Download Lords Mobile to win BIG prizes here: https://www.igg.com/event/partsFUNknown
$1,000 CASH GIVEAWAY and a $350 gift pack for everyone! Don't hesitate to play and experience the exciting new Adventure Quests and 3D graphics map!
Adam Blampied is here to get sad about Keith Lee again.
What's your most shocking WWE gimmick change of 2021?
#WWE #WWE2021 #WWETop10
SUBSCRIBE TO partsFUNknown: https://bit.ly/2J2Hl6q
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/partsfunknown
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/partsfunknown/
$1,000 CASH GIVEAWAY and a $350 gift pack for everyone! Don't hesitate to play and experience the exciting new Adventure Quests and 3D graphics map!
Adam Blampied is here to get sad about Keith Lee again.
What's your most shocking WWE gimmick change of 2021?
#WWE #WWE2021 #WWETop10
SUBSCRIBE TO partsFUNknown: https://bit.ly/2J2Hl6q
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/partsfunknown
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/partsfunknown/
Category
😹
FunTranscript
00:002021 underwent a massive gimmick change this year, rebranding itself from 2020's worst
00:06year ever to the shocking new gimmick of not quite as bad, but still quite bad, but like,
00:12there's more stuff to do, but it's also coupled with the ennui of the world feeling
00:15like it's been permanently changed with powerless before society at large. Upper mid-carder gimmick
00:20that. But it's not just that, 2021 has seen a whole host of WWE stars having their gimmicks
00:26tweaked, prodded, poked, shaken up, revamped, retuned, and in some cases, taken out behind
00:31the bike sheds and shot in the brain. Some of this year's gimmick overhauls have been welcome,
00:36some have been fairly uneventful, and oh boy, I'm looking forward to talking about the really bad
00:40ones. I'm Adam Haling from Parts Fun Known and here are 10 shocking WWE gimmick changes from 2021.
00:47And hey, are you not subscribed to Parts Fun Known? Why don't you undergo a massive gimmick change
00:52by subscribing to Parts Fun Known? It'll be the start of your push.
00:59Now before we continue with the rest of the episode, I'd just like to say a huge thank you to this
01:03episode's sponsor, Lords Mobile, a game for your PC or mobile that combines real-time war strategy
01:09with role-playing and world-building, challenging you to create the best troop formations paired with
01:14the right heroes, equipment and monsters to win battles, conquer millions of enemies, and finally
01:18receive the approval of my father. I mean become the ultimate lord. The troop formation is particularly
01:24tricky where you have to judge what infantry units you want and wear on the battlefield before
01:29engagement. Yes, I will go for the worst formation possible as banter. I absolutely will. And you're
01:35up against 340 million players worldwide, with Lords Mobile winning the best competitive game and
01:42Android Excellence game at the Google Play Awards. But thankfully, you can put in the hours on mobile
01:46and PC, meaning you can play the game anytime, anywhere. And now is a great time to start playing
01:51with the game's new Virgway Tower Defense Mode, where you've got to defeat the enemy's base while
01:55protecting your own before the timer runs out, so please download Lords Mobile using our links below,
02:00where you'll get a gift pack worth $350 in the game, which will give you a great head start on
02:06increasing your overall might ranking. And right now there's also the chance to win in the game's
02:10Lucky Spin, where you get one try per castle level up with a total prize pool of $1,000.
02:16Please do at least click on the link in the video description below to check out Lords Mobile,
02:20as not only is it a ton of fun, but it really helps support us here at Parts Fun Known and
02:24WrestleTalk. Lord that Lord.
02:2710. Apollo Crews and Dabba Kato became Nigerian royalty and Commander Aziz. Took bloody ages for
02:33WWE to do anything with really quite talented indeed Apollo Crews. For the longest time,
02:38his gimmick could best be summarised as also featuring Apollo Crews. For literal years,
02:42he's been happy to be here and zero extra characteristics. Remember when he wrestled
02:47against Miz at Summerslam? That was in 2016. Time, eh? Finally, in February,
02:52WWE pulled the trigger on an actual gimmick for the lads. Someone in the back had rented Black Panther
02:57from their local blockbuster and Apollo turned heel and became Nigerian royalty. Not from here?
