I disagree highly with this list. I will not be accepting any Stone Cold Shark Boy slander from anyone, cause that gimmick was epic, and no one can change my opinion on it.
I agree...I'm not sure it belongs on the list because, well, it was Shark Boy. It elevated him a fair bit and gave him more TV time than he'd had in the past. The gimmick change was successful in that respect.
Stone Cold Shark Boy was for a short time in 2008 one of the most entertaining things in mainstream wrestling. Black Machismo didn't have a long shelf life but took a guy who was just another great wrestler in the X Division and got him well and truly over. I don't think either should be anywhere near this list.
Joe having Taz as a manager, a guy whose motto was literally ‘fuck the world’, and then deciding to give the title to Angle and join the Main Event Mafia is so backwards. A swerve for the sake of a swerve.
Yall TRIPPIN!! Black Machismo and Stone Cold Shark Boy were GREAT!! Jay Lethal even Incorporated the pomp and circumstance music into his current theme 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’ll grant you most of this list, but I gotta drop a hard disagree on Black Machismo. Sure, it wasn’t going to put him in the main event and it probably doesn’t stand up to his work in ROH; but it’s infinitely more entertaining and productive than whatever he’s doing in AEW with Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh now. 🤷🏻♂️
@@johnstone9396 Sonjay Dutt is a legend, and they’re in the business to make money not to show off indy talents, i love Gresham but that man ain’t a draw.
@@johnstone9396 Sonjay Dutt is absolutely more known than Gresham, that’s not even a opinion, it’s a fact. The fact he is still on TV despite retiring from wrestling is a testament to that. Won one of the main titles in almost all the promotions he has been, to call him a ”never been” is stupidity. The fact you pointed out Jay Lethal being a living legend in wrestling and called Sonjay Dutt never been when Lethal’s most known feud was against Sonjay Dutt. And for what it’s worth, i believe Gresham and Lethal are both better workers, but Gresham’s overall career is not even in the same tier as Dutt’s and Lethals.
When you said "Sonjay Dutt to The Guru" the first thing that popped into my head was "They didn't base him off of that god awful Mike Myers movie did they??"
It might have been that other Guru film from 2002 starring Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei. The Mike Myers one came out a year later after the gimmick was already established.
@@claymathewselevator8121 something I've learnt in show business. Is that everyone has one movie they were a part of, that everyone thought was rubbish.
As a kid during the Stone Cold Shark Boy era. I throughly enjoyed him, and legitimately couldn't tell if it was Austin or not (dumb little kid that didn't know the ins and outs yet).
Say what you want to about Jay Lethal's "Black Machismo" gimmick: As a fan of Randy "The Macho Man" Savage, I thought it was rather entertaining. To be fair, a lot of other people I know of who are pro wrestling fans that knew of the "Black Machismo" gimmick & liked Randy "The Macho Man" Savage, respectively were 100% fine with it.
I agree with most on the list except Shark Boy. Watching back his old TNA stuff or his more recent appearances and they still make me laugh. He was great.
I remember seeing Jay Lethal being full as an impersonator of Randy Savage. Not just the acting and costume but the entrance music of the time is nothing but a remixed version of the macho man’s entrance music.
"Dueling Dragons?! More like Ricky The Dragon!!!" "Snake Roberts ruined my wedding!!!" "I didn't know Kamala (Awesome Kong) was going to be here!!" My friends and I still quote these three moments to this day. In fact, I only refer to Jake Roberts as "Snake Roberts" now.
You are dead wrong about the Rock 'N' Rave Infection. Jimmy Rave, Lance Hoyt and Christy Hemme were treading water before getting a resurgence with that gimmick. Which rocked.
Daffney as the governor was a good but admittedly unoriginal idea. I really enjoyed 'The Guru' Sonjay Dutt too. Gotta love a stupid gimmick every now and then.
While I'll agree with most of the list I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree on Black Machismo. Sure it wasn't gonna make him world champion but it was very entertaining I thoroughly enjoyed it throughout it's run and even got a kick out of it when Jay briefly brought it back at All In. So I wouldn't necessarily call it one of the worst gimmick changes.
