10 WACKIEST WCW Gimmicks Ever

[@davehelix]

The Alternate Warrior

[@mistformsquirrel]

... swiping that name for possible wrestling game custom character use...

[@nno6646]

@@mistformsquirrel take The Intimate Warrior as well

[@claydecoursey2339]

I just screamed that in Finks voice.

[@nate1066pollock]

@@claydecoursey2339 lol! The Alllllllllternate Warrior!

[@snowballs4]

IM WHEEZING

[@weloveslotmachinememes]

What WCW did to Mike Awesome was disgraceful.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

He should have stayed in ECW

[@MarcoRizzolo]

They were bouncing his checks. He has a family. @@chrisuncleahmad

[@matthewlane518]

It's not the yeti, it's THE YET-TAY!

[@d-repaslp.]

Right

[@joemixon834]

Why didn't you make Se7en number 7 on your list? It was right there and you didn't take that low hanging fruit.

[@andrewsd.r.7180]

Too easy I imagine

[@johnbush5347]

Probably cuz 7 lasted through one second of actually being in the ring

[@GizmoMcs]

A Giant Ninja ? ahah no one would repeat that one!.. oh wait...

[@bloodguts6786]

You talking about that shitty looking "ninja" they just debuted on WWE? 😂

[@exorphitus]

He was not just a Giant Ninja, but a Super Giant Ninja!

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

WCW: Our wrestlers are named by 6 year olds.

[@cra0422]

Sometimes it's hard to tell who did more damage to professional wrestling: Jim Herd in the early 1990s or Vince Russo in late 1990s-early 2000s.

[@woobgamer5210]

or Vince McMahon 2015-2022

[@russblack443]

Russo for sure. At least herd had Ole telling him he was an idiot and eventually they fired him

[@buddyrevelle736]

Russo. He killed Owen.

[@stevegallo8483]

It has to be Russo. After he killed WCW, Russo went to TNA and used some of the same idiotic ideas there.

[@420TwistedUp]

Idiotic segments gets the most views people love stupid things because people themselves are stupid

[@alexh8613]

The Kiss Demon character was just baffling. Kiss was a 70's and 80's band. By 1999, very few people gave a shit about them.

[@cjvaye99]

WCW wasn't alone didnt WWF do an angle with Motley Crue? at least there it was just a one off appearance and a way to debut Test they didnt make a wrestler based on Motley Crue and sign him to a contract that he had to main event a PPV.

[@youngpop8696]

In 96 and 97 they had the highest grossing tour of the year and had a pretty popular album in 98

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@@youngpop8696 I think I have that CD

[@sonybluraydisk]

Jim Cornette claims to have spat in Ed Ferraras eye for the JR impersonation, and rightfully so

[@korywilliamsO.G.1]

NOT a claim, IT'S a FACT!!!!! I was there, it happened in Nashville, TN at the Fairgrounds before they re-named it the TNA Asylum. The spit was actually the exclamation point after a FABULOUS Jim Cornette tirade.

[@evanabbott2737]

@@korywilliamsO.G.1 wow, you’re lucky to have witnessed that..!😁👍

[@michaelvaughn8864]

@LastDropFalls I don't doubt it. Jim Cornette talks a bunch of nonsense only to stay remotely relevant. Who gives a fuck about a washed up has been like him anyway??

[@thebrownbaldy]

GOOD, that was an insult to JR but guess who got still got a job as a commentator and still relevant in WWE and AEW?

[@611_hornet5]

Fun fact: The Oklahoma character was originally created in WWF by Ferrara with JR's blessing.

[@BrianTKessler]

0:01 Me: "WCW's Wackiest gimmicks? This will be fun!" 1:40 "Renegade. He committed suicide, that's kind of sad." 4:37 "Mike Awesome killed himself too. Damn, this list is getting depressing. Hope the next one didn't kill himself." 6:37 "Brad Armstrong? He died suddenly at the age of 50. At least he didn't kill himself though." 8:47 "Oklahoma! Finally, a gimmick done by someone who didn't die tragically before his time! I can finally enjoy this video..." 9:17 "And of course he was paired with Steve Williams, who died of cancer at 49. This list is just too depressing. I'm out!"

