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IGN's 25 Worst Wrestling Gimmicks

IGN's 25 Worst Wrestling Gimmicks

Posted: May 14th 2009 By: mikeiles

From dentists to moon men, we scrape the bottom of the barrel.

May 13, 2009 - There used to be a day when, in order to break into the world of wrestling, you had to have a gimmick. You had to come in with a super catchy character that would connect with the fans. I mean, you couldn't just come in with your own name and wear plain black tights, right? Who did you think you were, Randy Orton?

No, you had to be colorful and flashy. You had to make the kids laugh and the women swoon. And not in that order. And certainly not in inverse order.

And you weren't really a wrestler, right? Surely, you had to have another profession. Of course, wrestling was your passion, but you were really?a garbage man. No, a plumber. Wait, I know. You worked for the IRS, or perhaps you were a prison guard. Wrestling is just what you did to blow off steam. For kicks.

There have really been some terrible wrestling gimmicks over the years, but that's not to say that some of them weren't successful. Sure, the really horrendous ones got flushed down the crapper pretty quickly, but some managed to cling to the rim for a few years. Take the likes of The Berserker (a Viking, and presumably a "time traveler" as well?) or Papa Shango (A Voodoo Priest). Both of them were outlandish cartoon characters, but they also stuck around a while and were involved in some major feuds with the likes of The Undertaker and The Ultimate Warrior.

Gimmicks had been around for a long time, but not everyone had one. Gorgeous George, a prima donna-personified wrestler from the '40s and '50s, was one of the first wrestlers to cultivate a villainous character that the fans willingly paid money to see. Throughout the decades that followed, we saw variations on the same theme: hometown hero fends off evil, foreign (German, Russian, Japanese) menace. We saw cowboys and Indians. We saw drill sergeants and devil-worshippers. But it wasn't until the '80s mega-mobilized WWF that we saw the insanity quotient go through the roof.

The WWF began transforming their talent into colorful comic book characters. They took Gimmicks to a whole new level. And, as per usual, second-place WCW tried their best to emulate the WWF and wound up creating some of the absolute worst and nauseatingly abysmal in-ring personas of any other organization in history.

There's just a ton of "ridiculous" to dive into here. You had your evil masked "Asian" terrors (Avatar, Kwang, The Sultan). These guys, who were rarely Asian, provided a brutish "foreign menace" foe for the patriotic hero to vanquish. "Occupational Wrestlers" had their day as well (Duke "The Dumpster" Drose, Repo Man, The Mountie). They were guys that tried to convince you that, along with the demanding schedule of wrestling on the road, they were somehow able to have a significant alternate career working in local government.

Take a journey with us?into the belly of the beast. These are the worst of the worst.

The Hollywood Blondes

First off, we know we're gonna catch hell for this. Yes, we know who these guys are and we were fans of them both. They were, of course, extremely talented, and Steve Austin went on to leave WCW and do many important things in the field of cancer research.

But The Hollywood Blondes? Really? One guy was from Texas and the other was from Ohio. But did these two famously un-Hollywood WCW Tag Champion had shiny vests? Check. Movie slate clackers? Check. This is what the boys down in Atlanta thought Hollywood was like. There was nothing "tongue in cheek" here.

Something just always bugged me about how they would walk to the ring making the "movie camera" charade motions with their hands...since they were from Hollywood you know. Good thing Hollywood still films its movies using vintage Kodak Brownie crank cameras.

Besides, everyone knows who lives in the real Hollywood...the woman walking the lion on a leash from Once Bitten.

#25: PN NEWS

PN News was fat. He was a fatty fat fatso. But he was also?phat?

That's right. Phat with a "PH," mothereffers! This was the early '90s and rap was fun, god dammit! We had Kid n' Play. Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince. Heavy D. Vanilla Ice in Ninja Turtles II. There were Pajama Jammy Jams every night! PN News was WCW's lame attempt to try and do something "urban." You can also lump the WWF's Men on a Mission (Mabel and Mo) in this category of neon-colored, family-friendly old school rap n' wrassle acts.

PN News actually had a somewhat high-profile feud with Paul E. Dangerously's Dangerous Alliance. Before his matches, he'd get on the mic and rap a few lines that usually went a little something like "My name is PN News and I'm here to say, I'm going wrestle in a very special way?" Then he says, "Yo Baby, Yo Baby Yo" which was his way of trying to capture the magic of "Go Ninja Go Ninja Go." Also, he looked like a giant alien potato covered in shame.

