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Honorable mentions: 1. Abyss and Joseph Park 2. Dustin Rhodes and Black Reign 3. Daffney and The Governor 4. Dusty Rhodes and The Midnight Rider 5. Brian Pillman and The Yellow Dog
I remember reading a rumor that they still have this idea floating around to bring Elias and Zeke back in the Royal Rumble. Elias was going to come in at No.2 get eliminated, and later down the line he was going to come out as Zeke, after shaving and trimming his hair backstage. It wouldve been Owens that eliminated Elias, as he would have came in at No.1 only to later be eliminated by Zeke later on. 😂
I enjoyed the effort on Kane's part of pivoting between the Corporate and demon persona's. The match where Corporate Kane gets thrown in an ambulance, only to then come out in his masked persona was a great deal of showmanship.
I still don't know why people thought Ezekiel and Elias were the same person. Even though they are brothers, they really are vastly different in every way possible!
What made Bray's Fiend gimmick so special is that it had the mix of friendly version of him while also can turn into his scarier self anytime he wanted to. That made his character way too unique & unpredictable. Bray & Finn by far had the best demon character of the modern era.
Undashing Cody Rhodes should've been Cody's first breakthrough, it's a shame the year was 2011 where an uninterested and very ADHD Vince was still booking. Undashing Cody Rhodes should've been the biggest heel in the industry at that time. Maybe Cody will reprise the gimmick if he turns heel again.
Yeah, who could believe that Superman could have such a glaring flaw ? This truly is only a smear campaign (I feel bad about this poor Mr Kent, having to go through all that stress must be tough for him)
3:08 I saw the lunch box with The demon’s face on it in the judgment day club house are we about to see Damien Priest vs the Demon Finn Balor really soon ? 😉
I know this isn't exact subject but damnd I muss when kane would tag with R.v.d or X-pac or Daniel Bryan don't get me wrong his time tagging with taker was allways special too but the previous mentionend 3 wre tag team and humor gold
Mick Foley idolized Jimmy Snuka as a teen. He and Shawn Michaels are of the same age, and if I’m not mistaken, entered the business around the same time.
While Triple H has done many great things for WWE One of his biggest flaws in booking is that he doesn’t understand the way of the gimmick like Vince did Which is why Elias and Ezekiel both were more prominent under Vince
Interesting that I'm the only one who remembers Dusty Rhodes disguised as The Midnight Rider because Flair had gotten Dusty suspended. I guess that makes an OG.
In 2001, WWE couldn't use Hollywood Nova or any other ECW trademarks as it did not own ECW at the time. At the time, ECW was in bankrupty and it was all in courts. Only things WWE got from ECW in 2001 were Paul Heyman and whole bunch of former ECW wrestlers, like RVD, Tommy Dreamer and others, but no ECW trademarks or storylines were allowed to be used or even referred to. Plus, after being originally called WCW/ECW Alliance, due to these issues, the stable was soon renamed to simply Alliance with all mentions or references to ECW being completely removed. WWE would eventually finally buy ECW from courts in 2005.
Elias/Ezekiel storyline was an amazing idea... In theory. The only problem was that it was way too obvious that it is the same person. If they cut his hair short or even shaved his head, maybe it could pass as it wouldn't be that obvious. They kept enough hair on him for it to be way too obvious that it was same person. Although, I still think Ezekiel was just a transitional gimmick until they came with a permanent one as apart for his feud with Owens it didn't have any realistic longterm future.
They obviously took this idea from TNA's Abyss/Joseph Park storyline, which was a huge success during its initial run. However, the reason that one worked out was because it was not that obvious that they were same person as it was hard to tell since Abyss wore a mask for most of his career. Sure, as time went on, it was becoming more and more obvious what was going on, especially since towards the end of it, TNA was giving us subtle clues that Joseph would eventually be revealed to be Abyss without the mask, but it worked out for almost two years to perfection as it was played out very good.
