TIER LIST: Worst Gimmicks Ever

[@ajskorp]

The real worst gimmick is the individual that didn't center-align the last category in the tier list.

[@glitchsister]

Not even that bad

[@bb_nation7963]

Can’t unsee it now. Thanks!

[@TheMuldoonFella]

Thanks, cant unsee it now

[@cbcvvmalkf9486]

That just warrants nuclear heat right there

[@zeospark9715]

Also you were right about the Boogeyman's gimmick. It did started off as pretty serious but Martin Wright (the guy that plays The Boogeyman of course) once stated that the reason why his character turned into a comedy role is because Vince felt like he didn't want him to be too scary since they were transitioning over to PG. Yeah Vince didn't want THE BOOGEYMAN to be too scary... Kind of glad Vince is gone lol

[@Game7Mode]

The be fair the boogeyman was really scary kept me up at night

[@cr5cc]

It's funny how bad boogeyman played Vince to get a job

[@luigilemieux6277]

Iuiiji pop

[@BoogSBG]

He used to scare the fuck outta me

[@TJOmega]

Pirate Butchill is definitely too high, swinging in on the rope, throwing treasure to the audience, wench Regal, it was a lot of fun even if it was silly. Recall this gimmick existed when Pirates of the Caribbean was the biggest movie franchise out there, so it made sense to have it. Then Vince canned the gimmick cause he thought pirates weren't relevant.

[@undertakernumberone1]

Burchill ame up with the idea. Then Vince went "That doesn't make any sense! A Pirate gimmick should be like Jean Pierre Lafitte back in the 90s! What's with your version of a Pirate, Paul?!" Because, apparently, he didn't know potC

[@Tpelf]

I don't think Pirate Paul Burchill was bad at all. Had a fun entrance, the stuff he did with Regal was good, I think he's too high on that list, I'd go Second from the bottom

[@WTFiTzFlow]

He should not be on this list. If it wasn’t for the lawsuits he would be WWE Champion. I adored the gimmick!

[@VorpalBender]

For real. He owned that pirate gimmick and made it work! His other "gimmick" with his "sister" was WAY worse!

[@pawelwilczek3010]

yeah, it makes no sense at all to admit they actually liked it and put it bullpoo category afterwards

[@SNOWQueen87-v1g]

Pirate Paul Burchall was bad

[@GCAbleism158]

Yeah boogeyman and pirate Paul were kinda similar in terms of quality.

[@deebow_fat]

I was 18 when Pirate Paul Burchill debuted. I loved it. It was hilarious. I was really sad when they ended the gimmick. It wasn't a main event gimmick, but as an undercard/midcard gimmick, I think he could have had a decent amount of success if he was able to keep the gimmick.

[@chrisbaker5568]

Intercontinental champ forsure

[@Naruto0s44]

I loved that gimmick that entrance was mad cool

[@benespinosa6725]

Kevin Thorn was a great Gimmick in my opinion just for Shelly Martinez as Ariel that about it IMO

[@cryptocorner2253]

As a kid, I love when managers "travelled the world" to find people who could fight and they'd bring people in from depths of the Amazon or living in the woods etc.

[@lostmonkey]

As far as Vito goes I recall WCW doing a much better version with Perry Saturn being forced to wear a dress/skirt while wrestling after losing a match to Raven. No excuse for WWE to have gotten it so wrong.

[@jeremymagsamen3265]

wwe did it themselves in the late 90s with Pillman against Golddust and did it well

[@mattiasashenflame4684]

I like the Pirate entrance too Fraser...I was however 20 but let's not worry about that.

[@jasonjimerson7046]

No Bastion Booger? No Beaver Cleavage? You guys barely scratched the surface on bad gimmicks.

[@davidlevy706]

Seriously. I didn't expect to see obscurities like the Ding Dongs or Phantasio, but they missed some prominent examples.

