. The Repo Man - It would seem to be a farce of a Gimmick match without him.

18. Yokozuna - The heaviest man in the match.

19. Fake Diesel - He would be the tallest man in the match.

20. Gobbley Gooer - Uhhh... A turkey...

So, this is how I see it going down. They all enter in the order I have them placed up there. Each one gets announced and has his music playing as he enters and everything. By the time it gets to The Repo Man, the guys in the ring are getting restless. Old rivalries start to surface, such as Earthquake/Typhoon, and The Brawler/Rooster. They start to begin to throw blows and people start attacking one another.

Yokozuna makes his way down and gets rushed by a good amount of guys. All this leads to, is Yokozuna eliminating a lot of guys in the match. Hillbilly Jim will eliminate a few Heels like The Repo Man and Hercules. As Earthquake and Typhoon struggle to throw one another over, Yokozuna comes over and pushes the both over the ropes.

The Fake Diesel makes his full entrance and passes guys that have been eliminated and headed to the back. As he is doing this, Hillbilly Jim finishes the rest of the Heels, The Brawler etc... Doink tries to do a trick for Yokozuna. Yokozuna doesn't look amused and throws out Doink. Slaughter tries to throw out Yokozuna but can't lift him. He gets cheered for his effort as Yokozuna eliminates Slaughter.

It comes down to Yokozuna and Hillbilly Jim as Diesel makes his way up to the apron. Yokozuna and Hillbilly Jim do the standard test of strength moves, Shoulder Blocks, Collared Elbow Tie Ups etc... They begin to trade blows and Jim starts to get the better of Yokozuna. Just as he gets Yokozuna backed to the ropes and looks to eliminate him, Diesel makes it in there and grabs Jim from behind. Yokozuna comes at Jim, while Diesel holds him. Jim moves and Yokozuna thrust kicks Diesel over the top rope.

Just as this is starting... The last competitor, The Gobbley Gooer comes out to the stage. He is dancing and doing his thing trying to appeal to the fans.

Jim nails Yokozuna with a Big Boot and backs him into the ropes. Hillbilly Jim hits Yokozuna with a couple slow, big punches, trying to send him over the ropes. Jim backs up and appeals to the crowd for one more final big shot. As he comes in, Yokozuna catches him in a Belly To Belly and sends Jim over the top rope.

The Gobbley Gooer stops dancing as he looks to the ring and sees just Yokozuna waiting for him. He looks around to the crowd for support as Yokozuna stares him down, with that face he usually made. Just then, "Macho King" Randy Savage comes out and nails The Turkey in his back, with his Septor, knocking him to the ground. Savage is wearing his crown and tosses it off as he begins to run down the ramp, to the ring.

Savage slides in and begins sticking Yokozuna with jabs. He gets the better of him and goes for a Body Slam. Yokozuna stops it and rakes Savage in his eyes. Yokozuna picks Savage up and carries him to the ropes, on his shoulder in a Power Slam-type of position. As they near the ropes, Savage falls off, over the ropes, onto the apron, on his feet. He keeps a hold on Yokozuna's head and neck and eventually pulls him over.

LOL... It would be a nice surprise and a bit more emotion if something like this happened. The reason I bring in Savage as Macho King, is I think that is one of the more underrated gimmicks ever.

Savage redefined the King position, by changing the crown, having a septor, having a queen and playing off the actually meaning of the gimmick overall. It was given to Savage at a time where his career had a chance to stall. He was beyond The IC Title, had no chance of taking the WWF Title from Hogan, and had guys like The Ultimate Warrior breathing down his neck, as they were on the rise.

So, what to do with Savage? They kept him relevant by having him win a title without a belt. He won a "Kingdom" by defeating King Duggan who had defeated King Haku, who had defeated King Harley Race.

Having Savage be The King was a great way to keep power, as well as focus, on him without having him feud with Hogan, or have a title.

 

[byrnside]

Nice job Crooked I. I thought of a couple more guys that would make great alternates, someone before said Bastian Booger, also, what about The Godfather or Papa Shango?

As a take off of Crooked I, I think my battle royal would have to play out something like this:

Participants: Bushwhacker Luke, Bushwhacker Butch, Duke The Dumpster Droese, Doink the Clown, Tugboat, Earthquake, One Man Gang, Repo Man, Sgt. Slaughter, Kwang, Bob "Spark Plug" Holly, 1-2-3 Kid, Brian Knobbs, Jerry Saggs, The Big Bossman, The Mountie, The Warlord, "Kona" Crush, The Model" Rick Martel.

