Worst/Most Ridiculous Wrestling gimmicks

[Tarik One]

Spinning off from the NWO thread. Name some of the most :facepalm gimmicks you've witnessed as a fan of pro wrestling.

Gonna go back a bit for these two:

http://castlescorner.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/akeem.jpg

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx293/wineandbowties/New%20Default/papa-shango.jpg

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

http://slamzilla.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/shockmaster-300x225.jpg

Always a classic.
is that the dude that fell through the wall during his "debut"?

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

nevermind didnt see link

[L.Kizzle]

http://www.wrestlingtradingcards.com/images/2000_wcw_magazine/16.jpg

http://wrestlebizz.wrestling-total.com/images/iaukea.jpg

[Patrick Chewing]

http://wrestlingrumorsandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/john-cena1.jpg

[L.Kizzle]

http://wrestlingrumorsandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/john-cena1.jpg
No lie, he was cool his like first year or two, but dude more stale than unwashed ass now.

[sirkeelma]

http://wrestlingrumorsandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/john-cena1.jpg
Didn't know that Mark Wahlberg is a PRO Wrestler before.

[Done_And_Done]

http://slamzilla.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/shockmaster-300x225.jpg

Always a classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3CL28vgE4U

WORST
DEBUT
EVER!

lol @ at this Dr.Claw sounding looking ass fool...

[Qwyjibo]

When I liked Wrestling back when I was younger in the 90's (now it's retarded), I always admired Wrestlers that could be entertaining with awful gimmicks. Guys like Val Venis and Disco Inferno. A porn star and a disco guy? Really? And yet, they were pretty solid guys to have on your shows.

[IcanzIIravor]

There was a guy in the WWF for a time who looked like a wannabe Papa Shango. Name escapes me but he sucked.

[L.Kizzle]

Reverend D-Von was one of the worse, well the WWF breaking up the Dudley Boys was terrible.

And was someone hating on Val Venis and Disco Inferno, those dudes are classics.

Val Venis caught by GTV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yViNskfDZbw)

[IcanzIIravor]

Reverend D-Von was one of the worse, well the WWF breaking up the Dudley Boys was terrible.

And was someone hating on Val Venis and Disco Inferno, those dudes are classics.

Val Venis caught by GTV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yViNskfDZbw)

I liked Prime Val Venis and Disco Inferno started as a joke and actually became a pretty entertaining wrestler.

Blue Meanie has to be in this and the BWO has to be mentioned if there ever is a worst stable thread. :oldlol:

[Charlie Sheen]

There was a guy in the WWF for a time who looked like a wannabe Papa Shango. Name escapes me but he sucked.

boogeyman with that clock

[B-Low]

I miss gimmicks and catchphrases. They're completely missing from WWE now. Out of the new guys how many actually have gimmicks? John Morrison, Miz, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, Shaemus etc...they have personalities yes (some of them at least) but nobody has actual GIMMICKS anymore. Before even the lower/mid card guys had them.

Godfather = pimp
Val Venis = Porn Star
Big Bossman = Security Guard

Also the catchphrases are what I especially miss.

"Do you smell what the rock is cookin?"
"I got 2 words for ya"
"Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls children of all ages..."
"It's time, once again, for everybody to come aboard the HOOOOO TRAIN!"
"Rest in peace"
"Have a nice day!"
"And that's the bottom line, cuz Stone Cold said so"
"Hellooooooo ladies"
"Who's NEXT?"
"Hey yo..."
"I'm the best there is, the best there ever was and the best there ever will be"
"Oh it's true, it's true"
"Welcome to RAW IS JERICHO"
"Hulkamania is runnin wild"
"Everyone has a price!"

Now there's

"I'm the Miz, and I'm AWESOME"

anymore? Nope :oldlol:

Now it's pretty much just regular guys who are wrestlers. before it was characters

[L.Kizzle]

Matt Stricker

[L.Kizzle]

Also the catchphrases are what I especially miss.

"And that's the bottom line, cuz Stone Cold said so"


Hmmm, don't remember this one? :confusedshrug:

[AirGauge23]

Gillberg.