[@weirds0up]

Muhammad Hassan started as an interesting idea. But rather than go with a nuanced gimmick they changed him to one of the derka derka Arabs from Team America

[@Nick94956]

With Boogeyman, his matches were never long enough for him to sweat the paint off

[@gameprose4293]

As someone on the autism spectrum, I actually quite enjoyed Eugene. A lot of my other friends on the spectrum felt the same way. It made a lot of us (as in my friends and I) feel like even we could become whatever we wanted regardless of our disabilities. What offended me was all the people without disabilities getting offended for us on the spectrum and then treating us like we were stupid. "Oh, you don't understand why you should be offended, don't worry. We're protecting you." Edit: Some clarification. I am not claiming Eugene wasn't offensive. I am not claiming to talk on behalf of everyone with autism. All I am saying is that I and my friends enjoyed it and inspired us to do things we thought were impossible before seeing Eugene on screen. Adding this edit, and some context, to the post because people seem to believe I am saying something that I am not.

[@Torthrodhel]

And, as someone on the autism spectrum myself, I honestly get pissed off with people like you defending the Eugene gimmick, and pretending like we all universally loved it, when we definitely didn't. I find the suggestion that autistic people have to be okay with our own misrepresentation quite frankly a bit insulting in itself. Like what, we don't matter as much? Why shouldn't I give a damn about some fully neorotypical person taking my job and hamming it up in the process as well? Why shouldn't I be offended by autism being the only thing a character is, and they have no other character at all (even having to borrow moves off other wrestlers)? Where's the autistic badass? It wasn't bloody Eugene that's for sure. I'm a wrestler. My gimmick's a bee gimmick because I adore bees. I'm very visibly autistic but that's not what I'm about, that's not what I'm for, that's not who I am. I don't speak for all of us and neither do you. I was discouraged by Eugene. It looked like a ceiling. It looked like if I went into wrestling, that's all I'd ever get to be, that I'd never be respected, or taken seriously. I'd have to have an Uncle Eric who neoptism'd me into it in kayfabe (because of course a learning difficulty person could never get in on their own merits). I'd have to have a JBL beat me up and an audience think it's funny. People look back on this with such rose tinted nostalgia goggles but it really was just as bad as any of the other deliberately offensive ones. It wasn't empowering at all. If you liked it then cool but don't go around telling everyone it was actually fine, no it wasn't. And don't effing assume that everyone disagreeing with you necessarily has to be some unasked-for conditionless busybody. This is not true at all! I'm not saying you should be offended, that's not a thing you decide, something offends you or it doesn't, it's a reaction not a choice. But do you get why I was offended? Because with all due respect I think you've been a bit dumb about it, stopped thinking at a particular point and then decided to hide behind a disability badge as an excuse to tell everyone else what to think. I've seen it over and over again and I'm sick of it. You would not have made such sweeping assumptions of agreement if you weren't. You would have considered the possibility of your personal opinion being just that - a personal opinion. Mine's one too. It being as disrespectful as it was is plain fact. How I felt about it is personal taste. How others are or aren't allowed to feel about it is the same. Don't be telling me I'm not allowed to be upset, that's nonsense. Don't even be telling someone without autism they aren't allowed to be upset either! That's nonsense too! More understandable nonsense, but nonsense all the same. Eugene was really awful and we can do a million times better, easily. And they knew it! Autistic people have been wrestlers long before Eugene was a thing. They knew what they were doing and chose to do it anyway. And since it was the guy's own idea, I blame the wrestler for it too. No you don't get to do autism-face and call it fine. It's not fine it's trash. They sum it up as neatly as can be summed up. He was there to be laughed at.

[@gameprose4293]

@@Torthrodhel Did I say all of us? I pointed out that myself and my friends enjoyed it. I never said that the entire community enjoyed it. You were looking for something to get angry with and decided to put words in my mouth. Look at the words I used. I never said all of us.

