Worst wrestling gimmicks ever. (Magic, people, world, watch)
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Doink the Clown turned me off to the cartoonish turn that the WWF had taken at the time. I have watched the WWE product a few times since and I relaly do not like it.
Now back in the golden age of WCW, did Kevin Sullivan not announce that he was bringing the Yeti (Or maybe he called it the bigfoot or sasquatch) as a tag team partner to a PPV? Since I was too cheap for PPVs and I did not like the way that they played every show as a commercial for the next PPV (something that oddly enough, started when Gene Okerland was hired) I did not see what became of this, but as I understand, it was a FLOP
BACK in the Heyday and success of World Class Wrestling,the late Gary Hart (Gary Williams) The booker, the man who invented the character of the Kabuki, which was ripped off by promotions all over the country in the 1980's, was under pressure from owner Jack Adkisson (Fritz von eric) To come up with another new exciting character. His invention was a mysterious man from Singapore, who was once the Kabuki's mentor, who was so dangerous that he had been banned from wrestling in the US. They built him up for months, finally had him show up andd wrestle against two guys at the next big superstars event, called Star Wars. No one will talk about who played this character, but it was an aging mid carder, white, bleached blond hair, not asian looking at all, and had horrendous ring skills.
On the later TV broadcast, Frank Brody came out and anouced that the man in the ring was an imposter, not the real Ten Gu. They got rid of the character alltogether within a couple of months. Gary Williams talks about it in his book, With a Little Help from my Friends. He does not give the wrestler's name who played him.
Probably the worst wrestler as far as ring skills I ever saw (other than Larry Lane) and a huge disappointment. Few records and practically no video exist. KM : Reading Topic : Ten Gu in WCCW
Kevin Sullivan, he didn't need a gimmick, freakin weirdo.
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I always thought The Berzerker was kind of silly. HUSS! HUSS! HUSS! HUSS! HUSS!
That was classic, I think he was John Nord in the AWA. The WWF back then liked to make a mockery of stars they didn't create, like the Road Warriors, Polka Dotted Dusty Rhodes, Matt Borne (Doink), Friar Tuck, who was a bigger idiot in WCW as Norman, DDP in the WWE was a goof, so was Razor Ramon although that gimmick helped Scott Hall, Shane Douglas as the Dean. Repo man, what a joke. I mean he was Krusher Kruchev, then Smash, Blacktop Bully, nonsense. Austin as the "ringmaster" was stupid.
Raven as "Johnny Polo". Although Glacier may have been the worst ever.
Kevin Sullivan, he didn't need a gimmick, freakin weirdo.
That was classic, I think he was John Nord in the AWA. The WWF back then liked to make a mockery of stars they didn't create, like the Road Warriors, Polka Dotted Dusty Rhodes, Matt Borne (Doink), Friar Tuck, who was a bigger idiot in WCW as Norman, DDP in the WWE was a goof, so was Razor Ramon although that gimmick helped Scott Hall, Shane Douglas as the Dean. Repo man, what a joke. I mean he was Krusher Kruchev, then Smash, Blacktop Bully, nonsense. Austin as the "ringmaster" was stupid.
Raven as "Johnny Polo". Although Glacier may have been the worst ever.
Don't forget the RED ROOSTER (Terry Taylor) and that "Poet Laureate of wrestling" Lanny Poffo which was worse than "The Genius"
The Boogerman and his eating of handfulls of worms seemed a bit over the top.
The worms were real too. Mary Wright was a bodybuilder who lied about his age during the draft to get in. He also stayed in character backstage and other wrestlers were a bit freaked out by him. He reminded me of Papa Shango, who famously made the Ultimate Warrior vomit in the ring after putting a curse on him.
Kevin Sullivan's Yeti
And NO I did not pay for the PPV to see him in action, but all reviews of it indicate that the gimmick should have a place on this thread....
Festus' gimmick, a simpleton who would come to life as a Monster face when the bell rang, similarly was up there.
His reincarnation as Luke Gallows as part of the Straight Edge Society was highly enjoyable by contrast.
CM Punk even looked like the Messiah with his Disciples, a shame it was abandoned so quickly.
Only annoying bit was that the Disciples had to shave their hair to pledge their allegiance, but he didn't.
Festus' gimmick, a simpleton who would come to life as a Monster face when the bell rang, similarly was up there.
His reincarnation as Luke Gallows as part of the Straight Edge Society was highly enjoyable by contrast.
CM Punk even looked like the Messiah with his Disciples, a shame it was abandoned so quickly.
Only annoying bit was that the Disciples had to shave their hair to pledge their allegiance, but he didn't.
Jesse and Festus! I remember this short lived team, seemed to be fan favorites also.
The WWE angle where Dawn Marie married Torrie Wilson's father was awful. The scene where the girls had a fight at the funeral for Torries father and the casket got knocked over was unreal. Vince seems to have a thing with very dark stories involving death. Katie Vick and the Big show/Bossman angle with the casket are examples.
Kevin Sullivan's Yeti
And NO I did not pay for the PPV to see him in action, but all reviews of it indicate that the gimmick should have a place on this thread....
A mummy. A GIANT mummy at that. You just can't make things like this up but wrestling seems to drea up some winners lol.
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