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We rank 'em. You react. That's how the Daily List rolls.7/25/2007 11:54:00 AM Five most ridiculous WWF gimmicks
By Jimmy Traina, SI.com
Wrestling has come under massive scrutiny since last month's Chris Benoit tragedy. But there was a time in the '80s and early 90s when the WWF (as it was then known) was about fun, simplistic -- and quite frankly -- dopey characters. Here's my list for the five most ridiculous WWF/WWE gimmicks. I'm not saying they weren't enjoyable. I'm just saying they were ridiculous.
There wasn't much to the Ultimate Warrior's gimmick.Photo by WWE
1. Red Rooster: Poor Terry Taylor. He wore red tights, had a red mohawk and moved around the ring like a rooster.
2. Hillbilly Jim: Put overalls on a guy who has long hair and a beard, give him theme music with the lyrics, "Don't go messin' with a country boy," and tada, you have a character.
3. Ultimate Warrior: He wore face paint, armbands and shook the ropes. That was his whole gimmick.
4. Koko B. Ware: He came to the ring with his bird Frankie and flapped his arms.
5. Doink the Clown: Self-explanatory. He was a clown who wrestled.
Those are my five most ridiculous WWF/WWE characters/gimmicks. What are yours?posted by SI.com | View comments |
Comments:
any list of the wwe's most ridiculous gimmicks that doesn't include Mantaur is simply not a complete listWhat about Kamala the Ugandan Headhunter?ummmm......how can you not mention Brother Love? I'm convinced he contributed directly to my rejection of organized religion. Although that means that a ridiculous WWF character actually affected my life. I love being an American.If you can find the video clip watch The Shockmaster. Best wrestling clip EVER! One and only appearance. I believe the wrestler also played Tugboat and the voice was Arn Anderson (sp?)
How can you not mention the Gobbly Gooker? If I recall it was just plain dumb.IMO, one of the most beloved wrestlers of the 80's was also the most ridiculous: Hacksaw Jim Duggan.
Basically: "Barely intelligble wrestler who carries around a 2x4."1. Papa Shango
2. Earthquake and Tugboat (Just cause they were fat???)
3. RepoMan
4. Brutus the Barber Beefcake
All pretty lame!1. George "The Animal" Steele. He would chew off the turnbuckle padding.
2. The Killer Bees. When they started losing a match they would put on masks, and miraculously win it at the end.
3. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase. He would get a fan to come in the ring and do absurd things for money.
4. Bush Whackers. Two crazy Aussies that lacked teeth, but yet still liked to bight people.
5. Honkey Tonk Man. Dressed like Elvis, and used his guitar as a weapon.How could you possibly leave out the "Tugboat". A huge guy dress in a child's sailor outfit.
Or Hacksaw Jim Duggan, he never even carried a saw.Akeem the African Dream -fat white dude in traditional garb
Adorable Adrian Adonis - a nod to wrestling homo-erotic undertones
The Undertaker - as a biker
2 Cool - Scotty 2 Hotty and the other guy - 2 goofy white guys who danced horribly to pseudo-hip hop music
X-Pac - I jusy don't like his greasy little self
Hunter Hearst Helmsley - trying hard for Million Dolar Man redeux (though "The Game" HHH is now one of the best ever)
The Hurricane - why?The tag team of the Love Brothers, Reginald and Hartford; Igor the Polish Giant; and of course, The Sheik.Zeus- Way to attempt to gain legitimacy for a horrible movie (No Hold Barred) by bringing the villain in as a wrestler.
Papa Shango- I second that one.
The Blue Meanie- Mainly in ECW, but made an appearance in WWF for a short time.Your list was okay but you must not be a big wrestling fan. Here is my top 5.
1. Papashongo- Voodoo Witch Doctor
2. Henry R Godwin- You though Hillbilly Jim was bad this guy is worse, he would bring hog slop to the ring and poor it over his opponents head after the match.
3. The Repo Man- He dressed up like a burglar and would steal stuff from other wrestlers.
4. Duke "the Dumpster" Drosey- He was a garbage man, do I need say more.
5. Adam Bomd-Nuclear radioactive guy that wore these big dumb looking sunglasses to the ring and his tights had all the radioactive signs all over them.
This was a really bad time for the WWF/WWE. The creative team was a little lost with these characters.1. Beaver Cleavage
2. The Oddities
3. IRS (Irwin R. Schuyster)
4. The Widowmaker (aka Barry Windham)
5. Leaping Lanny Poffo
6. Papo Shango
7. Tony Garea
8. Cousin Luke
9. Sivi AfiWhere to begin...
1. "The Model" Rick Martel - he brought cologne to the ring and sprayed it in people's eyes.
2. Papa Shango - a voodoo priest... copied today by some guy who eats worms.
3. Golddust - An androgynous Dustin Rhodes.
4. Hunter Hearst Helmsley - before Triple H there was a loser rich boy who was neither english nor american
5. The Narcissist - Lex Luger brought a mirror to the ring and looked at himself.
6. El Gigante - seriously.. the dude wore tights that looked like Sasquatch.1. The Oddities
2. Beaver Cleavage
3. Papo Shango
4. Tony Garea
5. Cousin Luke1. The Goon - A guy in hockey gear.
2. The Repo Man
3. MVP - The guy wore a baseball outfit with his face painted like a baseball.
4. The gobbledy gooker - not really a wrestler, but still really stupid.
5. The HurricaneHow about T.L. Hopper, the evil plumber or Dr. Issac Yankem, the evil dentist?1. The Model Rick Martel - he brought a bottle of cologne to the ring and sprayed people in the eyes.
2. Golddust - not man, not woman, but all stupid. Poor Dustin Rhodes
3. The Narcissist - Lex Luger with a mirror and lots of silver.
4. El Gigante - A really tall dude with tights that resembled Sasquatch.
5. Papa Shango - mentioned before but... seriously? A Voodoo priest?
6. Dink - if you have Doink, can't forget his midget friend Dink.1. Bastian Booger
2. The Goon
3. Outback Jack
4. And how can we forget the "Home Improvement Match" between the Trash Man and The Plumber.
5. Any character that did not use a real name...Goldust, Leeping Lany, Moondogs, etc.How could you leave out the fake Diesel and Razor Ramon?1. Issac Yankem, D.D.S--seriously, Kane before he was Kane, but a lame, not nearly as cool Kane
2. "Billy and Chuck" --come on 2 guys in tights who throw around other men in tights that give off a certain "more than friends" vibe, totally ridiculous...