Right out of the gate, I think everyone would gang up on Earthquake eliminating him. Warlod would go on to celebrate as if he did most of the work allowing the 1-2-3 Kid and Bob Holly to roll him out. I would have Brian Knobb and Jerry Saggs eliminate eachother. The 1-2-3 Kid being eliminated by Typhoon. Crush eliminating Bob Holly. Kamala being dumped out by Typhoon. We would see guys like Repo Man, and Duke The Dumpster get thrown out rather easily, probably by one of the bigger guys. Doink would eliminate Crush through some antic. Doink would be eliminated by Typhoon. Typhoon would be eliminated by One Man Gang. One Man Gang would be eliminated by both Bushwhackers. Both Bushwhackers would be eliminated by Kwang, seperately. Sgt. Slaughter would be eliminated by The Model and Kwang..

At this point Kwang and the Model have been working together until the Model turns on Kwang, eliminating him.. Thinking he has won the Model turns to face the Bossman and a pummeling ensues.. The Bossman would eventually chase Martel all over and then clothesline the Model over for the win.

 

[thunt41]

1)Aldo Montoya
2)Kwang
3)Adam Bomb
4)Vinnie Vegas
5)Diamond Stud
6)Johnny B. Badd
7)William Regal - A man's Man
8)The Stalker
9)Savio Vega
10)The Goon
11)Gangrel
12)Heidenreich
13)Snitsky
14)the One Billy Gunn
15)the real double J Jesse James
16)boogeyman
17)Palmer Cannon
18)Henry Godwin
19)Phineas Godwin
20)Mordecai

 

[Disturbed]

I loved the gimmick battle royal at Wrestlemania 17. I am only going to do 15 but use gimmicks from all of the eras.

1. Val Venis I loved his character and since he has talked so much as of late, I would like to see what he could do these days. He was in TNA some last year but didn't do much.

2. Jerry "The King" Lawler Who doesn't want to see the King? I think it would be entertaining seeing him hide under the ring again.

3. Zack Ryder I said, I was going to use guys from all the eras so here is one from recent times. I like Zack Ryder and love the man's gimmick.

4. Glaciar Had a ridiculous gimmick in WCW and this is a gimmick battle royal.

5. Animal from LOD I'll throw in some tag teams as well.

6. Kevin Thorne You know, the vampire dude from WWECW. lol

7. Brian Knobs Another tag team.

8. Bob Backlund Former WWE Champion.

9. Hawk from LOD You said we could use those who have died.

10. The Boogeyman What a weirdo and would just add to this gimmick battle royal.

11. Jerry Sags Lets get Nasty!!!

12. Brooklyn Brawler Arguably the best jobber of all time.

13. Hunter Hearst Helmsley The Blueblood. That would be cool to see him like that again.

14. Hacksaw Jim Duggan Won the first ever Royal Rumble.

15. Gilberg My favorite jobber of all time. His Goldberg act was hysterical.

Winner: Jerry "The King" Lawler.

Gilberg comes in and eliminates a few people and is the only one in the ring. He thinks he won, then Jerry comes in from under the ring and throws him over.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

Here is my Battle Royal....

1. Gangrel

Comes out 1st so you get to see the legendary entrance. I wanna see the blood spraying and the Impaler DDT.

2. The Godfather

I just wanna see the Ho's. Having him as 1 of the first 2 means he can get on the mic and show off the women before the match

3. Kerwin White

Chavo as a Golfer was NEVER going to work, it always made me laugh when I think about why anyone thought this would get over

4. Simon Dean

Just to see him get his asskicked. I would hope Dean would hit his Kyrptonite Krunch finisher from when he was Nova

5. Val Venis

A great gimmick for the Attitude Era. He would get eliminated and then grind on Godfather's Ho's causing the Pimp Daddy to eliminate himself to get hold of Venis....

6. Gillberg

Giiiiiillllberg! I loved seeing Duane Gill, what a hilarious gimmick

7. Hunter Hearst Helmsley

It would be great to see HHH in his original Blue Blood Gimmick one more time

8. Doink The Clown

Has there ever been a gimmick battle royal without the most famous clown in wrestling?

9. The Undertaker

The greatest gimmick of them all. No explanation needed. Would win this match

10. John Cena (Rapper)

I much preferred Cena as this character. It suited him much better. He would be the final man eliminated by Undertaker

11. Mankind

Foley's greatest gimmick. I would mark out for the "Wreck" theme music again

12. Sgt Slaughter

One for the Old School fans, the Sarge would kick some ass but not quite make it to the end.

13. Iron Sheik


Give this man a mic as he walks to the ring. An absolute hero and has a memorable moustache. Deserves a spot

14. Million Dollar Man

Could be accompained to the ring by his son. A man who should have been world champion many times

15. Dude Love

Foley returns to the match for another go!! I was a big Dude Love fan, and he stays in til 3rd last, but Cena eliminates him after a dance off

Winner..... UNDERTAKER

 

[mclovin]

I don't have the guys id put in it, but it would be ontop of a hell in a cell and instead of being thrown out the ring, it's off the cage.