#24: REPO MAN

Repo Man (Demolition's Barry Darsow) wasn't an utter failure. He's one of those strange gimmicks, that I mentioned previously, that stuck around for a few years. He was a cackling, goofy 1960s-era Batman TV villain-type character that loved nothing more than just straight-up swiping other people's s***. He was part Frank Gorshin, part Hamburglar.

I'm not sure if they were ever really trying to convince us that he held down a steady job as an actual "Repo Man," because all he really did was swipe things. He was pretty much like Swiper from Dora the Explorer. He'd sneak around and hide, and wait for his opportunity to jack someone's jewels. He'd really just get into feuds because he was a thief that liked to take things that didn't belong to him. Macho Man' s hat. Tatanka's feathers. Hulk Hogan's prayers and vitamins.

Why did he have tire tracks on him? Why did he wear an eye mask? Why did he use a leg-grapevine submission as a finisher? Actually, looking back at him ? he might have been a genius.

#23: NAILZ

I don't know who this guy was, but he sure did suck. If you think Randy Orton might "over-do" it a bit with the chinlocks and rest holds, then you haven't seen this mouth-breather. Nailz pretty much had one move: Choking someone while frothing at the mouth.

Nailz was brought in to feud with The Big Boss Man, a former evil brutal prison guard who had changed into a benevolent brutal prison guard. Nailz was one of his "former inmates" who was seeking revenge for past "behind bars" abuse. The entire storyline made you feel kind of oily. Nailz handcuffed Bossman to the ropes and beat him with his own nightstick. Poetic justice or dramatic irony? You tell me.

After the beating, Nailz kept the nightstick for a few months ? as he had now claimed it as his own! Because no one in wrestling can ever just go out and replace what's taken from them. No, the nightstick apparently was made of magic emeralds and enchanted rubies - so The Bossman actually had to win it back.

Nailz sucked hard.

#22: MISFITS IN ACTION (MIA)

Vince Russo once said that he created The Misfits in Action as a way to batch together a group of wrestlers who were too lazy to get over on their own. While we can't comment on the work rate of the members in this group, it was abundantly clear that they were not top tier talent.

Headed up by General Hugh G. Rection (Hugh Morrus), the tie-dyed and camouflaged group consisted of G.I. Bro (Booker T), Major Stash (Van Hammer), Major Guns (Tylene Buck), Lieutenant Loco (Chavo Guerrero Jr.), Sgt. AWOL (The Wall) and Cpl. Cajun (Lash LeRoux). The names of the group members were all, or almost all, play-on-words... with the exception of Van Hammer's character Major Stash - which was originally intended to be Private Stash (get it?!), but Van Hammer didn't think he deserved the lowly Private rank in this fake army, so he became known as Major Stash. While this group never really had a chance to be anything more than a joke, M.I.A. did put on better matches than were expected of them... so they weren't a total waste of time... right?

#21: OKLAHOMA

All is fair in love and war correct? Well, even though there was a Monday night ratings war between Nitro and RAW, it still didn't seem right when the WCW created a character to serve as a personal attack on the WWF's leading announcer Jim Ross.

Played by Ed Ferrara and co-created by Vince Russo, the character of Oklahoma was a not-so-subtle way for both Ferrara and Russo to air their grievances with their former co-worker Good Ol' J.R. While many things were done between these two companies which seemed like exchanging blows in a fight, this would be the only punch that truly felt like it was under the belt. Making fun of J.R.'s announcing style and Bell's Palsy, Ed Ferrara would do irreparable harm to his image within the industry by tastelessly poking fun at one of the most respected men in the business. Out of all the bad gimmicks on this list, Oklahoma serves as the only one that truly offended us.

#20: BOOGEYMAN

IGN's interpretation of The Boogeyman's job interview:

Vince McMahon: So why do you deserve a job with the WWE?

Marty Wright: Well, even though I am older, I am willing to do anything for the company... even, I don't know, let's say... eat worms?

Vince McMahon: Eat worms you say? Well, we once had a guy that could throw up on cue, so why not hire a guy that is willing to put worms in his mouth.

Marty Wright: Seriously? I have a job? Don't I have to know how to wrestle?

Vince McMahon: Nah, don't worry about it, anybody that wants to watch a character that looks like a witchdoctor that eats worms won't care about wrestling.

Marty Wright: Witchdoctor?

