Since there’s no Collision tonight to entertain everyone, let’s get weird.

Think deep folks. We’ve all watched a lotta wrestling over the years. What is/are the stupidest goddamned gimmick(s) you’ve ever seen that made you wonder how it got greenlit? Racist? Idiotic? Poorly timed? Name em!

(And let’s strike out The Gobbledy removeder and The Shockmaster as honourable mentions).

  • JelloBrains@lemmy.zipEnglish
    8·
    6 months ago

    Sci-Fi, now SyFy, requested WWE incorporate something Sci-Fi into ECW when they got the rights to it. WWE introduced The Zombie, which lasted like one show and the channel dropped the request because they never tried again.

    The Match on YouTube

    • EccTMEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      That was definitely one of the promos of all time.

    • GeekFTW@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      I watched that episode as it aired. All hope went out the window within 15 mins of the first broadcast. It was so goddamned bad.