[1991-07-14-WWF-Wrestling Challenge] Skinner vignette

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

This time, Skinner shows us the squirrel that he just killed and is about to eat.

[PeteF3]

Skinner tells us how he enjoys letting nearly-skinned animals back into the wild so their skin can grow back and he can skin 'em again.

[Kevin Ridge]

Playing up the Skinner name as he likes to skin rodents but let them go sometimes so he can then catch and skin them again.

[soup23]

This was better to me than the debut promo as Skinner looks deranged here with the poor squirrel.

[garretta]

Somehow I missed the first one of these, so this was my first exposure to the Skinner gimmick.

 

Vince is noticeably slipping when it comes to character development; just like with IRS, how would you know Skinner is supposed to be a wrestler if you didn't recognize Keirn beforehand? Even at that, his look and voice are so different that newer fans may have no idea who this guy is in any case. At least IRS could be justified because it was tax season; what's a reptile skinner doing on a wrestling program when we're not even sure he knows what wrestling is? And why should we give a damn regardless?

 

Maybe Keirn's acting skills can save this stuff at least a little, but right now it's not looking good.

[dawho5]

He comes off as crazy in an evil sort of way i guess....