3. I.R.S.--yeah cause it's totally believable that I guy who works for the IRS could be that ripped or athletic.
4. Men on a Mission-- Mo and Mable--two fat dudes who came out to rap music wearning a fatter version of MC Hammer glitter outfits, how cool.
5. Bastione Booger--the dude stank, ate burgers and wore the weirdest costume ever. Gotta love it.Am I the only person who ever saw 'Goldbug' wrestle? Blew my mind.
Also mind blowing was an Stampede wrestling show that featured 'Jason the Terrible' (a guy in a hockey mask and janitors overalls) doing a psychedelic inspired interview with his manager complete with swirly camera effects and electronically distorted voices. It was like the WWF had somehow merged with HR Puff-N-Stuff.what about IRS - Irwin R. Schyster or the Big Boss Man or the Mountie the Earthquakq and Typhoon the Natural DisastersMy favorite was Al Snow. He would come to the ring with a mannequin head that he talked to as if it were a real person.Outside of the ones already listed, don't forget about these guys
1. Ravishing Rick Rude (WWF)
2. The Mountie(WWF)
3. Demolition (WWF)
4. Super Fly Jimmy Snuka (WWF)
5. Jake the Snake Roberts (WWF)
6. Mr. Fuji (WWF)
7. Johnny B Badd (WCW)
8. Stunning Steve Austin (WCW)
9. The Brooklyn Brawler (WWF)
10. The Rockers (WWF)1)Jake "The Snake" Roberts who would lay a python on you after giving you the DDT? Or, how about
2)"Little Beaver"? The african american dwarf wrestler who received the "big splash" from King Kong Bundy in one of the earlier Wrestlemanias
3) Iron Mike Sharp who ALWAYS had that steel bar hidden in his forearm guard and somehow was able to take it into the ring every week without anyone catching on!!What about Prince Albert? The guy was sickening.What about Jake "The Snake" Roberts????1. Nature Boy Buddy Landel - the most ridiculous Ric Flair knock-off
2. Brooklyn Brawler - this guy got tossed around constantly..and he liked it..
3. Barry Horrowitz - the contender turned pro..the mullet along with the stupid "pat on back" gimmick
4. Virgil - Million Dollar Man's black slave..nuff said.
5. Nailz - ex-con who feuded with Big boss man...did nothing but spit on the camera while breathing heavilyHow about Golddust. Honestly, what was that??I hated Akeem the African Dream, partly because it was a lame gimmick, and partly because he had been the "One-Man Gang" in NWA. Dude was bad-a&%. Went from a great gimmick to a terrible one. Same with the Legion of Doom -- not too bad of a gimmick, but I liked them much better as the Road Warriors.
I also remember Duke "The Dumpster" Drosze (a bad enough gimmick to begin with) was re-incarnated as "Puke" because he would -- you guessed it -- puke at will in the ring.
To me, the fact that Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Hart survived for so long proved that wrestling wasn't real. If it was, someone would have snapped him like a twig in about two months for being so obnoxious.Luke and Butch, the Bushwackers. 'Nuff said.There are some great ones on here. But one of the most outlandish wrestlers I can remember was "Maniac" Mark Lewin. His antics during the 1980s were unrivaled and he definitely lived up to his name! Look him up if you're not a product of the 1980s like I am.1. Duke The Dumpster Drose - a garbage man, enuff said
2. Repo Man - Stole cars and wrestled
3. Demolition - a tag team that in hindsight dressed up like Dominatrixes and wore leather...they were champs though.
4. Bob Holly(before he was hardcore) - was a race car driver, that decided to wrestle
5. Max Moon and Man Mountain Rock - Max Moon was a moon man who shot darts out of his arms....Man Mountain Rock was a big ol rocker dude, that sucked as well.
Kamala is a legend, he should not be on these lists as well as Koko B. Ware, how could you not love the birdman?The Shockmaster and Robocop were by far the worst gimmicks ever. Ted Turner is just as guilty as VKM.Henry O. Godwin (HOG) and Phineaus I. Godwin (PIG). Enough said.You have to remember towards the mid-90's, they were REALLY struggling, that's when we got these gems:
1) Skinner
2) Nailz
3) Letting Barry Horowitz win a match
4) Sparky Plugg
5) Giant GonzalezWhat about Glacier from WCW?
And Ernest "The Cat" Miller? "I'm a five time world karate champion, so I'm gonna turn my back and give you five seconds to leave!" "Somebody call my mama!"What about Dusty Rhodes with the poka-dot outfit and Sapphire?
If you watch TNA-Black Machismo. He dresses like the Macho Man. Sick.Good work by everyone, not a bad one in the bunch. If I am not mistaken, though, I did not see this one:
"The Genius" Lanny Poffo.
Man came to the ring in a graduation gown, spouting bad poetry, and pretty much lost every match he was in.The Missing LinkRemember ??? Mad Mountain Rock or Mad Man Rock?
Big guy.... cried when someone broke his guitar...
Made me turn off wrestling forever....The most rediculous thing the WWF ever came up with was easily "The Goon" the man came out with a true hockey player smile (missing many teeth) hockey stick, gloves, and some form of shoe that was even elevated to look like a skate...and once the bell rang he would drop his gloves and start punching his opponent..it was fantastic!Isaac Yankem,DDS, evil dentist. Nuff SaidIssac Yankem, DDS, evil dentist. Nuff said1). TUGBOAT AND EARTHQUAKE (TAG TEAM), 2 LARGE MEN WHO WERE FAT AND SHOOK THE RING AND SQUASHED PEOPLE.
2) 1.2.3. KID SMALL GUY WHO WRESTLED BIG GUYS AND WON.
3.) I.R.S ACCOUNTANT WHO WRESTLED
4.)TANATAKA INDAIN WHO WRESTLED WITH A MOHAK AND ARM BANDS AND HEADREST
5.) THE GOON. ICE HOCKEY PLAYER WHO WRESTLED IN HOCKEY GEAR
TK IN AUSTIN TEXASTHE GOON. HOCKEY PLAYER IN HOCKEY GEAR
I.R.S, ACCOUNTANT IN SHIRT AND TIE AND BRIEFCASE
TANANKA. INDIAN IN NATIVE INDIAN GEAR.
THE MODEL . MAN IN PINK FRILLS AND PERFUMEThe Mortician Manager for the Undertaker. I,ve been to a few Funeral Homes and have never seen a Mortician look like that.RAVISHING RICK RUDE - Giving a speech before a fight and pulling a woman in the ring laying her down and moving his hips around as he stands over her.
