What is a promotional gimmick?

Answer 1

In professional Wrestling, a "promotional gimmick" is the advertising hype or angle used by promoters and managers to attract audiences to attend a match or watch on TV.

Some gimmicks include grudge matches, re-matches, bouts between famous wrestlers, championship bouts or belt titles, cage matches, and battle royales. Individual wrestlers and tag team have their own gimmicks that pertain to their characters name, hidden identities, special abilities, and signature moves. Often times, the on-camera "trash talk" between wrestlers, managers and promoters are designed to build up the hype about a rivalry, or upcoming match, and is used as a promotional gimmick to get more people to watch.

Answer 2

In professional Wrestling, a "promotional gimmick" is the advertising hype or angle used by promoters and managers to attract audiences to attend a match or watch on TV.

Some gimmicks include grudge matches, re-matches, bouts between famous wrestlers, championship bouts or belt titles, cage matches, and battle royales. Individual wrestlers and tag team have their own gimmicks that pertain to their characters name, hidden identities, special abilities, and signature moves. Often times, the on-camera "trash talk" between wrestlers, managers and promoters are designed to build up the hype about a rivalry, or upcoming match, and is used as a promotional gimmick to get more people to watch.