[@gameprose4293]

@@tallgoose85 Same thing I said to Jane. I didn't say all of us liked Eugene. I said myself and a lot of my friends on the spectrum liked Eugene. I was not speaking for the entire community. Also, and I seriously want an answer because this is confusing me, why are people attacking me as if I was speaking for the entire community and said Eugene was a good gimmick? I never said it was a good gimmick. I said myself and a lot of my friends liked it and that it made us feel like we could do anything if we wanted to.

[@Torthrodhel]

@@gameprose4293 I'm gonna simplify and rewrite this because I am emotional. Edited: Your initial post suggested, and completely meant to suggest, that anyone disagreeing with you is some sort of unwanted, interfering, misguided, and fake, person with nothing better to do than patronise disabled people. You STILL were saying that the only reason I could've possibly come to my conclusions, is if I spent all my time on the internet looking for something to be offended by. That's not a neutral "what did I say?" type of statement to make, that's quite insulting, and absolutely untrue. I am saying that is a very bad impression to be spreading around. Please don't.

[@cr5cc]

@@gameprose4293 I understand what you are saying... don't let people bully you into how they felt... all characters have pros and cons

[@WTFiTzFlow]

In an alternate universe Mordecai is the next Undertaker and takes up the mantle of Supernatural Gimmick.

[@theadamtool7217]

I feel like Mantaur should be representative of Effing Bullpoo since he is half-man, half-bull, all shit.

[@Buadih]

How did Akeem avoid being in the problematic group with the other offensive stereotypes?

[@sandoc9]

That’s what I was thinking too! Akeem needs to be in the minus 5 stars tier too because it was also racial offensive

[@badbooking3221]

At the end of the day, it was a stupid and goofy gimmick that didn't really move the meter on anything. However, zooming in on Slick (primarily his lips) eating a bucket of fried chicken at the beginning of Jive Soul Bro is definitely problematic.

[@realjrq]

Holy shit nobody cares!

[@phillsmith9255]

Akeem was actually a Vince Rib on Dusty Rhodes 'the American Dream', the way he spoke and danced was a take on Dusty's style.

[@kingstonellington817]

He should have been in the problematic group.

[@retrorockrxx2752]

Cmon man, Pirate Paul was really good and would've been a solid midcarder if Vince hadn't cut the legs out from under Paul because Vince never saw the Pirates movies and didn't get the character. Kevin Thorne was also good and he could've easily capitalized on Twilight had he come along a bit later. Plus there was Ariel. The Zombie was supposed to be a bad one off joke character and existed because WWE was making fun of the Syfy channel's demand that ECW have more sci-fi elements. He should not be in -5 stars. Plus his "promo" was gold.

[@GraemeCree]

Mohammad Hassan was one of the most poorly conecived gimmiks. The problem was that he was supposed to be an Arab-American facing prejudice just for being Arab. But wrestling doesn't work like that, if you tell the crowd he's a babyface, and he acts like one, they're going to cheer for him. They're not going to refuse to cheer because he's Arab. So, if he can't get heat from the crowd, how about the other wrestlers? Same problem, the Faces can't hate him for being Arab and still be Faces. And if the Heels hate him, so what? Heels hate all Faces anyway. So the only way for Hassan to get heat was to be an actual Heel himself, which destroys the whole concept that he's just an innocent bystander. By the end he was actually working with terrorists, so anybody who didn't like him had good reason not to. It's just impossible to make this gimmick work the way it's supposed to.

[@ghostbusterno5]

I feel like Oklahoma was the worst because it was attacking someone personally. Yes Kung Fu Naki and Eugene were horrible but it was stupid generalizations. Oklahoma was a direct attack of a man. Good list though Gary and Gary. Keep up the good work.

[@tthomaselli2]

As much as I like A.J. Styles, I'm surprised he was even on this list...

