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So I'm gonna check out 10 still WWE superstars who desperately need a new gimmick There are some wrestlers right now that definitely need some type of fresh up to their gimmick Maybe it's gotten you know, it's run its course not every time Well, I wouldn't say every time but wrestlers at some point Character-wise have to switch it up have to change it up because you don't want it to get Stagnant, you don't want it to get stale You know and especially nowadays with the attention span being so shorter with audiences now You kind of want to be able to freshen it up in some sense or some sort of prime example And maybe this person will be on this list Austin Theory He just recently lost the United States championship the United States championship run hasn't really been that memorable I think they need to switch up his character change give him something Fresh to start with I don't know if that means turning him into a baby face I know some people want to see him as a baby face So I don't know if that could be the solution But at the same time you got to give him a substantial feud and do something with his character That could potentially get people to care That's really the thing because I think he can he's a fantastic worker in the ring He can go in the ring. It's just making people actually care about him That is the goal at some time the hardest goal in keeping people wanting to see more of him So he definitely does need something to happen to his character his gimmick because right now it's not working So and there's some other people I'm sure that should be on this list. Maybe they will be let's check it out Appreciate all love and support. We're gonna get right into this woman a wrestler's gimmick is the key to their success It's hard to imagine iconic wrestlers such as the Undertaker Kane triple H or Shawn Michaels having substantial success without their trademark gimmick and characteristics Unfortunately in WWE currently there are several gimmicks which are falling flat and need a massive overhaul From reaching the next level and a new gimmick is needed as soon as possible join us now as wrestler Lamia looks at 10 WWE wrestlers who desperately need a new gimmick Be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell for daily wrestling videos and follow us on Facebook for exclusive lists So check out our new channel WrestleMania shorts number 10 Nicky cross in the summer of 2021 Nicky cross became Nicky ash on WWE programming The superhero persona was one that cross pitched directly to Vince McMahon and McMahon was so impressed with Cross's passion for the gimmick That he awarded her with the money in the bank briefcase which is crazy Raw women's title reign the gimmick was fun But it lacked anything substantial that will make it last for more than a few months Yeah fans often compare that persona to that of the hurricane But Shane Helms made the character work by adding multiple elements to the superhero in October 2022 cross would revert back to a Unhinged persona that was present during a time in NXT Satellite across receiving no notable feuds on brawl or smackdown cross, which I was hoping they were gonna capitalize on because I'm glad they Got rid of the superhero gimmick. It kind of got stale. They were teasing her finally getting rid of that gimmick or whatnot And then they haven't really capitalized on the the unhinged Individual they haven't capitalized on that at all. Honestly, I don't know what they're doing with her So I don't know. Cross is just lingering around and is often found on WWE main event Now she does have a turn to offer the women's division and WWE needs to rework her gimmick and integrate her back into the roster Number nine the Viking Raiders In fact, where has she been? I haven't seen her a while on television. I saw like some backstage segments She's not really featured on television as much So oh no Viking Raiders managed to get themselves over in NXT And this was mainly due to their high impact offense in matches When the two debuted on the main roster the magic was quickly lost as a Viking gimmick Isn't at the top of fans is wishlist Especially in 2023 the two members of the Viking Raiders have a lots of talent There's no denying that but the gimmick falls flat upon execution The two receive no reaction on WWE television And it doesn't matter if they're a baby face or a heel the reaction never changes WWE need to utilize Eric and Ivar as they have a lot to offer the tag division But unfortunately their current gimmick simply doesn't work. Use the thing. I don't know man. It's It's it's It's not that it doesn't work is I think it could but it's like Anytime they get a win they end up losing anyway, so it's like they don't really win feuds too often Like I think it could work But I I get how some people by eyes kind of it's kind of overplayed I don't know if giving them a whole new gimmick would make anything better because they have to win feuds and win matches and And right now they just come off as guys that can win One week and then lose the next week, you know what I'm saying? So they don't they don't come off as Intimidating, you know Even having her as being Valhalla or whatever like it don't come off like All these guys are they're creepy. They're scary. God watch out for them. No They may beat you one week, but next week they may end up losing to the same people They just beat so I don't know they they got to give them some type of momentum more than a character change I think it could work with them still being this these vikings But I think they need to get some momentum under them. Number eight Raquel Rodriguez So it's being called up to the main roster. It's been made perfectly clear that WWE see Raquel Rodriguez as one of the future stars of the women's division The former NXT women's champion has been presented well But there's one major hurdle in her ascending to the top of WWE And that's her gimmick Rodriguez's gimmick is literally that she's strong and imposing But yeah, isn't enough She needs to build a connection with the fans and her current gimmick isn't helping her achieve this wrestlers need character and substance and whilst Rodriguez in all likelihood will have a decent career If she keeps up a current gimmick It completely overhaul is needed if she's going to be a main event worthy presence in the women's division for you I liked what she was in in NXT because I believe at one point she was like a heel in NXT But a dominant very strong heel or whatnot and now they obviously have her as this smiley bubbled up Well, like bubbly baby face that's strong But at the same time She needs to not be smiling as much. She needs to be out there kicking ass and still be a baby face You can still or you know have her be like the anti hero in a sense And I like what they're doing with her recently with Rhea because she's been attacked by Rhea. She's not smiling no more You know Liv Morgan her partner got attacked by Rhea putting on the shelf put on the shelf by Rhea So she recently attacked on monday night raw and I like that aggression. That's what we need more of I want Raquel to be out there Giving out the beats, you know, she don't have to smile all the time. That's I think that's kind of hurting So if they tweet her gimmick just a little bit to be more serious the antithesis I think I said that right antithesis of Rhea But not a squeaky clean bubbly baby face is always smiling and happy to be there No, someone that's there to kick ass and hopefully this feud could really elevate her in that direction is to come number seven Matt Riddle Matt Riddle is one of the finest workers on the entire WWE roster He's had a great run on the main roster and his partnership with grand yorton received widespread praise for bringing the best out of both men However, since the viper has been out of action with a back injury riddler struggled to find a meaningful place on the card They've attempted to give riddles substantial feuds He's feuded with the likes of roman reigns seth rollins and gunther But riddles character work has been holding him back It wouldn't be too controversial to state that riddles baby face persona has run its course And wwe need to modify his character sooner rather than later. I don't know if him being here would even work I'm gonna be honest with you. I don't know it possibly could but he he's just got that chill bro Vibe, so I don't know if that will work to be honest with you. I don't know changing him To be a heel per se Maybe I think what would be cool I think you can still have him be the chill bro guy, but be more serious like when he was feuding with seth He was serious. That was the most I actually cared about matt riddle I'm being honest with you outside of him being teamed up with randy orden, which was pretty cool to see their their Chemistry randy being more of the straight serious guy and riddle being more chill and then started rubbing off on randy I like that But obviously randy is out. So what I would have them do have him be serious have him be a legit Bad ass I can kick your ass, but he's like he's relaxed, but when he's not relaxed when he gets in that ring I'm straight business. I'm gonna beat the crap out of you and then when I get out the ring I'm chill bro You know, I can appreciate that like I said the most outside of the ring him teaming up with randy When he was actually feuding with seth and he was like i'ma f you up. I'ma mess you up seth That's the riddle. I like the riddle that's out there Not joking around he can have his jokes here and there, but I want him to be a little bit more serious So I think they could do that many fans are speculating that orton may turn on riddle when he eventually returns And while some orton versus riddle feud would be welcomed WWE may wish to shake things up by having riddle be the one to disintegrate the friendship That would be cool if they if he does come back Which is one of the greatest wrestlers to come out of the u.k Whilst his main roster run has him in exactly a disaster the bunch character has evidently run its natural Please get him out of that Which is a great talent who has a great presence in the ring for his size But his work as pete dunne was considerably better Without a doubt welcome to see dunne return to the bruiserweight persona His work alongside shameson rich holland and the brawling brutes has been decent But butch needs to be utilized more on tv Yes A gimmick change or a simple reversion to the bruiserweight character may be a smart option for wwb 10 I hope they do number five dolf sigler And I don't even dolfs are lost cause bro. I'm gonna be honest with you I don't think there's no character change that would help dolf. You want to know why? Because at the end of the day, they're not gonna push him This is as far as it goes. He has reached this ceiling. That's it. It doesn't matter what they do with him Turn him heel turn on baby face I don't matter turn him in a tweener. It doesn't matter dolf is done I don't care. It sucks to say that because I like dolf as a wrestler. I think he's fantastic in the ring But wwe is let us know time and time again. It doesn't matter This is as far as dolf is will ever get for you guys. So Over 15 years a dolf sigler has been a fan favorite amongst fans However, ziggler is at a point of his career where he isn't going to be pushing into the main event scene unless he's doing something drastic His gimmick seems to still be a mix of his classic show of persona as well as his infamous It should have been me character Or at a point of disconnection with the character They love ziggler and love his in ring work But they have nothing to root for when it comes to a character that is nice and stale throughout his career Ziggler has shown time and time again that he has the ability to deliver exceptional character work His work with ray mysterio the miz and even john sena all highlighted that ziggler is a big deal and can truly bring it When the time comes number four johnny gargano When johnny gargano Fans hope that triple H would use gargano in a similar manner to how he was used in nxt. Unfortunately team him up with di y that's it Team not di y but you know, uh, to muscle champ will make di y You can't have him be heels if you want to Him solo right now. It's not working It's not And maybe you can say maybe he's been given haven't been given a chance But people haven't been and as interested so Team him up right now make people interested and then you can go from there I think that that could be a Possible solution late that hasn't happened in any capacity Whilst he's had some standout moments He's just been lingering around the rebrand with nothing substantial or compelling to do It wouldn't be a controversial argument to state that gargona is one of the finest workers in all of wwe But is this enough in 2023 to warrant a push what he needs with immediate effect is a gimmick overhaul His generic gimmick of being an underdog baby face is failing to connect with the audience And we know based on his work in nxt that he can deliver gripping character work both as a baby face or a heel wwe's approach could be to reform the villainous stable known as the way Which would allow gargano as well as other talents like chiseleré and dexter lunas to thrive So it would be a huge opportunity for wwe number three the new day There's no doubt about it the new day are one of the most successful