 Number six, Arachnaman, the WCW decided to give Brad Armstrong the gimmick of Arachnaman. Arachnaman had a striking resemblance to Spider-Man and it was no surprise where Marvel comics threatened to sue WCW and were forced to take the superhero character off TV. Yes, that's what it was. It was a great Christmas creature. I got this. That's... What's good y'all? It's your boy Ross, back again with another video so we're gonna check out top 100 worst wrestling gimmicks ever. This should be a great one. I've been looking forward to checking this video out ever since I saw it in my sub box. I was like, you know what? This should be a great video to check out. I've seen some of you guys mention that I should check this out on Twitter as well. It's 33 minutes. So sit back, relax. This is gonna be one of those longer form videos but I think this is gonna be a good one because there have been some awful wrestling gimmicks. Some of them I've seen before. Some of them I probably have not seen. There's been awful wrestling gimmicks over the years and it should be a good time to sit back and watch some of these awful gimmicks and just kind of wonder how did this happen? Why was this on television back in the day? This should be a great one. Appreciate all the love and support you guys have shown on the channel also. If you've not subscribed to WrestleMania, go ahead, give them a subscription. This channel is pretty dope when it comes to wrestling content. I'm looking forward to this one. This should be a great one and let's do the damn thing, man. When analyzing the decorated history of pro wrestling, it's truly staggering how many atrocious gimmicks have been presented in TopCom. Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on. Not my boy, Triple H. When analyzing the decorated history of pro wrestling, it's truly staggering how many atrocious gimmicks. Terrorizing. I think I have seen this clip. I think I not this particular clip, but I think I have seen this was one of Triple H's early gimmicks. Terrorizing. That's that's funny, bro. Such as WWE and WCW. And most of the gimmicks on this list are remembered for incredibly negative reasons and leading fans to question what that wrestling compete in in debuting such awful gimmicks. Join us now as WrestleMania looks at the top repo, man. Be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell for daily. Oh, this is going to be a good one, man. I'm looking forward to this one, man. Also, check out our new website, WrestleMania.com. Oh, my God. Find some exclusive lists and breaking news. Subscribe to WrestleMania if you haven't already. Super shock master. The shock master is well established as having arguably the worst debut in pro wrestling and WCW were giving up hope on the character as he proceeded to debut a new version of the character titled a super shock master, a super shock master would wear a cheap blue mask and it was clear that WCW were just trying to get any value they could out of the shock master name. Or where's the original? Well, we'll get into that. Shock master. The executioner. The executioner was portrayed by Terry Gordy and the gimmick was that of an ex druid. The executioner teamed up with mankind and feud with the undertaker, but the crowd failed to connect to such a lackluster character. Yeah, 98, the terrorist. The WCW decided to debut a character known as the terrorist on their product in the late 80s. Now you can probably guess what the gimmick was supposed to represent. Yeah, clear one of the WCW executives were thinking at the time. I don't know 97 New Year's baby. A former WWE champion Big Show was portrayed some atrocious chemist during his career. For instance, in late 2013, Vince McMahon wasn't happy with his weight gain, so we made the Big Show become the New Year's baby on Raw. This was obviously designed to humiliate the Big Show and- Bro, Vince has a very sick sense of humor, bro. It's so sick. Like, that's the Big Show. And they had this man doing this. Ah, so messed up. And it's widely regarded as a low-protease career. Oh my god, for sure. Number 96, Cha Cha Ping. What? Before Gunther became the ring general, he portrayed a character called Cha Cha Ping. This would see the talented- Wow. Where a green singlet. It's safe to say it's obvious why this character failed to get over. Number 90- Wow, he has come a very long way. Thank goodness. Five, the Black Scorpion. The Black Scorpion was an infamous gimmick in WCW that was portrayed by several different wrestlers. The character debuted as an arch-nemesis for Sting, and initially, the role was played by Ollie Anderson and then later out Perez. When Perez quit, WCW had to think of an alternative creative outcome. It was at the 1990s star-cade event that Sting defeated the Scorpion and finally unmasked the character, revealing Rick Flair to be the one behind the gimmick. Wow. Number 94, Techno Team 2000. Techno Team. Techno Team were a team that debuted in WWE's new genre, the duo wore silver and maroon outfits and were supposedly ahead of their time. The gimmick was designed to be a futuristic-style gimmick, but it fell completely flat with the audience. Number 93, Piggy James. What? Piggy James was one of the more controversial and hated gimmicks in stories of Piggy Aaron. It saw Layla and Michelle McCool constantly being Piggy James and mock her weight, and they would call her Piggy James. Layla and McCool would even wear a fat suit in the hopes of embarrassing James as