[@aaronhurst4379]

That cut to Ross singing Three Count's theme was amazing 😂😂

[@juliejaeger2443]

Pirate Paul Burchill’s entrance on SDvRaw2007 was awesome. I used to play as him just for it lol

[@BroudbrunMusicMerge]

Pirate Paul absolutely doesn't deserve to be on this list; that was goofy in concept, but absolutely brilliant in execution

[@ChrisPayneHBTW]

My first match I ever saw was Vito vs Regal on Smackdown on September 1st 2006, crazy to think I saw that and was like “man I need more of this” Also same show was Miz’s WWE Debut against Tatanka. Smackdown 2006 woof

[@ElenaSarian]

Kevin Thorn had so much potential. He just wasn’t booked properly. After Shelly got released, he seriously went downhill. No fault of his own.

[@chimpmasterflex]

In defense of Kung-fu Naki, he was still quite memorable, and maybe even beloved as a character, somewhat over too. Also his theme was catchy af. I'd bump him up a few tiers. I'd also move AJ and Paul burchil up at least one tier each, and also black reign maybe. More or less everything else with I agree with.

[@monsieurco4977]

The Boogeyman is a freaking LEGEND 😩👍👍👍👍

[@AwkwardAutognome]

My dishonourable mentions would include Skinner, Nailz, The Truth Commission, Aces and Eights, and farting Natalya.

[@logankerr8090]

imo, Boogeyman was the absolute Best! the entrance, the look, he was decent in the ring too. solid gimmick

[@logankerr8090]

same goes for Pirate Paul Burchill

[@SNOWQueen87-v1g]

Boogeyman wasn't that good in the ring

[@joemomma3208]

Every former wcw wrestler who found success in wwe & Vice versa.

[@DraegonX]

That sneeze was powerful, scared the whole house XD

[@logankerr8090]

funny how they built Emmalina for like 4 months, then she appeared only to go back to Emma. only lasted a minute on Raw

[@dennett316]

I...kind of liked Eugene when they first brought him in. It's problematic to have someone pretend to be autistic, at a base level, that's pretty bad (especially when it's been revealed recently to have been based on a real person). That said the original version of Eugene was well performed, relatively subtle as far as these things go, and they had those great segments with William Regal being asked to train Eugene, and it turned out he was a wrestling savant. Regal then started to look out for him and defend him against Bischoff and others from mocking him. I thought that was all good stuff. They got increasingly cartoony with the depiction though and that's when it really crossed the line into distasteful for me. Then again, I say all this as someone not on the spectrum, so my perspective really means little. I just think the gimmick was less exploitative and problematic at the start than it ended up being.

[@mangoman2148]

I started watching around 2005 so I missed seeing Attitude Era stars like Rock and Austin but would play them as legends on Smackdown vs Raw PS2. Eugene was the only guy I actually got to see hitting Rock Bottoms, Stunners etc on TV so I loved him just for that.

[@undertakernumberone1]

I'm an autist and, tbh. Eugene never really bothered me all that much. The original version was far superior to the later one where they just turned him into "Look! Childish guy funny!"

[@PompeyGamesRoom]

Loving the list guys, very good as always 🙂

[@philvong8273]

I am suprised Kerwin White did not make the list. Great content as always!

[@nu-metalfan2654]