THE 1-2-3 KID - with the cheesy chants of 1-2-3 from the crowd
HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN - Yelling HOOOOOO!!! carrying a 2x4
TATANKA - Borderline offensive
and all of the "MANAGERS" - Bobby the Brain, Scary Sherry, Ms. Elizabeth, Jimmy The Mouth, Mr. Fuji, Paul Bearer.
throwback WWF was some good cheesy fun.My favorites where always the guys who used the fact that they were foreigners as gimmicks:
1. The Iron Sheik - Would come out and do feats of strenghts twirling some huge conical weights over his head. Best line "Iran number vone. America Ah Puh - spitting.
2. Ivan Putsky "The Polish Hammer" - Dude was old but super juiced up and would knock wrestlers to the ground with his double axe handle Polish Hammer move.
3. The Wild Samoans - Apa, Sika and Samala. Weird, overweight south pacific islanders who wrestled barefoot. That was their whole schtick.
4. Ivan Koloff "The Russian Bear"- Don't remember his moves, but you got to visit his sight http://www.ivankoloff.com/
5. The British Bulldogs
6. Roddy Piper - He may not have really been scottish, but who else could pull of wearing a kilt while he smashed a coconut off the forhead of Jimmy Snuka?Honestly, you have to see "The Goon" in action to appreciate just how supremely lame the character is. You can find a link to the youtube action here (close to the bottom):
http://www.xanga.com/mikesamways/581537823/probing-mariners-stubby-moose-and-the-burger-king-of-swing.html1. Berlyn from WCW. Everyone knew it was Alex Wright and his haircut was one of the worst ever.
2. Flex Kavana-Or The Rock's very first character.
3. The Un-Americans. I am an american and it offended me a little.
4. Luna Vachon- Yuck!
5. Eugene-I feel sorry for Nick Dinsmore for having to act that way every week.How can anyone forget Leapin Lenny Popo.THE single worst character ever??? Easy and it has not been mentioned!!!! When the WWE decided to ruin a legends career and had Terry Funk become "CHAINSAW CHARLIE". It was Funk with a women's pantyhose pulled tight over his face and a chainsaw. Just brutal.Duke "The Dumpster" Drosey wasn't Puke... Darren Drozdov was puke...
As for the Shockmaster, that was just Tugboat all dressed up... And he actually made it into the match... but it is the best clip in the history of wrestling!1) Scott Hall and Steve Nash
2) King Tonga
3) 123 kid aka x-pac aka the hurricane aka something else
4) Chief Wahoo McDaniel
5) Jim Powers and something Roma, one month they are skinny guys and the next they look like bodybuilders.Leaping Lanny Poffo
He would read a poem off a Frisbee and then get his butt kickedEverybody missed one...Gillberg. If you have seen him, you know. If you haven't, well, consider yourself lucky.I've got two: The Disco Inferno back in WCW was so terrible. As for WWF, does anyone remember Right to Censon with Steven Richards, the Godfather, and Bull Buchanan? That was LameHow about Giant Gonzalez. The man wore what appeared to be a muscle spandex outfit...just plain awful.1)Marc Mero-lame. Only reason anyone cared was Sable.
2)The Ringmaster Steve Austin. Luckily they dropped that quick before fans wrote him off for good.It was Man Mountain Rock. That was the dude with the guitar.
I.R.S. was a pretty bad gimmick.Nobody can top the Ding Dongs in the Jim Herd-era NWA. Their ring attire was equipped with bells that rang....hence the ding dongs. Just brutal.......What about Mr. Perfect?I am not calling these ridiculous though they might have been. I did enjoy these schticks quite a bit though:
The Mountie
Irwin R. Scheister (IRS)
Iron Mike Sharpe
Brooklyn Brawler (better than jobber Steve Lombardi, barely)
Dr. Isaac Yankem (before Diesel #2 and Kane)1-Yokozuna
2-Nailz--good call whoever mentioned him...
3-The Boogeyman (not old school though)
4-"superman" Tony Atlas
5-remember when Steve McMichael was a member of the 4-horsemen?
6-Bam-Bam Bigelow
7-Percy Pringle (Paul Bearer)
8-Abdullah The ButcherHere are some more:
Tito Santana as the matador-awful
Tony Atlas as Saba Simba- Worst
Honky Tonk Man- Elvis wanna be- Bad
Papa Shango his voodo was awful
Barry Windham as the widowmaker-Bad
Dusty Rhodes as the common man- Gross as his fat went all over the place.What about from WCW The Godfather, because "Pimpin Hoes Ain't Easy!"What about the Boogeyman???Iron Mike Sharpe - the guy wore a leather forearm protector to hide a fake injury, and would get upset when the fans called him Whimp.how petty was that when the WWF would show clips of the Nacho Man and the Huckster???wow.....i have forgot about so many of these greats from my childhood....skinner and nailz, wow...how bout yokozuna, money inc.(irs and million dollar man tag team combo), in fact almost any tag team pairing was terrible...all great lists. i never read anyone postings for NORMAN SMILEY!
he'd lean you over and give you the "big wiggle". funny stuff!From parts unkown the Thing
Doink the ClownIf Leaping Lanny Pofo is not on the list, there needs to be a correction.
This cat would read poetry and then throw out copies to the audience before his match.
It was unreadl.1. Brother Love - nuf said.Though he is my favorite current pro wrestler...
Carlito is quite ridiculous.
He eats apples and spits pieces of said apple in people's faces...
Now THAT's cool!I can not believe that nobody mentioned Bastion Booger. The fat slob did not need a finishing move, because he just killed his opponent with flatulence and body odor. He was a perfect example of the myth that Vince is some kind of promotional genius.Referee turned wrester: a.k.a. "Dangerous" Danny Davis. I forget what they called themselves, but Hogan and Andre the Giant avoided a suspension by wearing masks and fighting as a tag team. No one could figure out who they were?Going back to the '70's and 80's how about Bugsy McGraw and Bulldog Brower. Both had the same gimmick of looking up at the lights and barking. Also The Wolfman managed by Classie Freddie Blassie who led him to a ring by a dog leash while The Wolfman chewed on a large bone.I cant belive no one mentioned Golddust or Doink the clown.
