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animeluva1 posted:I have to bring up Kazuaki Takeda to this thread. He designs and manufactures ring gear. His website is sparse, but he updates his Instagram more frequently. This reminds me Tozawa's shorts look is good I like it.
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Shout out to MassRafTer in the MOTY thread for introducing me to the best wrestler with the best gear.
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Titus O'Neil's trunks always look too small and he would really benefit from thigh-length trunks.
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Can we also talk about facepaint in here? Surfer Sting and Tama Tonga's are my personal faves. Edit: Additionally, my favorite gear was early WCW Jericho. His tights were always cool. 
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Choom Gangster posted:Can we also talk about facepaint in here? Surfer Sting and Tama Tonga's are my personal faves. Speaking of this pic, Ultimo Dragon has great gear
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Choom Gangster posted:Can we also talk about facepaint in here?
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WatermelonGun posted:uhhhhhh did vince really change their name to the viking experience best part is the ring announcer not realizing the card had 2 lines on it so he goes "The Vikings.....Experience"
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Choom Gangster posted:Can we also talk about facepaint in here? Surfer Sting and Tama Tonga's are my personal faves. One of my favorite Jericho stories (possibly apocryphal, given the source) is that he lost his long tights during a flight, switched to trunks on short notice, then Vince saw him and was like "goddamn where have you been hiding those beefy thighs" and he wore the trunks ever since then. You could do a massive effortpost on Jericho's gear and the way it perfectly matches his evolving character over the years. When he went to New Japan and became a crazy dad brawler he just wore regular pants, and it works so well.
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no discussion of Rick Rude's undisputed all-time superiority in the ring gear department should be complete without: airbrushing a championship belt onto your tights the night you win said belt  and putting it on all your tights for subsequent defenses. Rude was the best and this thread can basically be closed now [Hennig's two-tone fluorescent & black singlets were cool too]
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One of the underrated heel wardrobe moves was when Randy Orton would have his tights fitted to show a little rear end cheek just to piss people off
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I remember Cody Rhodes saying he didn't wear kneepads specifically because it looked weird and made people mad
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DeathChicken posted:I remember Cody Rhodes saying he didn't wear kneepads specifically because it looked weird and made people mad It made people who liked Cody Rhodes being able to wrestle mad every time he did a loving moonsault so I'll give him that
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Cavauro posted:trunks should have a hole in it for the penis to hang out of them.  That would be a great babyface gimmick. He just wants to wrestle free with his hog out but all these drat heels are too insecure and homophobic to grapple with him.
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A grecian wrestler all oily and nude wondering why no one wants to grab him
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DeathChicken posted:I remember Cody Rhodes saying he didn't wear kneepads specifically because it looked weird and made people mad I just wanted to get to the end of this thread to post about this, lol. If a wrestler doesn't wear kneepads or elbow pads, they just... don't look like a wrestler.
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I liked when Jeff Hardy wrestled in JNCOs and a stripper's shirt.
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These tights on Bill Dundee helped fuel a parking lot fight between he and Randy Savage during the Memphis-ICW war. Dundee tried to go for his gun and Savage broke his jaw.  ("Macho Man" trunks, if it's unclear.)
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Stealth Tiger posted:I just wanted to get to the end of this thread to post about this, lol. If a wrestler doesn't wear kneepads or elbow pads, they just... don't look like a wrestler. they just look like a big pervert
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Dashing Cody Rhodes was such a good gimmick and his face mask and mustache were also good.
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Stealth Tiger posted:I just wanted to get to the end of this thread to post about this, lol. If a wrestler doesn't wear kneepads or elbow pads, they just... don't look like a wrestler. Are you disrespecting the no-kneepads look? On RUSEV DAY?  You gotta have some pretty beefy legs to make it look good though.
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Matt riddle not having any pads or boots always makes him look kinda naked. I feel like it’s inevitable that he’s going to break his foot or something in a really gnarly way in-ring some day. Like a “Sid’s leg breaking” level injury
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It really bothers me when wrestlers don't wear wrist tape. I think Matt Riddle is the closest to getting away with it because he doesn't have anything beyond shorts, but it's still mildly distracting to me. Also, glad there is another thread for me to remind everyone that Alex Riley wore fake boots that slipped over wrestling shoes.
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Charles Gnarwin posted:Also, glad there is another thread for me to remind everyone that Alex Riley wore fake boots that slipped over wrestling shoes. Ugh thanks for reminding me of Alex Riley first thing in the morning, jerk.
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Talk of ring gear makes me thing of Jeff Jarret's weird rear end strip shirts:
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Charles Gnarwin posted:It really bothers me when wrestlers don't wear wrist tape. I think Matt Riddle is the closest to getting away with it because he doesn't have anything beyond shorts, but it's still mildly distracting to me. it bothers me when a wrestler angrily and dramatically removes their wrist tape and then never sells their wrist getting hurt from throwing punches without adequate support and stability
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Dacap posted:I feel like it’s inevitable that he’s going to break his foot or something in a really gnarly way in-ring some day. Like a “Sid’s leg breaking” level injury Isn't that what got Rusev wearing boots? Obviously it wasn't gruesome, but I remember he came back from an injury and suddenly had boots
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Elbow pads are worthless. I never found a pair that fit my skeletal frame but I cant say I noticed. Also my "gear" was cut up jeans and a t shirt I wrote on.
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Rick Rude wins this obviously, but also Mel Mudkiper posted:best ring gear will always be thigh length trunks this is the correct take I hate Delirious' gear. When I was a kid, Legion of Doom shoulder pads were the most badass poo poo I ever saw. Also original Kane mask. remember naked Mideon? lol
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I cant imagine how terrible Golddusts onesie is to wrestle in.
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Beer_Suitcase posted:I cant imagine how terrible Golddusts onesie is to wrestle in. He has to cover himself in baby powder or else how the hell does he get out of that thing after a match
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i hate pretty much all variations on 2000s black trashbag indie gear, but super dragon is easily my least favorite, especially when he got old and fat
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Beer_Suitcase posted:I cant imagine how terrible Golddusts onesie is to wrestle in. The worse was the one he wore on his debut. Apparently they hadn't realized, or I at least I hope they hadn't, that it was somewhat transparent on camera.
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Low Desert Punk posted:i hate pretty much all variations on 2000s black trashbag indie gear, but super dragon is easily my least favorite, especially when he got old and fat Super Dragon ruled because his gear looked like a kid's lovely Party City ninja costume that he insists is also pajamas.
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Tamina looks like shes wearing a party city Nia costume.
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Speaking of Nia, let us not forget the horrendous gear she wore on her NXT debut Why someone looked at a plus-sized woman wrestler and decided on "skintight outfit with bright colors that calls attention to her weight in the worst possible ways" is beyond me. She immediately ditched that for the black leather, which is still generic but at least doesn't look like a failed attempt at Sexy Magic Carpet cosplay.
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I thought that outfit was cool, reminded me of Raiden from fatal fury
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Benne posted:Speaking of Nia, let us not forget the horrendous gear she wore on her NXT debut Her WM outfit this year was terrible too. Who looks at a big lady like that and says 'what she needs is brightly colored flaps on her hips to draw the eye to her midsection'. Edit: Or the outfit from her official cardboard standee:  She badly needs a better costume designer. Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Apr 19, 2019 |
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