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| DISCLAIMER |
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This guide is copyright to me, Dalimyr. It is intended solely for private use.
It cannot be used in any form of printed or electronic media involved in a
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If you are a webmaster of a site that wishes to post this guide, you may do so
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is granted, you cannot change a single character of this guide and you must
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will request for you to remove the guide. The latest version of this guide will
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| Version History |
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v1.0.2 At long last the elusive Sumo gimmick has been cracked
v1.0.1 With the old AtGig site going down, the permission list has been amended
to reflect that the FAQ is no longer available on AtGig and is now on my
new website, HRivers FAQs and Reviews.
A HTML version of this guide can also be found at HRivers.
v1.0.0 A couple of known errors were fixed, and gimmicks that were accidentally
missed out have been added. Sumo remains unknown, however.
v0.9.9 The guide has been near enough finished and uploaded to PushySoft. It
has also been submitted to GameFAQs and will hopefully be posted there,
too.
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| Table of Contents |
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1. Disclaimer ewr_dsc
2. Version History ewr_hst
3. Table of Contents ewr_toc
4. Gimmicks ewr_gim
4.1. Gimmicks - A ewr_gma
4.2. Gimmicks - B ewr_gmb
4.3. Gimmicks - C ewr_gmc
4.4. Gimmicks - D ewr_gmd
4.5. Gimmicks - E ewr_gme
4.6. Gimmicks - F ewr_gmf
4.7. Gimmicks - G ewr_gmg
4.8. Gimmicks - H ewr_gmh
4.9. Gimmicks - I ewr_gmi
4.10. Gimmicks - J ewr_gmj
4.11. Gimmicks - K ewr_gmk
4.12. Gimmicks - L ewr_gml
4.13. Gimmicks - M ewr_gmm
4.14. Gimmicks - N ewr_gmn
4.15. Gimmicks - O ewr_gmo
4.16. Gimmicks - P ewr_gmp
4.17. Gimmicks - R ewr_gmr
4.18. Gimmicks - S ewr_gms
4.19. Gimmicks - T ewr_gmt
4.20. Gimmicks - U ewr_gmu
4.21. Gimmicks - V ewr_gmv
4.22. Gimmicks - W ewr_gmw
5. FAQ ewr_faq
6. Help Wanted ewr_hlp
7. Thanks/Credits ewr_thx
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| Gimmicks |
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The following is a list of every gimmick in the game, and what prerequisites a
worker must meet in order to use the gimmick effectively. I have taken the
liberty of dividing them up by their letters, so that you don't have to scroll
through lots and lots of text in order to find the section of the FAQ that you
want to see. I know this could be helpful if you have difficulty in spelling
words such as "Misogynist", where even using the search function (Ctrl+F) would
not help you. To jump to the section you want to go to, hit Ctrl+F and type
"ewr_gm" plus the first letter of the gimmick. For example, if you wanted to go
to the section containing the "Religious Zealot" gimmick, press Ctrl+F and type
"ewr_gmr" and you'll be sent to the start of the section with the gimmicks that
begin with R. That's simple enough, isn't it?
NOTE: All tests were done with a handful of guinea pigs from WWE. There is a
chance that you may experience differences with a few gimmicks when using a fed
at a lower level.
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| Gimmicks - A |
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Gimmick: Adult Film Star
Description: This worker portrays an adult film star.
Example: Val Venis
Requirements: Company Risk must be 75% or higher
Gimmick: All-American
Description: This worker plays a flag-waving, apple pie-eating, college
stand-out All-American.
Example: The Steiners
Requirements: Nationality must be American
Gimmick: Angry Minority
Description: This person comes from a minority and is taking his anger out on
select people.
Example: Konnan
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Angry Young Man
Description: This young worker is ready to take on the world for everything
bad that has ever happened to him.
Example: ?
Requirements: Company Risk must be 20% or higher
Gender must be Male
Age must be 28 or less
Gimmick: Anti USA
Description: This worker is an anti-USA character, going against all that
America stands for.
Example: Lance Storm
Requirements: Nationality must not be American
Gimmick: Arabian
Description: This worker acts like an old-school "camel clutch and curly
boots" Arabian heel.
Example: Iron Sheik
Requirements: Nationality must be Other
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Armed Forces
Description: This worker's gimmick is that he is part of the armed forces.
Example: Sgt. Slaughter
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Arrogant
Description: This worker looks down on everyone.
Example: Chris Nowinski
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Authority Figure
Description: This character has some sort of power within the company, and
can be used in authority angles.