Worst gimmicks/wrestlers in WWE history Gobbledy Gooker Pirate Paul Burchill Eugene Santino Gillberg Max Moon The Goon Dumpster Droese Beaver Cleavage 3MB Jinder Mahal Great Khali Deuce and Domino The Dicks The Hearthrobs Hornswoggle El Torito Los Matadores Fandango Brooklyn Brawler The Killer Bees Braun Strowman Elias and Ezekiel Saba Simba Adrian Adonis Hillbilly Jim Boogeyman Corporal Kirchner Kamala Koko B Ware Red Rooster Akeem Tugboat and Typhoon Earthquake Matt Striker Dean Douglas The Beverley’s Repo Man Skinner Papa Shango The Mountie Bezerker Doink The Clown Damien Demento Bastion Booger Adam Bomb Ludvig Borga Mr Hughes Men On A Mission/Mo and Mable Giant Gonzales Well Dunn Kwang The Godwinns Mantaur Kama Savio Vega Aldo Montoya Isaac Yankem DDS Lief Cassidy Flash Funk Erik Watts Tekno team 2000 The new Blackjacks Rockabilly Make a difference Fatu Los Boricuas Fake Diesel Fake Razor Brakus Tiger Ali Singh Truth Commission Kurgan Val Venus The Godfather The Oddities Mideon and naked Mideon Viscera and Big Daddy V Droz Mean Street Posse Meat Blue Meanie Bull Buchanan Just Joe Rico Johnny Stamboli Chris Nowinski Orlando Jordon Jackie Gayda Nathan Jones Rodney Mack Sylvian Grenier Luther Reigns Simon Dean Matt Morgan with a stutter Ernest Miller Jesus (he was Carlito’s thug) Vito in a dress Chavo as Kerwin White (though that was hilarious) The Highlanders Jillian Hall Jessie and Festus Vladimir Koslov Jimmy Wang Yang The Zombie Big Dick Johnson Roadkill Kelly Kelly Brooke (though she got much better in TNA) Manu Bam Neely Ezekiel Jackson Kizarny DJ Gabriel The Bella Twins Braden Walker (just the awful name though) Eve Torres Mayrse Layla Alicia Fox Rosa Mendes Eric Escobar Slam Master J Savannah Scotty Goldman (just the awful name) Tiffany Micheal Tarver Husky Harris (just the name) Skip Sheffield (just the name) Micheal McGillicutty (just the name) Darren Young Titus O’Neal Tamina Percy Watson Mason Ryan Aksana Maxine Brodus Clay Eli Cottenwood David OTunga Lucky Cannon Tensai (just the gimmick) Camacho Cameron Adam Rose Bo Dallas Summer Rae Mojo Rawley James Ellsworth Baron Corbin (and his other names) Bull Dempsey Dana Brooke Emmalina (just the gimmick) Carmella Nia Jax IIconica Riddick/Madcap Moss No Way Jose Lana Sarah Logan Retribution Shorty G (just the name and gimmick) Ridge Holland Butch (just the name)

[@theartisticvampire2598]

This gave me a idea for a video (putting it out there cause not sure how to approach it) taking gimmicks like mantaur and making them work (hoof boots sounds kinda cool but get rid of the bull head)

[@markant9534]

Akeem was okay as part of the twin towers because Bossan was so great and both of them were huge, hence the name the twin towers after they split his fued with Bossman didn`t go well.

[@KaosDarksol]

I still remember the interaction between Gene Snitsky and Heidenreich during Survivor Series 2005. I like your poetry. I like what you do to babies.

[@MrBeardsley]

Emmalina barely qualifies as any kind of gimmick since it was basically just a bunch of vignettes. As the story goes, after Emma went out with a legit back injury WWE decided to repackage her as a sort of throwback to Attitude Era characters like Sable and the Cat where her whole schtick would be “look at how attractive I am, I don’t like wearing clothes.” So when she was ready to come back they started running the vignettes, but since they had no actual plans for her beyond the repackaging it became a sort of inside joke to keep running them every week (not unlike what happened with Veer Mahan). Then by the time they had a spot for her on TV, they lost confidence that Emma could pull off the “sexpot” schtick and just re-debuted her previous gimmick.

[@leonardopereira1704]

What do you mean "The Yetay is Jack's favorite gimmick"?! We all know his favorite gimmick is the MISFITS! IN! ACTION! (dew-new-new...)

[@joeywrestling9536]

Love tier lists!!!!

[@mansooraliks7453]

When talking about the worst gimmicks of dustin rhodes, you could have included “seven” as well

[@oscardaslouch]

No Kerwin White? No “Moppy”-era Perry Saturn? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ameenaceesay1376]

Please can you do this same tier list concept but with what are considered the worst wrestling theme songs? *I mainly just want to see the placement of the X Factor theme and Rob Conway’s theme

[@LunarShift]

Controversial opinion: I quite like the Eugene character (and his relationship with Regal was pretty fun). I understand the problems with the character, but I don't think it deserves to be among the worst.