I always love when you imply that we don't have hard evidence that generic, hurricane, etc are linked to their rumored counterpart, because we don't really know
Just imagine if triple H had been running the show while we had the Fiend. We could've seen it's full potential. Even with Vince not getting it. Bray still got it over. It could've been even better
And then there was the super-babyface wrestler Jerry Lawler in the USWA and annoying heel commentator/wrestler Jerry Lawler in the WWF at the same time during the 90s. Granted, this might not count, since nobody outside of Kentucky and Tennessee would’ve noticed anyway, but still.
There is no such thing as two different people looking 100% identical. Even identical twins can be told apart which is which with just carefully looking at details. Especially one detail on face itself - no two pairs of eyes are totally identical on more then one person. That is exactly what gave it away that Elias and Ezequiel are same person - apart for beard and hair length, they look 100% same. That is biologically not possible if they are two different people.
My Grand father was a wrestler and hé wrestle under His own name and " l'aigle noir" means Blackhawk. One was Heel and one face and they try to Do a fight whit those two for years. But Nobody knowns.
Andy I’ve lived many of lives in wrestling from 1980-Now I’ve been Mike Fuchinkan Hansen Ravishing Mike Rude Dr. Death Mike Williams The Shooter/Iceman/Man of 10,000 Holds Mike Malenko Sycho Mikeo/Mike Vicious The Millennium Man/Ruler Of The World and The Prince of Old School Mike Corino
“ A low piont in women’s wrestling “ Yet all these years later and channels like this and many others are alright with men dressed as women winning Olympic medals in womens boxing , weight lifting and other sports around the western world.
Christopher Daniels As "The Fallen Angel" and Curryman In TNA which I didn't know 2 decades ago also he was Suicide the protagonist In Midway's TNA Impact Video Game which became a gimmick In real life huge TNA fan here
Check out Keiji Mutoh/The Great Muta. An athletic babyface as Mutoh, and when he's in the face paint, he's The Great Muta, a mystical psychopath who can spit poison mist in opponents eyes.
Finn Balor’s demon gimmick is my favorite because of the super cool face paint and how it’s presented as a undefeated killer version of Balor, well until he lost to Roman Reigns at Extreme Rules 2021
From what I heard, Glen Jacobs actually begged WWE management to come up with some idea which would involve huge change in his character, as he wanted to try something new, while still not completely giving up on his Demon gimmick. When they presented him with Corporate Kane gimmick, he was reportedly excited with the idea and agreed to do it, as he was at time slowly walking away from wrestling and was getting involved into politics more and more. However, he later admitted that he deeply regretted this decision and that luckely WWE management eventually realised that this was not working out and simply decided to drop the whole idea before it became unsalvagable.
Brad Armstrong literally got involved as two different people on behalf of opposing teams in the same match! He wrestled as Brad Armstrong and Fantasia/Badstreet at the same time as well as Brad Armstrong and Arachnaman around the same time period.
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I saw Ezekiel on some indie show
It’s the demon king not just the demon
You forgot about owens/blue blazer
Mick Foley entering the Rumble with all 3 personas is still iconic to this day.
That was still at least in my eyes one of the koolest rumble outings ever well that and like h.b.k winning the hole thing twice from the #1 spot
Mid carder at best
That never happened
@@tommydeamon7657he didn't win twice from the number one spot
It makes him the only wrestler to appear in royal rumble more times in a single royal rumble match
Honorable mentions:
1. Abyss and Joseph Park
2. Dustin Rhodes and Black Reign
3. Daffney and The Governor
4. Dusty Rhodes and The Midnight Rider
5. Brian Pillman and The Yellow Dog
Abyss and Joseph Park 100% deserved to be on the list.
6. Owen Hart and Blue Blazer
@@thebigbear4696 FACTS.
Rosemary and Courtney Rush
And #6 Raiesha Saeed and Cheerleader Melissa
I remember reading a rumor that they still have this idea floating around to bring Elias and Zeke back in the Royal Rumble. Elias was going to come in at No.2 get eliminated, and later down the line he was going to come out as Zeke, after shaving and trimming his hair backstage.
It wouldve been Owens that eliminated Elias, as he would have came in at No.1 only to later be eliminated by Zeke later on. 😂
Ellas and Joe Hendry making songs.
@@mariorune3657 Joe Hendry already roasted him
We want to Trod with Elrod!