much as humanly possible. Yeah, that was always kind of weird because McGee James always looked good in my eyes and I think a lot of fans' eyes. She was, you know, good working in the ring. So I didn't get that. I mean, I guess she wasn't as skinny as all the other girls. But at the same time, I think she was looking good. So I don't know. I don't know about that one. The Goon. What in the Napoleon Dynamite is this guy? The Goon. The Goon. What was an essence? A hockey player. That was the most substance the gimmick had. Interestingly, it's widely believed that Vince McMahon wanted Chris Jericho to play the dreaded character. Oh, no. Y2J turned the proposal. We thank goodness. Paul Birchell incest character of Paul Birchell's pirate persona was fun and unique. But the character he portrayed after the persona had run its course was truly disturbing. In 2008, Birchell and his k-fabe sister, Katie, will become an on-screen duo and the controversial gimmick and storyline was that they were in love with each other. I think I vaguely remember that. I think I do vaguely seeing that. But at the same time, I'm glad I don't really remember it because that's just awful. Tejo, at WWE, we tried to get anything, everything over in the New Gen era, and that included a wrestler who was a magician. Fantasia wore a biker white line mask that revealed matching face paint when removed. And he performed basic magic tricks that the fans could care less about. Oh my gosh. Number 89, Evid Sullivan. In 1994, WCW debuted Dave Sullivan who was supposed to be the dyslexic brother of Kevin Sullivan. Due to his dyslexia, he would mispronounce his name as Evid. This was a gimmick that had aged horribly and would have no place in modern wrestling. Yeah. Number 88, Damien Demento. Damien Demento is mostly known for being in the first ever main event of Raw against The Undertaker. The gimmick was that of an individual who hailed from the outer reaches of your mind and he was mentally disturbed. That's according to the WWE commentators at least. Number 87, Farouk. Yeah. When WWE signed former WCW champion Ron Simmons, they of course decided to give him the most ridiculous gimmick. Quarantine words. His first gimmick in WWE was that of Farouk Assad who was supposedly a gladiator and the only way we were supposed to know that he was a gladiator was from his Bazzali misshapen helmet. Man, it's something about WWE and them wanting to use just awful helmets and just, you were, I mean, it makes sense why they had Karrion Kross his first go around debut in such a cringe helmet. They hadn't gotten away from it. They've been doing it for many years. I hope we're at the end of that. No more cringe helmets. Stop it. Why was he blue? Number 86, Muffy. Muffy was Stephanie McMahon's personal trainer and she only made a few appearances during the attitude era before her undeveloped character was scrapped. Definitely don't remember this. Number 85, Yoshi Kwan. WCW's Yoshi Kwan was a gimmick which saw British wrestler Chris Champion wearing makeup in an attempt to resemble an Asian character. The gimmick was tasteless backwards and had really no place in wrestling. Oh my gosh. Number 84, Braun the Leprechaun. What? Braun the Leprechaun first appeared in the summer of 1996 in WCW when he was managed by Jimmy Hart. It was unclear if the gimmick was supposed to be serious or not as every single segment Braun was involved in felt awkward and cheap. Nevertheless, the persona was portrayed by Duane Bruce who would go on to become a trainer at the WCW power plant. Number 83, Bongo the Caveman. The Bongo the Caveman gimmick only lasted weeks in WCW for a good reason. The gimmick was portrayed by Tim Parker and he wore a loincloth outfit and carried a club. It was utterly ridiculous that WCW genuinely thought that this would get over. Number 82, Leviathan. The one before Batista was well Batista. Batista, yeah. He portrayed a character in FCW called Leviathan. The gimmick was basically a demon but it was incredibly cringe-worthy. It was apparently Batista was uncomfortable in the role. And then I think when he got to the main roster I think he was Deacon. He was like some type of Deacon at some point. He's had a few character changes before we got the animal Batista, so. Thankfully, he moved on to something better. Number 81, Black Grain. What? When Golder signed with TNA, he became Black Grain. I don't. Black Grain was a more sinister version of the beloved Golder's character when he felt flat. The most interesting thing about the persona was that Black Grain had a pet rat. Yeah, that was it. Number 80, The Gobbledy Gooker. The 1990s Survivor Series were one of the most infamous debuts of all time. The Gobbledy Gooker made his WWE debut at the Survivor Series in the 1990s. That's not his clip. It was revealed to be the Gooker played by Hector Guerrero. The crowd in attendance began to boo as they expected something special and they certainly didn't expect... The fucking Gobbledy Gooker, bro. That's just... This is why I say each era of wrestling has some of the most cringe. It happens. This generation, the Ruthless Aggression Era, the Attitude Era, even the Golden Era of Wrestling, some would say... They've always had cringe moments, cringe segments, cringe characters. I don't think there's much else to say than a fucking fake egg with a fake chicken hopping out of it to let you know everything you need to know. Take someone to a peer-dressed in a literal bird