I remember hating that Sharkboy gimmick when I was a child. He acted so much like a great value Stone Cold, that it got on my nerves & I didn’t laugh once. Nowadays I’m pretty neutral to the gimmick. I’m still not a fan, but it’s harmless. It got him over with the live crowds & that’s the most important thing. You won’t make it long in the wrestling business without the support of the fans. Besides, he got Stone Cold’s seal of approval, so good for him. 👍🦈
I disagree with the Black Machismo & Stone Cold Shark Boy entries. Even though Lethal was cosplaying as Randy, apart from the Macho Elbow, he wrestled like he would without the gimmick. The imitation gimmick just gave him a bigger spotlight. For Stone Cold Sharkboy, it was really entertaining. And, since you compared the two, let’s be real here, unlike Lethal, Shark Boy was never gonna be main event. At least the Stone Cold gimmick was extremely enjoyable, memorable, and gave Shark Boy something interesting to do.
I can't understand why you think that Impact's attempt to make Okada look interesting was bad? That was the best thing that they could do with that charisma void.
Gimme a shell yeah! Stone Cold Shark Boy almost saved TNA! Chris Harris from the best tag team wrestler in the world to Bret Hart level whinger without the talent was occasionally hilarious.
The "Rat on a Pole" match would've taken on a whole other meaning if it had featured the Godfather back in the day... But have to disagree with Black Machismo and Stone Cold Shark Boy being in the list. Both gimmicks were massively over and are still remembered fondly to this day. And considering this is a company which had the Shane Twins repackaged as the Johnsons (and had both wrestle while dressed literally as giant cocks) and had the Outlaws change their gimmick to Voodoo Kin Mafia (as a pop at Vincent Kennedy McMahon, naturally) then including those two over them is mental.
I'm so glad to see someone else call out Black Machismo and Stone Cold Sharkboy as the shit gimmicks they were. They made TNA look like a second rate fed.
It’s their list their opinion, but my opinion says their opinion is trash. Bollocks even. Mostly because Black Machismo was arguably the gimmick that put Lethals name on the map. And stone cold shark boy was the second best thing shark boy had done in TNA (number one being the short lived but all be it absolutely hilarious run with New Jack) but Nature Boy AJ is spot on. Cheers
Seriously you’ve got Shark Boy on this list but not Little Petey Pump. Was Shark Boy at least entertaining? ‘Oh Shell Yeah!’ Can’t say the same for little Petey Pump though.
I disagree highly with this list. I will not be accepting any Stone Cold Shark Boy slander from anyone, cause that gimmick was epic, and no one can change my opinion on it.
For real Stone Cold Shark Boy and Black Machismo are awesome and if anyone disagree their wrong and probably hate wrestling
Give me a SHELL YEAH!
I’m sry but EVERYONE new that shark boy was a knock off Stone Cold.
@@TheGamerFriends They weren't hiding it...they made it as obvious as possible.
Shell yeah!
Daffney absolutely deserved so much better.
Black Machismo and Shark Boy was very entertaining.
Rellik is “killer” spelled backwards
Shark boy with the stone cold tone was incredibly entertaining, I at least thought so
@cultaholic still love ya though guys keep up the great work
I agree...I'm not sure it belongs on the list because, well, it was Shark Boy. It elevated him a fair bit and gave him more TV time than he'd had in the past. The gimmick change was successful in that respect.
AND THATS THE FISHING LINE!!!
Dw. Just about everyone does
@@ghostamity5116 not Cultaholic apparently. It was so over with the crowd & everyone though so … idk 🤷♂️ why it’s on this list.
Stone Cold Shark Boy was for a short time in 2008 one of the most entertaining things in mainstream wrestling. Black Machismo didn't have a long shelf life but took a guy who was just another great wrestler in the X Division and got him well and truly over. I don't think either should be anywhere near this list.
Shark Boy slander? That's criminal, Adam!
Black Machismo was also entertaining.
Joe having Taz as a manager, a guy whose motto was literally ‘fuck the world’, and then deciding to give the title to Angle and join the Main Event Mafia is so backwards. A swerve for the sake of a swerve.