Rest In Piece to Bray Wyatt!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 0:24
I enjoyed the effort on Kane's part of pivoting between the Corporate and demon persona's. The match where Corporate Kane gets thrown in an ambulance, only to then come out in his masked persona was a great deal of showmanship.
I still don't know why people thought Ezekiel and Elias were the same person. Even though they are brothers, they really are vastly different in every way possible!
Totally agree
Next thing your going to tell me sami and el generico, Hulk hogan and mr america, and kevin owens and kevin steen are the same wrestler😂.
@@cliffordjackson3 WHAT?!
Same! Why do people think Mick Foley is Mankind, Cactus Jack, and Dude Love?
@@eviltom17 Know idea where they get that idea from
What made Bray's Fiend gimmick so special is that it had the mix of friendly version of him while also can turn into his scarier self anytime he wanted to. That made his character way too unique & unpredictable. Bray & Finn by far had the best demon character of the modern era.
FACTS dude.
It wasn't a demon. It was a bipolar clown. Just look at the pants, or the hair, or the face paint, or the YOWIE WOWIE!
Asterisk for Glen Jacobs/Kane: he actually chokeslammed someone in the middle of a mayoral speech
And with hurricane it was funny because when the hurricane returned with his entrance the first time it shown saying hurricane helms
Firefly Funhouse was alot less Mister Rogers and alot more Pee-Wee's Playhouse
Undashing cody was way better then stardust cody
Undashing was the best one. I prefer it over dashing, and stardust. Perfect
@@kevinuchiha6830 FACTS.
Undashing Cody Rhodes should've been Cody's first breakthrough, it's a shame the year was 2011 where an uninterested and very ADHD Vince was still booking. Undashing Cody Rhodes should've been the biggest heel in the industry at that time. Maybe Cody will reprise the gimmick if he turns heel again.
Clarke Kent wears glasses. How could Superman fly, if he was partially sighted?
It's a disguise 🥸
@@TehJew22 but... Clarke Kent is a journalist and public figure. Such masquerading seems unlikely😂🤣😂🤣
Yeah, who could believe that Superman could have such a glaring flaw ?
This truly is only a smear campaign (I feel bad about this poor Mr Kent, having to go through all that stress must be tough for him)
Okay .... where is Abyss?
Basically Mankind and all his other gimmicks. Cactus Jack and Dude Love 😂
As a WCW fan Cactus Jack is the OG.
What about Kimchee/Brooklyn Brawler
7:34 the Marrella family will be proud of Santino and Santina.
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That's sad. It's fake lol Arianna is his daughter tho
3:08 I saw the lunch box with The demon’s face on it in the judgment day club house are we about to see Damien Priest vs the Demon Finn Balor really soon ? 😉
Commissioner Foley too
Drinking game: every time he says Hell take a shot
Or take one every time he says “who are we talking about here, “blank name, of course “
Ok I DEFINITELY have to call you out for not including abyss and chris park then saying that suzie was the only example from tna/impact
I know this isn't exact subject but damnd I muss when kane would tag with R.v.d or X-pac or Daniel Bryan don't get me wrong his time tagging with taker was allways special too but the previous mentionend 3 wre tag team and humor gold
Boy do I miss Bray 😢🤦🏽♂️.
Andy
Please do
Top 10 best wwe superstars gimmick character 🙏 🙏🙏🙏😊
Mick Foley idolized Jimmy Snuka as a teen. He and Shawn Michaels are of the same age, and if I’m not mistaken, entered the business around the same time.
New Andy 😎👍
While Triple H has done many great things for WWE
One of his biggest flaws in booking is that he doesn’t understand the way of the gimmick like Vince did
Which is why Elias and Ezekiel both were more prominent under Vince
Interesting that I'm the only one who remembers Dusty Rhodes disguised as The Midnight Rider because Flair had gotten Dusty suspended. I guess that makes an OG.
