WCW. The one thing that always amazed me about
that federation was the succession of gimmicks that were slapped on
the various mid-carders. Most weren't as outlandish as the ones found
in the WWF of the time, but they still had a certain...well, I don't
know what to call it. But they were interesting to say the least.
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For instance, take Cobra here. Obviously, Cobra is a military gimmick. But the various factors of the gimmick are what made this one stand out.
First, notice
the insignia behind him. As some of you may recognize, that's
a pretty direct lift from the "Cobra" logo from the
G.I.Joe action figure line! Secondly, his theme entrance. Well, I can't call it theme music as it consisted only of blips and bleeps used in Morse Code. See, the backstory
on Cobra, as near as I can tell, is that he once served in 'Nam,
under the leadership of fellow WCW wrestler Sgt. Craig Pittman.
Pittman apparently left Cobra behind during a mission, and now
he wanted to even the score. Now, I watched the one ppv match
these guys had and it was very hard to tell who was supposed to
be face and who was supposed to be the heel, so I can't tell you
if Cobra was a bad guy or not. Oh, and after all that build-up,
his ppv match lasted all of 2 minutes. |