[@stevegallo8483]

Akeem the African Dream was Vince McMahon taking another shot at Dusty Rhodes who was billed as the American Dream. In My opinion, Emmalina shouldn't have been ranked at all. Emmalina had multiple vignettes building up the transition of Emma into Emmalina, but when Emmalina debuted she said on that very show that she was going back to Emma. By the way, if you think Dustin Rhodes' Black Reign gimmick was bad, you don't remember his gimmick Seven which he really hated and was worse.

[@zeospark9715]

Yep the Pirate Paul Birchell was around 2006. Fun fact the reason why he was giving that gimmick because Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was released around that time and it was SUPER popular at the time and Vince thought he could cash in on it's popularity by having Paul dress as a pirate referencing Jack Sparrow. Needless to say, it didn't last long and Paul went to having a biker gimmick instead

[@Torthrodhel]

Vince never actually watched any of the films though and his idea of a pirate gimmick was more akin to the stereotypical old Cornish "arrrgh" parrot-on-the-shoulder type. I heard that's why he cancelled Burchill's pirate gimmick, because he was expecting it to be like that (and assuming the Pirates films to have been like that too), and didn't know what to think about the Sparrow impression because he had no idea what it was referencing.

[@Jackaljkljkl]

Vince McMahon didn't even know who Johnny Depp was. True story. Apparently, he wanted a serious pirate, and had no frame of reference for the goofy Jack Sparrow Burchall was doing.

[@Torthrodhel]

@@Jackaljkljkl the mind boggles to what "serious pirate" could've meant in Vince's mind. I guess something more akin to Davy Jones from the films, maybe? Just without the monstrous elements. Either way if he wanted to capitalize on a trend he should've at least understood the trend! lol I can see a serious pirate character potentially having been really good. Maybe if he'd been clearer about what he wanted, it might've been kinda awesome.

[@zebgazda8320]

3 Count was insanely talented I think, some of my favorite matches ever

[@geraldbernecker5329]

Akeem was hilarious. Thats dancing? I actually laughed my ass off. I feel sorry for the man. Gang was great

[@Dinosaurs_and_Pirates]

Mantaur seems like it could never work but Black Taurus is legitimately enjoyable to watch. The secret is to wear the cow hat.

[@undertakernumberone1]

06:26 uhm... from what i've heard, the Gimmick was BURCHILL's idea, and Vince didn't get it at all because he hadn't heard of PotC and thought that Pirate gimmicks should be like Jean Pierre Lafitte. About Eugene: It is kinda important, imho, to differenciate between his original version, where the gimmick was rather tasteless, but Eugene still was a wrestling savant, and the later version where they just went "Eugene funny childish!"

[@TheHarv68]

Pirate Paul Burchill was underrated af and would work now

[@liampartridge8529]

There's been loads not even featured I'd say.. The Goon, Naked Mideon, Man Mountain Rock, Waylon Mercy, that carnival dude a few years ago can't remember his name, Giant Gonzalez, Aldo Montoya, Avatar, X Factor faction, Techno Team 3000, Dr Death, Dan Severn, Tugboat, OZ in Kevin Nash first wcw run, Adam Bomb, Crush in nation of domination and Owen Hart, kwang, The Sultan, the demon wcw kiss ripoff, corporate ministry, kozlov, heel Michael Cole, loads of others too I'm sure

[@cooperodom7747]

Is kizarny the carnival guy you’re thinking of?

[@jtizzle124]

Waylon Mercy was a good gimmick done poorly. Bray Wyatt’s original character was pretty much the same gimmick done better.