[IcanzIIravor]

boogeyman with that clock

There we go :lol

This takes me down memory lane. Remember Gangrel? Whatever happened to him?

[L.Kizzle]

There we go :lol

This takes me down memory lane. Remember Gangrel? Whatever happened to him?
Gangrel was a PIMP.

I used to like Prince Albert with his tattoo kits.

The Hurricane
Right to Censor

[IcanzIIravor]

Gillberg.

:no:

[B-Low]

Hmmm, don't remember this one? :confusedshrug:

It was Crash Holly's catchphrase back in 98 :oldlol:

[L.Kizzle]

It was Crash Holly's catchphrase back in 98 :oldlol:
Thanks, I knew it was someone, just couldn't put my finger on it. I thought it was Mideon at first but then I said, "no, definitely Crash Holly."

[B-Low]

No Mideon's was "best there is, best there ever was, best there ever will be"

[IcanzIIravor]

The Mountie needs to get honorable mention here.

[Rysio]

shark boy.

[Patrick Chewing]

Whatever happened to him?


Gangrel still wrestles in the independent circuit, but WWE had to cut him due to weight problems. Dude got fat.

The Brood and Gangrel was a great gimmick though. The Attitude Era had some great gimmicks along with what WCW was doing as well.

[B-Low]

Remember Mordecai? The guy that was supposed to come in and have some LONG huge feud with Undertaker and have a good vs. evil storyline? He had like 5 months worth of buildup videos for his debut then disappeared after a few weeks

http://pwa.wrestlingx.net/wrestlerimages/gallery/kevin_thorn2.jpg

But the WORST wrestler ever was Zack Gowen. That one legged kid who was like 120 pounds and hopped around yet they let him beat Big Show in a match. Then Brock Lesnar DECIMATED the kid and he disappeared

http://wrestlehut.org/images/4/4b/Gowenmg4.jpg

[IcanzIIravor]

While I'm rambling...I use to have a hardon for Dean Malenko..the man of a thousand holds. That was my boy. I use to cheer like crazy for him, Screamin' Norman Smiley, The Cat, The Chairman of WCW and some other midcard guys. I use to love how midcard guys got decent spotlights and stories.

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

While I'm rambling...I use to have a hardon for Dean Malenko..the man of a thousand holds. That was my boy. I use to cheer like crazy for him, Screamin' Norman Smiley, The Cat, The Chairman of WCW and some other midcard guys. I use to love how midcard guys got decent spotlights and stories.
yeah same here.

[L.Kizzle]

Remember Mordecai? The guy that was supposed to come in and have some LONG huge feud with Undertaker and have a good vs. evil storyline? He had like 5 months worth of buildup videos for his debut then disappeared after a few weeks

http://pwa.wrestlingx.net/wrestlerimages/gallery/kevin_thorn2.jpg

But the WORST wrestler ever was Zack Gowen. That one legged kid who was like 120 pounds and hopped around yet they let him beat Big Show in a match. Then Brock Lesnar DECIMATED the kid and he disappeared

http://wrestlehut.org/images/4/4b/Gowenmg4.jpg
Around that same time, I think Chris Master and one of my favorites, MUHAMMAD HUSSAN.

[DeronMillsap]

Reverend D-Von was one of the worse, well the WWF breaking up the Dudley Boys was terrible.

TESTIFY!!!! I actually kinda liked his gimmick. Better than what Bubba was doing at the time of their short split(through Brand draft).

[B-Low]

While I'm rambling...I use to have a hardon for Dean Malenko..the man of a thousand holds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUcTHmZ9luY

[vinsane01]

"Do you smell what the rock is cookin?"
"I got 2 words for ya"
"Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls children of all ages..."
"It's time, once again, for everybody to come aboard the HOOOOO TRAIN!"
"Rest in peace"
"Have a nice day!"
"And that's the bottom line, cuz Stone Cold said so"
"Hellooooooo ladies"
"Who's NEXT?"
"Hey yo..."
"I'm the best there is, the best there ever was and the best there ever will be"
"Oh it's true, it's true"
"Welcome to RAW IS JERICHO"
"Hulkamania is runnin wild"
"Everyone has a price!"
[/I]
Now there's

"I'm the Miz, and I'm AWESOME"

anymore? Nope :oldlol:

Now it's pretty much just regular guys who are wrestlers. before it was characters

Yeah those were the days. I love the new age outlaws, probably my favorite tag team of all time next to the hardy boyz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdsBbonKJ3U

[Patrick Chewing]

WCW screwed up this gimmick...