Example: Chief Morley
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
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Gimmick: Bad Ass
Description: This worker is a no-nonsense ass-kicking anti-authority fighter.
Example: Stone Cold
Requirements: None
Gimmick: BFG
Description: This worker is a Big Friendly Giant type of character.
Example: Andre the Giant
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Weight must be Heavyweight
Gimmick: Biker
Description: This person is a leather-clad biker.
Example: Undertaker
Requirements: Weight must be Heavyweight
Gimmick: Bitch
Description: This worker is an old-school bitch, who is always doing what’s
best for her.
Example: Missy Hyatt
Requirements: Company Risk of 30% or higher
Gender must be Female
Gimmick: Blue Chipper
Description: This worker is a young clean-cut worker who looks like he will
become a star.
Example: Randy Orton
Requirements: Age must be 27 or less
Gimmick: Blue Collar
Description: This worker portrays a blue collar worker.
Example: Duke Droese
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: Bodyguard
Description: This worker is employed as a bodyguard for another worker.
Example: Diesel
Requirements: Must be Menacing
Gimmick: Bounty Hunter
Description: This worker hunts down and beats up other wrestlers for money.
Example: ?
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Must be Menacing
Gimmick: Boy Band
Description: This worker portrays a boy band member.
Example: 3 Count
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Age must be 25 or less
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Braveheart
Description: This worker plays a raging no-surrender Scotsman.
Example: Roddy Piper
Requirements: Nationality must be British
Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: Bully
Description: This worker bullies other, usually smaller, workers.
Example: Bill DeMott
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Must be Menacing
Gimmick: Bum
Description: This person portrays a homeless bum.
Example: Homeless Jimmy
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Bumbling Englishman
Description: This worker portrays a Hugh Grant-style bumbling Englishman.
Example: ?
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Nationality must be British
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Gimmick: Censor
Description: This worker portrays a pro-censorship figure.
Example: Steven Richards
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Chameleon
Description: This worker does a "mirror man" gimmick, where he imitates his
opponent's clothing, mannerisms, and fighting style.
Example: ?
Requirements: Brawl must be 50 or higher
Tech must be 50 or higher
Speed must be 50 or higher
Gimmick: Cheater
Description: This worker is an old-school cheat-to-win fighter.
Example: Eddie Guerrero
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Cheerleader
Description: This worker is a ringside always-happy always-perky babe.
Example: Beulah
Requirements: Gender must be Female
Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: Chosen One
Description: This worker is the "chosen one" of the company, and gets
preferential treatment.
Example: Jeff Jarrett
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: City Slicker
Description: This worker plays a stereotypical slimy Wall Street city
slicker.
Example: Michael Wallstreet
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Clean Cut
Description: This worker keeps himself in great shape, and is anti-drugs,
anti-alcohol, etc.
Example: CM Punk
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Clown
Description: This worker plays a happy-go-lucky clown.
Example: Doink II
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: Coach
Description: This manager works as a Coach for other workers, encouraging and
training them.
Example: Jose Lothario
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Cocky
Description: This worker is ultra-cocky and arrogant.
Example: Heel HBK
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Comedian
Description: This worker plays a comedian, making with the funny stuff
whenever possible.
Example: ?
Requirements: Charisma must be 75 or higher
Gimmick: Comedy Character
Description: This worker has a cartoonish gimmick, and is used for laughs.
Example: Doink
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Comic Book Hero
Description: This worker plays a comic book hero character, fighting evil.
Example: Hurricane
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: Comic Book Villain
Description: This worker plays a comic book villain character, planning to
take over the world.
Example: ?
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Commissioner
Description: This worker portrays a commissioner-figure, and can be used in
authority angles.
Example: Mick Foley
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Comrade
Description: This worker plays the classic old-school communist Russian heel.
Example: Bolsheviks
Requirements: Nationality must be European
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Conman
Description: This worker plays a fast-talking con artist.
Example: ???
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Convict
Description: This worker plays a brutal escaped\ex-convict.
Example: Nailz
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Must be Menacing
Gimmick: Cool
Description: This worker drips charisma, and makes The Fonz look uncool.
Example: Razor Ramon
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Corrupt Law Enforcer
Description: This worker plays a corrupt, evil law enforcer.
Example: The Mountie
Requirements: Company Risk must be 40% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Country Singer
Description: This person portrays a country singer who is using wrestling as
a path to fame in the music industry.
Example: Jeff Jarrett
Requirements: Nationality must be American
Charisma must be 60 or higher
Gimmick: Cowardly
Description: This worker is a sneaky coward who will cheat as much as
possible to win.