They even brought in a little clown to be his sidekickI remember a guy named Paul Jones...he used to wrestle in NC with Rick Flair/Wahoo McDaniel/Blackjack Mulligan/KoKo Beware/etc...he had this move where he'd get down in a 3 point stance like a D Lineman and the bowl the opponent over...and it always worked...what about Don Moraco and his terrifying Asiatic Spike (thumb to the neck), Ox Baker and his 'Heart Punch'...Ricky Steamboat...Mr. Wrestling #1 & 2 (big white guys with white masks on...Scary!So many stupid ones:
Isaac Hank'em DDS,
Irwin R Shister (IRS)
Fake Deisil
Fake Razor Ramon
Portugese Man-O-War
The Goon (in hockey gear)
The Truth Commission
Someone stated "Shickmaster" but that was WCW, Ted Turner's wrestling companyI forgot...When Dusty Rhodes used to use the 'Atomic Elbow'...match over...and when that didn't 'work' anymore he went to the sleeper hold...my friends and I used to try that on each other. Believe me, the atomic Elbow hurts alot more than the Sleeper puts you to sleep!Remember when Andre The Giant put a mask on and was called 'Giant Machine'. If I remember correctly there was also a 'Super Machine' who was another masked wrestler who was previously known as the 'Masked Superstar'. Classic!!The Junk Yard Dog with his theme song "Another one bites the dust"
Nikoli Volkov (sp?) the Russian in the days of the Cold War.
Jimmy "the Superfly" Snooka1. Zeus (Debo from Friday)
2. The Fake Undertaker
3. The Oddities
4. Adam Bomb
5. Isacc YankemKoko B. Ware - the photo on his Wiki entry just screams "Eh, I didn't make this up. Sorry!"The Young Gunns. (Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn)Barry "O"
His entire gimmick was making an O with his arms. Jobber too.
Worst. Wrestler. Ever.I go with:
1. Ravishing Rick Rude
2. Koko B. Ware
3. Mankind
4. Doink
5. The BushwackersAs much as we "loved" him ... Mick Foley's resurrected alter-ego "Dude Love" was ridiculous. But at least it was better than that damned, filthy sock puppet ...Ironically, the character of "Ultimate Warrior" is far less ridiculous and disturbing than the man who played him.Let us not forget when Billy Gunn became "Mr. Ass"ECW had Roadkill, the exiled Amish warrior--great tag team with dangerous danny doering.
The great thing about roadkill is the would only say "chickens!"
what about Tajiri when he was a tag team with mikey whipwreck? or for that matter, mikey whipwreck?most rediculous gimmick
by far in WCW the Ding Dongs basically two wrestlers in masks that ring bells on their way to the ring1. The Survivor Series match with Doink, Dink, Wink, and Pink, against Jerry the King Lawler and his Royal midgets.
2. MVP - a guy with a baseball painted on his face
3. Phantasmo (not sure if name is correct) did lame magic acts during matchs like pull ribbons out of his opponent's tights
4. Bastian Booger - stank
5. Million Dollar Man's "Fake" Undertaker. The worst Summerslam match - Undertaker vs. Undertaker.Nobody remembers ALDO MONTOYA? The guy wore a freakin yellow jockstrap over his head.WHat!..I can't beleive they put Ultimate Warrior up on that list..R.I.P. Warrior!
Here is my top 5:
Goldust - that match against Rowdy Piper when he was stripped to his lingerie was just wrong!
Bushwackers - Wack!
Brooklyn Brawler - Dude was just a punching bag for most wrestlers
Barry Horowitz - patting himself on the back for whatever reasons
El Matador - Tito Santana must have his head down in shame right now...OLE!!!Goldust - When Rowdy Piper stripped him down to his lingerie was just wrong
Bushwackers - Wack!!
Barry Horowitz - Jobber that liked to pat himself on the back for getting beat down
Brooklyn Brawler - C'mon dawg if your from Brooklyn you gotta be tougher than that
El Matador - Tito Santana must have his head down in shame thinkin about this..OLE!!!he was wcw, but the kiss demon was one of the lamest gimmicks i have ever seen. that was also a period where wcw tried to make their own version of wwf characters. wwf had chyna, they had asia.Whoa - did you just list the Junk Yard Dog in this list? Are you crazy - the man was awesome! I may have to bring those "Thump" tights and dog chain out of retirement to truly respond to that post!Where's Slick---does anyone know who slick managed?Val Venus, did not need that guy in the WWFI'm surprised that the infamous Berzerker (John Nord) has not been mentioned yet. Ridiculous Viking gimmick with no wrestling ability. "Huss! Huss!"The man with a baseball on his face was Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz, not MVP. MVP (or Montel Vontavious Porter) has a 'superstar athlete' gimmick akin to Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s character in Jerry McGuire.Here are my 5 from the WWF.
1) The Gobbely Gooker-Put a wrestler in a turkey suit and have him hatch from a giant egg and dance with Gene Okerlund.
2)The Giant Gonzales-A giant wrestler who wore a airbrushed body suit (complete with airbrushed butt crack) with fake fur on it.
3)Phantasio-A short-lived wrestler who was also a magician. His finishing move involved pulling his opponent's underwear out through their tights and rolling them up.
4)Chester McCheeserton-He managed the team of Al Snow and Steve Blackman at Wrestlemania one year. He was a manager who was dressed like a piece of cheese.
5) Bastion Booger-A large guy made to look as grotesque as possible.There were a few mentions of The Hurricane (aka Gregory Helms in the post-Katrina days) but everyone has completely overlooked his one-time sidekick.... the Super Hero In Training. Aside from playing Robin to Helms' Batman, his shtick started and ended with his ring atire which bore the initials S.H.I. ...well, you get the idea.Sadly, the four of the five you have listed were actually among their successful gimmicks of the late 80s / early 90s.
The Red Rooster was a horrendous gimmick that got over like a lead balloon. I would round out my top five with the following:
2. Jerry Lawler's band of evil King midgets. Their names? Cheesy, Queasy and Sleazy. This foursome faced off against Doink The Clown, who you mentioned, as well as his midgets, Dink, Pink and Wink.
3. Issac Yankem DDS: Jerry Lawler strikes again, this time by inviting his evil dentist, Issac, to defeat his arch rival, Bret Hart. Issac found greater success in his current gimmick, Kane.
4. Tekno Team 2000: For a brief time in the mid 90's, we were treated to a team of jobbers named "Troy" and "Travis". They didn't come from "parts unknown". No...these guys came from the future! They made the Max Moon gimmick look downright reasonable.
5. Anyone billed as being "The Worlds Strongest Man". It is the kiss of death in pro wrestling from Tony Atlas to Mark Henry and everyone in between. Being given the gimmick of "World's Strongest Man" is McMahon's way of saying "You're the size of an ox, and you have the personality of one too. This is what we could come up with".are ya'll high? Kamala is the man! and Hillbilly Jim is the best. damn kids..how about the nasty boys- rubbing opponents' noses in their armpitsI agree with Doink, Barry O, and IRS... but what about Dino Bravo and his Canadian schtick? He had to wear powder blue tights with fleur de lys!I can not believe some of the names I am seeing on here. Guys like Rick Rude, Mr Perfect and Ted DiBiase were far, far from ridiculous/bad gimmicks. All three men were very successful in their respected gimmick. I'm gonna give you some bad gimmicks that were actually BAD!