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00848/vampiro_666x450_848151a.jpg

I found it cool too when The Misfits were wrestling on WCW too

http://sp7.fotolog.com/photo/55/40/49/javs14/1217803795071_f.jpg

[D.J.]

Matt Stricker


He was a teacher at Cardozo HS here in Queens I believe before he went to WWE. He had his mom call him in sick because he was wrestling in Japan. It was in the New York Post.

Worst gimmick IMO was Simon Dean.

[IcanzIIravor]

Stevie Richards had seem pretty bad gimmicks going too. He was a pretty decent wrestler when he was allowed to show it.

I use to love Raven's gimmick in ECW. I know you guys remember New Jack. I use to stay up late in Arizona as a kid to watch ECW 1-2am in the morning.

[IcanzIIravor]

He was a teacher at Cardozo HS here in Queens I believe before he went to WWE. He had his mom call him in sick because he was wrestling in Japan. It was in the New York Post.

Worst gimmick IMO was Simon Dean.

Yeh that one was ridiculous. It was so bad I laughed my head off. Santino is godawful to me.

[D.J.]

Yeh that one was ridiculous. It was so bad I laughed my head off. Santino is godawful to me.


I actually like Santino. Especially when he plays Santina, the lesbian diva. Simon Dean was a joke. He made Doink the Clown look like Shawn Michaels.

[Patrick Chewing]

I know you guys remember New Jack.

New Jack tries to murder Vic Grimes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fK-ndArV1c

[Tarik One]

When The Godfather turned into The Goodfather, I was extremely dissappointed. Not only because of the new gimmick, but because the old one was just fine. Bad idea to get rid of it. One of my favorite midcarders during that time.

[Premeditated]

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx293/wineandbowties/New%20Default/papa-shango.jpg
you're out of your fukking mind.

Shango legit use to scare me.

[IcanzIIravor]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8x6pe2tdHyg/TM1eumID2xI/AAAAAAAAABo/WS86hsc4-9E/s1600/Spirit+Squad.jpg

[DeuceWallaces]

Big Blue Meanie and Doink.

[D.J.]

The Spirit Squad was pretty entertaining, especially when they were getting punked by DX.

[JohnnySic]

Not the worst ever, but remember Glacier? WCW gave him a huge push to introduce him, then he ended up becoming a jobber. I remember when Goldberg squashed him.

http://www.ddtdigest.com/pictures/glacier.jpg

[Charlie Sheen]

ed leslie bootyman
horny mabel viscera dryhumping opponents cause sexual chocolate perfected that ish
shelton and his mama in a wheelchair
the patriot del wilkes
steve blackman and his glowsticks
west texas rednecks
meat shawn stasiak

[Whiteness]

Yeah those were the days. I love the new age outlaws, probably my favorite tag team of all time next to the hardy boyz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdsBbonKJ3U

hearing jerry lawler ask what shiznit is on live TV made my day

[B-Low]

Yeah those were the days. I love the new age outlaws, probably my favorite tag team of all time next to the hardy boyz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdsBbonKJ3U

:oldlol: @ the old lady that was saying it along with them

It's crazy tho how much the fans loved them, and those were the heels in the match (fighting 2 of the most popular guys ever with Rock and Austin) getting a louder reaction than literally anyone in WWE today

[Dasher]

Akeem was a head scratcher. Papa Shango was awesome. He was Paul Bearer level scary.

[SsKSpurs21]

this guy was awesome! my favorite lucha libre!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWu6FS6Uc_0

[El Kabong]

Pretty much everyone who was in the Dungeon of Doom except for The Giant and Kevin Sullivan maybe.

[Maniak]

Man that Spirit Squad made me rage so much. I loved when DX sent them off xD

[dkmwise]

Repo Man

I.R.S.