 

[THTRobtaylor]

Ok... sod it, I am doing a 30 man Gimmick Royal Rumble match lol...

1: Gangrel - Totally with the idea of seeing the entrance again... they missed such an opportunity by not doing that Vampire faction in ECW...
2: Seven - Ditto to see "Uncle FestDust" float to the ring one more time

3 & 4 Demolition Smash & Demoliton Ax - If only to see them go at it one more time... still one of the best rumble moments ever...
5: Hakushi - Awesome gimmick that they burned by letting Bret beat him off the bat... had he won they had a real star on their hands...
6: DOA Crush - Interesting to see him go at the Demos... Sadly we never got to see that...
7: Jake The Snake Roberts - Still one of the best gimmicks ever... as we're resurrecting people, Damien comes along too and clears house as the big guys crap themselves and eliminate themselves...
8: Earthquake - So we see him crush Damien one more time... closely followed by...
9: Hornswoggle - see where this is going? Come on... you know you want to see it...
10: The Patriot - Was a hell of a gimmick, shame the guy was damaged goods by the time he got to WWE cos it could really have worked...
11: The Iron Sheik - Sheiky-Baby has to put in an appearance against an american hero... and he gets eliminated by stupidly trying the Camel Clutch on Quake...cocaine is a hell of a drug...
12: Nikolai Volkoff - Yep, he and Sheiky-Baby team to try and work on Jake and Quake... except Nikolai lasts as long as a Bushwhacker without viagra.
13: The Ultimate Warrior: Cleans house of the heels... only to run into a DDT from Jake... good job as he is blown up already...
14: Who? Who's in 14th... Who... No... Ok... it was a bad idea, but at least Jim Neidhart makes an appearance... closely followed by
15: Oh crap... It's Giant Gonzales... oh thank god... some rouge PETA activists just speared him off the stage for his costume... so we're spared the 20 minute walk to the ring...
16: The Warrior is back in action, he and Jake just tore at each other but... What i'd like to have right now... Yep Rick Rude just came from under the ring and eliminated them both! Stellar work from the Sexiest Man Alive..or dead...
17: Ok... so Ted DiBiase couldn't make it...never mind we got "The Taylor Made Man" Terrance Taylor... perhaps the worst gimmick rip off of all time... could be worse... oh wait... Heenan with a red spray can... Cluck Cluck Cluck...
18: And the Hit's just keep on coming... time for some Honky Love... Honky Tonk man breaks Nikolais record as the Patriot sends him flying over the top while he is shaking...
19: 16 years to the day of the infamous "Booker Man" incident... "The Loose Cannon" Brian Pillman makes his way to the ring and utters the immortal line... "I respect you... Rooster Man" before dumping Taylor over the top...
20: Making his 2nd appearance of the evening, Dustin Rhodes dons the gold lame suit as shhhh Goldust... he wants Rick Rude's ass... badly...
21: Oh You Didn't Know... oh wrong one... I'm an ASS man... Mr Ass makes his way to the ring, confusing Goldust long enough for Pillman to dump him over the top...
22: Enough of this tomfoolery, never one to be besmirched, William Regal makes his way to the ring... He pulls the top rope down just as the Patriot sails past with his Patriot missle... Way to go Del... he was supposed to get in the ring first...
23: Mr Ass is eliminated by Rude as he makes the exact same mistake of going for Regal... but Rude suddenly is backpedalling as Sting makes his way to the ring...
24: Oh wrestlecrap... just when things were looking up... here comes Sting's partner... he is none other THAN ThE SHOCK...MASTER... At least he made it... oh phew, George Lucas just slapped an injunction on him for blatantly using a Stormtrooper helmet.... At least Rico never got a hold of him for wearing jeans and cowboy boots...
25: YETTTEHHH YETTTEHHH... not quite sure what he is going to do... oh he went to dry hump Sting who reverses and sends him straight out...
26: BONG! BONG! Yep... sanity is restored as The Undertaker 91, complete with removable hat, kipper tie and "I spent the last 3 months testing Red Bull" eyes... Pillman is gone! So is Mr. Ass... 4 men remain... Sting, Regal Rude and Taker...
27: OH YEAH.... Sorry we're not allowed to hire Randy cos he did naughty things so Black Machismo will have to do...
28: Erm... Erm... It's the ECW Zombie... thats 2 dead men in the ring... that's kinda awkward...
29: 5...4...3..2..1... Welcome to Rumble IS JERICHO!!! Y2J intercepts Zombie as he ambles to the ring, yes it really took that long and Chris managed to change into his suit, walk slowly and be...the...best...in...the...world...at... yep it was long...
30: No Music? must be someone old... This man took his gimmick to the announce booth, the movies AND the Governors Mansion... Jesse The Body in da house...

Final 2 are Taker and Jericho... no question who wins.... Yep Jericho!... only kidding