MANTAUR
Aldo Montoya
The Goon
Papa Shango
TL Hopper
Those are bad gimmicks. So people, think about what a bad gimmick is before you post.T.L. Hopper, the wrestling plumber. As Jim Ross said on commentary (in the days before he was taught to obey Vince explicitly), "A wrestling plumber…another brilliant marketing idea from McMahon."
And:
Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz, evil baseball player.
The Goon, evil hockey player.
Isaac Yankem, very mean dentist.
Rad Radford, grunge rock enthusiast.
The Friar, angry monk.
Jean-Pierre LaFitte, wrestling pirate.
Xanta Claus, worst Santa ever.What about when Hardcore Holly was known as "Sparkplug"....A racecar driver.....Really?Disco inferno
X pac
Glacier
Honky tonk
Kabuki- spit green dust in your eyes
Not to mention- I could beat any of these.What about the WCW's Ranger Rick? He was decked out in combat fatigies and would repel into the ring from the cieling!
And no one mentioned "OZ" from WCW.....ot was Kevin Nash in his early days dressed like some crazy wizrd guy with a staff that shot firewroks......totally lame.1. Boxing Bob Orton. Randy Orton's dad must have wanted to keep his job, huh?
2. Zip of the Body Donnas (Dr. Tom Pritchard). See above.
3. Irwin R. Schyster. Mike Rotundo wrestling in a shirt and tie? Are you kidding?
4. Saba Simba. This was an embarrassment to Tony Atlas' career.
5. The Boogeyman. Barf!When Leaping Lanny Poffo became the "Poet Laureate" of the WWF, that was the tipping point for me. I can't remember if that was before or after he was "The Genius".The Machines.
Super Machine, Giant Machine and Big Machine.
Even at age 10 I was smart enough to know that Andre the Giant was the Giant Machine.
NWA circa 1987 - Lazer Tron.
He wore old school Lazer Tag gear as part of his costume.Five worst gimmicks or storylines:
1) Mark Henry getting Mae Young preggers.
2) Anytime Jim Ross has to wrestle.
3) Glacier
4) Can't remember the name, "Roadblock" maybe....WCW promoted him for weeks. First live show he trips coming to the ring.
5) When Billy Kidman had coodies1. The Mulkey Brothers - Mulkeymania Baby! (Jobbers who would lost all matches in under 5 minutes).
2. Kwee Wee - After graduating from the WCW Power Plant Alan Funk was given the "homosexual gimmick" - Congratulations, Happy Graduation!
3. Gangrel- or any other wrestler who pretends to be a vampire.
4. The New Rockers - Spandex Baby! Spandex and Mullets!
5. Little Mr. T. - It was bad enough when Mr. T. wanted to wrestle and then there was the midget wrestling character.Nice choices, but here are the best!
The Missing Link (WWF)
Battle Cat (One WWF TV Appearance)
Bad News Brown (WWF)
The Genius (Leaping Lanny Poffo's Smart Alter-Ego)
The Patriot (WWF)
The Beserker (Always Barking at his hand)
Glacier (OK WCW, But it was a horrible Subzero from Mortal Kombat Imitation)
Naked Simeon (WWF)
Nailz (WWF)
The One Legged Wrestler (WWF)
Luna (WWF)
Sargeant Slaughter (as an Iraqi Supporter)
-Steven, Palmdale, CA1) Outback Jack...his move was called the boomerang which was just two clotheslines (one facing the opponent and one to the back of his head)....AWFUL!
2) The Berzerker...Quasi Viking guy who started his career defeating jobbers by throwing them out of the ring and getting count outs
3) Duke "The Dumpster" Drossey (sp?)....wrestler and garbage man...nuff said.I saw several Leaping Lanny references, but what about one of my all-time favorites, The Genius? The smartest man in the world with an IQ over 200. I saw him in an airport once, and asked for his autograph. He signed it "The Genius". Nice.honestly if you are going to talk about horrible gimmicks talk about a few current ones theres:
1.the boogey man- he puts all this paint on and hes supposed to be scary?
2.hornswoggle-a leperchaun who lives under the ring .....wait..... shouldn't it be a troll that lives under the ring?
3.eugene-making fun of mentally challenged people is not funny at all
4.Jimmy Wang Yang- an asian red neck c'mon thats self-explanatory
5. Deuce, Domino & Cherry- ok last time i checked its 2007 not 1950
6.King Booker- a black guy talking like hes a white britsh guy
7.Umaga-the wwe thinks if you can but some fake tattoos,metal teeth, and braid his hair he'll look like a samoan savage
8.Daviari-ok first hes from iraq then hes from india but if you do some research you'll actually discover hes from buffalo,ny
and if you want to take a trip down memory lane theres:
the hurricane&rosey,the gobbledygooker,skinner,the missing link,the bushwackers,the berzerker, cactus jack,george steele,kamala,the wild samoans and the list goes on
the point is even though most of the gimmicks are stupid they are entertaining and thats what the wwe aims foryou must've forgot about The Repo Man, Duke the Dumpster Drose, and Bastion Booger?I've gotta go with a couple terrible ones
1. The Big Valbowski
2. Golddust
3. The Repo man an hell you can throw in the big boss man, the wrastling version of a crooked cop.I used to watch wrestling back in the 80's with my brother (favorites were the 4 horsemen led by Ric Flair). About 5 years ago, I was flipping though the cable channels & saw wrestling was on so I looked to see what the latest was (I couldn't believe Ric was still wrestling- he seemed old in the 80's).
Anyway, there was a character called the A$$man (rhymes with gasman). It couldn't believe this was on TV.
Also, I remember Leaping Lanny. He was a punching bag.I'm noticing a lot of the gimmicks people are mentioning are not WWF/WWE originals (Kamala, The Rockers, IRS) but rather name changes from their WCW/NWA/WCCW/AWA gimmicks.
The Rockers - known as 'The Midnight Rockers' in the AWA
Kamala - there have been at least 2 different people playing him over the years and has always been under this gimmick.
Ultimate Warrior - formerly Dingo Warrior in WCCW and Blade Runner Rock (along side Sting) in the Mid-South/UWF.
