Eugene Breaks Character

[The Niggardly King 0]

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Eugene recently broke character at a RAW house show in front of the entire audience. When walking to the back, a fan yelled out “You can do better than this”, to which Eugene broke character and replied to, in a normal voice, saying “I know”. We hope to have more on this story soon, including what, if any, punishment Eugene got for not only breaking character in front of fans, but actually doing it at ringside. WWE has been making Eugene stay in character whenever fans come around or someone recognizes him outside of WWE events ever since he started the gimmick.

[iliketurtles 0]

You really can't blame him for getting so frustrated at this point. The character is not even funny or entertaining like it originally was meant to be, and Dinsmore is too good for it. Hopefully they do something with him sometime soon.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

That's priceless.

[Guest Coffey]

At first, I thought WWE were going to take him down the "I was faking it all along and Bischoff was in on it" route. Then I realized WWE didn't really have a route for him. It was just another shitty, dead-end gimmick. That's what I get for being optimistic I guess.

[Downhome 0]

Oh lord how I wish this happened on a live RAW. It would make for one of the best moments of the year.

[Jebus 0]

Whatever...wwe.com had Dinsmore look normal talking on his cell phone in the pre-RAW pix (that's what I thought the thread was about)

 

Convientely, I just went to look for that pic and they took it down.

[Exslade ZX 0]

Well it was just at a house show, and right at ringside so I doubt many of the crowd saw/heard (unless they have a big screen or something)

 

I doubt he'll be severely punished if at all.

[Guest Zarock]

Honestly, I don't think there's a bad way to handle this situation (well, there is, but I mean out of the REASONABLE options). If he gets fired, alright. I don't think anybody here really wants to see EUGENE VS. CONWAY II. If he gets a new character, good, because I've heard he's a pretty good wrestler when he's not acting like a 'tard. Really, the worst is that he'll get a mid-card push.

[Downhome 0]

I think he should be released and his contract (including the 90 day shit) should be made null and void.

[Enigma 0]

If JBL isn't going to get fired for doing Nazi gestures in Germany, Dinsmore's safe.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

If JBL isn't going to get fired for doing Nazi gestures in Germany, Dinsmore's safe.

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If Matt Hardy got fired because his ex-wife was a whore, Dinsmore's not safe.

[RedJed 0]

I dont know whats so hard in just having Eugene go heel ASAP, getting his ass kicked (even by Conway for all I care) and he returns and is the compete opposite as his old character. They got to at least attempt it before they give up on the guy, as he is a great worker when put in the right situation.

[Downhome 0]

I'd rather they fire him, and he shows up acting just like Eugene on his way to the ring, and when he actually gets in the ring and has the mic, he just totally breaks "character".

 

If he turns heel in WWE, I doubt they'll do it the right way, and even if they do at the start, I seriously doubt they'll ever really use him. For all we know, the powers that be in WWE are thinking that he can never be any other character other than Eugene.

 

Unless they give him the gimmick they wanted to give to Hassan.

[Guest JMA]

They need to have both Dinsmore and Conway drop their gimmicks and re-form as "The Lords of the Ring." WWE badly needs tag teams right now.

[Guest Amy Ace]

I kept telling everyone from the begining that this character was going to ruin his career.

[Guest Coffey]

Did anyone argue with that, though? I mean, it's not like you went out on some limb all by your lonesome with that statement.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

I think a Eugene heel turn under the retarded gimmick would be successful. But only if JR were announcing. Have Eugene want to be a bad guy and do every cliched heel schtick in the book. Have JR act like "aw, ain't that cute". Then have Eugene get progressively more mean and violent, and still have JR say "Aw, He's just tryin to be like a bad guy. Tryin to be like the Iron Sheik or King Kong Bundy." and then have King act shocked by Eugenes actions.

[Dark Age 0]

It could have been great.

[AndrewTS 0]

It's a house show, probably nobody will care.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

You guys are forgetting that Eugene was insanely popular for a while.

 

Then HHH decided that was enough of that and "broke" his arm in that cage match. I figured they were going to bring Eugene back in a month or so with a revamped character. Maybe he'd reveal he'd been faking, or come back as a heel, or a "normal" wrestler or something, as a lot of people thought. Instead, he showed up again about two weeks later as if nothing had happened. That basically killed any viability Eugene had left.

[Scroby 0]

I feel sorry for Dinsmore, it was a good one trick gimmick, but there is only so much you can do with the Eugene gimmick. The only thing that you can really do with the gimmick now is turn Eugene heel and he tells everyone he was just fooling everyone and he wanted to prove how stupid the crowd is for believing he was really mentally challanged. If the WWE doesn't go that route, they need to take Dinsmore of tv for about 6 to 8 months and repackage him for Smackdown with a differant gimmick.

[Guest JMA]

Did anyone argue with that, though? I mean, it's not like you went out on some limb all by your lonesome with that statement.

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The original consensus about the Eugene character was quite negative. It was only after Dinsmore somehow made the gimmick work that people started to like him. He really didn't go anywhere after the Evolution feud, though.

[razazteca 0]

He really didn't go anywhere after the Evolution feud, though.

That's because working with HHH means 3 weeks of work and then being ignored when the feud is over.

[CBright7831 0]

If JBL isn't going to get fired for doing Nazi gestures in Germany, Dinsmore's safe.

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If Matt Hardy got fired because his ex-girlfriend was a whore, Dinsmore's not safe.

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Fixed.

[Guest Coffey]

He really didn't go anyway before the Evolution feud. Yeah, he was over. I can't deny that. He got big pops...but it can't last. Kinda like the Too Cool/Rikishi pops.

 

If Matt Hardy got fired because his ex-girlfriend is a well-known whore, Dinsmore's not safe.

 

I was under the impression he was let go because he was whining and complaining about the situation to whomever would listen and basically making it a well known story. Also, I'm sure WWE didn't think Hardy would want to come back to WWE and be around Edge & Lita. They probably thought it was a powder keg waiting to explode.

 

Of course, Hardy and WWE tried to make the best of a bad situation. It got fucked up about two weeks in, but they tried.

[BUTT 0]

I desperately await the interview on Raw where Eugene reveals to Todd Grisham that he's just a kid from Indiana looking to have some fun, and then starts wearing boxer shorts as ring attire.

[Precious Roy 0]

What kind of punishment can they give him? It's not like he could be any worse off, HE PLAYS A RETARD! Yeah, at worst they could release him, but with TNA and AJPW's (and now NJPW apparently) fixations with ex-WWE guys, it's not like he couldn't get work

[iliketurtles 0]

Where did you get the picture of Triple H eating a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich?

[dubq 0]

They need to pull a David Cross on Just Shoot Me with Eugene. Have it turn out that he's been pretending to be mentally handicapped his entire life just to get special treatment. Eventually, as he gets found-out, it'd make for a neat little heel turn.

[Ced 0]

I guess I was the only one that was expecting to hear that he finally snapped and smacked a fan for pantomiming his retard act.