Yes and no
A swerve for the sake of a swerve is Vince Russo in a nutshell.
Bro....ya gotta swerve em, BRO.
Shark Boy as Austin was awesome idc idc
Yall TRIPPIN!! Black Machismo and Stone Cold Shark Boy were GREAT!! Jay Lethal even Incorporated the pomp and circumstance music into his current theme 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’ll grant you most of this list, but I gotta drop a hard disagree on Black Machismo. Sure, it wasn’t going to put him in the main event and it probably doesn’t stand up to his work in ROH; but it’s infinitely more entertaining and productive than whatever he’s doing in AEW with Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh now. 🤷🏻♂️
@@johnstone9396 Sonjay Dutt is a legend, and they’re in the business to make money not to show off indy talents, i love Gresham but that man ain’t a draw.
@@johnstone9396 Sonjay Dutt is absolutely more known than Gresham, that’s not even a opinion, it’s a fact. The fact he is still on TV despite retiring from wrestling is a testament to that. Won one of the main titles in almost all the promotions he has been, to call him a ”never been” is stupidity. The fact you pointed out Jay Lethal being a living legend in wrestling and called Sonjay Dutt never been when Lethal’s most known feud was against Sonjay Dutt. And for what it’s worth, i believe Gresham and Lethal are both better workers, but Gresham’s overall career is not even in the same tier as Dutt’s and Lethals.
Hey, if not for the Rock and Rave Connection we would have never got Scott Steiner screaming "I can't play the gee-tar!"
Ayyy I'm gonna sample that in a song that I wrote 😂
When you said "Sonjay Dutt to The Guru" the first thing that popped into my head was "They didn't base him off of that god awful Mike Myers movie did they??"
I was in The Love Guru and even I didn’t see it- Daniel Tosh
It might have been that other Guru film from 2002 starring Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei. The Mike Myers one came out a year later after the gimmick was already established.
@@claymathewselevator8121 what role did you have in The love Guru.
@@claymathewselevator8121 something I've learnt in show business. Is that everyone has one movie they were a part of, that everyone thought was rubbish.
I always thought Okada was sent to TNA because NJPW knew that TNA would screw him up and they wanted to teach him humility before he made it big.
I would agree with you, if it wasn't for the fact that NJPW, terminated they're working agreement with TNA.
I read that TNA told Okada that he need a character,so luckily when he came back to Japan thanks to these tip made the 'Rainmaker' and became the GOAT
@@panimho this is coming from someone who is a fan off Okada. I wouldn't say Okada the greatest of all, but that's just me I guess.
Stone Cold Shark Boy and Black Machismo were silly fun. Not everything in wrestling needs to super-duper serious 24/7.
Sangriento wasn't supposed to be Mysterio, it was a jab at the recently debuted Sin Cara on the other channel.
I have to disagree with Shark Boy and Jay Lethal being on the list they were a huge part of why i turned it to SPIKE
RIP Daffney
And Jimmy Rave
Vince Russo truly does deserve to be locked in a room with 90% of the wrestling industry lol
Sharkboy was my favorite at the time.I hated the MEM and Hogan hogging the spotlight
Now make a video of the top Ten Best gimmick changes in TNA
As a kid during the Stone Cold Shark Boy era. I throughly enjoyed him, and legitimately couldn't tell if it was Austin or not (dumb little kid that didn't know the ins and outs yet).
Imagine Stone Cold Shark Boy during his New Jack tag team period.
Say what you want to about Jay Lethal's "Black Machismo" gimmick:
As a fan of Randy "The Macho Man" Savage, I thought it was rather entertaining.
To be fair, a lot of other people I know of who are pro wrestling fans that knew of the "Black Machismo" gimmick & liked Randy "The Macho Man" Savage, respectively were 100% fine with it.
You've got Shark Boy completely wrong there
Your on your own there Adam with Rock 'N' Rave, Black Machismo and Shark Boy. I loved all 3 and all 3 were very entertaining in my opinion.
Shark boy being stone cold was great, and nation of violence Joe was great as well. Black machismo was also great
Stone Cold Shark Boy should not be on this list. This gimmick and his teaming with New Jack were the best things Shark Boy did in TNA and were great.