[@Tasiturne]

This weekend is ending well with this tier list :)

[@markb35]

The worst ones on here were definitely The Zombie and The Yeti. I actually liked the Boogeyman during his active run, even though they definitely should've gone down a more horror character type of way, that would've worked so much better. Styles hanging with Flair may have been TNA not nearly utilizing his potential, but I wouldn't put it in a worst gimmicks of all time list. I would put Cameron Grimes there though. And while I agree that the Eugene thing is very sensitive, I disagree that we didn't laugh with him, he was well liked and over with the fans. Best gimmick of all time is easily gonna go to The Undertaker.

[@slappyslapster776]

Finally! Gary Youtubz and The Youths of Fraser

[@TheNecronaut]

I think sting used water based makeup while they used longer lasting alcohol based makeup for The Boogeyman

[@dgthe3]

Very surprised that Kizarny the Carny wasn't even in the running.

[@TheDukeofMadness]

I do love these deep dives.

[@SenorKristobbalVLog]

Paul Burchill as a pirate was great and it was over, only stopped when Vince heard it was similar to Jack Sparrow, but wow most gimmicks are ripoffs. It was great, fight me.

[@dhall888]

Dang, 9 in 07! You missed out on the good 90s wrastlin’! I was born 89 and I feel I missed a lot of good stuff and caught up with it by the time I started watching in 96! Nwo/ dx 4 life! Suck it!

[@broodbynature]

This is the perfect list for "The Arrogance of Youth"

[@Jhoncena22]

I can honestly say nobody was laughing AT Eugene. That is absolutely re writing history about his character. I’m wondering if the people who are critical of that character actually watched how the character was portrayed ?

[@pigeonf.6298]

The zombie was there to be ridicolous and get beaten up by Sandman for a pop, and then we never saw the gimmick again. To me it's silly to remember it as such a bad stain when it was clearly made on purpose to be bad and to disappear after 1 night. I know it kinda went down in history as the worst thing to ever happen to ecw but just because someone in the past interpreted it wrongly we dont need to all be conditioned by that wrong opinion. Later on in the video, Ross got to Gillberg and quickly dismissed him saying "he was a jobber and filled his role", wich I agree with! But the same applies to the zombie. Of course it was bad. It was bad so that Sandman would come out and beat him up

[@CaliRed1865]

You're forgetting that Kung Fu Nakis theme fuckin slaps.

[@westdino5]

Worst gimmick ever is Roman Reigns face run

[@bangerzz8450]

What about The Retribution?

[@farhanfmx]

Emmalina had some legs imo. I like the idea of a glamorous DIVA who is good at wrestling. But back then I believe it would boil down to cocky diva who runs away from fights

[@RobCrowley85]

Kevin Thorne is what happens when you take all the cool factor from Gangrel and don't give him anything in return.

[@boundsy88]

Perry Saturn moppy gimmick missing from this list.

[@flippineck2825]

Cant believe Voice of a generation, songstress of our times Jillian Hall wasn't on this list

[@corychampagnecrush8742]

Paul burchill was dope as the pirate that entrance was fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Mordecai was really dope too they ended that too early

[@toddzombie8777]

Surprised you didn't mention that The B Team beat The Revival at Wrestlemania for the Raw tag titles.

[@jasonjimerson7046]

That was a sneeze? I thought that was a torpedo launch!

[@lcwuniverse]

It's all relative right? Some things were just plain fun at the time even if they were dumb. John Cena and in his thuganomic period is still stupid to me but I'm not sure most people would agree with that.

[@Slagomancer]

I think Black Reign coulda been something, but Dustin definitely was not in good shape at the time and that probably dragged it down.

[@mattmaverick3602]

Admittedly I love gothic characters, so I was a big fan of Kevin Thorn.

[@joemartin5669]

One gimmick I'm surprised isn't mentioned is the Black scorpion.overhyped,lame ass magic tricks ,a gruff voice over and a conclusion which left people unsatisfied.also not mentioned is Dustin Rhodes as se7en.a gimmick so bad Dustin ended it on his debut as it.

[@thehawk515]

I loved Eugene as a child. I did not laugh at him.

