[1991-03-31-WWF-Wrestling Challenge] Irwin R. Schyster vignette

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Irwin R. Schyster makes his first appearance. Jerry von Kramer rejoices. Deductions for charitable donations are not allowed. People only donate to charity out of greed anyway.

[shoe]

This was pretty funny. The gimmick screams jobber though.

[PeteF3]

There's much to criticize about Mike Rotunda's ringwork, but you can't accuse him of not throwing himself into these roles. I know this gimmick was basically created for Vince's personal amusement having come off of an audit himself but I'm not sure how kids were expected to get worked up over an evil tax collector.

[Kevin Ridge]

WWF loves tax season so they can do these IRS segments. IRS thinks it’s cheating to give money to charities and try to claim it. Audits for everyone.

[soup23]

IRS desk looks like some of my colleagues. This character really hits close to home because there is a ton of IRS's at my work.

[garretta]

This may sound nuts, but when I first saw this gimmick back in the day, I thought the WWF was offering real tax advice. That's how out of place this was.

 

I'm with Pete; they set this up wrong. When you're watching a wrestling show, you expect to see wrestlers, not IRS agents. Unless you knew this was Rotundo, this segment made no sense at all, and even if you did, you were probably wondering why Mike was acting as a tax expert. I don't know how the worlds of professional wrestling and tax law can possibly be reconciled within a character's backstory, especially that of a former World tag team champion, but Vince should have tried. Better yet, he could have scrapped this gimmick and given Mike one that allowed professional wrestling to be a bigger part of it. Maybe something similar to Mr. Backlund, or maybe a replacement for Virgil as DiBiase's bodyguard/personal assistant, which would have logically led to the formation of Money, Inc. later on.

[dawho5]

Why did they not put the number you needed to all for tax advice on the screen?