Stone Cold Shark Boy and Black Machismo were great gimmicks.
I will not accept any bad word about Shark Boy.
RIP Daffney RIP Jimmy Rave
I will not abide any downtalkng of the Black Machismo gimmick. I love it to this day and forever shall.
How am I just finding out that Daffney was the fake Palin!?
Should of got a Markyd special guest referee this video
I agree with most on the list except Shark Boy. Watching back his old TNA stuff or his more recent appearances and they still make me laugh. He was great.
Definitely agree with Daffney to The Govenor that was awful.
N
Black Machismo was literally the most interesting Jay Lethal ever was from a character standpoint, absolute clanger including it here!
I kind of liked the Nation Of Violence gimmick. The face tattoo could of been better thought out, but a hell Joe.. I was willing to go with it
stone cold shark boy was awesome. it was never going to get him into the main even, but it kept him on tv and he always eemed to get a pop
Jay can also do a wicked Flair too.
I remember seeing Jay Lethal being full as an impersonator of Randy Savage. Not just the acting and costume but the entrance music of the time is nothing but a remixed version of the macho man’s entrance music.
Since Bobby Fish is in Impact now we need a Bobby Fish vs Shark Boy match
"Dueling Dragons?! More like Ricky The Dragon!!!"
"Snake Roberts ruined my wedding!!!"
"I didn't know Kamala (Awesome Kong) was going to be here!!"
My friends and I still quote these three moments to this day.
In fact, I only refer to Jake Roberts as "Snake Roberts" now.
Kevin Nash helping X-Division wrestlers to have a personality was great storyline :D
Stone Cold Shark Boy was awesome! He was a highlight of the show! Esp with curry man and super eric
You are dead wrong about the Rock 'N' Rave Infection. Jimmy Rave, Lance Hoyt and Christy Hemme were treading water before getting a resurgence with that gimmick. Which rocked.
Shark boy was great n his run with new Jack was comedy gold
Daffney as the governor was a good but admittedly unoriginal idea. I really enjoyed 'The Guru' Sonjay Dutt too. Gotta love a stupid gimmick every now and then.
While I'll agree with most of the list I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree on Black Machismo. Sure it wasn't gonna make him world champion but it was very entertaining I thoroughly enjoyed it throughout it's run and even got a kick out of it when Jay briefly brought it back at All In. So I wouldn't necessarily call it one of the worst gimmick changes.
Black Maschimo was awesome!
I remember hating that Sharkboy gimmick when I was a child. He acted so much like a great value Stone Cold, that it got on my nerves & I didn’t laugh once.
Nowadays I’m pretty neutral to the gimmick. I’m still not a fan, but it’s harmless. It got him over with the live crowds & that’s the most important thing. You won’t make it long in the wrestling business without the support of the fans.
Besides, he got Stone Cold’s seal of approval, so good for him. 👍🦈
Rellik that’s killer spelled backwards- Mike Tenay
I liked all of this, except Okato and Sangriento. Loved Black Reign’s Darkness Falls, that weapon was so cool.
Hey!!! Do not diss the Flying Elvises, they were great despite the goofy gimmick.
I will not take this Stone Cold Shark Boy slander!
I don't know Pacitti, OSW made me a fan of Black Reign: Oh Me Myah! Myah! Myah! Myah! Myah Myah Myah Myah!!
Black Machismo was awesome period.
Jay Lethal still uses elements of Black Machismo to this day
Dafney was AWESOME
back then I actually thought it was Rey, Red so similar in stature and appearance
Diddler for H.O.F
Give me a Shell Yea!
Shell Yea!
Say what you want but the Guru gimmick gave Sonjay Dutt a pretty cool theme song.
Kindly do every tna x division champions
I loved Daffney and I never once realized she was the governor..
Surprised we didn't see Orlando Jordan on this list tbh
I disagree with the Black Machismo & Stone Cold Shark Boy entries. Even though Lethal was cosplaying as Randy, apart from the Macho Elbow, he wrestled like he would without the gimmick. The imitation gimmick just gave him a bigger spotlight. For Stone Cold Sharkboy, it was really entertaining. And, since you compared the two, let’s be real here, unlike Lethal, Shark Boy was never gonna be main event. At least the Stone Cold gimmick was extremely enjoyable, memorable, and gave Shark Boy something interesting to do.