We here at IGN find Boogeyman to be everything that is wrong with wrestling. As the most current character on the list, we are probably most bitter about the existence of this character than any other in the Top 25 - although, not quite as much after WWE laid poor Marty Wright off earlier this year. For those that remember the fourth season of the WWE's reality show Tough Enough Marty Wright was the older guy that lied about his age to compete. This story seemed as good as any other to bring the guy in as the Rocky style older underdog just trying to compete with the younger guys... but instead what we got was a character that was insulting to all but the four year olds in the audience. Wherever you are Marty, know that we support you, even though you were given one of the worst characters in the history of the WWF/WWE.

#19: ZEUS

Zeus was none other than actor Tommy "Tiny" Lister from Hulk Hogan's wretched movie No Holds Barred - reprising the role of his character?ZEUS! They took the character out of the movie! They did that!

I know wrestling fans aren't often praised for their prowess of distinguishing fantasy from reality ? but pulling a movie character out of the movie was just a deplorable move. It was almost flaunting the audience's cerebral shortcomings in their faces. Lister played the evil wrestler Zeus in the movie, and now he was out of the movie?as Zeus. It hurts my fingers just to write all this. Plus, he sucked really bad and only knew two moves? "no-selling" a chair shot and the forearm shot to the back.

Here was the topper. Yes, it gets better. Zeus came out (of the cellophane world of cinema) to attack Hogan because Zeus claimed he was the real star of the movie. A movie that Zeus didn't watch all the way through apparently because he got his ass beat at the end.

#18: THE DUNGEON OF DOOM

Hulk Hogan was new to WCW and needed some new bad guys to play with. Hey, how about a gaggle of moronic "dark" characters that he'll just keep beating over and over again for a couple years? That sounds delightful. The Dungeon of Doom was supposed to be something to fear, but instead they were as laughable as they were inept. Erstwhile Satanist-caricature Kevin Sullivan, under the guidance of a wrinkled old "Master," became the Taskmaster and set out to, one could only assume, embarrass the entire wrestling establishment top to bottom.

Among his minions were Kamala, Meng, The Shark (formerly Earthquake), The Loch Ness Monster (Haystacks Calhoun) and?the freaking Yeti. My god. The Yeti could have his own entry, but I decided to lump him in with this veritable "Island of Misfit Toys" of wrestling. See one of the videos below to behold the majestic Yeti in all his bandaged Hogan-humping glory.

Oh, and who could forget?Zodiac. Or is it The Butcher? Whatever. Ed "Zodiac/Butcher/Booty Man /Brutus Beefcake" Leslie takes our unofficial Gold Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Bad Gimmickry.

#17: GLACIER, MORTIS and WRATH

Back in 1996 WCW had the phenomenally awesome idea of creating videogame-inspired characters - reminiscent to those found in games such as Mortal Kombat. While there were three of them, Glacier (Ray Lloyd - aka Coach Buzz Stern), Mortis (Chris Kanyon) and Wrath (Bryan Clark - aka Adam Bomb), it would be Glacier who helped these three make their way onto our list. Spending a good amount of time feuding with each other, these three had extravagant outfits, mean attitudes and entrances which could make even multiple time world champions blush.

Glacier in particular was our favorite, as he was dressed up to look like Sub Zero from the MK series - wearing a blue ninja outfit, white hair, strange contacts, a mask and occasionally a helmet (which we are told was a centuries old relic passed down by his karate instructor). While none of these guys were awful in the ring - Kanyon was actually very good - it would be the pandering to the younger gaming audience and the "trying too hard" look and feel that made these characters so embarrassing.

#16: AMERICAN MALES

Is it really fair to look back and make fun of obviously out-dated standards of male studliness? It sure isn't. But we don't care. These guys were awful. Bagwell got stuck in tag teams forever, but this was the first one that harkened back to his old days in Global as that Chippendales reject, The Handsome Stranger.

Listen to the song. Just listen to it. Watch Bagwell air-strum along to that rancid abortion of a tune. Look at their "Color Me Badd" sunglasses and their dingle-dangle ear chimes. I know, looking back and making fun of fashion victims from decades gone by is like shooting fish in a bell-bottomed barrel. But c'mon. These guys were exceptionally lame. Even for back then.

And listen to that damn song!