IRS - started out as Michael Wallstreet in WCW as part of the York Foundation. This is where I think TNA's Robert Roode, Inc and Ms Brooks got their idea from.
and if I remember, Duke "The Dumpster' Drose, was an actual garbage man working the indy/territory scene before WWF picked him up. Not much creative work there.1. Brutus the Barber Beefcake - cut opponets hair after beating them
2. Edge and Christian in there gothic stage before the broke out on there own
3. The Blue Meanie
4. Sgt. Slaughter acting as a Saddam wannabe during the first Iraqi War
5. And who cannot forget "Latino Heat" making out with ChynaThe Godfather, "Pimpin ain't easy"
The Goodfather, his alter ego when he went to the Parental Control stable with Val Venis and Stevie Richards
Farooq Assad, aka Ron Simmons, I believe the Jerry Lawler blew his cover once on air.
The Blue Blazer, aka Owen Hart, the counterpoint to the the Red Rooster.
Johnny Polo, aka Raven, did a manger stint in the WWF for a while.American Males
Xanta Klaus
Fake Deisel/Razor Ramone
Dr. Isaac Yankem DDS
EugeneWhat about the "UNPREDICTABLE" Johnny Rodz, who lost 264 straight matches?Brutus the Barber, you loose you get a haircut, classic. The talk shows were ridiculous, Pipers Pit, Jake the Snakes show along with Brother Loves deal. Dusty Rhodes will never be any persons American Dream.Here are my least favorite:
Bastion Booger - Big Fat Guy who's theme music was burping and farting
The Missing Link - Painted his face green and had one part of his hair spiked which the WWF called his horn.
And Lex Luger - Well Because Its Lex Luger.Ok you want a top 5 i will give you a real bad top 5!
Bastion booker (look him up and you will see why)
The shock master(poor guy trips in his debut threw a wall on live tv. Losing his glittered covered stromtrooper helmet in the process)
The Goon: Evil hockey player
Duke "the dumpster" Droese: Fan friendly garbage man from Mt. Trashmore.
Gobbeldy Gooker( wwf lays an giant egg that hatches a giant turkey, that ends up dancing with mene gene! Fun stuff)How bout "Stone Cold" Steve Austin...come on, a guy drinking beer and spewing profanity, that will never catch on....what about "The rock," what a garbage gimmick...or the undertaker...that guy is destined to be forgotten....anyone remember the conquistadors? they were a mysterious tag team who turned out to be edge and christianWhat is the deal with Undertakers 'druids'? Seeing them lets you know that UT is slightly more out of shape than usual, so we need to stretch his intro from 4 minutes to a full 6.
Can anybody help me with the name of the break dancing tag team, WWF from around the Hart Foundation/British Bulldogs/ Rougeau Bros/ ROckers era.The Executioner. If you remember him, no need to explain.i would have to agree with terry taylors gimmick being ridiculous and the other ones are bad but there are much worse... Duke"The Dumpster" Drose, The Sultan, Dr, Isaac Yankem DDS, Nailz, and lastly The Bezerker, now those are ridiculous gimmicks... i think i could go on for pages with really bad gimmicks, enough to fill the Washington Nationals rosterTo the person who commented about WCW's Ranger Rick... it was actually Ranger *Ross*.
And about the Shockmaster: It was Fred Ottman (Tugboat/Typhoon), but the voice was Ole Anderson's, not Arn's. And he made a few appearances after that, but his gimmick changed to (I kid you not) a klutzy steelworker also known as "Uncle Fred."
But since this is about WWF/E gimmicks:
5. Not really a "gimmick," but the whole ECW revival has to be here. Hey, let's take the most influential promotion of the '90s, which we now own and fans have been clamoring for, and strip away EVERYTHING that made the fans want to have it back!
4. The Red Rooster. Can a gimmick really be so lame that a great wrestler's career was thoroughly ruined simply by playing the character? Just ask Terry Taylor, who never lived this thing down.
3. Zeus. Tiny Lister as the world's most immobile "monster," based on his character in one of the worst movies of all time, No Holds Barred.
2. Aldo Montoya, the Portuguese Jockstrap-O-War.
1. The Gobbledygooker. 'Nuff said.
If I extend the definition to WCW:
5. The Black Scorpion. Memo to future bookers: When creating a "mystery" character, make sure you know who you want him to be BEFORE INTRODUCING HIM ON TV.
4. If you ever want to give an old WCW fan conniptions, just say these six words: "Former World Heavyweight Champion, David Arquette." Yes, THAT David Arquette.
3. Z Gangsta. The return of Tiny Lister about six years later, even less capable than before.
2. The aforementioned Shockmaster.
1. The Ding Dongs. Masked tag team in pink, wore jingle bells on their costumes and rang a large bell on their way to the ring. Need I go on?Jake 'the Snake' Roberts
'Macho Man' Randy Savage (Ohhh yea!! Dig it!)
Ravishing Rick Rude
Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart
The Undertaker (Bonnnggg!)ANYTHING related to Vince McMahon is a ridiculous gimmick!God... so much left out! Big Bully Busick, Outback Jack, "Knuckleball" Schwartz (The Brawler with a baseball painted on his face), The Gobbledy Gooker, Arachnaman (WCW), Johnny B. Badd (WCW), Bastion Booger, Max Moon, TL Hopper, The Goon, Salvatori Sincear, Duke "The Dumpster" Drosie, Issac Yankum (evil dentist), Roadblock (WCW), and anything Ed Leslie came up with on his own.
I have to take exception with Doink The Clown, yest it was a "bad" idea but when he shifted to an evil clown it actualy worked on some level. Yeah... I'm weird.Master Fuji
Davey Boy Smith 'The British Bulldog'
The Iron Sheik
Jerry Lawler 'the king'
Bill GoldbergBrutus "the Barber" Beefcake...cmon that's horribleWhat about the fake Razor Ramon ANd the fake Diesel? Even the Rock's first gimmick was lame.Bastion Booger - 'nuff said.Has anybody mentioned crazy bayou dweller Skinner yet? Also, if WCW counts, Vampiro, the Demon (the KISS wrestler) and Mortiss must be included. Also, anyone who was a part of Kevin Sullivan's Dungeon of Doom (Zodiac Man?). Also, if you thought Honky Tonk Man was silly, how about the Roadie? At least HTM was more than a nominal stagehand.My favorite's right now
Deuce and Domino - cause the hail from the other side of the tracks
Eugene - that is just so wrong
Boogeyman - can't wrestle to save his life, but he is willing to eat worms
Hornswaggle - he is a leprecahn that lives under the ring, and is the cruiserweight champ
Matt Striker - just a rip off of the GeniusWorst forced Tag-team ever = Rhythm and Blues...Honky Tonk Man and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.... Valentine should sue Vince for that horrible turn in his character development. What about "The Young Stallions" Jim Powers and Paul Roma....awful!!! Also, the worst gimmick of all time had to be any time a wrestler was given the "king" prefix (or suffix)...e.g., King Haku, Macho King....isn't Booker T a king right now???5. Mean Street Posse (Joey Abs)
4. That 70s Guy (Mike Awesome)
3. Godfather (with HOs)
2. Dean Douglas (Shane Douglas)
1. The Spirit SquadNo list of this sort would be complete without "Gillberg". When Nitro and RAW were feuding, Vince tried to make a mockery out of Goldberg with his inept Gillberg wrestler.-Pete Gas
-Joey Abs
-Mean Street Posse
-I miss the American Males tooHow could you forget me, The Goon? Complete with Hockey Tights and boots that looked like skates. Came out to organ music.