03:02Proud of his heritage? Sounds like a heel to me, replete with new accent and an actual bladed
03:07weapon that he never used. Coward. Similarly, raw underground chief meat and vest combination,
03:12Dabba Kato was repackaged as Apollo's military friend, Commander Aziz, replete with a general
03:16costume straight out of a stripper catalogue and a frowny face. If all this makes it sound bad,
03:22I mean, it ran out of steam because they haven't done anything interesting with it, but bloody hell,
03:26at least it was something. 9. Carrion Cross became Sad Daddy Carrion Stupid Cross. Honestly though,
03:32and I'm aware of how much this makes me sound like a dick. I don't know the inner workings of WWE,
03:37nor do I understand the unique strains they're under with the networks, etc. But f***ing hell,
03:41wrestling isn't this hard. You've got a big, intense wrestler who has built a name for himself by
03:46winning a lot in NXT, having an amazing manager in NXT, having a money entrance in NXT, and you decide
03:52to debut him on the main roster with, checks notes, none of these things. It's just tinkering for the
03:57sake of tinkering at this point. Carrion Cross, undefeated NXT Champion, turned up on Raw, wearing
04:03the belt, no less, without an entrance, without Scarlett, and was pinned by old as balls Jeff
04:08Hardy in less than three minutes. What's the point of NXT? It made us ask. Good point,
04:13said Vince and friends, getting out the multicoloured paint set. Cross's gimmick was downgraded from
04:18intense threat to bondage shredder within weeks before eventually he was released, which was, you
04:24know, that was all horrible. But at least his gimmick change was better than Scarlett going from
04:28great to missing. 8. Damien Priest Became Bad Man Good Man
04:34One of the few WWE wrestlers that seems to be clinging to some form of momentum is Damien Priest,
04:39friend of bad bunnies everywhere and United States of America's champion. He debuted on the main
04:44roster as, I guess, a cool guy? A cool guy. He smiled and was friends with that rapper lad from
04:52The Matrix. Have you seen his tattoos as well? Rad. However, in recent months, Priest has undergone a
04:58shift in gimmick and now he has a split personality. Treat him nice in his all smiles and partying with
05:05Judy Hopps' brother. However, if you cross him, he'll go crazy eyes and give you a good Jekyll and
05:10hiding. Right now it's hard to say how he'll fare with the character. It's actually interesting,
05:15I suppose. It gives his matches some structure and some recognisable things for audiences to recognise
05:21and respond to when he starts to lose his rag. That's all positive, as long as he doesn't pull
05:25the kind of sh** he did at Survivor Series where he got distracted by loud music like your nan does
05:29before getting himself disqualified like a big melon. 7. Nikki Cross Became Nikki A.S.H.
05:35Oh man, Nikki deserves more than this. Not to shade the gimmick, the idea of someone dressing like a
05:42superhero in an earnest attempt to prove to themselves that they can do it if they try hard enough. In WWE's
05:48landscape of smarmy, wisecracking babyfaces, that could have been a breath of fresh air. They just
05:53haven't stuck with it. They haven't done anything interesting with it. Doesn't it feel like a
05:57million years ago when she won money in the bank? She won the Raw Women's Championship this year!
06:04Madness! After compelling fans as spooky CU Jimmy Madlass Nikki Cross. It's one of the biggest handbrake
06:11turn character shifts in recent years to the point where it put a lot of people's nose out of joint.
06:15But dammit, I was a fan and now that Nikki doesn't even get to have a women's tag team title anymore,
06:21losing it a few weeks ago to the Franken-team of Carmella and Queen Selina, herself going through
06:25the gimmick change of what if Selina but British? Booker T sends his regards. Please, someone in
06:30creative, remember that Nikki A.S.H. exists before she becomes almost an almost a superhero.
06:356. Baron Corbin Became Sad Corbin Became Happy Corbin
06:40Baron Corbin really pinballs between gimmicks that are fantastic and utter piss-ass, doesn't he?
06:45Lone Wolf, mostly great. Cocktail bartender at a low-rent motel, very f***ed indeed. Sad Corbin,
06:51genuinely very funny and was going to get him properly over in time. Happy Corbin,
06:56he and his little scrappy-doo psychic madcap Moss, they can both sincerely f*** off.
07:01Corbin has undergone two massive gimmick changes from normal to destitute and from destitute to
07:07ostentatiously wealthy and please, I hate Happy Corbin so much. Him and Moss just make
07:12bad jokes at each other and snicker in a variety of f***ed boy hats. It just feels like waiter
07:18Corbin but if that waiter was working at a Cuban jazz club. I know a lot of people will say,
07:22I'm being worked like a mark when I say I hate his little moustache and want him to stop and hell,
07:28maybe I am. Maybe life is a chilly miasma of giggles and dicks, maybe who knows. I'm just sad now,
07:34that's all. Let me talk about something nice to cheer myself up.
