Robin Hood Gimmick Possibly Coming to WWE?

According to the source, former TNA star Lance Hoyt (aka Lance Rock) is working in FCW under the name of Lance Archer. Apparently, members of creative are pushing for Hoyt to adopt a gimmick similar to the "Robin Hood" character from the classic Disney movie. It is unknown if the creative team will actually go through with it.

Source: www.ewrestlingnews.com

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Comments

1. Comment #1

   What the hell

   Posted by on Thursday, July 09, 2009

2. Comment #2

   worst gimmick ever but Burchill is a pirate so what the hell

   Posted by on Thursday, July 09, 2009

3. Comment #3

   Huge Lance Hoyt in tights???? Is WWE really going crazy??? thats it im watching TNA again...

   Posted by Archo on Thursday, July 09, 2009

4. Comment #4

   LOL&facepalm

   Posted by on Friday, July 10, 2009

5. Comment #5

   #2 not the worst ever by a longshot.
   
   Ever seen shockmaster? I rest my case.

   Posted by on Friday, July 10, 2009

6. Comment #6

   Hey now, Burchill was pretty charismatic as a pirate and is one gimmick I miss badly

   Posted by You Are A Pirate! on Friday, July 10, 2009

7. Comment #7

   This made me laugh.

   Posted by The Glide on Friday, July 10, 2009

8. Comment #8

   What is WWE thinking? Here you have a big, good looking guy that works well in the ring and they want to turn him into a comic character. That is as stupid as TNA saddling him with the guitar hero gimmick!I guess they will resurrect the male managers and have Friar Tuck as his manager.

   Posted by WWE is Nuttier than TNA on Friday, July 10, 2009

9. Comment #9

   Gobbleygooker,the Goon, the Stalker, Helms doing his redition of the Green Lantern (Hurricane), a Pirate and now Robin Hood. For Vince being such a savy business man, he approves some pretty stupid gimmicks!! This sounds like something Lawler would have done back in Memphis when he had a Freddie Kruger, Jason, a Zombie and an Undertaker in Halloween masks.Hoyt may go down as "the guy given the most stupid gimmicks in a career". Guitar Hero/Slash and now Robin Hood. The sad thing is, Hoyt can actually wrestle.

   Posted by WHY on Friday, July 10, 2009

10. Comment #10

    Lance Hoyt can wrestle? Since when?!
    
    Also, The Hurricane was AWESOME. Yes it was cheesy but that was the POINT. Not to mention Gregory Helms played the role PERFECTLY.
    
    Still, there is NO WAY a Robin Hood gimmick can work. I mean, who is going to fued against? There's no people with snobby rich guy gimmicks, except for Vince and that's not going to happen.

    Posted by October Raven on Friday, July 10, 2009

11. Comment #11

    You do realise Robin Hood didn't originate because of a disney movie...

    Posted by The Warlock on Friday, July 10, 2009

12. Comment #12

    October, Lance can wreslte far better than you give him credit....TNA never seemed to let him do his moonsault, but it is one of the smoothest out there today, especially for a big man. Way to kill another chance at a good big worker to be wasted WWE, learn nothing from Matt Morgan or other blown chances in the past?

    Posted by on Friday, July 10, 2009

13. Comment #13

    NOTHING IS AS LAME OR AS HORRIBLE AS SHOCKMASTER!BU T THIS WILL BE CLOSE.

    Posted by BIG K on Friday, July 10, 2009

14. Comment #14

    Hurricane=Win....Worst gimmick in recent memory has to go to the Boogeyman. Marty could've been a half-decent wrestler if given the opportunity. He shouldve been re-packaged.

    Posted by Carter Wright on Friday, July 10, 2009

15. Comment #15

    I thought Paul Burchill's pirate gimmick was pretty cool for what it was *shrugs* better than how boring he is now.
    Not sure about such a gimmick for Lance Hoyt, but cool to see him coming to WWE never-the-less. Hope they let him show of his high flying skills.

    Posted by NC on Friday, July 10, 2009

16. Comment #16

    I liked the pirate gimmick. The entrance was epic.

    Posted by Carter Wright on Friday, July 10, 2009

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