costume. Initial plans called for The Gobbledy Gooker to represent the company as a mascot. Yet due to the atrocious feedback from fans, the character was thankfully scrapped. That... Number 79, Brayden Walker. Of course Harris attained great success in TNA, yet when he signed for WWE, he was turned into an utter joke. Harris would become Braden Walker on the ECW brand and it was unclear what exactly his gimmick was supposed to be other than making the occasional knock-knock joke. The gimmick was scrapped quickly and WWE had no future plans for the former TNA Tank Team Champion. Number 78, ECW Zombie. When you were the WWE's version of ECW Zombie, you were the first in 2006, he decided to date a zombie character. It just was supposed to be a serious character, but it was laughable at best and it was brutalized by the sound of the delight of the ECW audience. Number 77, Jim Nighthart. A KKK member. Whoa. Whoa. At an independent show in 1995, Virgil was set to take on a wrestler known as Thug and when Thug made his way down to the ring, it appeared as if Thug and his bodyguard were dressed in a Ku Klux clown outfit. The bodyguard then revealed himself to be former Heart Foundation member, Jim Nighthart. Wow. And then proceeded to lay out Virgil and would even began to hang him from the ring ropes. Number 76. Yup. Sounds about white. That's what I was trying to say there. Wrestling has always had the undertones of stereotypes and racism. You know, it's been a part of wrestling for many, many years, but wow. That's wild. The Stormtrooper. The Stormtrooper debuted in 1988. The Stormtrooper. Smoky Mountain Wrestling and the gimmick was that the Stormtrooper was a literal Nazi. Yeah, that's right. A Nazi. What? A man would go step into the ring and would wear swastikas all over his body. Even in 1988, this might have seemed a little over the top. We went from bad to holy shit. What was that? That's wrestling for you. Number 75. Seven. When Goldust returned to WCW in late 1999, he began to play a character known as Seven. The character is mostly known for bizarre and creepy vignettes, which saw him standing outside a child's bedroom window. The gimmick was reported to have been based on the strangers from the movie Dark City, but was eventually dropped after there was concern that the gimmick was being interpreted as a child abductor. What the fuck? For 74, she's Morley. When the Balvinist inherited from his natural course, WWE decided to reintroduce Venus under his real name of Sean Morley. And he would eventually become an authority figure in WWE known as Chief Morley. This gimmick was completely lifeless and received zero reaction from the audience. Number 73. The Renegade. The Renegade was basically WCW's chief version of the Ultimate Warrior. Yeah. If he could ever figure out the point of the character's existence and what's the point? WCW were doing okay in terms of ratings and the creative direction was being well received. So to debut a character that was in essence a parody of an iconic WWE gimmick seemed nonsensical. Yeah, what was the point in that? Number 72, Buzzkill. Events Russo would do anything he could to make WCW stand out. And this extended the ripping of the love WWE characters. Russo would give Brad Armstrong the gimmick of Buzzkill and it was a complete rip-off of his brother, the Road Dogs gimmick in WWE. Wow. Russo would even implement a theme that was oddly similar to the New Age Outlaw's trademark theme song. The gimmick to nobody's surprise was met with disdain from whatever fans WCW had left at the time. Number 71, Fat Chick Thriller. Following WCW's fashion of the beach event in 2000 WCW decided to repackage Mike Awesome as the Fat Chick Thriller. Awesome would become infatuated with larger women and this is notoriously one of the worst gimmicks WCW could have possibly given the talent. You can't make this up. The Fat Chick Thriller, bro. I'm not here to judge anybody and what they like in they women, but bro. That's his name, the Fat Chick Thriller. This video is great. This is fantastic. And it's star. Number 7, TL Hopper. A WWE's obsession of debuting wrestlers with professions went too far when they did UTL Hopper. It was a stereotypical plumber and fell flat upon arrival. Our plumber gimmick was supposed to get over in WWE as anyone who has number 69, Stuttering Matt Morgan. When WWE reintroduced Matt Morgan in 2005, they decided to give him a Stuttering gimmick. This was designed to be a heel gimmick, but a stutter instantly making a wrestler a heel was a bold and daring creative choice. Number 68, The Real Double J. A Road Dog has been given some awful gimmicks over his career, but The Real Double J was perhaps the worst. Following Jeff Gerrits WWE departure, Road Dog would claim that he was the real singer of the song with My Baby Tonight. And the gimmick and character was quickly relegated to the lower mid card. Yeah. Number 67, The Funkosaurus. This was, yeah, I remember this. Oh, God. This was not entertaining. For me, personally, I just thought, I just wanted to hit him off my TV screen at the time. Fans were stunned when Brody's play returned to WWE TV as a dancing dinosaur from Planet Funk. Despite the gimmick and character having a short shelf life, WWE put a ton of effort into making the character work, and it was even given an extended segment of WrestleMania 28. Yeah. Number 66, Green Cassidy. Before All-Snow had an interesting relationship with a mannequin head. Yeah. They