[@lucretiamacevil362]

The only wrestling show I ever went to, my dad took me to see a WCW house show when I was still pretty young. The only thing I remember was him pointing at Arachnaman and shouting "Look, look, Spider-Man!", trying to get me excited. I started crying because it obviously wasn't Spider-Man (he was red and blue!), then sat with my back to the show and fell asleep through the whole thing.

[@Maggot39967]

Dear god you almost made me tear up a bit lol. I just kinda feel bad for your dad in that moment, although I know it's dumb he tried and failed to maybe entertain you with the show and when that wasn't working he tried some stuff on the fly lol. I also know that I'm being silly and that it's also not that big of a deal lol.

[@DatrayKingofDudes]

Only lived up to the Awesome part of his name?! Mike Awesome was ten times the Mike you'll ever be!

[@nastyc85]

Why did he kill himself?

[@TheBillliantOne]

Jokes on you, my name isn't Mike. :P

[@DatrayKingofDudes]

@@TheBillliantOne Joke's on YOU, as he's now eleven times the Mike you are!

[@venousbirch2186]

Becuase he went yo jail and his wife divorced him and took the kids and he lost his family

[@dil09ful]

And she was taking everything from him

[@dpenlow]

"We could all use a bit of levity..." 2 minutes later: "The man who portrayed Renegade took his own life." Thanks, I feel much better now.

[@JohanReid]

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[@JohanReid]

Ll))l)l)))ll))l))))))ll)))l)llll)l

[@jmw06003]

Haha yep. HoW WaCkY?!?!

[@Nepthu]

Obviously the guy loved wrestling and wanted to wrestle. Creative gave him a bad gimmick. He took his own life when his dream fell apart. Many men fall into a deep depression when their livelihoods are stolen. RIP Renegade.

[@davidbermudez7704]

Poor guy WCW ruined him

[@keiotic8077]

That 70s Guy? They already had Disco Inferno!

[@dafedge2007]

now I want to hear that promo - "Roman Reigns you're not the big dog, there's only one big dog and that's Clifford the big red dog!

[@buckwrestling]

The funniest part of the KISS Demon is that part of the contract apparently stated his match was to be the "main event" on shows, so there are PPVs where he is wrestling on the undercard, but the ring announcer calls it a "special main event" or "bonus main event."

[@brettmajors69karaoke]

Sid never broke character- don’t overlook that.

[@ct7-christian612]

He is the character

[@g0ud77]

I thought Sid did break though?

[@brettmajors69karaoke]

@@ct7-christian612 Agree, good point.

[@brettmajors69karaoke]

@@g0ud77 Kind of in the shockmaster debacle though Sid got right back into it.

[@dreday5880]

"Told ya"

[@berimbolo2947]

Damn, I remember watching Kiss perform on Nitro. Wrestling in the 1990s was likely the best era EVER. Monday night wars were so holy.

[@GodofWarChuka]

The Renegade was the most iconic wrestler off all time. I don’t know why they made him a jobber?? He probably became depressed?

[@jpass7784]

And also unfortunately rick renegade wilson committed suicide.

[@evanabbott2737]

@@jpass7784 damn....R.I.P.🙏

[@jpass7784]

@@evanabbott2737 its a sad story. Check it out. So sad, that after he was a full shining star, he was demoted to jobber even, he was also humiliated by wcw commentators.

[@michaelvaughn8864]

@@jpass7784 It's a damned shame about the late Rick Wilson. He went from being over as WCW TV Champ to chump in getting jobbed out. He was built up wayyyy too quick with a title instead of slowly creating his character to move him up the ladder to eventual main event status. He peaked too soon and had nowhere to go, so he plateaued. It depressed him to the finale of suicide😕 It's tragic. Renegade dead at 34

[@familiathelabel7482]

How exactly was the Renegade the most iconic wrestler of all time ?

[@jb888888888]

Whadya mean Seven "never got off the ground?" He literally flew into the ring in his first (and only) appearance!

