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counting down our picks for the top 10
craziest WB gimmicks
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every day so be sure to subscribe to our
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notified about our latest videos for
this list will be ranking the most
outlandish bizarre and head-scratching
gimmicks used by professional wrestlers
in the wabe these gimmicks aren’t always
necessarily going to be bad or
unsuccessful and we’re also going to be
focusing only on in-ring competitors for
this list that means we’ll be saving
managers valets and the gobbledygook er
for another list I know we’re not
counting the latter’s appearance in the
gimmick battle royale at wrestlemania
x-seven either number 10 Kerwin White’s
Chavo Guerrero didn’t need a crazy
gimmick to get over as a member from one
of wrestling’s most famous families the
one was still thrust upon him during the
2005 WB draft Guerrero was traded from
raw to SmackDown and adopted the moniker
of Kiwi Dwight an exaggerated caricature
of a white suburbanite complete with
sensible slacks and a sweater draped
around his neck the gimmick didn’t last
that long however as the real-life death
of Chavez uncle Eddie Guerrero resulted
in the white persona being dropped for a
tribute show to the Fallen icon
ultimately it was for the best as it was
chavos no-nonsense style and Guerrero
pedigree which most fans truly respected
number 9 Gillian Hall’s mole
Gillian Hall wore many hats during her
pro wrestling career from valet and
image consultant to in-ring competitor
and indie worker it wasn’t a wrestling
style or managerial prowess which earned
her early attention however but rather
something which appeared on her face
Hall worked WB’s developmental promotion
OVW for a while before debuting on the
main roster as a public relations
assistant for Eminem this time with
little something extra a mold like
growth on her face if that sounds
strange then the moment when the
boogeyman more on him later actually bit
off the mole was even stranger and
incredibly gross to boots that’s sports
entertainment for you we guess number
eight smacks moon charles ash enough is
probably best known to wrestling fans as
conan a brown cuban performer who worked
for WCW TNA and more during a career
which has spanned multiple decades conan
was a national first and only gimmick
however as he also spent a brief time in
the WWF as max moon a sci-fi character
inspired by the sort of giant robot
anime series which were popular in japan
the suit was very expensive and
intricately designed for the time but
failed to get over while conan found
himself butting heads with WBF brass
during his tenure for the promotion the
max moon character was given to one more
wrestler paul diamond before finally
being retired number seven ver Mountie
jacques rougeau was already an
experienced performer from an
established wrestling family when he
adopted the mounted gimmick in 1991 he
had formerly competed in a tag team
capacity with his brother raymond but
went with the Canadian Mounted Police
idea after ray retired from the sport in
1990 although the gimmick seemed
desperate and corny on the surface
credit should be given to Rachelle for
making the Mountie work through sheer
dedication to the character he knew how
to create heat with the crowd feuded
with the big bossman
and even won Intercontinental title gold
as the Mountie proving that even the
wackiest gimmicks can sometimes succeed
number 6 Papa Shango Charles Wright
struggled to find himself in the early
days of his wrestling career adopting a
number of gimmicks which didn’t quite
stick sure right would be best known as
The Godfather during the dota B’s
Attitude Era but the big man had a much
more missed
is identity in the early 90s as the
mysterious voodoo priest Papa Shango yep
right was one of the OG spooky wrestlers
when he performed as Shango donning face
paints and bringing a smoking skull to
the ring today fans probably best
remember when Papa Shango made the
ultimate warrior vomit during a series
of promos easily one of the most surreal
and strangest series of moments in the
WB history
number five repo man demolition are
certified tag-team legends one of the
best to ever hold the straps buried a so
portrayed smash alongside his partner
axe
enjoying a gimmick which projected the
duo as frightening ly intense and
demonically powerful all good things
must come to an end however and the 90s
saw him repackaged after demolitions
demise as the repo man
the former Smasher did the best he could
with what was essentially a one-note
comedic gimmick and feuding with the
British bulldog before leaving Vince
McMahon’s Federation for a change of
pace in WCW and the indie scene number
four the Spirit Squad we don’t know
whose idea it was to create a new
wrestling stable based around male
cheerleaders but if probably denting out
the way they had hoped the Spirit Squad
debuted in the first part of 2006