portrayed Leaf Cassidy in WWE. Cassidy would join forces with Marty Genetti to form the New Rockers, and the crowd simply didn't care about the incarnation of one of the most popular tag teams of all time. They didn't care. Number 65, Shinobi. The New Rockers gimmick wasn't the only gimmick WWE would hope to get All-Snow over, as he also portrayed an infamous character called Shinobi who was a ninja assassin. The character is mostly known for losing to Shawn Michaels, and interestingly, WWE would bring a version of the character back in 2004 for a one-off match with Tajiri. Number 64, Tugboat. Pointless. A friend of Oppman is considered to be one of the nicest guys in wrestling, but the majority of his gimmicks are remembered for all the wrong reasons. Yeah. His character of Tugboat was supposed to be by Hulk Hogan, and it would see Tugboat wear a red striped shirt and a sailor's hat. The most entertaining thing about the gimmick was that Tugboat would often pull an imaginary cord out of an air horn and make the hilarious... Hoo-wee! The next 63, Doink, the friendly clown. When Doink first arrived in WWE, he was presented as a... And this would work if you're afraid of clowns. This probably... For people who have that phobia, this probably just horrified you, seeing them on screen. But me, personally, it's just a clown. They're just like, all right. Okay. Menacing and scary heel. Then WWE made the call to turn in babyface, and this is when the gimmick went completely downhill. The gimmick turned into a kid-friendly cartoonish character that fell dramatically down the card. And it could have been like... Like he was saying, if they would have kept him heel, because people are genuinely afraid of clowns, could, you know... You can definitely do something with that, you know what I'm saying? Like, kind of spin that in a way, but once they turn into this family-friendly situation, it just, you know, it doesn't really work. It was a massive shame as the villainous version of Doink had so much potential. Yeah. Number 62, Vinny Vegas. Before Diesel and Kevin Nash came Vinny Vegas. Wow. Vegas was basically a wisecracking mobster, but it was apparent that this wasn't the gimmick or character that was gonna take Nash to superstardom. Yeah. Number 61, Oz. I think I've seen this one. When Vinny Vegas and Nash also portrayed one of the most notorious gimmicks in WWE history as he portrayed a character known as Oz. Oh, my God. The character based on the children's history to which he was devised. And so Nash wear a ridiculous lime green robe with a remarkable fake gray beard. Oh, man. Number 60, who? A gimmick being introduced so WWE commentators can make terrible puns is never a good idea. Yeah. But that was the logic of giving Jim and I to heart the who gimmick in the 90s. Who? I literally knew nothing about the gimmick or character and whose matches just consisted of a few minutes of Vince McMahon and Jerry Lola making unfunny jokes at the commentary desk. Who? Number 59, General Hugh Girection. When Humorous became the. General Hugh Girection. No, that that wasn't a name. There's no way. Jokes at the commentary desk. Number 59, General Hugh Girection. General Hugh Girection. Yep. That's wrestling for y'all, man. When Humorous became the leader of the misfits in action in WWE, he decided to rebrand himself as General Hugh Girection. The obvious pun aside, the gimmick was a complete waste of time, as the only thing different about Morris's presentation was that he wore military themed gear. Number 58, The Shark. John Tentor was so determined to make the his shark gimmick work in WWE that he even changed the tattoo on his arm from a tiger to a shark. Wow. The gimmick of a wrestler having characteristics of sharks could only go so far. Despite Tentor's commitment, the gimmick was never going to work. Yeah. Number 57, Giant Silver. Giant Silver had size, presence, and WWE were no doubt going to try and make him a main event attraction. So he would become a member of the Audities faction. But whenever he wrestled, he was quickly exposed as he was appalling in the ring. His gimmick was literally that he was tall and would wear casual clothing like he was visiting a local mall. Number 56, Golger. Speaking of the Audities faction, Golger's gimmick was perhaps even worse. Golger was portrayed by John Tentor and his gimmick saw him wear a mask due to a bone disorder and he would be obsessed with Eric Cartman from South Park. Number 59, Socrans. Five, The Fake Undertaker. And WWE believed that debuting a fake version of The Undertaker and then reintroducing the real Undertaker would do major business. Some had said that a match between the two main evented at the 94 Summer Slam. The gimmick was widely criticized as fans simply didn't care. All they wanted to see was Mark Callaway's iconic portrayal on their screen. Yeah. What are you doing? The Red Rooster. Yeah, I've seen this one. He had immense talent as a wrestler. But the Red Rooster persona was never going to make him world champion. Nope. The infamous gimmick saw him don red tight and he would even strut like a rooster to the sheer confusion of the audience. Number 53, The Kiss Demon. The Kiss Demon persona was introduced as part of WCW's deal with the band Kiss. The Demon's entire presentation was based on Gene Simmons, was portrayed by Dale Torberg. While visually impressive, the gimmick had no purpose other than to promote Kiss and it didn't help that Torberg wasn't