Example: The Mountie
Requirements: Dispostion must be Heel or Tweener
Must not be Menacing
Gimmick: Cowboy
Description: This worker has an old-school cowboy gimmick.
Example: Bradshaw
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Nationality must be American or Canadian
Gimmick: Crazy
Description: This worker is off-the-wall, and completely unpredictable.
Example: Brian Pillman
Requirements: Company Risk of 30% or higher
Gimmick: Cult Leader
Description: This worker leads a cult, whose members follow him no matter
what.
Example: Matt Hardy
Requirements: Company Risk must be 50% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Charisma must be 75 or higher
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Gimmick: Daddy's Girl
Description: This female worker plays a spoiled daddy's girl, who gets
everything she wants by throwing tantrums.
Example: Stephanie McMahon
Requirements: Gender must be Female
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Dancer
Description: This worker plays a character who was a dancer before coming to
wrestling.
Example: ???
Requirements: Gender must be Female
Must be Diva
Gimmick: Daredevil
Description: This worker is a risk-taker who has no fear.
Example: Jeff Hardy
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Company Risk must be 60% or higher
Gimmick: Dealer
Description: This worker has the gimmick of a drug dealer.
Example: ?
Requirements: Company Risk must be 80% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Degenerate
Description: This worker is a crude, anti-authority degenerate.
Example: Road Dogg
Requirements: Company Risk of 65% or higher
Gimmick: Demon
Description: This worker has a demonic quality to him - he uses his size,
power, and fury to crush his opponents into the mat.
Example: Kane
Requirements: Company Risk must be 40% or higher
Must be Menacing
Gimmick: Detective
Description: This worker plays the part of a detective, investigating on
behalf of clients.
Example: ?
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Dual-Sport Superstar
Description: This worker plays a character who came to wrestling after
starring in another sport.
Example: Sparky Plugg
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Dude
Description: This worker is a California-style dude, complete with surfer-
speak.
Example: Edge and Christian
Requirements: None
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Gimmick: Egomaniac
Description: This worker is all about himself, and considers himself the
greatest.
Example: Chris Jericho
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Enforcer
Description: This worker plays the methodical, ruthless enforcer figure.
Example: Arn Anderson
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Equality Fighter
Description: This female worker wants to fight men as well as women, to prove
that she is equal.
Example: Chyna
Requirements: Gender must be Female
Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: Evil
Description: This worker is evil in every respect, and will do anything to
win.
Example: Jake Roberts
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Company Risk must be 20% or higher
Gimmick: Evil Boss
Description: This worker plays an evil boss, flaunting his power, and can be
used in authority angles.
Example: Stephanie McMahon
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Evil Clown
Description: This worker plays a dark nightmarish version of a clown.
Example: Original Doink
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Evil Dentist
Description: This worker plays an evil dentist.
Example: Isaac Yankem DDS
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Evil Foreigner
Description: This worker has the classic old-school evil foreigner gimmick.
Example: Yokozuna
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Nationality must not be American
Gimmick: Evil Knight
Description: This worker plays an evil old-style knight.
Example: ???
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Evil Pimp
Description: This worker plays a violent, sneaky pimp.
Example: Viscera
Requirements: Company Risk must be 70% or higher
Gender must be Male
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Evil Preacher
Description: This worker acts like a corrupt southern preacher. Testify!
Example: Reverend D-Von
Requirements: Company Risk must be 40% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Evil Referee
Description: This worker plays a former corrupt referee who has become a
wrestler.
Example: Danny Davis
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Weight must be Lightweight
Gimmick: Evolution
Description: This worker believes he has evolved to the "next level", and is
superior to everyone else.
Example: Kriss Sprules
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Executive Consultant
Description: This worker\manager works as an executive consultant for another
i.e. a high class manager.
Example: Mr. Perfect
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Extremist
Description: This worker never backs down, and always comes ready for a
brawl.
Example: Tommy Dreamer
Requirements: Company Risk of 60% or higher
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Gimmick: Family Guy
Description: This person plays up the fact that he comes from a famous
wrestling family.
Example: David Flair
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Fiery Italian
Description: This worker plays the stereotypical temperamental Italian.
Example: Little Guido
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Fitness Instructor
Description: This worker plays a hyperactive annoying fitness obsessive.
Example: Muffy
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Foreign Royalty
Description: This worker portrays foreign royalty, and is arrogant and
pompous to people.
Example: Tiger Ali Singh
Requirements: Nationality must be European
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Foreign Star
Description: This worker is a big name in a foreign country, and is now
bringing his skills to the US.