Also, don't forget Skiiner and Waylon MercyRikishi. A fat samoan whose gimmick was he stuck his bare butt in his opponent's faces. But his splash slam of Val Venis at Fully Loaded in 2000 was unforgettable.
But the worst gimmick was Chyna and X-Pac's sex tape.Also, Doink' midgets Dink Wink and Pink versus Jerry the King's midgets Sleezy, Queezy and Cheezy.
And Waylon Mercy.wat about yokozuma, or how ever u spell it.. the fat man from japan...No body mentioned some of the worst current gimmicks:
1) Crime Tyme - 2 African American wrestlers who claim to be from the inner city. All of their matches end with them stealing from their opponents, and all of their promos involve them doing something illegal....just slightly offensive.
2) King Booker - Booker T pretending to be English royalty after illegitimately winning a King or the Ring tournament 2 years ago. He speaks in a terrible English accent and wears a crown and regal robe to the ring.
3) Deuce and Domino - a tag team of wrestlers dressed like a couple of characters from Grease.
4) JBL - previously a beer swilling bar room brawler turned into a wall street investment genius who is now a commentator that makes uncountable racist, sexist and homophobic comments on national TV...not to mention a complete idiot at that.
5) Mr. Kennedy - soul gimmick of this character is to come to the ring and do his own ring introduction. Has beach blond hair and is really not entertaining whatsoever.There are so many, it is almost impossible to narrow it down. Here they are starting with the very first one to pop into my mind:
Goobledygooker - It was a frickin guy in a turkey suit. Can you imagine Jim Ross having to do his spaz if this guy ever attacked anyone? "Oh my God! Oh My GOD!! IT'S THE GOOBLEDYGOOKER!!! HOGAN HELP US!!! OH MY GOD!!!" Great, now all I can think of is how Jim Ross reminds me of Cartman.
The Brooklyn Brawler - A greasy New Yorker with a wife beater. That one had to take all day to come up with.
Akeen The African Dream - Come on!! A 600 hundred pounder from Africa?!?! Maybe Akeem the Burger King or something like that. But thinking on it, being 600 lbs, maybe he ate all of the food in Africa with Sally Strouthers and that now explains the whole famin thing.
Irwin R. Scheister - Dumb Dumb Dumb.
Leroy Brown - The Slap Jack? What? Wait, was that actually Kimbo Slice?What about Right to Censor? The music when they came out was just a buzzer. That's about as close as a push that Stevie Richards ever got.I don't have a problem with Yokuzuna, as that's what their Sumo champions are called. Does anyone else remember the career, (Albeit brief) of The Mad Monk? I was at a WWE (Then WWF) taping in the early 90s, and this fat Friar Tuck looking guy comes out, does some "Druid" stuff. He lasted, maybe a month or two at the most, that's how bad he sucked.Ultimate Warrior was one of the best gimmicks ever manOk, before I list my top five I would like to take issue with yours. The Ultimate Warrior was awesome. Before wrestling became degenerative smut, back when it was something kids could watch the Warrior was great, the only true challenge to Hulkamania. Your trite summation of his character did him no justice (don't get me wrong, I'm not saying his was a nuanced approach). That being said, here's my list.
1. The Gobbledy Gooker (remember him?)
2. Isaac Yankem DDS (Kane before he became Kane)
3. Fake Diesel and Fake Razor Ramon.
4. Vince McMahon in general.
5. Dude Love (with his knee leg dance thing)
6. I needed to include the mandible claw, what the hell was up with that? He stuck his fingers in a guys mouth? That's a submission move? Why not the devasatating Ear Pull? Or the hellacious Got Your Nose face lock?All you amateurs... the worst gimmick of all time was by far...
1) Big Bully Busick - dressed up like a "bully" from the 1920's. (i.e. top hat, handlebar mustache). Lasted about 2 months.
Honorable mentions are:
1) Friar Ferguson
2) Bastion Booger
3) Aldo Montoya
4) Saba Simba (aka Tony Atlas re-done in African tribal gear)
5) Dean Douglas - Shane Douglas as a university "dean"
6) Xanta Claus - evil Santa Claus who sold out to Ted DiBiase
7) Mantaur - this fat bastard dressed up in horrific brown attire to make himself look like a 1/2 beast, half man... all while mooing like a cow!!
8) Pain Stewart - Barry Darsow's take off on an evil golfer
9) Renegade - I feel bad even mentioning this considering the guy off'd himself, but they brought this poor bastard in to rip off the Warrior... that's it!
10) "Wildman" Marc Mero - Never quite understood the wildman part. Although he did wear women's makeup...Barry O and Sal G.... wasnt he also Salvatore Balomeo. those two guys were the worst tag team ever.
S.D. "Special Delivery" Jones... would be killing his opponent and then make a bonehead mistake and get pined, every other week on Prism. His favorite special delivery would be to run full speed at his opponent while his opponent was resting against the turnbuckle. the guy would simply move aside and watch old S.D. bang his head against the iron support, end of match. The worst was when he split the final of a twenty man battle royal with Tony Atlas, Jones had no thirst for winning...these are all great choices. Really bringing me back to my childhood.
But no one mentioned the Portuegese Man of War?
And I think I saw a vote for The Patriot. I second that one!The Missing LinkWhat about BASTION BOOGER,MANTAUR,TL HOPPER,GANGREL,DUKE THE DUMPSTER DROESE,CHEESY SLEASY & QUEASY,DINK WINK,PINK,BIG BULLY BUSICK,BATTLE KAT,THE GOOBLEDY GOOKER,PAPA SHANGO,let's go ol' school (N.W.A.)