exactly bright hot in the ring. Yeah. So the Demon's matches were very less than stellar. Number 52, Akeem. Oh my God. In 1988, Slick announced that WWE star, the one man gang, was now reborn as African and planned to embrace his roots. Slick then announced that gang would be known as his new name, Akeem the African Dream. Oh my God. The gimmick instantly received backlash as Akeem delivered a promo that was deemed as slightly racist. Yeah. The one man gang character was popular and had more room to grow. But the Akeem persona was completely insensitive. Not what fans were pushing to see. This is just awful. Number 51, Big Josh. Upon signing with WCW, Matt Osborne was given the gimmick for Big Josh. Hold on, hold on, hold on. That's the brawny towel man, the paper towel guy. What is this? The gimmick must have taken a matter of seconds to come up with as he was an outdoorsman who had a friendly connection with bears. Even bringing some down to the ring, would you okay it was pretty cool? Number 50, Skip Sheffield. Even though, I mean, that's wild that they're bringing. Even bringing some down to the ring. Bringing some bears, that's kind of crazy but at the same time still, it's fucking, that's wild, bro, this is all and this is wild. Okay, it was pretty cool. Number 50, Skip Sheffield. Now before debuting as Ryback, Ryan Reeves used a character known as Skip Sheffield. The gimmick had poor writing and execution behind it as a character who was just a cowboy, a gimmick that had been delivered a hundred times before. Number 49, The Johnson's TNA. The Johnson's tag team represented the worst of TNA. The team which consisted of Richard and Ron Johnson were compete in flesh colored bodysuits which were without question amongst the most horrific ring attires in wrestling history. This was the bottom of the barrel in terms of a character and gimmick and it's hardly a surprise they're running the company was brief. Number 48, The Dicks. In 2005, WWE decided to debut a new tank team known as The Dicks. The duo were dressed as Chippendales dancers and the gimmick was dead on arrival. Yeah, for sure. So the crowd just didn't care about such a terrible gimmick. Yeah. Number 47, The Ding Dongs. The Ding Dongs are often found at the top of the list of WCW's worst gimmicks. What is this? WCW executives believe that the duo would be insanely popular in the company. How? Very wrong. As the moment the duo appeared on screen wearing colorful outfits, the crowd booed immediately. Now the gimmick is hard to explain but in essence, one of the members of The Ding Dongs would ring a bell on the outside when the other was on the offense. It was incredibly frustrating and it's no surprise the WCW audience absolutely liked it. That's awful. Number 47, Oklahoma. Although it's been some tasteless and controversial theories over the years but the parody of Jim Ross that WCW presented in 2000 when a step too far. Of course it did. The character would be known as Oklahoma and portrayed by former WB writer Ed Ferrara. Ferrara would dress in a manner similar to JR but he would mock JR as well as Lucy which was where the majority of the criticism for the character came from. Yeah, that shit's cringe. It's fucking cringe. That's lame, it's not entertaining television. It's just cringe. Even for that time period, we're talking about a time period where you could literally damn near say anything and voice your opinion on anything. Even then, that's just cringe. Number 45, Meet. Most fans remember Shawn Stasiak for his time in WCW or you may not have but he also had a number of runs in WWE. His run in 1999 came as the infamous character known as Meet. Meet was presented as a boy toy for the previous sisters and it goes without saying that the name of Meet was holding him back from ever being taken seriously. Yeah. Number 45, Shelton Benjamin's mama. During the Ruthless Aggression Era, WWE attempted to do something new with Shelton Benjamin. Benjamin would embark on a losing streak which led to his mama becoming an on air character. Mama Benjamin would slap and yell at Benjamin whenever he lost and she slowly began interfering his matches, turning him heel in the process. Shelton Benjamin's mama. Number 43, Saba Simba. In 1990, the legendary Tony Atlas returned to WWE under the name of Saba Simba. In a unique move, WWE acknowledged the fact that the new character was in fact Atlas but Vince McMahon on commentary decided to state that Atlas had rediscovered his roots and had now legally changed his name to Saba Simba. Of course. I think it was a worry of a tribe but it lacked any depth and naturally it received a ton of criticism from being based on a racist stereotype. Yep. Number 42, Naked Midian. And do we need to say any more? No. But we still will. So after his dealings with the Ministry and Darkness were over, WWE decided to re-package Midian as Naked Midian. All for good. He ran around the arena in a thong and this was the atodera at its very worst. Yep. Number 41, Isaac Yankem DDS. A bit for Glenn Jacobs was chosen for trailing iconic Kane character. He was given the character of an evil dentist, Isaac Yankem DDS. Now, to be fair, Jacobs did the best with a terrible gimmick and he managed to get a few matches with Bret Hart which was great experience for a name that would be a mainstay with WWE for the next two decades. What mentalized? Friar Ferguson. In April of 93, Mike Bell would be given the gimmick of Friar Ferguson. Ferguson was a mad monk and the character received backlash from the Catholic Church of New York. Of course. Leading to WWE scrapping the character indefinitely. Number 39, Bastion Booga. Just this, just all of this. All of this. Just throw it all away. Throw it in the nearest trash. I don't know who thought this was, was, ah, who, why? Why was this on television back then? Mike Bell's next character would arguably be even worse as Bell became Bastion Booga. Booga was an unkempt greedy man who wrestled in an attire that was way too revealing. Booga's entire character was at it was disgusting and the WWE commentary team would spend the majority of his matches commenting on his unpleasant odor. He by far has the most disgusting finisher ever in WWE or even wrestling. Number 38, The Shotmaster. The Shotmaster's debut in WCW has been coined as wrestling's most infamous debut. Just how downright hilarious and botched it was. WCW's plans for the Shotmaster were for him to make a dramatic entrance on flair for the gold, but sadly it went horribly wrong. In the segment that the camera panned to a section of the set where a small pyro explosion went off, The Shotmaster then crashed through the wall wearing a stormtrooper helmet. That clip will never not be funny because my man busted through the wall but failed and his helmet came off. Oh, I love easily one of my favorite wrestling clips of all time, bro. So it's so iconic. Which was covered in silver glitter. The Shotmaster would fall over and his helmet awkwardly stumbled off his head. The infamous character was then doomed from this point onward. You can even hear the bulldog say he fell on his ass. Number 37, Kerwin White. In 2005, WWE decided to give Chavo Garo a ring around New gimmick. Chavo would now go under the name of Kerwin White and the gimmick would revolve around Chavo denouncing his Mexican heritage. The gimmick mostly involved Chavo making insensitive racial marks to black wrestlers which was a cheap and tasteless way to get heat on the character. Yeah. Number 36, the Bootyman. A British beefcake was an outstanding gimmick and unfortunately most of Ed Leslie's other gimmicks were atrociously executed. One of his gimmicks in WCW saw him become the Bootyman. The gimmick involved him being infatuated with his own backside and of course it fell flat almost instantly. Of course. Number 35, The Running Man. Now before beefcake had the dreaded Bootyman gimmick he portrayed a character that was never given an official name by WCW. In 1991, a masked character would run in during matches and take heels and just disappear. It was never made clear what the cr- The Running Man. Booty just running the random matches attacked people and didn't leave. That's funny. I'm not gonna lie to you. But it was quickly dropped without any explanation. That's funny, bro. Number 34, Rockabilly. A Billy Gun was never going to break out of the lower midcard with the Rockabilly gimmick. Of course. The character saw him become the protégé of the Honky Tonk Man and it came across incredibly forced on WWE TV. Yeah. Thankfully, WWE quickly realized this and decided to have Gun join forces with the Road Dog to become the New Age Outlaws. Number 33, Kee. The Attitude Era had endless characters that have aged terribly and Kee is certainly one of them. Kee was portrayed by Vic Grimes and his character was that he was a drug dealer and was somewhat associated with Prince Albert and draws. Whoa. Number 32, PG-13. PG-13 were a tank team combination consisting of J.C. Ice and Wolfie D. But you were known for delivering horrible raps in the ring and having two of the worst wrestling names of all time. Number 31, Moppy. Mm-hmm. WWE decided to give a talented Perry Satin a new gimmick in 2001. Satin would fall in love with a mop. Yeah, that's right, a mop. Whilst the gimmick was ridiculous, it did result in Satin receiving the most positive crowd response of his entire WWE tenure. Unfortunately. Max Moon. The idea for the Max Moon character, according to Conan, was a cyborg that was from outer space. The costume itself reportedly cost $13,000. Damn. And then WWE heavily invested in the bizarre and outlandish character. The character would debut in 1992 and will be portrayed by Conan. The gimmick fell flat instantly and Conan opted to leave WWE due to backstage issues. Despite the gimmick being lackluster at best, McMahon decided to put the rather comedic costume under the wrestler that being Paul Diamond. Number 29, Man Mountain Rock. Man Mountain Rock debuted in 1995 and he wore a colorful outfit and played a large guitar shaped as the classic WWF logo. That's a cool guitar, though. The gimmick was incredibly annoying and it was unclear if fans were supposed to root or detest the character. Yeah. Number 28, Quang. Quang. Quang was portrayed by Savio Vega. Damn. And the gimmick was official WWE debut in early 1994. Quang. The gimmick was criticized for being cliche and stereotypical as the gimmick was a mysterious Asian wrestler and to try and enhance the gimmick, WWE had Quang used martial arts moves and of course, the Asian mist. Of course. Can't forget that. Number 27, Avatar. In its attempt to cash in on the success and popularity of Power Rangers, WWE would give the future Owl Snow a character known as Avatar. The gimmick saw him come to the ring and put on a mask to wrestle and it was implied that he was obtaining strength and power from the mask. Number 26, Beaver Cleavage. Of course he was. When he heard