In 2001, WWE couldn't use Hollywood Nova or any other ECW trademarks as it did not own ECW at the time. At the time, ECW was in bankrupty and it was all in courts. Only things WWE got from ECW in 2001 were Paul Heyman and whole bunch of former ECW wrestlers, like RVD, Tommy Dreamer and others, but no ECW trademarks or storylines were allowed to be used or even referred to. Plus, after being originally called WCW/ECW Alliance, due to these issues, the stable was soon renamed to simply Alliance with all mentions or references to ECW being completely removed. WWE would eventually finally buy ECW from courts in 2005.
Elias/Ezekiel storyline was an amazing idea... In theory. The only problem was that it was way too obvious that it is the same person. If they cut his hair short or even shaved his head, maybe it could pass as it wouldn't be that obvious. They kept enough hair on him for it to be way too obvious that it was same person. Although, I still think Ezekiel was just a transitional gimmick until they came with a permanent one as apart for his feud with Owens it didn't have any realistic longterm future.
They obviously took this idea from TNA's Abyss/Joseph Park storyline, which was a huge success during its initial run. However, the reason that one worked out was because it was not that obvious that they were same person as it was hard to tell since Abyss wore a mask for most of his career. Sure, as time went on, it was becoming more and more obvious what was going on, especially since towards the end of it, TNA was giving us subtle clues that Joseph would eventually be revealed to be Abyss without the mask, but it worked out for almost two years to perfection as it was played out very good.
I always love when you imply that we don't have hard evidence that generic, hurricane, etc are linked to their rumored counterpart, because we don't really know
I know you were playing to kayfabe but Jamie Noble unmasked The Hurricane so we can say for certain Gregory Helms WAS The Hurricane 😅
Monster abyss and joseph park tna
So we skip abyss/joesph park and instead use HHH weird but ok..
What about abyss and Joseph Park
Just imagine if triple H had been running the show while we had the Fiend. We could've seen it's full potential. Even with Vince not getting it. Bray still got it over. It could've been even better
You also should have included abyss and his joseph park persona..
I miss Elias... and Zeke! Those two were great lol
And then there was the super-babyface wrestler Jerry Lawler in the USWA and annoying heel commentator/wrestler Jerry Lawler in the WWF at the same time during the 90s. Granted, this might not count, since nobody outside of Kentucky and Tennessee would’ve noticed anyway, but still.
Helms wasn't playing 2 characters. He was a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude
Alissa Flash/Raisha Saeed in TNA aka Cheerleader Melissa on the indies
Didn't Hurricane work because we all knew he was Helms from early WWE?
Great
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There are a couple similarities between Ezekiel and Elias but has anyone noticed actually the similarities between Ezekiel and LA knight???
I truly have no recollection of Gregory helms on ecw in 2009
Now Elias/Ezekiel is working under his real name Elijah, which makes it seem like there are even more brothers out there 😄
Never forget Trod with Elrod!
Mama Samson should be proud of her two boys, Ezekiel and Elias
There is no such thing as two different people looking 100% identical. Even identical twins can be told apart which is which with just carefully looking at details. Especially one detail on face itself - no two pairs of eyes are totally identical on more then one person. That is exactly what gave it away that Elias and Ezequiel are same person - apart for beard and hair length, they look 100% same. That is biologically not possible if they are two different people.
Joseph Park Esq
Adblocker works. And I will stop using youtube when I can no longer use it.
My Grand father was a wrestler and hé wrestle under His own name and " l'aigle noir" means Blackhawk. One was Heel and one face and they try to Do a fight whit those two for years. But Nobody knowns.
Shame We will never get the Fiend vs The Demon King
We should've got The Fiend vs The Demon😞
bayou cult leader wyatt was leaps and bounds better than the feins and firefly funhouse
Gregory Helms and The Hurricane are the same person? What's Up Wit That?
How can a character show up 3 times in a BATTLE Royal? Royal Rumble is possible though
Andy I’ve lived many of lives in wrestling from 1980-Now I’ve been Mike Fuchinkan Hansen Ravishing Mike Rude Dr. Death Mike Williams The Shooter/Iceman/Man of 10,000 Holds Mike Malenko Sycho Mikeo/Mike Vicious The Millennium Man/Ruler Of The World and The Prince of Old School Mike Corino
Bruv...you forgot Susan...Su was doing 3 gimmicks
I was so ready for elias 2nd brother 😊
Abyss and Joseph Park??????