[@Whogrl16]

*in monsoon voice * will you stop

[@thebombspayloadisexposed]

DAMN IT! We never got to see Sin Cara vs. The Shockmaster in a "Whose Debut Was Worse" Deathmatch.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Shock Master as Sin Cara injured himself by botching again

[@RuanAntunes7]

The Shockmaster's debut was far worse than Sin Cara's

[@GavinWoods]

I heard they did but they botched the finish.

[@johnlabrott2835]

I feel called out by the Ready to Rumble dvd & Surge line in the intro.

[@dpenlow]

I'm literally drinking Surge as I watch this. (Burger King brought it back)

[@ZeroZ0]

I need a Surge...

[@markcullen2015]

ferrara and russo were sent by wwe to sabotage wcw and boy did it work

[@glennwelsh9784]

You gotta admit, Dustin Runnels doesn't get anywhere near as much credit and respect as he should.

[@aaronhurst4379]

Lol, now I'm imagining an alternate universe where The Kiss Demon was involved in the Invasion, before going on to be an active WWE roster member during the Ruthless Aggression era

[@rogregg29445]

I mean the make up is in the video games 😂

[@aaronhurst4379]

@@rogregg29445 Ahh, why didn't I imagine this before?? Damn it!

[@Nossairito]

Poor guy would have been repackaged as the 'Tokyo Hotel demon' in the Ruthless Aggression era

[@TheBillliantOne]

That, I wouldn't mind.

[@rogregg29445]

Aaron Hurst idk lol

[@sirroxalot]

Dustin Rhodes was a great technical wrestler, especially for his size. No idea why they felt the need to give him stupid gimmicks.

[@dollarcostbackpacker1226]

Stardust was ridiculous.

[@Dim4323]

Did you hear Hogan promo "THIS IS NOT THE ULTAMITE WARRIOR RIC FLAIR, THIS IS THE ULTIMATE SWERVE"

[@dylanogg347]

Man, Hogan foreshadowed Russo right there.

[@trailerparkchief]

How did you manage to type "ultimate" twice and spell it wrong the first time???

[@DanTheEnigma]

"Russo's best, and likely only, friend..." Watching this during breakfast was a mistake... That nearly got me to spit my OJ out.

[@TheBillliantOne]

He's also got newLEGACYinc as friends.

[@DanTheEnigma]

You should probably @ Pacitti that instead of someone quoting the video.

[@jawn215]

Hilarious.🙄

[@harrylewis4430]

Probably a good thing they say OJ,s a killa 😊

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Don't forget Disco.

[@JKimma8080]

You guys forgot brad armstrong's fourth gimmick the freebirds masked partner when they held the wcw 6man tag titles around '91 "Badstreet".

[@MrBranh0913]

I have to be honest. Seven had an amazing intro and great theme music. Certainly would have been interesting to keep him around to say the least.

[@Stealthdud]

"Amazing 16 minute Video, #1 was awesome!" - This comments section 30 seconds after the video is uploaded.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

Maybe they skipped to number 1? :)

[@jb888888888]

Obviously they didn't watch the vid, #8 was Awesome.

[@sstrykert]

KZbin pushing certain channels

[@dumbname939]

I feel like the Renegade gimmick could have worked if it was given to someone who beat Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania 6

[@natemccollum3731]

It’s crazy that Ole Anderson was the voice of the antagonist of those inspector gadget cartoons from my childhood

[@LuckyDT]

I went to a WCW wrestler signing when I was maybe 10 years old and here was the lineup: Van Hammer, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Teddy Long.... and the crown jewel; Renegade. The guy seemed legitimately very shy compared to the others, even to a kid.

[@ryanleikness3414]

I'm surprised Glacier wasn't in this. Then again I actually like Glacier and didn't think he sucked

[@bryancarlton4747]

He taught at my high school in GA. I had him for History one year and Health another

[@Stephen7764.]

These are still 100 times more entertaining than the generic meanmuggers with equally generic names like ''David Davidson'' or ''Jack Jackson'' with zero mic skills that we have today...

[@speakingmoistly9912]

Seven was a cool gimmick with the Dark City entrance. People misconstrue the vignettes too. Dustin could’ve pulled off the Kiss Demon too.

