worst wrestling gimmicks of all time

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AEW Pulls Brian Kendrick From ’Dynamite’ Event Following Anti-Semitic Remarks Pro rasslin has changed. There was a time the promoters would have used this as an effective gimmick. How many performers in the past used the Nazi gimmick?

Hans Shmidts Hans Schmidt, the "Nazi" Wrestler Who Incited Riots

 

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this unnamed character was supposed to feud with Goldust

 

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AEW Pulls Brian Kendrick From ’Dynamite’ Event Following Anti-Semitic Remarks Pro rasslin has changed. There was a time the promoters would have used this as an effective gimmick. How many performers in the past used the Nazi gimmick? View attachment 596284Hans Shmidts Hans Schmidt, the "Nazi" Wrestler Who Incited Riots

Schmidt wasn't the only National Socialist wrestler fighting in the United States back in the day. I saw Hans Mortier try to take the belt from Bruno.

There were also Japanese imperialist wrestlers like Professor Tanaka and Soviet grapplers as well.

In the 1980's, Colonel DeBeers who was a vocal advocate of apartheid and reached the rank of mercenary in the Union of South Africa battled pretty successfully in the AWA.

 

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Disciple! did he ever even wrestle a single match?

 

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King Mabel...who was fired after he carelessly injured so many superstars, including Undertaker

Tom Magee...great physique, terrible wrestler...Vince actually had hopes of Magee becoming the next Hulk Hogan...this is what Bret Hart thought of Magee (below the pic)

Nathan Jones, a real-life Australian criminal, was hyped to the rafters, but left WWE after 2 years

 

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Berzerker was a tribute schtick in honor of Bruiser Brody, from whom John Nord learned a lot of his skills.

True story.

 

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As bad as the gimmick of the Incredible Clod Hogan was, it went from horrible to torturous when he went heel.

He was so horrid that his suckery ended up splitting the NWO invasion angle into two factions.

Only Vince McMahon was a less convincing and more obnoxious heel than Hogan.

 

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Easily the worst of all time was when WCW used Scott Hall's real world alcohol problem to push as a ring gimmick.

Horrible, degrading, and just plain old despicable.

 

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when WCW couldn't sign the Warrior, they created...RENEGADE!

 

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Saba Simba....as played by Tony Atlas

 

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Dustin Rhodes as Black Reign in TNA wrestling!...he would carry rats and stuff like that to the ring, like Eric Rowan nowadays...didn't work out!

 

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The Boogie Man was a really questionable character in the WWE that really didn't impress President Trump. I think Trump's successful interactions with the Boogie Man really helped him deal with questionable characters on the world stage during his tremendous presidency.

 

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Dustin Rhodes as Black Reign in TNA wrestling!...he would carry rats and stuff like that to the ring, like Eric Rowan nowadays...didn't work out!

It was said he was not overly fond of the Goldust angle.

 

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Phantasio! he only wrestled one match in WWF!