Because everyone thought it was a gimmick. During that time he now had a dark comical gimmick. This kind of promotional gimmick would later make him famous. Along with his new name came a new gimmick as a vain, cocky villain. Mizanin later realized that The Miz would make an excellent professional wrestling gimmick. That's because it is a gimmick. Initially, her activism drew scepticism and was dubbed by some as a publicity gimmick. He then teamed with Vangelis, a wrestler with a Nazi stripper gimmick. Instead, it comes mostly unglued thanks to its hacky gimmick. Kane continued a feud with MVP competing in several gimmick matches. He also stopped doing campaign slogans and PowerPoint presentations as a part of his gimmick. This would be the only time that Anoa'i wrestled under his former gimmick. In a mockery of Luger's past "Narcissist" gimmick, Borga pinned Tatanka with one finger. A decision was made to retain Nash until a new gimmick could be developed. Lethal came out in his Black Machismo gimmick.