[@str8edgedenigmamp96]

When ric flairs hair got cut in the Spartacus clip, it looked exactly like Dustin Rhodes lol

[@dav129id]

For me, it has to be mentioned that guy who was added to The Dungeon of Doom and his nickname was The Final Solution, which was rapidly changed into The Ultimate Solution when WCW found out which other thing was also named The Final Solution in the past. Apparently nobody in WCW knew it XD

[@stevegallo8483]

It also should be mentioned that the Dungeon of Doom had a member named the "Loch Ness Monster" who in reality was English wrestler Giant Haystacks. He was only in WCW a short time before leaving to deal with health issues.

[@coopdeville7150]

"The Tidal Wave of Garbage." I must work this into an everyday conversation. 😂

[@alexandersilady4751]

Renegade? More like the Alternate Warrior.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Ultimate Warrior ordered from Wish.

[@neilefc877]

Seven was a great idea. I would have loved to see where they would have gone with it had „standards and practices“ not shot it down.

[@Filmation77]

You forgot about Lazer-Tron and The New Breed(Sean Royal & Chris "Yoshi Kwan" Champion), Captain Mike Rotunda,Trucker Norm and Evad "The Original Eugene" Sullivan

[@caesar7395]

I was actually drinking a surge when I clicked on this, lol

[@scaryterry1637]

12:04 made me spit out my drink laughing

[@larrycopes506]

that was the day Hulk Hogan was Dp'd into submission.🤣

[@Paulthompson9942]

I've always liked Vinnie Vegas he made me laugh and had at least some charisma that was lacking in WCW at the time no wonder Shawn liked the look of him to

[@TheCheat420]

Seven rode a wire thing to the ring so technically the gimmick did get off the ground.

[@andrewblanchard2398]

😂

[@tanwin137]

I had no idea wcw existed before 2017 😂. I’m 13. Basically what I’m saying is that I’m rlly getting to know abt all the craziness!

[@AaronDeonte]

Oh. You’re in for quite a ride 🤣

[@brandonjacobs8149]

You're in for a wild ride.

[@benjaminhagan4674]

Enjoy!!!

[@rexsexson5349]

Strap in and hold onto your brain cells. It was awful, yet entertaining, yet boring, but kinda exciting....sorta, maybe. I mean it was a southern show with ex wwf 80s (northern wrestlers) wrestlers in the mid 90s with bad wcw wrestlers. Sprinkle in a recently made and got ever hall and nash from wwf and boring hogan and you have a blender full of garbage.

[@DevDreCW]

Maximum cringe awaits. I grew up watching my dad take this goofy stuff VERY seriously lol

[@breezy9297]

It's sad that I'm only halfway through this list and 4 of the wrestlers mentioned are dead. 😔

[@Nyfancam01]

Mike Awesome deserved so much more. Goddamnit!!!!

[@barfharper4407]

For Brad Armstrong, you could've added Badstreet, the short lived masked addition to the post Roberts and Gordy Fabulous Freebirds.

[@KingKhanate1997]

Aren’t the Freebirds billed from “Bad Street, Atlanta Georgia?” That’s like if Raven found a new flock member and named him “Philly.”

[@slavenpetanic]

And also BA from filthy animals in 1999.

[@insertname1014]

The fact Seven is four is all wrong.

[@bigitaly4554]

Criminal misuse of talent award goes to - the booking of Mike Awesome. He was a phenomenal talent, amazing physical specimen, and great in the ring. Also a groovy guy, such a shame he committed suicide.

[@willcampbell8997]

Here is an honorable mention, The Dog. Portrayed by the guy who was aligned with Kevin Nash during the Master Blaster days. His gimmick was that he acted like a rabbid dog and was led to the ring on a leash by his teammate/handler Brian Knobbs, sometimes with Findlay as well. This had to be some kind of Russo nonsense as this gimmick existed sometime in late 1999/2000. A very weird gimmick to say the least.

[@jtp2007]

Mike Awesome - leave it to WWE to screw that up. He was so good and could have been huge for them.

[@philsginger351]

“He really lived up to his name... Mike”

[@m.jarvis4638]

I don't care who you are, where you've been, and what you're about, but Surge was F'n AWESOME!