07:375. Xavier Woods Became King Woods
07:40Hooray! You know what's nice? When someone really wants something, works hard to get it
07:45and it really doesn't look like they're going to get it, but then they do. And sure,
07:48it might just be to placate him after WWE stiffed him on UpUpDownDown Royalties, the dark side of any
07:54dream I guess, but hey, it's nice. It's nice. What was even nicer is that King Woods has fully
08:00adopted the King gimmick to go with his singles push, including an easily breakable crown,
08:05a wise vizier in the form of Kofi Kingston and a costume that I'm choosing to describe as full
08:10Hamilton alchemist realness. A baby-faced King of the Ring is a rare thing in this day and age,
08:15long may he reign. Sorry that Roman's stamped on your prop store crown.
08:194. Kyle O'Reilly Became Cool Kyle
08:22What is cool? I've consulted the boys at WrestleTalk and here's a list of things that are
08:26apparently cool. Limp Bizkit, that was Luke's. Huel, that was Ollie's. Laurie, that was Laurie's.
08:33And Pete was very insistent that Parkour was cool. Come on Pete, do a flip. However,
08:39what's weird is that no one said Kyle O'Reilly. That's weird because NXT commentary were very insistent
08:45he was Cool Kyle. After the breakup of the Undisputed Era, despite a strong start to his
08:49single baby-faced run, KOR's singles push quickly turned sour, due in no small part to the fact that he
08:55started acting like a supply teacher trying to connect with his students by dressing as their
08:58favourite wrestler, Orange Cassidy. Longitudinal, dude. Now to be clear, I'm a big Kyle O'Reilly
09:04fan. He was NXT's best-kept secret for about five years. He's an astonishing technician,
09:10seller, the whole nine yards. The only problem was, Kyle's always been portrayed as a dork in NXT.
09:16The title belt air guitar, the silly faces, the sh**-eating grin. That's been O'Reilly's
09:21whole deal. And this sudden pivot into Ernest Swagger did nothing for him other than earning
09:26more booze than Adam Cole in their feud, which is a damn shame. And speaking of, number three,
09:31Piper Niven became Dewdrop. Why is she still called Dewdrop though? Like actually, why? I thought the
09:39whole point was that Eva Marie gave her that name. Like she was being a total Regina George,
09:44was only pretending to be friends with Piper Niven to use her as muscle and was asserting social dominance
09:49over her by giving her a dumb nickname. Was that not the explicit story? Eva Marie has been released
09:55now and really, why is she still called Dewdrop? Is she reclaiming it like Shorty G did? But that was
10:04bad too. Don't get me wrong, Piper Niven wasn't exactly the Stone Cold Steve Austin of names, but at
10:09least it didn't make this very talented UK wrestler sound like a My Little Pony. But what the hell do I
10:15know? At least Dewdrop appears to have a storyline right now. Would be nice if she had a name that
10:20didn't make wrestling sound like a baby show for babies to go with it. But you can't have everything.
10:25Number two, Becky Lynch became Big Time Bex. Hey, you know who's done super well since turning heel?
10:31Roman Reigns. You know who took a look at that and said, I want a piece of that action?
10:35Becky Lynch, who shifted gimmick from the man to Big Time Bex, taking the unintentionally obnoxious
10:40aspects of her character just before she left last year and making them fully intentional right
10:45down to the stupid f***ing clothes gimmick that her and her husband share like some couple share a
10:49pottery class. Coupled with the stunt she pulled at Summerslam, which worked us all a little harder
10:54than perhaps we'd like, it's already a gimmick that's rustled a lot of jimmies and personally,
10:58I'm a fan of that. It fills box office, allows for Becky to wrestle a different style,
11:03maintain her stranglehold over the Raw Women's Championship by any means necessary. A good thing,
11:08a risk, but a risk that feels like it's paying off. Unlike, number one, Keith Lee became Bearcat Lee.
11:16Audible sigh. I think I just have to stop talking about Keith Lee now. I sound like someone who just
11:20won't stop bringing up their ex in conversation. Like, yes, we all agree, but maybe it's time to
11:25say, never mind, I'll find someone like you. Anyway, Keith Lee was great, probably the best natural
11:31babyface they had on their books, but that's me being biased probably. And they repackaged him into
11:35a vicious heel who was so vicious that he named himself Bearcat. Half cat, half man bear.
11:40Replete with a not at all cool singlet with Thundercat scratches across. And before anyone
11:44comments, yes, I know it was a reference to Bearcat Wright, a wildly popular African-American
11:49wrestler in the 50s and 60s. No mean feat in those times, but still it's Keith Lee we're talking about.
11:54Stop trying to repackage the wheel. Well, I guess they'll stop now. Merry Christmas.
12:02And that's our list. What's been your favourite gimmick change of the year? Let us know in the
12:05comments. Don't forget to like and share this video around if you enjoyed it. Make sure you
12:08subscribe to Parts Fun Known for more silly wrestling content. Jam that jam. Happy Holidays.
Be the first to comment