Example: Jushin Liger
Requirements: Nationality must not be American
Gimmick: Franchise Player
Description: This worker considers himself the “franchise player” of the
company, and is always at the centre of things.
Example: Triple H
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Position must be Main Event
Must have Superstar Look
Gimmick: Freak
Description: This worker is an over-the-top freakish character, prone to
doing weird things.
Example: Goldust
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Fun Babyface
Description: This worker is a happy-go-lucky babyface.
Example: Scotty 2 Hotty
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: Fun Drunk
Description: This worker plays a fun-to-be-around drunk.
Example: Sandman
Requirements: Company Risk must be 50% or higher
Disposition must be Face or Tweener
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Gimmick: Gangsta
Description: This worker has a rap-influenced gangsta gimmick.
Example: New Jack
Requirements: Company Risk of 60% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Must be Menacing
Gimmick: Gay
Description: This worker is overly effeminate.
Example: Lenny and Lodi
Requirements: Company Risk of 60% or higher for Face or Tweener
Company Risk of 0% or higher for Heel
Must not be Menacing
Gimmick: Geek
Description: This worker is a geek.
Example: ?
Requirements: Must not have Superstar Look
Gimmick: Gender Bender
Description: This worker dresses like a member of the opposite sex.
Example: Cloudy
Requirements: Company Risk must be 70% or higher
Gimmick: Genius
Description: This worker thinks he is smarter than anyone else, and uses
cunning plans.
Example: Vince McMahon
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Girl Power
Description: This female worker is all about “girl power” and not taking a
back seat to the men.
Example: ?
Requirements: Gender must be Female
Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: Girl-Next-Door
Description: This worker is a naive, innocent girl-next-door type.
Example: Molly Holly
Requirements: Gender must be Female
Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: Glam Rocker
Description: This worker has an outrageous “spandex and big hair” glam rock
look.
Example: ?
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Gothic
Description: This worker has a gothic look, and uses occult symbols and
references.
Example: Gangrel
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Grizzled Veteran
Description: This worker plays a nasty old grizzled veteran.
Example: Greg Valentine
Requirements: Age must be 36 or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Grunge
Description: This worker dresses in a grunge style, a la Pearl Jam \ Nirvana.
Example: Rad Radford
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Guru
Description: This worker portrays a guru, whose fast-talking and persuasive
tongue get him what he wants.
Example: ???
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Charisma must be 80 or higher
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Gimmick: Harsh German
Description: This worker plays the stereotypical strict, harsh, efficient
German.
Example: Berlyn
Requirements: Nationality must be European
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Hero
Description: This worker is a heroic figure who always does the right thing.
Example: 1980's Hulk Hogan
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: High Society
Description: This worker moves in upper social circles, and is used to the
good life.
Example: Mean Street Posse
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Highlight Reel
Description: This is a thrillseeker, interested only in hitting the big moves
that get everyone talking.
Example: Jeff Hardy
Requirements: Speed must be 75 or higher
Must have High Spots
Gimmick: Hillbilly
Description: This worker plays a hillbilly character.
Example: Henry Godwinn
Requirements: Nationality must be American
Gender must be Male
Gimmick: Hired Gun
Description: This worker gives his services to whoever the highest bidder is.
Example: APA
Requirements: Must be Menacing
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Gimmick: Ice Man
Description: This worker is a cold, calculating, ruthlessly efficient
fighter.
Example: Dean Malenko
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Impressionist
Description: This worker's character is an impression of someone else - either
one specific person or a different one each time.
Example: Big Show
Requirements: Charisma must be 75 or higher
Gimmick: Informer
Description: This worker plays a mysterious informer, who seems to always pop
up with information when least expected.
Example: ???
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Inspirational Leader
Description: This worker is a natural leader, whose charisma inspires others.
Example: Dusty Rhodes
Requirements: Disposition must be Face
Charisma of 75 or more
Gimmick: Journalist
Description: This worker portrays a mild mannered journalist, always on the
look out for a big story.
Example: Gregory Helms
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Junkie
Description: This worker has the gimmick of a drug addict.
Example: ?
Requirements: Company Risk must be 70% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
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Gimmick: Knight
Description: This worker plays a righteous evil-fighting old-style knight.
Example: ???
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Disposition must be Face or Tweener
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Gimmick: Lackey
Description: This worker is a lackey for another person, and does their dirty
deeds.
Example: Stevie Richards
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Law Enforcer
Description: This worker plays a hard working law enforcer.
Example: Big Boss Man
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: Lawyer
Description: This worker plays a lawyer.
Example: ???