[@charlesgrybosky1916]

I"d forgotten all about Master P and the "No Talent Soldiers." (my name not theirs) Me and my friends were rabid WCW fans back in the day and we were wondering what the hell they were doing there. Note to bookers... If you hire celebrities and pay them a ton of money make sure you have an angle to use them with that is intriguing. Or at least makes some kind of sense...

[@jonvia]

Is it just me or is JR the living Oklahoma version of Hank Hill? "Bobby dont go over the top ropes...OH MY GOD!!!"

[@oliverl.5834]

Nasty Boys were in WCW since 1993. About a year before Hogan came. Also, they were BACK in WCW in 1993 after their first stint there back in 1990. When they had that feud with the Steiner Brothers. The only reason they entered the WWF back in the day. was because WCW failed to sign them to a long term deal. Them returning to WCW had nothing to do with Hogan, no matter how often you show their picture or mention them whenever Hogan's nepotism comes up.

[@roaddjack2404]

hold it!!! when the heck did carmen electra EVERRR appear on wcw??? musta missed that particular episode cause i don't remember her being in wcw?????

[@kevinbrown-ge6sz]

I remember a t-shirt from back then that claimed the NWO stood for Nash Was Oz.

[@larrystarstruck]

I feel the history of Oklahoma has been done wrong on KZbin and other sites. Yes, we can talk about all of it. Truth, this gimmick did start on WWF television and included the Bells Palsy part. Yet, there were no complaints when it was on WWF television.

[@stevegallo8483]

It wouldn't be surprising if Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara were sent to WCW as part of a plan by Vince McMahon to devalue WCW so he could buy it. They certainly did enough damage to do just that.

[@rsingh5887]

how the hell did they manage to ruin mike awesome in such a devastating fashion?

[@sstrykert]

Russo

[@ukwolfman6938]

The Yeti was originally supposed to be played by Giant Gonzalez, but he was suffering from health problems so Ron Reis was saddled with it instead.

[@davidbermudez7704]

HAHAHAHAHA the Shockmaster might be the worst gimmick in professional wrestling history

[@TravJam317]

The saddest thing about the Renegade was that casual WCW fans actually thought it was really Warrior. No seriously!

[@itsjustmeBen]

Honorable mention: The New Breed. They were time travelers from the year 2002, they thought LazerTron was an actual robot and referred to Dusty Rhodes as Mr. President 🤣

[@jb888888888]

You must have meant to post this comment in the 10 BEST WCW Gimmicks Ever video.

[@justinbonds2002]

"Because in wrestling, we fall upwards".😂😂😂

[@1981CrueHead]

The worst part about the Renegade was how he painted a red and yellow R on his face and arms. He could have just had a different face paint design and who knows maybe he wouldn't have looked like such a rip-off.

[@heelturnsface]

Ed Ferrara also wrote for Duckman, but I suspect he didn’t write any of the deep psychological stuff.

[@northumbriabushcraft1208]

Dude, it's not the Yeti, it's the YEH-TAY and the week after it was the YETTI and then the YEH-TAI and then... the Super Giant Ninja (and for people who don't know, he changed costumes before names, so for a few weeks (and at a PPV) he was called the Yeti but he was dressed as a ninja.) Yes this actually happened.

[@creoleDJ]

Renegade actually had the physique and athleticism to be a star without that Renegade garbage...

[@HeezNeez]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, , that hunchback tag team thing is fucking brilliant.

[@frankvonfrauner]

I always saw Sting as the Dollar Store version of the Ultimate Warrior, he was the main reason I ignored WCW as a kid in the early 90s. (I had no idea about their history) Renegade seems redundant.

[@mitchellregalado2917]

Love how they Aranta-man looks more like The Shocker then Spiderman

[@skullfacestudios7421]

I wonder how much Renegade got paid to forfeit his integrity. I'm seriously curious lol

[@HansKuhlmann]

The Shockmaster wins again 😆 Even without falling he would have been ridiculous. And the Bulldog was wrong, he fell on his belly, not his ass.

[@PigeonSmythe]

I always thought ‘The Juicer’ was one of WCWs wackier gimmicks just from reminiscing - I guess it may have been best to leave him out given why he was let go by WCW having just looked him up briefly.

