[ESPNNYC1]

Who do you think has had the greatest gimmick of all-time? I would by far say The Undertaker the deadman gimmick.

 

[LegendofBaseball]

Yeah, it's also due to him playing the role so well, both in and out of the ring.

Honorable mention goes to the "Stone Cold" gimmick, which not only saved Austin's career, and not only defined a the wrestling era of the late 90's, but, it saved the WWF from certain bankruptcy. And, like in the Undertaker's case, the man lived the gimmick, which helped.

 

[Notorious]

No doubt it's the Undertaker but there have been any other people who have play great gimmicks.

Hulk Hogan - American Hero
Steve Austin - No-nonsense beer drinking brawler

 

[scrilla]

Ric Flair or Razor Ramon.

 

[Mojo Stark]

Doink.

 

[Rawlin]

Undertaker, Stone Colds "Austin 3:16" style, and John Cena's rapper gimmick.

one of those three is a lie.

 

[Boss P]

Sting's Crow, Million Dollar Man and Razor Ramon are my 3 favs of all time

 

[SaviorBeeRad™]

"Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass!"

 

[Mizamania]

stone cold

 

[Hibachi]

undertaker followed by austin

 

[mdking1010]

i say taker, mainly because on paper his gimmick sounds silly and much outdated, but it really rolled with the times and is still loved by mostly everyone.stone cold was amazing, but i feel like its not really a gimmick, its mostly him being himself. unless u say that being himself is his gimmick

 

[666_The_Game_666]

Stone Cold Steve Austin: Bad Ass beer drinking red neck

 

[Jack Spade]

Either Gorgeous George or El Santo. Both developed the gimmicks as we know today, and their impact on society will never be reached again by any wrestler.

 

[JuviJuiceIsLoose]

No doubt it's the Undertaker.

 

[bod-ftw]

He's not really a wrestler but the "Mr McMahon" gimmick has always been awesome. Then there's the Million Dollar Man and of course The Undertaker.

 

[Burkarl]

Undertaker with honorable mentions to the guy to my left

 

[Fri Night Delight]

Undertaker followed VERY closly by Austin

 

[Eyeball Nipple]

Boogeyman.

/thread

 

[kaiho]

million dollar man or jake the snake .... take your pick.

 

[Kratosx23]

Stone Cold.

I can understand why people are saying Undertaker, but if anybody else played Undertaker besides Mark Calaway, it would suck. The actual gimmick is bad, or, at least, the unaltered, early intention of the gimmick is bad. It could've quite easily gone the way of the Boogeyman or Papa Shango, but Calaway brought a charisma and a presence to the character that made it intimidating, rather than stupid.

Then again, like most gimmicks, Austin included, the biggest part of the success or failure of it is the person playing it, although the character of Austin wasn't created as a zombie, so.....yeah.