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Legitimate Athlete
Description: This worker is promoted on his ability and skills, not on his
character.
Example: Kurt Angle
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Loner
Description: This worker shuns the company of others. He tends to be a dark
brooding figure.
Example: Raven
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Luchadore
Description: This worker plays a traditional masked Mexican luchadore.
Example: Psicosis
Requirements: Weight must be Lightweight
Gimmick: Lumberjack
Description: This worker plays a lumberjack. Insert your own Monty Python
gags here.
Example: Big Josh
Requirements: Nationality must be American or Canadian
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Gimmick: Machine
Description: This worker is a cold, calculating fighter, who methodically
destroys people in the ring.
Example: Taz
Requirements: Must be Menacing
Gimmick: Mafia
Description: This worker portrays someone with mafia connections.
Example: ???
Requirements: Company Risk must be 60% or higher
Gender must be Male
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Magician
Description: This worker does magic tricks and illusions, sometimes even
during matches.
Example: Fantasia
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Man Beast
Description: This worker is a violent psycho, but who also has the
intelligence that means he is more than just a wild animal.
Example: Rhyno
Requirements: Must be Menacing
Gimmick: Man In Black
Description: This worker is a smartly-dressed "government agent" type figure.
Example: ?
Requirements: Must have Superstar Look
Gimmick: Man On A Mission
Description: This worker has one particular goal, and will stop at nothing to
achieve it.
Example: Inigo Montoya
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Gimmick: Manic Depressive
Description: This worker's character is depressed all the time.
Example: ???
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Martial Arts
Description: This worker is a martial arts expert, and uses these techniques
in his fighting style.
Example: Steve Blackman
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Masochist
Description: This worker plays a character who loves to experience pain and
suffering.
Example: ???
Requirements: Company Risk must be 80% or higher
Gender must be Male
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Mentor
Description: This worker works as a mentor for others, passing on his
knowledge of the game to a new generation.
Example: Larry Zbysko
Requirements: Age of 40 or higher
Gimmick: Metalhead
Description: This worker is a head-banging leather-dressed hardcore heavy
metal fan.
Example: Maxx Payne
Requirements: Company Risk must be 25% or higher
Gimmick: Misogynist
Description: This worker hates women, and thinks nothing of beating them up.
Example: Jeff Jarrett
Requirements: Company Risk must be 70% or higher
Gender must be Male
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Monster
Description: This worker is a big guy who just destroys people with his size.
Example: Vader
Requirements: Company Risk must be 20% or higher
Must be Menacing
Gimmick: Mountie
Description: This character plays a mountie.
Example: The Mountie
Requirements: Nationality must not be Canadian
Gimmick: Movie Star
Description: This worker plays a egomaniacal movie star, who feels he is
above regular wrestlers.
Example: The Rock
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Must have Superstar Look
Gimmick: Mysterious
Description: This worker is an enigma who nobody knows much about.
Example: "Crow" Sting
Requirements: None
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Gimmick: Native American
Description: This worker is a native american
Example: Tatanka
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Nationality must be American
Gimmick: Nerd
Description: This person portrays a sci-fi obsessed nerd.
Example: ???
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Ninja
Description: This worker is a stealth fighter, incorporating eastern styles
into his attack. Usually ninjas are masked.
Example: Shinobi
Requirements: None
Gimmick: No Gimmick Needed
Description: This worker doesn't need a fancy gimmick, he just wants to kick
some ass.
Example: Chris Benoit
Requirements: None
Gimmick: None
Description: This worker has no character \ personality at all. He is just a
guy who wrestles.
Example: Any jobber
Requirements: Overness of 70 or less
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Gimmick: Obnoxious
Description: This worker just drives everyone crazy with his obnoxious
behaviour.
Example: IRS
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Obsessed Fan
Description: This person acts like a fan who has become scarily obsessed with
another worker.
Example: ???
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Occult
Description: This worker is into the occult - the supernatural, devil worship
etc.
Example: Kevin Sullivan
Requirements: Company Risk of 70% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Must be Menacing
Gimmick: Old School Face
Description: This worker is a classic face - never cheats, always tries to
save the day, etc.
Example: Ricky Steamboat
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: Old School Heel
Description: This worker is a classic villain - cheating, lying, plotting
etc.
Example: Steve Corino
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Outbacker
Description: This worker plays a stereotypical Aussie outbacker, in the style
of Crocodile Dundee. G'day mate!
Example: Outback Jack
Requirements: Nationality must be Australian
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Gimmick: Pacifist
Description: This worker is into the whole peace movement, and so is against
violence...unless provoked.
Example: ?