The Red Rooster

[JohnnySic]

Repo Man

I.R.S.

The Red Rooster
Yup; pretty much every gimmick in WWE from about '91 through '96. Man, WWE was clueless during that period.

[Lebron23]

http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/pictures/mantaur.jpg

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/feature/29062/6009304

[Lebron23]

This is a good gimmick. It served its purpose, to annoy the hell out of everyone who watched the show.


Shawn is going down, down, down, down.

[Geriatric]

http://nwo4life.com/nwo/nash/oz/oz01.jpg

Kevin Nash as the Great Oz anyone?

[CelticBaller]

pretty much all WCW did in the 90s

[Scholar]

Idk.
Some of the worse I saw back when I used to be into the WWF/WWE were:

- Kane's mask coming off. It was so ridiculous! He clearly had black paint on his face to resemble burns. And what happened next week? The "burns" were gone! :oldlol:

- Eugene, the mentally challenged wrestler. Terrible, terrible, terrible.

- The Undertaker going from "Deadman" to some "American Badass" role to suddenly going back to "Deadman."

And lastly,

- Muhammad Hassan (?). I think that was his name... He was the Muslim wrestler, who really wasn't Muslim in real life, and every time he did a promo stunt, it had something to do with terrorism, such as having masked men come into the ring and carry the Undertaker out. :rolleyes:
I was ashamed to watch wrestling then, and I'd be ashamed to watch it now.

[B-Low]

Kane kinda explained it was the burn "from the inside". :oldlol:
THAT was some of the dumbest shit they've ever done lol. I remember DX took Kane's mask off once and when they saw his face they almost threw up cuz the burns were so bad. Then Kane finally unmasks and we all see his horribly drawn on burns lol...Then the makeup dept decides they don't wanna do his burn makeup every week so he comes out and does an interview with JR where we find out that the burns were "all in his head" and never really existed...so apparently WE were all traumatized too and saw the burns in our minds :oldlol:



It was good from the start, then WWE had nothing to do with him.

The Eugene character always made me feel awkward as hell. Whenever he was on I would either turn it off or wince the entire time at how potentially offensive the next thing they do with him might be (and I LOVE offensive things, but retardation is always a danger zone for me)


I like the Biker Taker gimmick, especially during the "Big Evil" heel run.

I loved the whole American Bad Ass thing. I was actually mad when he went back to the deadman thing. Especially when he came back and his hair was still short lol

[Patrick Chewing]

- Muhammad Hassan (?). I think that was his name... He was the Muslim wrestler, who really wasn't Muslim in real life, and every time he did a promo stunt, it had something to do with terrorism, such as having masked men come into the ring and carry the Undertaker out. :rolleyes:
I was ashamed to watch wrestling then, and I'd be ashamed to watch it now.


I think he had a great gimmick and was on his way to becoming the top heel in the business, but then Vince and the writers came up with some sort of terrorist angle and the fans and sponsors were offended by it. Dumb move on their part. Had they just stuck with Hassan, and his hatred of all the other WWE wrestlers, it would have worked well.

[Maniak]

- Eugene, the mentally challenged wrestler. Terrible, terrible, terrible.


:roll: :roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c55Em2ROVYg

Amazing moment.

[Nike_jumpman_23]

RIP Zach Gowen.

[Lebron23]

Aldo Montoya

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0cZjmD1GTWM/TlNXWXbu_DI/AAAAAAAAADs/Ut4ghdodD9c/s1600/aldo_montoya_-_peter_polacko_02.jpg

[JohnnySic]

Pretty much everything WWE did from about 1990 to about 1996 was idiotic. Some notables: Papa Shango, Doink the Clown, Akeem the African Dream, IRS, The Repo Man, The Model, The Red Rooster, Tugboat, The Booty Man, The Gobbledy Gooker, and on and on. Is it any wonder buisness fell into the toilet?

Quite frankly, even The Undertaker's original gimmick as a zombie was idiotic, but somehow that caught on...

EDIT: Just realized that this is an old bumped thread and I repeated myself from last year. :oldlol: