The 10 Worst Ever

[ShawnRhodeIsland]

Here's who I think had the 10 worst gimmicks of all time. I'd be interested to see what the rest of you think of my list and feel free to post your own.

1. Doink (Face) - Doink as a heel wasn't bad at all. I liked the idea of a clown making kids cry instead of laugh. But when he went face, and got Dink, Pink, and Wink, he lost all credibility to me.

2. Giant Gonzales - Don't even need to explain this one. The guy couldn't do shit in the ring.

3. The Blue Meanie - What a waist of ring space. From calling Goldust mommy, to being in the JOB squad. We could've done without this fat ass piece of shit.

4. The Booty Man - Leslie's gimmick in WCW blew it's load all over the wall of shame. And from there, it didn't get much better for Terry's good buddy.

5. "Hole In One" Darsow - As many great gimmicks as Barry Darsow had over the years, Hole in One fucking blew.

6. The Shockmaster - Ottman's deal in WCW made him look worse than he already did as Tugboat.

7. Zeus - Tiny Lister Jr managed to make Hogan look like a scientific genius in the ring.

8. Saba Simba - An out of work Tony Atlas comes crawling back to Vinnie Mac. After failing to impress anyone with his new found gimmick Saba Simba, Atlas is once again out of work.

9. Khali - The guy is virtually useless. He's been bounced around all three brands of WWE, with no success on any of them.

10. Bastian Booger - Do we really need an explanation?

[OverTaker]

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I KICKED ALL THEIR ASSES! SO YEAH, THIS LIST IS RIGHT. YOU ARE SAFE FOR NOW..

R.I.P.

[Xero]

9. Khali - The guy is virtually useless. He's been bounced around all three brands of WWE, with no success on any of them.

He's main evented for both RAW and SmackDown!... You can say he's terrible but you can't say that he didn't have success.

[OverTaker]

actually, they all had some success

[DaveBrawl]

Wasn't Kahli the Smackdown champ last year? I ask because ever since they changed tv stations I haven't seen Smackdown, but I seem to remember recap clips on Raw of him with the belt.

However Doink ruled in any form. Otherwise your list is pretty good. :y:

[Xero]

Yeah, I was going to make that point but I wasn't 100% sure if he was champion.

He was. So Khali being "unsuccessful" is an incredibly stupid statement.

[Blitz]

Did he draw anything as champion? Make a lot of money? Create interest in the product?

No. So I don't think calling unsuccessful is wrong. Being champ does not equal being successful.

[Xero]

Well, considering this thread is about gimmicks and thus kayfabe, not the wrestlers' skill or the drawing power, yes, it is silly to say he was unsuccessful.

If he hadn't limited it to "gimmicks" I wouldn't have had a problem with it.

[Blitz]

True.

[ShawnRhodeIsland]

A rookie mistake :-\

But still, who do YOU guys think are the 10 worst?

[loopydate]

The Yeti
Oklahoma
The Goon
Shockmaster
Mantaur
Max Moon
The Ding Dongs
Arachniman
GI Bro
Bastion Booger
Fake Diesel & Fake Razor Ramon

Not really in any order.

[BigDaddyCool]

With both Gonzales and Kahli, you are attacking the worker, not that gimmick. Also, I personally think Kahli's gimmick works for him. He may suck in ring, but he has been fairly successful. Gonzales does suck, but what about his other gimmick, El Gigante?

[FourFifty]

3. The Blue Meanie - What a waist of ring space. From calling Goldust mommy, to being in the JOB squad. We could've done without this fat ass piece of shit.


It's clear the only ECW you've seen has been the wattered down WWECWWE. Back in the old school ECW The Meanie was awesome when he was with Stevie Richards.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Yeah, as much as I hate to say it, Khali winning the world title over on SD! in ’07, after a 20-man Battle Royal of all the stupid ass ideas they could’ve come up with to determine the vacant belt was probably the moment most would say where it “Jumped The Shark”. At least I would...

[The Ravishing One]

It's clear the only ECW you've seen has been the wattered down WWECWWE. Back in the old school ECW The Meanie was awesome when he was with Stevie Richards.

:y:

I was about to say this.

[Chavo Classic]

Meanie was awesome. I'll never forget when he stalked Golddust dressed as Bluedust.

[The Ravishing One]

Bluedust was funny.

[Marc the Smark]

Ric Flair.

Completely overrated. :yes:

[Chavo Classic]

...for the last ten to fifteen years, I agree.

[Shadow]

Chavo Classic.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Roadblock
Xanta Claws
Avatar
Meat
Man Mountain Rock
Who (possibly the worst gimmick ever)
Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz
Phantasio
"Make a Difference" Fatu
T.L. Hopper

No particular order, but there are tons more to mention.

[Vastardikai]

1. Doink (Face) - Doink as a heel wasn't bad at all. I liked the idea of a clown making kids cry instead of laugh. But when he went face, and got Dink, Pink, and Wink, he lost all credibility to me.

Dink fears Hornswaggle. Doink starts sucking when the original guy behind it (Matt Borne) was too coked out of his mind.

2. Giant Gonzales - Don't even need to explain this one. The guy couldn't do shit in the ring.

His gimmick =/= his complete lack of work ethic. If you want to bitch about something, bitch about what made me hate him: his TIGHTS. Who thought it was a good idea to air brush an ass crack on spandex?

3. The Blue Meanie - What a waist of ring space. From calling Goldust mommy, to being in the JOB squad. We could've done without this fat ass piece of shit.

I disagree. He was the best comedy character ever. His ECW stuff was decidedly better than his WWE stuff, though. Especially as "Da Blue Guy". So, Scratch the Meanie.

4. The Booty Man - Leslie's gimmick in WCW blew it's load all over the wall of shame. And from there, it didn't get much better for Terry's good buddy.

This gimmick was horrid. Your average male, drunk, undersexed male does NOT want to see some dude shake his ass in their face.

5. "Hole In One" Darsow - As many great gimmicks as Barry Darsow had over the years, Hole in One fucking blew.

I actually buy this as better than the Blacktop Bully. Sorry. it's sucks on its own merits though, so I'll let it slide. Repo Man was better than anything.

6. The Shockmaster - Ottman's deal in WCW made him look worse than he already did as Tugboat.

At least he didn't trip on the way out. :shifty:

7. Zeus - Tiny Lister Jr managed to make Hogan look like a scientific genius in the ring.

Lister was never meant to be a good worker. The fact that Hogan made him semi-watchable AT ALL is a testament to Hogan as a performer. But this shouldn't be about his work ethic. So, scratch Zeus.

8. Saba Simba - An out of work Tony Atlas comes crawling back to Vinnie Mac. After failing to impress anyone with his new found gimmick Saba Simba, Atlas is once again out of work.

It wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't just patently offensive. But it was, so I'll allow it.

9. Khali - The guy is virtually useless. He's been bounced around all three brands of WWE, with no success on any of them.

Scratch Khali as well, as this seems to be more about his work ethic. Is he a shit worker? Beyond a shadow of a doubt. But he is a monster heel. He doesn't need personality.

10. Bastian Booger - Do we really need an explanation?

He eats garbage and stuff he picks out of his nose... Nah!

Now, for shittier gimmicks than the three I scratched (Meanie, Zeus and Khali)

A. Dynamic Dudes: Reason one why Shane Douglas is a bitter prick. He and Johnny Ace (who's greatest career accomplishments include being born the brother of Road Warrior Animal and fucking Mrs. Baba) are "Surfers" who CARRY skateboards to the ring. They DON'T Ride their skateboards, so in my mind, they CAN'T Ride their skateboards.

B. "Heavy Metal" Van Hammer: The best part of this guy was the Flying V he carried to the ring. Again, he CARRIED the guitar, he didn't ever PLAY it. Read my last sentence for the Dynamic Dudes, replace "Ride" with "Play", "their" with "his", and "Skateboards" with "Guitar". Favorite thing about Van Hammer was the story about Regal headbutting him 5 times over the punchbowl over some comments Hammer made about Mexican and European wrestlers. That and Abdullah the Butcher, dressed as a cowboy, hitting him in the head with a shovel during a Falls Count Anywhere Match against Cactus Jack.

C. Zodiac: This gimmick sucked even harder than the Booty Man. Or did it? Yes! No! Yes! No! Yes! yes! Yes! Ed Leslie looking like a Ying Yang and being shittier than usual. This was one of the worst gimmicks to come out of the Dungeon of Doom, and that kind of says something right there, considering we also had Loch Ness, the Yeti, Konnan the Chicano and Shark.

[DarKCentaur]

Hey, I liked Hole in One Darsow. It was so asinine, it worked for me

[ShawnRhodeIsland]

The Portuguese Man of War, Aldo Montoya.

Or, Justin Credible with a bright yellow jock strap on his head.