I think of three things with this subject: 1. Be Different.Come up with a character thats never been seen before. 2.Take things from your favorite tv shows, movies, video games, music etc. and incorporate them into your act. Chris Jericho said in his DVD that his 2008 heel character was inspired by the main character in "No Country for Old Men". 3.Give your character a story to tell. Give him some depth/a background so you can have something to work with far as promos.
Evan Salehi Go over to iTunes or Google play and check out I hate this podcast it has pro wrestling 101 on podcast form. Thank you it helps so many guys and gals
Favorite best wrestling videos on the net. Much better than some of the negative shoots. Positive advice but no sugarcoating. But drama free. Good fucking job.
I actually Like it. Kevin Steen has been doing his Weekend Escapes which I find is a Great insight to the travels of a Indie Journeymen so I think doing an Aspect from the car, shoot style might be a great idea and add more insight
This was another awesome episode PJ. At my wrestling school we have started our character development stage and alot of the stuff you have said in this I have already been thinking about incorporating with my character and this has also helped me with some of the doubts Ive been having about my character.
I'm a long time wrestling fan but I'm an artist. Yes the industry is about characters and gimmicks today and it's not a bad thing. It's cool! I'm what you said a slight exaggeration of myself, I'm very eccentric and loud at times
+Justin Credible People say wrestling isn't real, but I think otherwise when you order us around, demanding we watch your videos without saying please, and then telling us how much you love us at the end!!!!!!!!! It's like you're a villain in real life and you might not be very far from threatening us with a kendo stick if we don't watch!!!!!!! ;*P
I would love to watch them but everyone is doing the cam in the car gimmick Hell even RuPaul has one. It is the feel of you doing these shows in different areas sometimes with a guest hearing the crowd even that I enjoy viewing. Which ever way you do it I'll still enjoy and learn from you great wrestling mind! thank you very much
Justin Credible My character idea is a heel and i go by Skyler Douglas (hince) Shane Douglas nephew and if i get booked to wrestle with IWAMS. Could I use the character would you know the answer?
You know how in ECW, wrestlers were allowed to have music by famous recording artists and bands as their entrance themes? Well, do you think it would have been good if Bret Hart had joined ECW, and started using TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS by JASON DONOVAN as his entrance music? ;*D I know, I'm a booking genius!!!! ;*D
Justin Credible, thank you for these videos it makes things a bit easier to collect my self. Can you make anymore videos which can bring my two creations to life? They are Joseph " The Dreamcatcher" Kinman ,and Crystian Cross. They want to be heels. Please help me out.
I hate Sable for stealing Rick Rude's gimmick and trademark grind maneuver without crediting him. Rick Rude invented the grind, and I thought his version of the grind looked a lot better than Sable's version.
i wanna be a great Heel. so i think im gonna go with a cheating, bad attitude punk character, mohawk, combat boots, cargo shorts and everything. and come out to like Bad Religion Let Them Eat War or like fucking Dead Kennedy's Holiday in Cambodia
Justin where do I get wrestling gear. I go online and there's only custom shops for them. Can you give me any suggestions on which one of them are good quality gear
Interesting that you talked about music, I was just thinking about entrance music a few hours ago. While I used to expereiment with different songs, I like to pick a song that goes along with the character; once wrestled as Rick Solid which was originally a striper-esqu idea and finally settled into an instrumental version of "How Many Licks" and loved it, thought it went well with the persona. I've seen a lot of wrestlers use their favorite music, and it makes sense to amplify your self into your character, but should your favorite music be your entrance theme? I once saw a wrestler who was portraying himself as a hoomosexual type of character who came out to Rage Against the Machine and told him that I didn't think it made any sense, try to come up with something a little more feminine (not trying to offend any gay readers, btw) to go along with the persona. How important do you think it is to get your music to match your character? Even better, I prefer songs that are (or have had) mainstream play, I believe that it's easier for the audience to relate or understand your persona when you use a song that not only goes along with the character, but a song that is easily recognizable. I know that there are other wrestlers who would prefer to use a b-side type of song, of even a customized song from a local musician. Any thoughts about enterance music? Thanks for the videos, really appreciate you taking the time to share your experiences with us.
:( There is literally no more characters in wrestling anymore, not even in WWE, if someone DID have a character, his character would soon enough be ruined by shitty booking and stuff and then its right back to “i am firstname lastname and i am going to win a wrestling match” and does a bunch of kicks and boring shit
Pity that we don't see more of that “Justin Credible” element in ordinary people …out in full view. Why? It's because this character, as Polaco admits, could not "never be" this way "in real life." So more blame on "real life"--society as we know it--for all of that.
I am Schizophrenic. I want to use my 19 years of mental illness experience to develop my character. No one believes me, but it is the unicorns fault. LOL!
It's GREG "THE HAMMER" VALENTINES DAY, Justin! That means it's the one day of the year where if a woman rejects me when I hit on her, then I'm allowed to give her a Greg Valentine-style elbow to the head!!!!!!! But if she hits me back, I have to very slowly fall backward, down to the ground like a felled tree!!!! ;*(
So are you saying that in real life, THERE'S ONLY A VERY THIN LINE BETWEEN THE NICE, WHOLESOME PETER POLACO, AND THE ANGRY SIDE OF YOU WHO IS MORE THAN WILLING TO START CRIPPLING JAPANESE LEGENDS, AND STEALING THEIR MASKS? ;*( In that case, I don't think I'll be critiquing you anymore! Not that I wanted to do it anyway. You sound too nice for me to be able to live with myself if I did that. I know you kind of bashed Bret Hart and called him pompous once, but you know, WE ALL EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT SIDES OF PEOPLE. I've heard people like Lance Storm call Scott Steiner a pleasant person, so I guess you can never really go with reputations. For all we know, maybe Bret Hart was just leery of you because he knew you were with the Kliq, and Shawn Michaels!!!!! I'm not calling you out on critiquing Bret, I'm just maybe trying to clear the air between you because I'm in one of my SUPER NICE GUY MOODS right now! And sometimes it just feels really good and upbuilding to know you've made a positive change in the world. From what I gather from this wrestling lesson, I'm assuming it wouldn't make sense for a fat waster like me to be powerbombing and chokeslamming muscular wrestlers. It would make much more sense if I adopted the gimmick of a world champion pie-eater who as a consequence of manic depression from being bullied at high school, suffered from flashbacks and starting taking mind-bending drugs, which made me hallucinate, and start seeing my opponents as being living, breathing pies, MEANING I'D SUDDENLY HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF BEATING THEM IN THE RING! ;*P Also, you know what I used to think would be a really good gimmick, Justin? If someone dressed up as a borg drone from Star Trek! I always thought the borg looked so scary that if my opponent was a borg drone, I think I'd be so scared of him that I wouldn't even want to tie up with him at the start of the match! ;*(
So drinking a lot of caffeine and arrogance is my name getting whacked out on caffeine. That's my character and crank it up to some five finger death punch and that's me thought anyone reading this can't make it themselves because it's me?
+TehJew22 heck yea! come out slamming a rockstars. and hitting promos whacked. the amount of funny crap you come up with when your whacked hard is hilarious haha.
alexfithero *acts in character* I can be your best friend and give you ice cream. But make the mistake of crossing me and I'll freeze you to kingdom come. *back to normal* I have done before on my wrestling series (e-federation) :)
