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#10 Dalton Castle
Dalton Castle is another one of those gimmick wrestlers that managed to develop a healthy fan following through the outlandishness of his gimmick. His gimmick borrows elements from previous ‘pretty boy’ and oddball characters of wrestling past that have managed to turn fans’ heads (such as Gorgeous George, Goldust, and Adrian Adonis).
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But unlike these earlier gimmicks, which were meant to elicit boos from the audience, Castle gets cheered for his wacky antics more often than not.
A top AEW star just called one of his colleagues 'spoiled' and 'narcissistic' HERE.
While some might think this gimmick would work perfectly in WWE, the truth is that ‘pretty boy’ characters no longer get the heat that they used to elicit. One need only look at the relative failure of the Tyler Breeze gimmick on the main roster. Even though his gimmick was very similar to Castle’s, Breeze didn’t get many strong reactions either way when he graduated to the main roster.
If it didn’t work for Breeze than it wouldn’t work for Castle as well, even if he was presented as a babyface instead. The "pretty boy" gimmick has, sadly, become antiquated in today’s WWE.