that Grascia suffered an injury during the Attitude Era, WWE decided to repackage the other headbanger, Mosh and would debut a new gimmick and he'd be known as Beaver Cleavage. Beaver Cleavage. This character would appear in black and white vignettes with his mother and it was implied that their association went beyond the normal mother and same relationship. I think I remember this vaguely. That's fucking wild. I know we tend to look at the past WWE with rose tinted glasses, but I can tell you this now. It wasn't all that good. Not all the time. When you have stuff like this that's just wild and not even in a good way. Like, whoa, what is this wild? It's crazy, bro. Yeah, we'll let you work that one out. Number 25, Chaz, the woman-beater. Speaking of Mosh, the Beaver Cleavage character wasn't his only terrible gimmick. As when that gimmick came to an end, Mosh would use the name of Chaz and he was involved in a storyline where he was supposedly beating his girlfriend. Eventually it was discovered that his girlfriend was lying and WWE decided to reform the headbangers. Number 20. Okay, then. That's a ho-wow. Before Giant Gonzalez. In early 1993, WWE decided they needed a new foe for the Undertaker, so they introduced the world to one of the worst characters in WWE history, Giant Gonzalez. Gonzalez legit stood at seven feet tall and would wear a bodysuit which featured airbrush fake muscles as well as fake hair scattered in random locations. The attire was laughable and the audience simply couldn't take the attire or the gimmick very seriously. That looks bad. Number 23, Fake Diesel. Yup. When Diesel departed WWE in 1996, they decided to introduce a new version of Diesel played by the future king, Glenn Jacob. Yup, that's a crazy thing. And it was evident that WWE would do anything to try and defeat WCW in the Monday Night Wars. Number 22, Fake Razor Ramon. Yup. That was just Diesel who redebuted following Kevin Asher's WWE exit in 1996 as following the exit of Scott Hall, aka Razor Ramon, they also reintroduced the character now played by Rick Bogner. Just like the reaction to Diesel's reintroduction, the character was met with disdain from the WWE audience. Number 21, Back to the Cat. Why? A character that acted like a cat was inevitably gonna debut in a promotion like WWE. And a cat-type character debuted in the 90s under the name of Battle Cat. The character donned a cat-like mass and expressed his cat-like agility. He would perform basic gymnastics around the ring. Yeah, well, what is this? Number 20, DDP the Stalker. Who was the only character selling incredibly popular DDP in 2001. They decided to turn him into a villainous stalker. DDP would stalk the Undertaker's wife and it's widely regarded as one of the worst character changes in wrestling history and it completely annihilated DDP's run in the company. Yeah, well, I'm just trying to stalk the Undertaker's wife, why? Duke the Dumpster Drossi. Duke the Dumpster Drossi. Oh, bro, just look at him, bro. Look at the guy I'm doing. DDP in 2001, they decided to turn him into a villainous stalker. What in the jinx are you going on here? Duke his wife and it's widely regarded as one of the worst character changes in wrestling history and it completely annihilated DDP's run in the company. Oh my God. Duke the Dumpster Drossi. Duke the Dumpster Drossi debuted in WWE in 1996. And he was a literal garbage man. He would carry a trash can to the ring and it was never made clear how on earth the fans were supposed to positively connect to such a lame and underwhelming character. Number 18 is Slam Master J. In 2009, WWE opted to repackage Jesse from Jesse and Festus as Slam Master J. I remember him. Slam Master J was a rapper character but it came across as awkward, unfunny and that ultimately hated the new persona. For sure. Number 17, Molly Holly's large backside. In 2002, the women in WWE had to take any storyline in order to be awarded any TV time at all. In the summer of 2002, the main focus when it came to Molly Holly's character revolved around her so-called large backside. Baby faces would mark and belittle her behind on a weekly basis and the gimmick has aged incredibly poorly. That's awful, bro. Number 16, Karrion Kross's initial main roster for Slam. I'm glad this is on the list. Unfortunately, it's such that it was Karrion Kross but I'm glad this had to be on the list. It's one of the worst. Costume designs, gimmicks they could have ever did. He was dead on a rival. It was over. Donna, when Karrion Kross was initially called up to the main roster, Vince McMahon decided to drastically alter his presentation. Kross would no longer have Scarlet by his side and he would now wear a hideous helmet and suspenders. The presentation immediately destroyed Kross's aura and legitimacy and it was hardly a surprise that he was released within a few months. For sure, bro. Luckily, he came back and ditched the suspenders. Number 15, Jillian Hall's approaching croak. This was weird and creepy and cringe. Consultancy gimmick, which saw have a bizarre growth on the face. It's unclear what this gimmick was supposed to achieve but the most notable moment saw that Bucky Man needed off her face. Number 14, the lesbians. In 2002, WWE became desperate to recapture the spark of the atrium and hyped up lesbians having sex live on floor. Of course this never happened and the women who were literally given the name of the lesbians were attacked by three minute warning. Number 13, they