stables in wwe history We've all been together for almost a decade, but over the past few years the stable just feels stagnant Whilst each member of the group is immensely talented Something is missing from the group currently and it could be time for wwe to look to change their gimmick as a stable Perhaps the group doesn't need a drastic overhaul But a heel turn or a slight tweak into a more serious side may benefit the longevity of the group A heel turn at this stage will make sense as the group do have grievances with the wwe Such as kofi kings did not getting another shot of the title in 2019 That would be a good wwe title rematch in 2022 I think xavier wwe's may be being continuously overlooked. This could be an excellent storyline on tv and no doubt the three members of the faction would be up for the challenge number That could work granted. We don't know biggie situation. So that's that's a whole another um That's a whole another like Can of worms, you know, we don't even know if he's able to even come back But I do like the idea he proposed the grievances they felt in wwe You know how you know xavier woods was overlooked and he was king of the ring He won king of the ring tournament how Uh, big e was overlooked Um in the wwe championship. He got pinned. He never even got a chance to fight for the title again How kofi kingston he didn't even get a chance to fight for the title again Like how they all got overlooked, but they've been some of the best merch pushers in wwe They've been some of the best team players in wwe and they continuously get overlooked I would like that now. You don't even have to turn them heal Just make them anti heroes if you want to like we're done taking the bull crap Anyone gets in our way. We're taking you down something like that something I want them to be more serious. I think the positive the positivity stuff has been great But I want them to get more serious You know, you can have the goofy stuff every now and then but a more serious new day would be quite interesting You know would be fresh, but once again, we still don't know what's going to happen with biggie. So to austin theory WrestleMania 39 was designed to be the biggest night of austin theory's career He would successfully defeat john senor to retain his us title and this victory should have catapulted theory to the next level For sure sadly since wrestlemania 39 his gimmick has fallen flat and he seems underdeveloped as a character Whilst theory remains as someone who wwe clearly sees a bright future in a new gimmick is needed for theory to truly shine He has a lot of positive attributes and he seems to be getting better and better in the ring as of months and years go on Yeah, he has yet to find that breakout character that screams well champion Theory did previously have a gimmick that was similar to the former gimmick of tyler breeze But wwe have pushed this aside in favor of a more serious approach Which sadly at the present time isn't working and number one. Yeah, I just said this he obviously should be on this list Once again, he lost the united states championship So maybe they do they switch they got to switch him up now They got to switch him up now Apparently on twitter he had posted a story of him being in like one of these wrestling documentaries On how he got into wrestling now. He fell in love with wrestling and he posted it on his ig story recently So maybe that could be a possible time just lost the raven stereo. Maybe that could be a possible babyface time once again wwe Then they're not even really good at booking babyfaces to be honest with you So I don't know if that's gonna be a better thing But I will say this if they're able to make it make sense and it gets people's attention It could work But once again, you gotta be able to find that balance of being able to get people invested and It depends on what would be his feud going forward too So I don't know if a babyface term would be the right answer, but it's a possibility We'll see what they do. They had to do something with them Charlotte flair ever since Charlotte flair arrived in wwe. She's established herself as a top female talent Her accomplishment speak for them That is always holding flair back is a lack of information from where she is how she looks now Such as Becky Lynch and Bailey have delivered various compelling characters over the past decade And this has allowed their persona to never get stale and in turn Show the fans that they are willing to take risks flair has had the same gimmick for her entire run in wwe And there seems no signs that wwe want to change it One of the criticisms offered directed at flair is that she portrays the same character And it doesn't matter if she's baby face or a heel has the elements of the gimmick remain intact no matter what Flair is always going to be a talent that has exceptional matches But flair introducing the world to a new side of her would be a smart move And it would certainly reduce the criticism that gets directed towards her But they have it folks. I'm the answer is it I With you, I don't think it would reduce the criticism because wwe loves a shot at flair like she She is one of the few people that can leave get married get engaged take some months off come back And she will be granted a title opportunity Her aim work is impressive, but she's one of those people that can do that So I don't know if like he said turning her heel or face Will really matter because it all seems the same I think Flair is a face as we speak right now. She came back as a baby face But it still comes off as a heel, you know what I'm saying like and when she's a heel You can interchange it as a baby face if you wanted to like it doesn't really matter I don't know what they do with her In a sense because I think people are just still gonna feel some type of way because she's wwe's golden girl So I don't know what they do with her character wise For it to switch up. I think charlotte flair is just gonna be charlotte flair. Like that's that's her name has flair in it That's it. That's her gimmick. She is the daughter of rick flair That's her gimmick. I don't think you can change it Unless you do I don't I don't know I really don't know how you can change that so comment down below Let me know if there's some other superstars wwe superstars that need Some type of gimmick change. Let me know down below Who do you feel like deserve to be on this list in and who do you feel like their gimmick has gotten Quite stale over the past few years or however long but I appreciate all of this boy You guys don't know channel roads 150k and I'm still you know and speedy youtube wrestling champion world. Appreciate y'all kicking it with me See y'all next one. Peace