1.ThunderBolt Patterson
2.The Black Atlas
3.The American Dream, The Tower of Power too sweet to be sour, Dusty Rhodes.
4. The Great Kabuki
5. Abdula The Butcher
6. Mad Dog Buzz SawyerMAN MOUNTAIN ROCK,MAX MOON,TATANKA REPO MAN,GIANT GONZALES,AVATAR, SHINOBI,AKEEM,THE MACHINES,ZEUS,ZE GANGSTA,ULTIMATE SOLUTION,IRS,THE WIDOW MAKER,HASSAN,etcForget about the ridiculous, what about the BEST!!! DIVAs not included:
Hardcore Belt defended 24/7..Skits were halarious...the hotel room and airport. The best part, there was always a Referee there.I gotta go with the Great Khali, can't move, can't wrestle, he's 7-4 with like a 29 inch waist. LOLJohn Cena...jean shorts. Nuff said.The list starts and ends with Val-Venis. Boo-ya!These have all already made other's lists, however I wanted to cast my ballot.
FYI anyone who doesn't know who the Shockmaster is, you need to immediately look him up. His name is Fred Ottman. You also must see the video of the "Shockmaster Incident." Go, now!!
1. The Goon
2. The Repo Man
3. Papa Shango
4. The Mountie
5. The ShockmasterEugene... A truly talented wrestler (Nick Dinsmore) forced to go out every week and act the way he does. A waste of talent.
El Gigante (WCW) never wore furry tights but Giant Gonzales (WWF) did.Here's a couple more for the list.
Kierwan White-How many of you remember this one? It was Chavo Guerrero going preppy and tooling around in a golf cart.
Simon Dean-He was supposed to be a fitness guru always trying to sell his wares but he came down to the ring on a Segway scooter. He also would always find a fat person and drag them into the ring and pick on them, badly.Here are the five worst, hands down:
1. Val Venis. A porn star turned wrestler who stalks wrestlers women and sleeps with them, then shows them the video. Classic
2. Adam Bomb. Spiderman is exosed to radioactivity and he gets superpowers. This guy gets a yellow singlet, big green glasses and the ability to suck really bad.
3. Repo Man. He dresses up like the hamburglar and steals otehr wrestlers stuff. IS there really a big market for used tights?
4. The killer bees. Even though one was fat and the other a skinny rail, they could put on thier masks and suddenly no one knew the difference.
5. Anyone who ever played "Secutiry" for Vince McMahon. Please. They're no more scary than the tools who work at my local shopping mall. And if I'm not scared of them, I'm pretty sure Kane, Stone Cold, and the Undertaker arent shaking in their boots either.What about the Great Khali.....I hate that &^^$%*&The Gobbly Gooker, the thing that hatched from the egg. That was atrocious. Any/all of the oddities were pretty bad. Isaac Yankem was horrible. Almost any gimmick Barry Darsow had from Kruschev, Demolition and that crappy golfer thing he did in WCW. He was the king of bad gimmicks, with Kevin Nash being a close second.John CenaHas to be Crybaby McCarthy. When being interviewed he would start sobbing and crying...
Fell in love with WWF at that point.....
lantanaLOL dont hate on Doink, The Warrior, or Koko...and especially Razor.
1. Red Rooster was the Worst
2. Shockmaster
3. Definitely Akeem the African Dream
4. Men on a Mission....BOY now THERE was a Garbage team
5. RenegadegillbeRg a cheap goldbeRg knock off
Right to censor, need i say more
the oddities, a bunch of bumbling idiots
Rockabilly- what was wwf thinkin
mae young plz keep heR off tv, got to be the woRst gimmick eveR does anyone RemembeR heR givin biRth to a hand on tv......Has Iron Mike Sharpe recovered from his "injury" yet?
I mis Chief Jay and Jules Strongbow doing the rain dance in the ring.Badass Billy Gunn was the assman, he was in DX. How can everybody forget this guy, he had the coolest finishing move ever.
The Mandible Claw would hurt if it were real. Push down under your tongue, see how it feels. That said, why not bite the guys fingers. I guess that's why it's not real.
Also, I don't know that the XPac / Chyna sex tape was a gimmick--they were actually either dating or married for awhile. When she was on the Surreal Life, he came and visited her (and apparently got kicked out of the house for hitting her).
Finally, Gillberg was the most ridiculous character I've ever seen, but he was also one of the funniest. The second most ridiculous character I've seen was the one that Owen Hart was using to mock someone else right before he died. He would come out and tell kids to stay in school, don't do drugs, and take their vitamins. Then, around 2 months later, a real character was introduced that did exactly the same thing, only he wasn't mocking anyone. I don't remember the name, but I think it was The Blue (...), anybody know what I'm talking about?I'm sorry that someone mentioned Waylon Mercy, who was Danny Spivey with a pretty convincing Cape Fear act. He was one of my favorites. Too bad Spivey's knees were so shot at that point in his career that they had to discontinue the character. Any other Waylon fans out there?
Oh, but "Mighty" Joe Thunder, who was managed by Lou Albano for about a month right before Albano feuded with Jimmy Snuka, was so very awful.For a brief time, Kevin Nash played a character called "Oz" in WCW, before he was Big Daddy Diesel. He was Oz, as in the "Wizard of Oz." True story. it's very sad. but he went on to be one of the top 25 wrestlers of all time, thanks to his stint in the nWo."Rugged" Ronnie Garvin's finishing move was basically stomping a person's body in a circle...awful!!!Killer Khan, "Bed News" Brown, "The Natural" Butch Reed, Johnny Polo, the acolytes, the druids, Issac Yankem (actually Kane; evil dentist)...it goes on forever....Mae Young was just awful....Papa Shango? The Repo Man? Vince as a wrestler?DISCO INFERNO!
HAHA!
Totally forgot about that guy!!Disco InfernoGlacier
Renegade
Disco Inferno
Shockmaster
Boogeyman
Puke
Giant Gonzalez
Mongo McMichael
Papa Shango
Golddust
Mr. McMahon
Bastione Booger
Norman Smiley
Red Rooster
Saba Simba
Sparky Plug
The BerzerkerIt was in WCW, but what about the Latino World Order. I kind of switched to WWF at this time, but if this was a legitamite way to get a reaction from fans than WOW. Not to mention the "Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan, his finishing move was a stomp on the chest from the tree of woe, look it up on youtube. Mideon and Viscera were bad as the Undertakers gothic servants as well.GOBBLY GOOKER!!!!! HANDS DOWN.It's WCW, but remember the "boy band" that Shane Helmsley was in? I can't remember the name of the group, but, dear Lord that sucked.Recent Posts
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