were abyssirated. Why? Bits. In Natalya's farting, they attempt to re-package and give Natalya some much needed character. WWE gave her a gimmick which saw her fart backstage. It was painfully unfunny but it was apparent that Vince McMahon was finding the segments and character utterly hilarious. The segments continued for what seemed like an eternity. That's awful. Number 12, Fred Kane. Fred Kane. One of the more criticizing women to 2006 saw the debut of the imposter Kane, played by Luke Gallows. The real Kane was confronted by a man wearing the classic Kane attire but the issue was that the attire was poorly fitted and it looked like WWE had purchased the outfit from a financial insurance shop. And had no interest in seeing two Keynes collide and none of the real Kane was somehow supposed to be the heel and the feud and was cheered and the imposter Kane character was scrapped within a few weeks. Number 11, Cedric Von Halzen. And before Johnny Gagano became a best-in-win Terence in WWE, he would make an appearance on WWE TV in 2000. I remember seeing a clip about this but I didn't know this was, that's crazy, Cedric Von Halzen. What the hell is this? And seven under the name of Cedric Von Halzen. His gimmick was supposed to be the champion of Lichtenstein. And it's crazy because I didn't know that was Johnny. I've seen a video talking about this but I did not know that was Johnny Gargano, man. And there was no way that Gagano was ever gonna be anything more than a job with this dreaded gimmick. Number 10, The Yeti. Ron Rees portrayed two notorious gimmicks in WCW. In 1995, he played the character The Yeti and The Yeti was in essence a mummy that was involved in a bizarre segment where he performed a double bear hug alongside the giant on Hulk Hogan. Number nine, Super Giant Ninja. Around Rees' gimmick following The Yeti would see him become the Super Giant Ninja. This gimmick was generic and dull and the outfit looked incredibly cheap due to how basic and underwhelming the character was. It would be scrapped relatively quickly. Number eight, Roadblock. The Roadblock character was such a literal character that Roadblock carried a genuine Roadblock to the ring and his attire would sometimes come out of the color of the sign based on the character. Oh my God, bro. It was implied that Roadblock was unstoppable but with a name like Roadblock, fans were having a tough time buying into WCW's explanation of the gimmick. What's the point? Number seven, Men At Work. A Men At Work was a tank team duo consisting of Chris Canyon. Wow, they was just coming up with random shit, bro. Men At Work, it's a thanks. And then Mark Star. The gimmick was that of construction workers and they would come to the ring in hard hats. Steady on with those out of the box gimmicks WCW. Number six, Arachnaman. WCW decided to give Brad Armstrong the gimmick of Arachnaman. Arachnaman had a striking resemblance to Spider-Man and it was no surprise where Marvel comics threatened to sue WCW and were forced to take the superhero character off TV. Yes, that's what it was. Christmas creature. Not Spider-Man, Arachnaman, bro. Arachnaman, what in the great value version is this? Yeah, of course they would have to cease and cease, bro. That's, come on, Arachnaman, Spider-Man. Oh my God, bro. During Glenn Jacobs' time in the USWA, he portrayed a character known as the Christmas creature. The creature can be seen in the green onesie with candy cane striped. And the most interesting thing about the costume was that it was created by Jacobs' own mother. Wow. Becky Lynch, a river dancer. When Becky Lynch debuted in NXT, WWE decided to give Lynch a generic gimmick which saw her perform an Irish dance. The gimmick was made by the fan base, but Lynch gave it her all. Thankfully, WWE realized that Lynch had major potential as a top female star. Glad they got rid of that. So the elements of a gimmick were scrapped. Glad they got rid of that. Number three, Festus. I remember this. He would play his most infamous character to date when he portrayed the Festus persona. Festus was labeled as a mentally challenged and unresponsive man, but when the bell rang, he came alive. In a nice twist on a terrible gimmick, when Gallows joined CM Punk's traded society, the Festus character was still canon. As CM Punk explained that Gallows' mental state as the Festus character was down to his alcohol addiction. Number two, the local ball Schwartz. The ball Schwartz's face was painted to look like a baseball and he wore a jersey with the number 00 on the back. Oh my God. Schwartz was labeled as the MVP which stood for the most violent player, but this truly never came across in his in-ring world. Oh my goodness. Number one, Mantar. Mantar character is widely considered to be the worst wrestling gimmick of all time. Appearing in WWE, the gimmick was that of a minor tour who would charge and trample his opponents. The gimmick was heavily loathed upon arrival and it was a clear indication that WWE was struggling to come up with creative and compelling characters in the mid-90s. This... This was great, bro. I gotta like this video, y'all, because this was fantastic. Arachnoman? Oh my God. Oh, this is... This is great. Oh, this is fantastic. I enjoyed this video. If y'all haven't already, go subscribe to WrestleMania. Oh man, this is fantastic. Arachnoman, that's funny. I didn't even know that was Arachnoman. Comment down below. 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