EXPLAIN THE GIMMICK...

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan. On the surface, you could say maybe his nickname just means that he's sawing through his opponents but Butch Reed had the same nickname. Instead, he carries around a 2 x 4. So what is he a construction worker? He also chants "U-S-A!" all the time and occasionally carries the American Flag. What's going on here?

 

[CBoz]

Clearly he was a Pimp since all he said was "Hoooooooo"!

 

[8WON6]

i think he was just playing an American dumbass. Vince prolly heard "Hacksaw" and gave him a 2x4.

 

[OneDeep]

Florida Man

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

His gimmick is "American tough guy"

He started out as like a trucker/teamster/biker guy

his fued vs Ted Dibiase vs Midsouth was basically "rich arrogant guy" vs. "tough guy".

He moved like Bruiser Brody and that morphed into him acting/moving like a goofball as it got over.

So, his gimmick is literally "american (dumbass) tough guy"

 

[TheAlbionist]

I always figured there was a lumberjack/woodshed edge to it. He used to cut promos in lumber yards and shyt.

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[Striving For Greatness]

Just your average redneck

 

[Grifter]

Figured Hacksaw might've been a football nickname.

 

[85 East]

I think the 2x4 thing was based on Hacksaw Ridge..

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Figured Hacksaw might've been a football nickname.

It did

Most fans know Jim Duggan’s nickname of “Hacksaw,” but he didn’t start out with the moniker. In his early days, he had a number of gimmicks and nicknames across the territories, including “Wildman” Jim Duggan and a masked persona called “The Convict” in Hawaii’s wrestling scene. When he arrived in the San Antonio, Texas territory, he adopted the name “Hacksaw,” which actually came from his college football days due to his hacksaw-like ability to break through wedge formations

 

[ADK]

Bro was on the spectrum

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Some good answers. I think we got to the bottom of it. Moving on..... The Bushwhackers. So, "bushwhacking" is a form of guerilla warfare and Luke and Butch came out dressed in camo. We are to assume they are from the New Zealand military? Back in their earlier days in NWA/Jim Crockett Promotions that's exactly what they were. They were actually anti-American heels and very violent. They had a bunch of bloody brawls in the territories.

They come to WWF and they still have a couple of those previous elements but now they are going for comedy. What's up with the marching? The licking of faces? The incoherent speech? Did they become retarded? Are they drunks?

 

[Larry]

i think them boys was kayfabe retarded breh

 

[ALTRUISM]

A darker twist is that they're disabled veterans who have been shackled with hardcore drugs and PTSD

 

[Nero Christ]

This thread showing how Vince butchered some great gimmicks from the territories or at least from their earlier versions