Wrestlers that made it in other era's that might not make it today

[LKP]

It something that has crossed my mind recently how would certain Stars/Wrestlers from past era's fair if they came up in the modern era. Would certain wrestlers still be big like the Mr perfect's, Rick rude's, Andre the Gaint's, Haku's, Midnight express,ETC. Would they be allowed time to develop there gimmicks and characters or would they be let go by know onto the independents or TNA would they even be allowed to have the gimmicks they had.

What do you guys think?

 

[noumenon]

Pretty much anyone pre- 1990's.

 

[He who knows more than Nation]

Some of the dude's you mentioned still live on today as some gimmicks are extensions of yester-year's gimmicks. John Morrison as a heel is an extension of Rick Rude, his slow-mo entrance is akin to Rick Rude's robe removal, just not anywhere near as awesome. Big Show carries the Giant mantle quite well, and so on. Almost everyone these days borrows something from some one from in the past. Ric Flair-Buddy Rogers- Gorgeous George, Hulk Hogan-Superstar Graham, nWo-Horsemen, Cena-Hogan-Bruno, and so on and so on.

 

[Quintastic One]

Good topic. I think there were not only guys who would of done well from yester-year but, might of even flourished. The Dynamite Kid was at least 15 years ahead of the game in terms of wrestling ability & cruiserweight style of wrestling. Roddy Piper, Jake Roberts, Mr. Perfect & Rick Rude were all human heat machines and I think Mr. Perfect especially with his gimmick would of been world championship calibur nowadays. And could you imagine Million Dollar Man & IRS coming out and gloating about their wealth while running down everybody else being effected by the recession? GOLD GOLD GOLD. lol.

However, for guys like that there would also be guys that would of never had nearly as much job security nowadays as they did back in the day. Junkyard Dog, Butch Reed, George Steele, The Bushwackers, Brutus Beefcake, The Killer Bees, Adrian Adonis with his drag queen gimmick all come to mind. These guys had YEARS worth of tenure in the WWE where in modern days they'd be lower card jobbers and released within 90 days of being brought up from FCW.

 

[He who knows more than Nation]

^^^There's another one- Million Dollar Man was in essence JBL's most successful gimmick!

I think all the cerebral and sick assaults Orton used against the McMahon's were molded after Roberts.

JYD wasn't very gimmicky, even inside the E, he was a top dude in Mid South, he could be the black dude to tap into the market that the E seems so oblivious to.

 

[Kizza]

Austin wouldn't make it in a PG era.

 

[LKP]

The rock, stone cold. piper or Jesse ventura would not have made it now no way. PG now sucks ass.