#15: ISAAC YANKEM, DDS

Jerry Lawler and Bret Hart feuded for the good part of an entire year. Stemming from a post-King of the Ring attack on Hart, those two really had a fun thing going. That was until Lawler decided to defer the entire feud over to his good pal and family Dentist?Dr. Isaac Yankem.

Not only was Yankem an "occupational wrestler" but he also had a bad pun name. YANKEM! And for a Dentist?he had putrid teeth. Get it? His own teeth were falling out! Man, there was actually something kind of absurdly and perversely clever to his design. He was like some unintentionally tragic Flannery O'Connor character.

But he was also a Dentist! We were all supposed to buy into the fact that this man ran a legitimate medical practice. A practice of oral torture. Listen, we all know this dude went on to play Kane, but during the time he was Yankem he really stood out because Bret Hart was a Main Eventer. And it was really odd to throw a Main Eventer into a feud with such a throw-away shticky goofball.

#14: THE MAESTRO

Here is yet another gimmick that we can thank WCW and Eric Bischoff for. The Maestro, played by Robert Kellum, was the backup gimmick for the wrestler after Randy Savage's then girlfriend stole his Gorgeous George III shtick - if what you just read doesn't make sense then you haven't been watching enough pro wrestling.

After sucking it up and deciding to collect the paycheck, Kellum would awe WCW audiences as The Maestro using classical music, wild blonde hair, sparkly outfits and a total lack of charisma. And while we want to say that it was the bad gimmick that made the character fail, we would instead offer up the fact that his opponents included David Flair, Norman Smiley, Buff Bagwell and Ernest "The Cat" Miller - seems like the boys in the back didn't like the gimmick any better than the audience. Still, there was one redeeming aspect about Maestro, and that was the fact that he had a smoking hot manager ringside: Symphony - or better known to WWF audiences as Ryan Shamrock.

#13: WAYLON MERCY

I think what upset me the most about Waylon Mercy, was that I knew him as Dan Spivey. The same way I had known The Stalker as Barry Windham and T.L. Hopper (The Dirty Plumber) as Tony Anthony.

The WWF just could not bring anyone in and have them just be who they were. Spivey was a fairly talented big dude. The weirdest thing about all this was?Spivey and Windham had already been in the WWF before, during the '80s?as themselves! Now, the WWF just assumed that they could re-package a known person and re-present him in a "role."

Mercy was a Max Cady/Cape Fear rip-off. He was to be friendly to your face, but then turn psycho on you in the ring. To be honest, there wasn't anything inherently wrong with the entire idea. I just resented seeing guys that I liked show up in the WWF in a costume with a new name and needless gimmick.

#12: DAMIEN DEMENTO

Again?the awful cornball pun name. As if a real minion of an alternate dark dimension would have that surname "Demento." And then to have that name indicate that he was indeed also quite demented? It was too much.

And what was he wearing? It was like Ming the Merciless and Bombaata threw up - and then that throw up decided to design and outfit that consisted of some furry shoulderpads that connected together in the middle with marshmallows and hamster fluff. Demento also hailed from "The Outer Reaches of Your Mind" - which, btw, is three exits past "Parts Unknown" and then you hang a left at the Applebee's.

See, he was crazy. He talked to himself. And he would lick his lips and look up at the ceiling, as if he was receiving messages from "beyond." So what was it? Was he crazy? Was he an evil devil worshipper? Was he mentally ill? Guys! Guys! C'mon. He was all those things.

#11: S7VEN

You may be asking: Why is Seven (or S7even, or 7even, or whatever) on this list? As, in the character's first appearance he - being Dustin Rhodes (aka Goldust) - broke character and delivered a shoot interview on crappy gimmicks. Well, while we like the fact that the WCW was able to poke fun at itself for a gimmick which I'm sure they realized sucked in hindsight, the character had serious promos created in which Seven was built as a credible threat... or circus attraction.

After creating many promotional videos that had Seven in such menacing locations as outside a child's window at night, Turner Broadcasting wisely put an end to the character stating that it might be construed that Seven was a child abductor, or something worse. Regardless, bad idea and all, Seven is one of the few characters on this list that created genuinely entertaining television... despite the atrocious gimmick.

#10: THE GOON

Wow. The Goon. Yes. You know there were a handful of these "occupational wrestlers" that went on to find a lot of success. Like Mike Rotunda's IRS and Jacques Rougeau's Mountie, but after a while people just didn't want to see that any more. The WWF definitely passed on more than they approved. My question is?if the Baseball Player (with his face painted up like he was a Fury from The Warriors) didn't make the cut, then why did they think The Goon ("Wild" Bill Irwin) stood a chance?

