Real-life counterparts to the WWW gimmicks. May help your talent understand how to play their character a bit better.
The Anti-Hero: Stone Cold, CM Punk
The Hardcore: Mick Foley, The Sandman
The Veteran: The Undertaker, Hulk Hogan, Sting
The High Flyer: Rey Mysterio, Evan Bourne
The Monster: Kane, Undertaker
The Golden Boy: Whoever is being pushed at the moment, Brock Lesner during his first run
The Jobber: Heath Slater, Zack Ryder
The Manager: Paul Heyman, Jimmy Hart
The Technician: Daniel Bryan, Dean Malenko
The Wasted: Jeff Hardy, Scott Hall
The Athlete: Kurt Angle, Jack Swagger
The Clown: Santino Marella, Chuck Taylor
The Gatekeeper: Kane maybe? I could actually use some clarification on this gimmick.
The Giant: Big Show. The Great Khali,
The Provocateur: Golddust, Val Venis
The Gatekeeper.. Natalya for the Diva’s.
The Rock got his start with the WWF as The Athlete I’d say and Mankind/Foley probably counts as The Clown during the Socko period.
Randy Orton was a Golden Boy when he debuted, went through Anti-Hero at least once and is now a Veteran.
Gatekeeper is primarily inspired by Arn Anderson and his role in the Four Horseman, and mostly makes sense in the context of stables, to be honest. If Kane was effective (in storyline terms) he would totally be a Gatekeeper right now, but he’s more of an NTC :(.
Oh! William Regal on NXT was totally a Gatekeeper, before he became the new GM.
Who’d be the golden boy now? One of the former Shield guys maybe?
The reason I believe Nattie is a Gatekeeper, is that she’s a veteran for all intents and purposes, and really wants to be that Champion, but she does everything for the company, putting the company first over her own interests. (Ironically you can see this by watching the series Total Diva’s. Which really does a great job of showing the behind the scenes stuff, including over the seasons how stuff from the real world can affect in-ring action. Take Summer Rae refusing to tag in her partner during a match Eva. Because Eva was still too new and she didn’t want to look bad with a partner who was still too fresh.)
There’s an argument that Randy Orton was serving in the gatekeeper role prior to his most recent heel turn and return to the title scene.
He was very much serving as a guardian of the mid card, and was taking some clean losses to put over talent that needed the boost.
Test used to be what I thought of as the quintessential gatekeeper.
Just a note though, you need more women here.
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