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Paper Boy
Description: This person plays a newspaper delivery person.
Example: Rapid Fire Maldonado
Requirements: None
Gimmick: People's Boss
Description: This person portrays a fan-friendly boss, and can be used in
authority angles.
Example: Steve Austin
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: Pimp
Description: This worker plays a happy-go-lucky pimp daddy.
Example: The Godfather
Requirements: Company Risk must be 70% or higher
Gender must be Male
Gimmick: Pirate
Description: This worker portrays a pirate character.
Example: Jean-Pierre Laffite
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Postal Worker
Description: This worker plays a postal worker.
Example: ???
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Power and Paint
Description: This worker is a face-painted powerhouse, who the fans rally
behind.
Example: Legion of Doom
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Weight must be Heavyweight
Gimmick: Pretentious Artist
Description: This worker plays a pretentious self-obsessed artist
Example: ???
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Prima Donna
Description: This worker gets by on looks, and considers himself better than
anyone else.
Example: "The Model" Rick Martel
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Must not be Menacing
Gimmick: Pro USA
Description: This worker is a flag-waving pro-USA character, standing up for
the ideals of America.
Example: Jim Duggan
Requirements: Nationality must be American
Gimmick: Psycho
Description: This worker is an unbalanced individual who has a tendency
toward random violence.
Example: Sid
Requirements: Company Risk must be 40% or higher
Gimmick: Punk
Description: This worker is a nasty anti-social punk.
Example: Nasty Boys
Requirements: Company Risk must be 30% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Putz
Description: This worker is a clueless putz.
Example: Stevie Richards
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Pyromaniac
Description: This worker plays someone who is obsessed with fire.
Example: ???
Requirements: Company Risk must be 70% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
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Gimmick: Racist
Description: This worker plays a racist gimmick.
Example: ???
Requirements: Company Risk must be 80% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Charisma must be 75 or higher
Gimmick: Rapper
Description: This worker uses a rapper gimmick.
Example: John Cena
Requirements: Company Risk must be 30% or higher
Gimmick: Rasta
Description: This worker plays a Rastafarian
Example: ???
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Gimmick: Ravishing
Description: This worker is a good-looking but overly-cocky ladies man.
Example: Rick Rude
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Must have Superstar Look
Gimmick: Rebel
Description: This worker is a rebel, defying authority and doing whatever he
feels like.
Example: Steve Austin
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Redneck
Description: This worker's gimmick is that he is a down-and-dirty redneck.
Example: Dick Slater
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Nationality must be American
Gimmick: Religious Zealot
Description: This worker plays a character who is passionate about his
beliefs, and wants everyone to agree with him, no matter what
the cost.
Example: ???
Requirements: Company Risk must be 80% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Rich Snob
Description: This worker is a hypocritical snob, who flaunts his wealth and
power.
Example: Ted DiBiase
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Must not be Menacing
Gimmick: Rock Star
Description: This person plays the stereotypical egomaniacal rock god.
Example: Chris Jericho
Requirements: Charisma must be 80 or higher
Gimmick: Royalty
Description: This worker acts like royalty, usually by calling himself "The
King" and having a crown.
Example: King Jerry Lawler
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
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Gimmick: Savage
Description: This worker is a wild uncontrollable animal
Example: Kamala
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Secretary
Description: This worker plays a sexy secretary.
Example: Miss Hancock
Requirements: Gender must be Female
Gimmick: Seductress
Description: This worker uses her sex appeal to get men to do what she wants.
Example: Sunny
Requirements: Company Risk of 50% or higher
Gender must be Female
Gimmick: Servant
Description: This worker plays a servant to another character.
Example: Virgil
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Overness must be 60 or less
Gimmick: Shark Boy
Description: This gimmick is specifically for the leader of the Fin Fans, the
masked cult superstar himself, Shark Boy!
Example: Shark Boy
Requirements: Name must be Shark Boy
Gimmick: Sheik
Description: This worker uses the old tea-towel-on-the-head trick to play a
sheik.
Example: Iron Sheik
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Show Stealer
Description: This worker is loved because of his excellent jaw-dropping
performances that leave the crowd breathless.
Example: Rey Mysterio
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Speed must be 80 or higher
Must have High Spots
Gimmick: Sidekick
Description: This worker plays a heelish interference-running sidekick for
another worker.
Example: Christian
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Slob
Description: This worker is a dirty slob.
Example: Skinner
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Slut
Description: This girl tends to end up in the corner of lots of men, and will
use her body to get what she wants.
