Sunday, June 26, 2011

Sting Takes On Heath Ledger "Joker" Gimmick


by Brian Phelps
http://www.wrestlersway.blogspot.com

It's now 2011 and the winds of gimmick reinvention are in the air. Two weeks ago on Impact Wrestling, Sting snapped in Hulk Hogan's office, smearing paint on Hogan's face and laughing psychotically. Then on this past edition of Impact, Eric Bischoff called out the Stinger... but when Sting came out something had changed about him. His face paint was distorted, and resembled Heath Ledger's 'Joker' character from The Dark Knight. He got in Bischoff's face and even talked like Ledger's Joker before brutalizing Bischoff and smearing red paint on his face. Later that night, he continued his havoc as he butchered Abyss's face with a glove wrapped in barbed wire. So, it appears that we are watching the transformation of 'The Crow' Sting into 'The Joker' Sting, and I'm loving it. However, this isn't the first time Sting has changed...

In 1996, the man called Sting began what went on to become the greatest gimmick reinvention in pro wrestling history. At that time, the nWo were taking over and many of Sting's closest allies believed he had gone rogue. Feeling betrayed, Sting went into hiding. When he finally did reemerge from the shadows a few weeks later, gone was the colorful face paint and surfer persona that the Stinger was famous the world over for. In its place was a brooding avenger donning a trench coat and wielding an unforgiving black bat. The colorful face paint was replaced by black and white paint resembling author James O'Barr's character Eric Draven. In essence, Sting became the squared circles take on The Crow.

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12 comments:

  1. Ya know, as soon as Ledger did his Joker, suddenly the cool kids liked the Joker. But people like me who have always liked the joker, who to me the joker is Mark Hamil. I know Ledger did an excellent job, but to mimic it is unoriginal and sad.

    I can't give Sting any props for this because its just the same damn thing every cool kid did the past Halloween, and for the rest of the Halloweens forever.

    Every frat boy now thinks the joker is awesome, when I've thought the joker was awesome BEFORE Ledger. Its cool the way he is copying Ledger but thats about as far as it goes, a copy of Ledger.

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  2. Hence the blog name, Sting takes on Heath Ledger "Joker" Gimmick. I totally agree about every frat boy believing the joker is awesome now... when before Dark Knight they couldn't give a rip less about the character.

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  3. that was like someone doing a bad jim carrey impersonation if carrey was impersonating the Joker.

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  4. the guys done it all he answers to no one how many years has sting got left? 5? well let him have his fun and if he can pull this off he can turn tna into chaos!

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  5. Lots of hippies in here.

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  6. Is that how crappy TNA is? That Sting is basing his character off of... a character from Batman? For real? Oh and all the people who are like "I liked Joker before Ledger" shut your mouths you hipster idiots. Everyone who knows Batman likes The Joker. Ledger just made an interesting twist on it.

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  7. Well said Anonymous guy!!

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  8. Exactly my friend even has a tattoo of the Jack Nicholson;s Joker - and he did it long before anyone knew who Ledger was.

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  9. lol "Jack Nicholsons Joker", he was shit.

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  10. "Is that how crappy TNA is? That Sting is basing his character off of... a character from Batman? For real? Oh and all the people who are like "I liked Joker before Ledger" shut your mouths you hipster idiots. Everyone who knows Batman likes The Joker. Ledger just made an interesting twist on it."

    You sound angry, have you taken your ADHD meds this morning?

    I'm a pro-wrestler myself, (I used to promote TNA as part of its University division by hosting "house shows" before going alone), I sometimes wear a luchadore mask when I feel like it; but people don't accuse me of ripping off El Mexicano or Rey Mysterio.

    Yes, he's obviously doing a Joker parody, but I'm guessing he's got permission.

    And "hipster", what are you, like 200 or something?

    I prefer the Jack Nicholson Joker myself, as people have pointed out, Heath Ledger only made the 13 year olds want to think he's cool, heck, the only reason he won so many acting award the same year was because he overdosed himself, but his Joker is pants, the Joker is all about prank crimes and stuff, and Heath's version was just about "wanting the world to burn"....where's the "Joke" in that?!?!

    Seriously, it's just wrestling dude; get a life....or do you think wrestling is real, lol.

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  11. wrestling is real people are fake never forget that!

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  12. he may have portrayed the joker but i suppose its all he can think of with his old age

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