No love for Jyushin/Kishin Liger?
You are missing Abyss/Joseph Park
Super concept
Loved Child’s Host Bray Wyatt
its really a crime that Ed helms is not yet in the HALL OF FAME.
RIP Bray Wyatt
“ A low piont in women’s wrestling “ Yet all these years later and channels like this and many others are alright with men dressed as women winning Olympic medals in womens boxing , weight lifting and other sports around the western world.
Will never forgive Vince for Goldberg destorying the fiend
The fiend was so dumb. It got to cartoony
Owen Hart and The Blue Blazer.
Andy is right. Elias and Ezekiel are twins. like if you agree.
Su Yung
Susie
Susan
Is the narrator AI? He repeats phrases over and over.
That firefly fun house match was completely ignorant bullshit! Dumbest thing in the history of wrestling.
Can't believe you missed out another TNA split personality gimmick. That gimmick in question being Abyss as his brother, Joseph Park.
Christopher Daniels As "The Fallen Angel" and Curryman In TNA which I didn't know 2 decades ago also he was Suicide the protagonist In Midway's TNA Impact Video Game which became a gimmick In real life huge TNA fan here
Midway? Like the now NRS Mortal Kombat developers Midway? I had no Idea that they made the TNA game, thats actually mind-blowing
FACTS dude.
I lost cable weeks before he was revealed... didn't even know til a few years ago, blew my mind lol
Midway makes wrestling games???
Yes, good catch!
Check out Keiji Mutoh/The Great Muta. An athletic babyface as Mutoh, and when he's in the face paint, he's The Great Muta, a mystical psychopath who can spit poison mist in opponents eyes.
Not just his Royal Rumble triple shots, his interview gimmick with Dude Love talking to Mankind & introducing Cactus Jack to New York was priceless.
Finn Balor’s demon gimmick is my favorite because of the super cool face paint and how it’s presented as a undefeated killer version of Balor, well until he lost to Roman Reigns at Extreme Rules 2021
Ezekiel > Elias
Missed Opportunity of The Demon vs The Fiend
I would agree with that statement. That match would have been awesome.
How about Abyss
Su Yung character kinda interesting, and TNA also perfectly executed the character just like abyss
Mick Foley had a rare talent becoming all 3 characters with totally different personalities
FACTS.
From what I heard, Glen Jacobs actually begged WWE management to come up with some idea which would involve huge change in his character, as he wanted to try something new, while still not completely giving up on his Demon gimmick. When they presented him with Corporate Kane gimmick, he was reportedly excited with the idea and agreed to do it, as he was at time slowly walking away from wrestling and was getting involved into politics more and more. However, he later admitted that he deeply regretted this decision and that luckely WWE management eventually realised that this was not working out and simply decided to drop the whole idea before it became unsalvagable.
Most underrated one today is Lio Rush and The Blackheart in my opinion
Abyss/Joseph Park was another great one.
I beleive abyss should also be mentioned in this list
Are we NOT gonna talk about the Undertaker as the Phenom and the American Badass?
It wasn't dual.
They did not appear during the same run. Doesn't count.
But we will talk about you didn't even understand the point and meaning of this video lol
It’s been almost a year since the tragic passing of Windum “The Fiend” Rotunda.
Yeah i do remember when LA Knight used to be Ezekiel
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@@WRESTLEWITHANDYKeep Up The Great Work You're Awesome
Annnnnnnnnnndyyyyyyyy!!!
It's DYNAMITE Wednesday.
My favourite show 😊
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3:35 "What's Up With That???!!!"
Brad Armstrong literally got involved as two different people on behalf of opposing teams in the same match! He wrestled as Brad Armstrong and Fantasia/Badstreet at the same time as well as Brad Armstrong and Arachnaman around the same time period.
What about Abyss and Joseph Parks? They deserve to be here!
What about Windham Rotunda???
If I remember correctly Christopher Daniels was Daniels and Curry Man at the same time for a while
In TNA Curry Man and Christopher Daniels!!
HHH sacrificed so much as heel for the business