Example: Francine
Requirements: Company Risk of 65% or higher
Gender must be Female
Gimmick: Split Personality
Description: This worker exhibits two distinct personalities, and keeps
switching between them.
Example: ?
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Sports Agent
Description: This manager plays a fast-talking sports agent.
Example: Paul Heyman
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Staff Member
Description: This worker plays a backstage announcer \ worker.
Example: Funaki
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Stoner
Description: This worker's character is one of a stoner, like Jay and Silent
Bob for example.
Example: ?
Requirements: Company Risk must be 60% or higher
Gimmick: Streaker
Description: This worker is a character who runs through arenas with little
or nothing on.
Example: Naked Mideon
Requirements: Company Risk must be 75% or higher for Males
Company Risk must be 95% or higher for Females
Gimmick: Street Fighter
Description: This character portrays a character who was brought up on the
street, and fought for survival every day.
Example: ???
Requirements: Company Risk must be 50% or higher
Gimmick: Suave
Description: This worker is a slick ladies man, who is always stylish and
composed.
Example: Ric Flair
Requirements: Must not be Menacing
Gimmick: Sucka
Description: This worker plays a Mr. T influenced bad ass.
Example: Booker T
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Gimmick: Sumo
Description: This worker plays a sumo wrestler.
Example: Yokozuna
Requirements: Position must be Manager
Gender must be Male
Weight must be Heavyweight
Nationality must be Japanese
Gimmick: Supernatural
Description: This worker has a character that is supernaturally based, maybe
even having special powers.
Example: Kane
Requirements: None
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Gimmick: Teen Idol
Description: This worker plays directly to the female teenage fanbase.
Example: Ricky Morton
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Gimmick: That 70's Guy
Description: This worker acts like he's out of the 1970's.
Example: Mike Awesome
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Gimmick: That 80's Guy
Description: This worker plays a stereotypical 1980's person - obsessed with
money, and not caring about anything but himself.
Example: ???
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: The Brain
Description: This manager is an old-school heel, a coward who relies on his
brains to lead his men to victory.
Example: Bobby Heenan
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: The Ryland Effect
Description: This worker acts like EWR creator Adam Ryland - a clueless loser
with good one-liners who always ends up on top somehow :-)
Example: Adam Ryland
Requirements: Gender must be Male
Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Charisma must be 80 or higher
Gimmick: Thief
Description: This worker is a thief, stealing other worker's property
Example: Repo Man
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Tomboy
Description: This worker is a girl who gets just as physically involved as
the men.
Example: Lita
Requirements: Gender must be Female
Gimmick: Trash
Description: This worker is trailer park trash.
Example: Nidia
Requirements: None
Gimmick: Triad
Description: This worker portrays someone with connections to an eastern
triad.
Example: ???
Requirements: Company Risk must be 60% or higher
Nationality must be Japanese
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Troublemaker
Description: This worker is always stirring up trouble and getting people in
hot water.
Example: Just Joe
Requirements: None
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Gimmick: Underdog
Description: This worker is the plucky underdog who always has to overcome
overwhelming odds.
Example: Spike Dudley
Requirements: Disposition must be Face or Tweener
Weight must be Lightweight
Gimmick: Underworld
Description: This worker is involved in the criminal underworld. He is a
shady, menacing type of character.
Example: The Mamalukes
Requirements: Company Risk of 65% or higher
Gimmick: Unique
Description: This worker's gimmick has evolved into something totally unique.
[NB This gimmick cannot be assigned, it naturally occurs]
Example: Mick Foley
Requirements: Must be involved in a 100% segment
Gimmick: Unlucky
Description: This worker portrays a hapless accident-prone person.
Example: JT Smith
Requirements: None
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Gimmick: Valley Girl
Description: This female worker plays a ditzy valley girl, usually a blonde.
Example: ?
Requirements: Gender must be Female
Gimmick: Vampire
Description: This worker plays a vampiric character.
Example: Gangrel
Requirements: Company Risk must be 60% or higher
Gimmick: Violent Drunk
Description: This worker portrays a sadistic, violent drunk.
Example: ?
Requirements: Company Risk must be 70% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Gimmick: Voodoo
Description: This worker's gimmick is that of a voodoo master.
Example: Papa Shango
Requirements: Company Risk must be 60% or higher
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
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Gimmick: Weirdo
Description: This worker is an outcast, a misfit. He dresses and acts weird.
Example: Mankind
Requirements: None
Gimmick: White Witch
Description: This woman plays a good witch.
Example: ???
Requirements: Gender must be Female
Gimmick: Whole Damn Show
Description: This worker plays an egomaniac whose great performances have
caused him to think he is the only thing worth watching on the
show.