[@iandude1]

Even though the AJ Styles entry was about his time in Fortune, your mention of him being a womanizer made me think of the other god awful angle he was involved in, the Claire Lynch angle with Kaz and Daniels.

[@ivenstorm]

....Pirate Paul Burchill was great. The issue wasn't him, the issue was the guy from the "network", and everything they used with him.

[@lostmonkey]

Iirc he was barely on tv and Vince didn't even get the gimmick because he hadn't seen Pirates of the Caribbean. So he could have done really well but wasn't given anything to work with

[@glenndallas7171]

Very surprised Kerwin White wasn't an option!

[@alcheman12]

Pirate Paul Burchill shouldn't be in a worst gimmick list 🤣🤣

[@Hero-hs4gt]

Eugene was God Tier. The HHH program was good. You felt for him. He was over like rover.

[@tonythomas2391]

I enjoyed the Boogeyman gimmick, shouldn't be on the list in my opinion. While others were grossed out when he bit the mole off of Jillian's face, I thought it was hilarious. And Roddy Piper's reaction was priceless.

[@corbjones2738]

It's even more fucked that Steph based WWE's Vito off the Sopranos character when you get through that storyline in the show.

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 🙏

[@dbone3356]

I agree that the Gooker was shyte. It was so bad, it had an annual award named after him. However, I would argue that he doesn't belong on this *gimmick* list as, eventhough it was a wrestler in the costume, and it was on a wrestling show, it wasn't actually a wrestling gimmick. In so much as, he was ever going to wrestle in that thing, or, take it off and wrestle under that name.

[@mralpmo]

When I was a kid I loved eugene but looking back at it it’s so ableist I wouldn’t be surprised if it got erased from history by wwe 😬

[@noddyjoe]

Andy Gray the voice of my youth thank you Ross

[@isaoblack987]

Main Event: ECW Zombie vs. The Yeti

[@chrisklark4879]

Akeem the White African dream is really really bad and didn't age well 😂

[@markant9534]

Shockmaster would have been crap anyway because Tugboat was so slow in the ring.

[@donnierichards1908]

Paul Burchill was the first Rated R Superstar

[@joemartin5669]

Pirate Paul burchil was a bad gimmick but his action figure is one of my favorites

[@Torthrodhel]

I don't even see what's so bad about that one honestly. Just seems like fun to me.

[@L_HD]

@@Torthrodhel "Real" wrestling fans hates fun gimmicks

[@Torthrodhel]

@@L_HD lmao that would probably have me adding one to this list. One I hate, maybe not the worst, but it is pretty bad, and stupidly overused. I call it "boring guy in trunks number whatever". Some wrestlers can make it work... the vast majority can't. The vast majority just look like some rando with a dumb name. Personally speaking, gimme two occupation gimmicks having an 80s style backstage argument anyday, over the next dull modern toughguy telling us what he deserves for no reason. I'm always like, yeah but why, and additionally who cares. Meanwhile if someone turns up in like overalls carrying a paint bucket, I'll immediately go oh here we go, this is a bit more like it. Won't necessarily mean it works but it's something, y'know? Something instead of nothing.

[@Crasky1992]

Hershey's chocolate should be in the minus 5 stars by itself.

[@dbone3356]

Wait... The man (or woman) that put this together, actually had Cameron Grimes? Grimes was great when he was feuding with LA Knight for the Million Dollar belt/the affection of Ted DiBiase. Personally I liked him before, and for a few months after that as well. Yes, even during his feud with Duke Hudson. There was a period where he was one of the move over guys they had. Yes, it's a bit of a comedy gimmick. He wouldn't have been in the main event of a Takeover for the NXT title, but he should have won the North American title. At the very least, given him more than 56 seconds with the Million Dollar title.

[@C0L0SSUS]

Kung Fu Naki would be minus six stars in the Tokyo Dome...

[@trentwilliams4637]

Can you put a link to the tier list so we can fill it out on our own?