A big, clumsy and fumbly Hockey Player? With hair like an unmade bed? And wearing full hockey gear? I know it was a few years ago, but people still actually liked to watch fluid wrestling matches back then. Who would ever want to see someone compete wearing a complete body sheath? And man, could people have cared less about Hockey?

Apparently The Goon had been kicked out of every league he'd been a part of. But they could never kick him out of our hearts.

#9: ARACHNAMAN

Aw. Something for the kiddies. How sweet. At what point is someone just allowed to call something a big fat "rip off"? What if we just changed the red to yellow and the word "Spider" to "Arachna?" Why, no one would even know the difference. They'd all just think they were watching Spider-Man.

Here's the deal. When someone is billed as Arachnaman and we're all told that the guy is able to move like "no one you've ever seen before" then he'd better be able to get in that ring and bend himself into a pretzel or break the sound barrier, because armdrags and dropkicks aren't going to cut it with that kind of hype. You can't bill someone as a super-hero and then just have them perform competently. I need to see powers.

And don't have him throw bits of silly-string out of his sleeves in order to shock and amaze. That garbage wouldn't even amuse my own dog?and he eats his own puke. The thing is, I was much more entertained when Arachnaman just performed as Brad Armstrong. No gimmick. No mask. Just a great cruiserweight.

#8: BASTION BOOGER

Mike Shaw deserves a special shout-out as a vessel for a ton of awful and emotionally damaging gimmicks. From Norman the Lunatic to Friar Ferguson, Shaw played a wide range of fat and grotesque simpletons. Some were more fat than simple. Some were more simple than fat.

Then came Bastion Booger, who not only made your insides bubble and froth just by looking at him, but whose entire purpose in life was to fart and then smell of farts. His ring entrance music? Burps and farts. The food he ate? Usually wound up all over his face and body. The noises he made? The sound of thighs rubbing together. And hate.

People were more put off by having their intelligence insulted than any of the juvenile unwashed antics of Mr. Booger. When you watched him, you just truly got the feeling that the people behind the scenes in the WWF had just given up. That they stopped trying. You got the feeling that they felt that the audience would buy any old garbage they could Frankenstein together.

#7: MAX MOON

Look at those space rockets that he shoots out of his space hands! Look at those fantastical laser beams that he uses to delight the masses? But why does he look like a cross between The Michelin Man and agony? Why is he a rippled, rubber pi?ata? Why does it look like he can be taken apart like a game of Connect Four?

Max Moon (Konnan) was one of those awful gimmicks that was meant to give the kiddies someone to cheer on. A smiling colorful douchebag that we'd see again in the form of Aldo Montoya (Justin Credible) and that we'd seen before in the form of Koko B. Ware. Always smiling. Just happy to be there. Win or lose.

Max Moon was a cyborg soldier from The Future, apparently sent back in time to make us all sick to our stomachs. Konnan wound up leaving the WWF, claiming discrimination (sound familiar?) forcing the WWF to find a different wrestler to wear the absurdly priced $1,300 costume.

#6: THE KISS DEMON

What happens when you promise a super successful rock band the chance to have main event status in pro wrestling? You get a character that even Brian Adams (aka The American Ninja, aka Demolition Crush, aka B.A., etc.) will pass on: The KISS Demon.

Originally meant to be one of four wrestlers personifying the original members of KISS, instead Dale Torborg would be the only wrestler in the lonely stable The Warriors of KISS - playing the part of Gene Simmons' character. Sure the KISS branding only went on for so long (at which point he became known as The Demon), but this type of cross promotional branding was very typical of WCW (especially under Eric Bischoff's management). While WCW isn't the only promotion to try this type of promotional gimmick, The Demon may go down as one of the lamest attempts to exploit the audience's love for something other than wrestling in a way that only shows how fake the business can be.