[@guilherme_nasciments]

Russo almost destroyed wrestling (and killed WCW)

[@aaronroyal9449]

B. A. also played Badstreet, so that's 4 whacky gimmicks for Road Dogg's big bro. I always hoped he'd jump to WWF so we could get the New Age Armstrongs.

[@creoleDJ]

I loved the way Seven buried himself! 😂😂

[@MiamiSunrise]

There are a couple of instances you can watch of the Yeti in action after his debut. None of his future on-screen appearances incorporated the mummy look though (knowingly). The Yeti (as shown in a still in this video) showed up at War Games not long after and in the ninja garb and sometime around this he also had a match on WCW Prime as the Yeti but then also had a match on WCW Saturday Night as "Super Giant Ninja". You could tell there was absolutely no idea how to use him during all of this. WCW was a strange place in the mid-90's. If anyone knows of more appearances of the Yeti that I haven't listed (including him as the Super Giant Ninja), please let me know!

[@bryannicholls200]

I think he was in Raven's Flock stable in WCW as Reese.

[@ericdemby4644]

The renegade looks like he usedmustsrd and ketchup instead of paint

[@mentalrobb5062]

Did you really use a picture of Seth Rollins as an example of good wrestling?! He makes me miss WCW so much.

[@scotcarr3390]

I've a sense of humor, & got a giggle out of 90% of the subjects, but, considering how WCW treated him & his later suicide, The Renegade strikes me as more sad than "wacky". That said, Shockmaster's original gimmick was a truly laugh out loud festival of suck. You should've also mentioned that during Ole's promo for him, he completely (unintentional as it was) mercy killed v1 by saying "I'm coming for YOU, Stid!!!"...😁

[@barkboingfloom]

Disappointed Norman The Lunatic wasn't on this list. Maybe only because his WWF character, Bastion Booger was worse.

[@andrewblanchard2398]

THE FIFTH ELEMENT RIPPED OFF BASTION BOOGER'S OUTFIT DESIGN GET THAT IMAGE IN YOUR MIND AND TRY TO SLEEP A BALD 400 MILLA JOVOVICH IN THAT OUTFIT

[@jefflarson3693]

To be fair, it wasn't the Shockmaster's fault what happened. David Crockett decided to have an extra 2x4 added on the wall without letting Shockmaster know about it. Granted, the gimmick was stupid without the fall.

[@thecommentator7017]

In simple terms WCW is like " we had some promise.....but we shoved in the grave"

[@Doc_Valparaiso]

Renegade's makeup courtesy of Heinz ketchup and French's mustard. Seriously, I can picture Hulk Hogan spraying condiments on the dude's face and calling it a day.💦👌

[@ILoveMyBeard001]

7:37 His name wasn't BA Buzzkill, it was just Buzzkill. BA was Armstrong's name in 1999, when he was a member of the short-lived stable No Limit Soldiers.

[@commandercrack2.018]

Well, at least they could reuse renegades ring gear for ryback so it wasn't all bad ...

[@randallw1977]

Oklahoma was trash and so was Ed for doing it. I've heard Jim Cornette talk about what he did to Ed for it.

[@Captain_Pudding]

13:25 I remember Big Show saying in a podcast once that Luger came up to them while they were doing that spot and told them to stop it immediately because they were killing the business.

[@patrickdoran180]

Which speaks volumes, as Luger never really cared much for the business himself.

[@jameswilder7649]

This video literally destroyed the entire WCW. 🤣

[@chairmanofthebored7391]

Wasn't Brad Armstrong also Badstreet, a masked wrestler who would hang out with the Fabulous Freebirds?

[@monarched]

He was Badstreet(originally Fantasia). The original name was changed to avoid legal issues with Disney.

[@JohnHWelch63]

I've never been able to make up my mind whether it was the WCW's Ding Dongs or the WWF's Gobbledy Gooker that wins worst ever gimmick! It's too close to call!

[@bmann14k]

Wow, WCW under Russo was pretty shit. I get why Cornette hates him but damn I figured more wrestlers would hate him too.

[@InfectedChris]

Oz was proof that even Dusty sure had some crap ideas back then. But, it sure makes for great watching now!