Example: Heel Rob Van Dam
Requirements: Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Speed must be 80 or higher
Must have High Spots
Gimmick: Witch
Description: This female worker portrays an evil witch-type character.
Example: ?
Requirements: Gender must be Female
Disposition must be Heel or Tweener
Q. My worker has been involved in a 100% segment and he didn't get the unique
gimmick. What's wrong?
A. I've heard of this happening a few times, though the exact reason for why it
doesn't work still eludes me. In most cases the worker is a tweener (usually
Raven). I haven't tested this, but it MAY be that tweeners just can't get the
unique gimmick - if you turn them face/heel, get the gimmick and turn them
back again, that's one way of getting around the problem.
Another possibility is that the person isn't the main focus of the segment.
In interviews, the person who is doing the talking will get the unique
gimmick - for tag team interviews, this is the person selected in the first
box, and for interviews with a manager, it's the manager who'll get it.
Q. The mountie gimmick needs the worker to not be Canadian? But mounties ARE
Canadian...surely that's a mistake?
A. It is a mistake, but not on my part. It is a coding error by Adam.
Q. You still haven't found out the sumo gimmick? Can't Adam tell you?
A. No, he can't. I've tried emailing Adam a couple of times during the creation
of the FAQ, and although he gave me a few tips about his coding style that
helped make my job that little bit easier, he couldn't help me in regards to
any specific gimmicks. His computer with the EWR code went into storage in
August 2003, sometime between the date when he finished EWR4.2 and the date
when he joined .400 Software Studios. At the time when I sent the emails to
him, he had spent so much time programming his TEW and WreSpi games that he
could barely even remember EWR. He has admitted that there may have been a
coding error, but there's no way for him to confirm that without access to
the code.
Q. You say that this gimmick needs these requirements, but my worker meets these
requirements and it says that the gimmick doesn't work. Why?
A. There are two possibilities. Although I have tested the gimmicks thoroughly,
there is a chance that I have made a few mistakes when writing down my
findings. If you believe this to be the case, then please email me and I can
check for myself and amend the FAQ if needed. The other possibility is that
you've had the gimmick on the worker for a long time and it is becoming
"stale". This usually happens after 1-3 years. There's nothing you can do
about it except change the gimmick to something else that does work.
Q. I'm being told that this worker's gimmick isn't working. What could I use
that is similar to his real-life gimmick?
A. This is a pet hate of mine. You're playing a game that allows you loads of
freedom in how to play it, you sign the likes of AJ Styles and Christopher
Daniels to 5-year contracts for WWE and so on because they get so many 5*
matchess (the odds of them moving to WWE seem very slim)...and you want your
gimmicks to remain close to reality? Do yourself a favour and download my
Gimmick Generator, which will show you all sorts of gimmicks that will work
for that worker - you never know, it may give you some ideas.
Sticking to a worker's real-life gimmicks gives you a very small booking box
to work in. For example, say you've got JBL. You've got lots of options for
things similar to his real-life money-flashing gimmick (That 80s Guy, Rich
Snob and so on), but what are you going to do if you choose to turn JBL heel?
None of those gimmicks will work for a face character. Are you going to have
him constantly switch between his "JBL" and "APA" Bradshaw gimmicks every
time you switch his disposition? Step out of the box and use your
imagination. Distance yourself from the shackles of reality. EWR will be a
more enjoyable experience once you're capable of doing that.
Also, I no longer watch very much wrestling, so I'm not exactly up to date on
what gimmick each wrestler is using, so I'm not in much of a position to tell
you what gimmick would resemble the worker's current gimmick when I don't
even know what that person's current gimmick is.
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| Help Wanted |
| ewr_hlp |
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As much as I tried, some gimmicks may not be 100% accurate, and in some cases I
was unable to get them to work at all. If you find any mistakes or wish to add
something that was missed out then please send the correct info to
dalimyr@gawab.com
Thanks to the following people who helped me (in alphabetical order):
Legendary Sword, qpeedore, Styk
Eternal thanks go out to Legendary Sword for finding all of the requirements for
that damned Sumo gimmick. It may have taken a year and a half, but someone has
FINALLY managed to find the formula to get it working properly. I never would
have guessed that only managers could use the Sumo gimmick, especially since
Yokozuna was an active wrestler in WWF.
My thanks also go out to Adam Ryland, not only for creating the game in the
first place, but also for the help that he was able to give me while I was
writing this guide.
This is the end of the FAQ. This gimmick FAQ is copyright 2004-2006 Dalimyr