#5: OZ

There is one thing you can count on in the pro wrestling industry, and that is no matter whom you are, you have done something which you don't want anybody to remember. The good news for all of us is that pro wrestling is recorded and achieved. So with the help of fan videos and humiliating "remember when" pieces we can humble big names in the wrestling industry. For this list we have decided to dig up dirt on Big Sexy Kevin Nash... or should we say Oz? Yes, Oz ? as in The Wizard of. Back in WCW in 1991 Kevin Nash dropped his mohawked Master Blaster Steel gimmick only to upgrade (?) to that of the mysterious Oz. Ushered to the ring by the Great Wizard (Kevin Sullivan), Oz spoke with a commanding voice, wore emerald colors, a turban and mask that looked more like The Sultan from Disney's Aladdin than something from the book/film The Wizard of Oz. Still, you need to hand it to Big Kev, as even with the bad gimmick WCW continued to push him ? whether that was due to Nash's stature and charisma or WCW refusing to acknowledge that the character of Oz was ill-conceived is still up in the air.

Let this be a warning to all those attempting to get into the business: There are video cameras on you at all times, don't do anything you will regret for the rest of your life.

#4: MANTAUR

"Man, what to do with a big fat dumpo over there? "

"How about make him a rapper? A fat and fun rapper? Sunny D!"

"Nah, that's been done."

"What about a freakin' mythological beast? One that summons up nightmares from the dark recess of your soul?"

"Isn't that where Damien Demento comes from?"

"Nah, man, that the 'Outer Reaches of Your Mind.' Get it right!"

"Sorry. Hey, want to tell fatty over there to quit eating my guest towels?"

Mantaur was the stuff of Legends. Provided you prefer your Legends to have all the majesty and triumph taken out of them and replaced with suck. He wore a goddamn bull head to the ring! Epic Weak Fail Sauce!

#3: PHANTASIO

A creepy Mime gimmick could have been cool if it was done right. Hell, even an "illusionator" character could entertain for a brief while. I think the worst part about the one and only TV appearance by the man known only as Phantasio was the way that Gorilla Monsoon just announced every little trick he did with such jaw-dropping amazement that it makes us want to go lay down in traffic. You'd think Monsoon was watching the parting of the freakin' Red Sea or bearing witness to the specter of his dead grandmother, visiting him upon a foggy, moonlit evening. God, if he ever saw an etch-a-sketch, he'd probably sh*t himself.

And how about Phantasio giving that little kid all of his spittle-soaked mouth beads? That's a wonderful treat to take home and give everyone Hepatitis A with.

Also, his Looney Tunes finisher consisted of him stealing his opponent's boxers while Monsoon screams as if he's just watched open heart surgery. His own!

#2: BATTLE KAT

I'm sorry, what? Battle?Kat?

Shockingly awkward and ham-fisted for someone who was supposed to possess cat-like stealth and reflexes, Battle Kat came in to the WWF in?

I'm sorry. I just realized that I'm writing about someone named Battle Kat. I need to go have a lie down.

#1: THE SHOCKMASTER

For those that know their professional wrestling it will come as no surprise that we have chosen The Shockmaster as #1. Some wrestlers are given good gimmicks which can carry even the worst wrestler, some wrestlers are given mediocre gimmicks which they either make succeed or fail according to their ability, some wrestlers are saddled with bad gimmicks (as this list has shown) that will essentially bury a wrestler's career, and then every once in a blue moon something so extraordinary happens that it will echo in the annals of wrestling history as a complete and utter embarrassment to the wrestler, the company and all those that are forced to share screen time with them... thus is THE SHOCKMASTER!!!

We're not sure if we're ultimately more offended by the fact that this witless meatball actually fell on his ass (actually making his mic'd teammates say out loud "He just fell on his ass!") or by the fact that his costumed consisted of suspenders and a Storm Trooper helmet with blue glitter-glue all over it.

Played by Fred Ottman, The Shockmaster was aborted by a man who was no stranger to bad gimmicks. In the past poor Fred had been given gimmicks such as Big Bubba the Belt Collector, Big Steel Man, Typhoon and Tugboat. With a rap sheet like that, it is no wonder that Fred Ottman is not a household name. Still, we feel sorry for him, as nobody deserves to personify the worst of the worst of the pro wrestling business. So from all of us at IGN and Dusty Rhodes (who created the gimmick), we would all like to say a heartfelt thank you and sorry that you had to be the man to be the butt of all wrestling jokes from now until some other unlucky soul can take your place as the man to shock the world.

 

Tags: Berzerker, Ultimate Warrior, Gorgeous George, WWF, WCW, Sultan, Repo Man, Barry Darsow, Big Bossman, Oklahoma, Jim Ross, Ed Ferrara, WWE, Kamala, Jerry Lawler, Goon, Bill Irwin, Brad Armstrong, Koko B. Ware, Dusty Rhodes

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