bringing together a group of wrestlers
who were working their way through WB’s
developmental territory OVW the group
would count future superstar Dolph
Ziggler amongst its ranks and even when
tag team gold
despite also facing some pretty
embarrassing losses throughout its
existence the Spirit Squad may have seen
some depressing lows to go along with
their brief highs but a brief resurgence
in 2016 proved that they weren’t
forgotten by fans number 3 Eugene Nick
Dinsmore has held a variety of gimmicks
over his career including a stint as
donk the clown mr. wrestling – and one
of the conquistadors he might be best
known for the controversial identity of
Eugene ak5 nephew
of then raw general manager Eric
Bischoff Eugene was presented as being
somewhat mentally handicapped although
he possessed a significant amount of
wrestling skill presumably acquired from
a steady diet of grabs fandom dinsmoor’s
character was usually presented as a
lovable babyface but this hasn’t stopped
the gimmick from aging pretty poorly as
the whole thing is just a little too
broad and insensitive for a modern
audience number 2 the boogeyman we
mentioned the boogeyman gimmick earlier
on our list and promised to expand on
this infamous superstar Martin Wright
began his career in the promotion as a
contestant he was cut from the tough
enough reality competition before
earning a second chance in Ohio Valley
Wrestling it was here where the
embryonic idea of the boogeyman would be
created before Wright made his main
roster debut in 2005 the boogeyman was
never a great wrestler preferring
instead to eat worms where a giant clock
and generally be a creepy nuisance if
you did with JBL and king Booker before
a losing streak sent him to the Indies
appearing only occasionally in the wabe
as a guest number one Gold Dust some of
the gimmicks mentioned thus far have
been good others have been bad but only
one can lay claim to being truly bizarre
gold dust comes from a classic wrestling
pedigree as the son of the American
Dream Dusty Rhodes and is wrestled under
the given name of dustin runnels it is
long-running Gold Dust gimmick which is
most beloved by fans and with good
reason as it’s been a mainstay on WB
programming for decades although gold
dust sexual ambiguity and shock
extremity have been toned down over the
years
Ronald’s ability to deep dive into his
character has endeared him to fans
across generations making him one of the
industry’s all-time most dependable
workers do you agree with our picks
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to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
craziest WB gimmicks
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list will be ranking the most
outlandish bizarre and head-scratching
gimmicks used by professional wrestlers
in the wabe these gimmicks aren’t always
necessarily going to be bad or
unsuccessful and we’re also going to be
focusing only on in-ring competitors for
this list that means we’ll be saving
managers valets and the gobbledygook er
for another list I know we’re not
counting the latter’s appearance in the
gimmick battle royale at wrestlemania
x-seven either number 10 Kerwin White’s
Chavo Guerrero didn’t need a crazy
gimmick to get over as a member from one
of wrestling’s most famous families the
one was still thrust upon him during the
2005 WB draft Guerrero was traded from
raw to SmackDown and adopted the moniker
of Kiwi Dwight an exaggerated caricature
of a white suburbanite complete with
sensible slacks and a sweater draped
around his neck the gimmick didn’t last
that long however as the real-life death
of Chavez uncle Eddie Guerrero resulted
in the white persona being dropped for a
tribute show to the Fallen icon
ultimately it was for the best as it was
chavos no-nonsense style and Guerrero
pedigree which most fans truly respected
number 9 Gillian Hall’s mole
Gillian Hall wore many hats during her
pro wrestling career from valet and
image consultant to in-ring competitor
and indie worker it wasn’t a wrestling
style or managerial prowess which earned
her early attention however but rather
something which appeared on her face
Hall worked WB’s developmental promotion
OVW for a while before debuting on the
main roster as a public relations
assistant for Eminem this time with
little something extra a mold like
growth on her face if that sounds
strange then the moment when the
boogeyman more on him later actually bit
off the mole was even stranger and
incredibly gross to boots that’s sports
entertainment for you we guess number
eight smacks moon charles ash enough is
probably best known to wrestling fans as
conan a brown cuban performer who worked
for WCW TNA and more during a career
which has spanned multiple decades conan
was a national first and only gimmick
however as he also spent a brief time in
the WWF as max moon a sci-fi character
inspired by the sort of giant robot
anime series which were popular in japan
the suit was very expensive and