I can't understand why you think that Impact's attempt to make Okada look interesting was bad? That was the best thing that they could do with that charisma void.
Oh god! AJ Styles as Ric Flair's clone...the trauma!!!
Black Reign was a good character. Although the character didn't get mic time after Chris Harris feud
Gimme a shell yeah! Stone Cold Shark Boy almost saved TNA! Chris Harris from the best tag team wrestler in the world to Bret Hart level whinger without the talent was occasionally hilarious.
I never watched TNA but thank you to the OSW gentlemen for enlightening me to Samoa Joe drawing a knob on his face
When are people gonna realize Bischoff, Nash, and Hogan are creative poison?
The "Rat on a Pole" match would've taken on a whole other meaning if it had featured the Godfather back in the day...
But have to disagree with Black Machismo and Stone Cold Shark Boy being in the list. Both gimmicks were massively over and are still remembered fondly to this day. And considering this is a company which had the Shane Twins repackaged as the Johnsons (and had both wrestle while dressed literally as giant cocks) and had the Outlaws change their gimmick to Voodoo Kin Mafia (as a pop at Vincent Kennedy McMahon, naturally) then including those two over them is mental.
Loved Black Machismo and Shark Boy
Why is the AJ background an animation of the recession of the last glacial maximum lol
Black Machismo slander? And Joker Sting not on here? Really fellas?
Stone Cold Shark Boy was awesome
Shark Boy and Black Reign make this list but Curry Man gets a pass?!
No curry man?
I’m disappointed 😅
I guess I was the only one that enjoyed the hell out of the Rock n Rave Infection
I'm so glad to see someone else call out Black Machismo and Stone Cold Sharkboy as the shit gimmicks they were. They made TNA look like a second rate fed.
😬😬😬
That’s … an opinion
Petey Williams as Scott Steiner
Disagree with Jay Lethal to Black Machismo as that was comedy wrestling at it's finest and hilarious.
#8 is unforgivable. 😅
Almost made it a whole video without mocking Rellik. I think that's actually bad booking spelled backwards.
At least Okada being in TNA got the Bucks their jobs at NJPW and eventually AEW.
Y’all should’ve had MarkyD help with this one
Daphne was a complete nutcase.
Damn, what was with TNA having their talent imitate/parody other wrestlers?
You literally just listed everything about stone cold shark boy & said “that’s about it” lmao its literally the whole gimmick.
Lost it when you brought up Black Machismo.
TNA was absolutely awesome until around 2008
Jay Lethal as Black Machismo was sooooo annoying
It’s their list their opinion, but my opinion says their opinion is trash. Bollocks even. Mostly because Black Machismo was arguably the gimmick that put Lethals name on the map. And stone cold shark boy was the second best thing shark boy had done in TNA (number one being the short lived but all be it absolutely hilarious run with New Jack) but Nature Boy AJ is spot on. Cheers
Rarely if ever do I comment on TH-cam....but sooooooo disagree with Black Machismo being on this list. I'm dying for Lethal to bring that back in AEW.
Did.. did they really put a flat earth behind AJ at one point in the edit?
Seriously you’ve got Shark Boy on this list but not Little Petey Pump. Was Shark Boy at least entertaining? ‘Oh Shell Yeah!’ Can’t say the same for little Petey Pump though.
Make a tna tag title and x division title ranked video please
Tweaking on Black Machismo and Sharkboy
Can someone in this comment section provide any reason why shark boy and Jay lethal don't belong on the list other than "it was funny"
I loved Black Machismo lol
The fact that all these gimmicks are better than 90% of what is on TV now is shocking
People barely have gimmicks these days
@@breazy832 I'm a huge defender of TNA wrestling, but outside of number four gimmicks on this list, the rest of them where bad ideas.
Black Machismo was GREAT and everyone knows it. Fire whoever wrote this list immediately.