intricately designed for the time but
failed to get over while conan found
himself butting heads with WBF brass
during his tenure for the promotion the
max moon character was given to one more
wrestler paul diamond before finally
being retired number seven ver Mountie
jacques rougeau was already an
experienced performer from an
established wrestling family when he
adopted the mounted gimmick in 1991 he
had formerly competed in a tag team
capacity with his brother raymond but
went with the Canadian Mounted Police
idea after ray retired from the sport in
1990 although the gimmick seemed
desperate and corny on the surface
credit should be given to Rachelle for
making the Mountie work through sheer
dedication to the character he knew how
to create heat with the crowd feuded
with the big bossman
and even won Intercontinental title gold
as the Mountie proving that even the
wackiest gimmicks can sometimes succeed
number 6 Papa Shango Charles Wright
struggled to find himself in the early
days of his wrestling career adopting a
number of gimmicks which didn’t quite
stick sure right would be best known as
The Godfather during the dota B’s
Attitude Era but the big man had a much
more missed
is identity in the early 90s as the
mysterious voodoo priest Papa Shango yep
right was one of the OG spooky wrestlers
when he performed as Shango donning face
paints and bringing a smoking skull to
the ring today fans probably best
remember when Papa Shango made the
ultimate warrior vomit during a series
of promos easily one of the most surreal
and strangest series of moments in the
WB history
number five repo man demolition are
certified tag-team legends one of the
best to ever hold the straps buried a so
portrayed smash alongside his partner
axe
enjoying a gimmick which projected the
duo as frightening ly intense and
demonically powerful all good things
must come to an end however and the 90s
saw him repackaged after demolitions
demise as the repo man
the former Smasher did the best he could
with what was essentially a one-note
comedic gimmick and feuding with the
British bulldog before leaving Vince
McMahon’s Federation for a change of
pace in WCW and the indie scene number
four the Spirit Squad we don’t know
whose idea it was to create a new
wrestling stable based around male
cheerleaders but if probably denting out
the way they had hoped the Spirit Squad
debuted in the first part of 2006
bringing together a group of wrestlers
who were working their way through WB’s
developmental territory OVW the group
would count future superstar Dolph
Ziggler amongst its ranks and even when
tag team gold
despite also facing some pretty
embarrassing losses throughout its
existence the Spirit Squad may have seen
some depressing lows to go along with
their brief highs but a brief resurgence
in 2016 proved that they weren’t
forgotten by fans number 3 Eugene Nick
Dinsmore has held a variety of gimmicks
over his career including a stint as
donk the clown mr. wrestling – and one
of the conquistadors he might be best
known for the controversial identity of
Eugene ak5 nephew
of then raw general manager Eric
Bischoff Eugene was presented as being
somewhat mentally handicapped although
he possessed a significant amount of
wrestling skill presumably acquired from
a steady diet of grabs fandom dinsmoor’s
character was usually presented as a
lovable babyface but this hasn’t stopped
the gimmick from aging pretty poorly as
the whole thing is just a little too
broad and insensitive for a modern
audience number 2 the boogeyman we
mentioned the boogeyman gimmick earlier
on our list and promised to expand on
this infamous superstar Martin Wright
began his career in the promotion as a
contestant he was cut from the tough
enough reality competition before
earning a second chance in Ohio Valley
Wrestling it was here where the
embryonic idea of the boogeyman would be
created before Wright made his main
roster debut in 2005 the boogeyman was
never a great wrestler preferring
instead to eat worms where a giant clock
and generally be a creepy nuisance if
you did with JBL and king Booker before
a losing streak sent him to the Indies
appearing only occasionally in the wabe
as a guest number one Gold Dust some of
the gimmicks mentioned thus far have
been good others have been bad but only
one can lay claim to being truly bizarre
gold dust comes from a classic wrestling
pedigree as the son of the American
Dream Dusty Rhodes and is wrestled under
the given name of dustin runnels it is
long-running Gold Dust gimmick which is
most beloved by fans and with good
reason as it’s been a mainstay on WB
programming for decades although gold
dust sexual ambiguity and shock
extremity have been toned down over the
years
Ronald’s ability to deep dive into his
character has endeared him to fans
across generations making him one of the
industry’s all-time most dependable
workers do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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