10 Worst Rebrands in Wrestling History | PartsFUNknown
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- As time goes by, people change in different ways, but not quite as dramatic as the WWE rebrands! I mean who would've thought Mike Awesome would turn into Fat Chick Thrilla? You can't make this stuff up! Join Adam as he explores the 10 Worst Rebrands in Wrestling History!
What are some hilarious rebrands that you know that we didn't mention in the video? Let us know in the comments!
00:00 Introduction
01:56 #10
03:06 #9
04:12 #8
05:18 #7
06:14 #6
07:25 #5
08:33 #4
09:37 #3
10:29 #2
11:35 #1
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I’m surprised that Cody Rhodes being rebranded to Stardust didn’t make the list
Probably an honorable mention, but it felt like that rebrand had an eventual purpose of a feud down the line against Goldust, which, obviously, didn't happen, so yeah--the rebrand eventually felt dumb.
Bc he always suck
I just realized that maybe If there wasn't a Stardust, there would probably no AEW. 😅
Thank you! That gimmick was awful. Cody did his best, but even he couldn’t make it work. All I got out of his promos was “look at me. I’m weird.”
Fun Fact: Cody Rhodes Leaves WWE because WWE Refuse to his request to drop his Stardust Gimmick so Basically WWE accidentally made AEW hahahahahah
Seeing Shinsuke Nakamura go from the insanely charismatic, insanely talented pillar of NJPW to being the Artist that got pinned clean by Jinder twice and then never won a single match against AJ in a feud centered on ball-busting was the moment I gave up on WWE.
You and me both
Actually Shin Nakamura did win a 1-on-1 match against AJ Styles on an episode of SDL before MITB PPV that year 👍 but that's forgettable tbh
The same company (technically) booked his debut match against Sami Zayn in NXT, watched that match happen, and went on to try to fix what wasn't broken. 😐
I just can't.
For real. Everyone talks about the lack of black champions in WWE despite the fact that vince has been trying to make them for 30 years, but no one seems concerned with in general the disdain he holds for Japanese superstars. Its far more evident to me from a booking standpoint which ones he actually discriminates against
"insanely charismatic" LMFAOOOOOO no. Just no.
"He wanted to give his sister's booty a Jolly Roger" got a massive pop from me, good lord I'm in tears
he wanted to give his sister a massive pop as well
I thought I was gonna laugh up my kidneys, dear God
When Adam revealed his new gimmick was what did it for me 😂
@@jackdowling2003man who wants to fxck his sister lol!
Somebody backstage is intent on getting the 'influencer' gimmick over with a woman on the roster, any woman. Emma, Liv Morgan to some extent, now Eva Marie. It's just so WWE creative.
It's Vince. He wants a diva throwback.
@@PrimeofPerfection won't be shocked if it's vince and Kevin together
And ironically, Emma as Tenille Dashwood on Impact is probably the best possible version of an "Influencer" gimmick.
Emma's still doing an influencer gimmick in Impact, to be fair.
Yeah but Impact is doing it far better.
One of the best rebrands: Going from Phenomanerds to No Rolls Barred. Easier to remember AND spell.
Phenomanerds is a 1000x cooler tho
@@kev1nno No Rolls Barred is also a wrestling pun on the match-type No Holds Barred as well though. Really I think it's a much better pun and name
@@huntercasey1995 I thought that’s what they were referring to. How is Phenomanerds a wrestling pun? I can’t figure it out.
@@insekki I thought they were replying to phenomenerds being cooler, rather than the original comment. If it was a wrestling pun it would've probably been because phenomenerds sounds like "phenomenal" as in "the phenomenal one" AJ Styles but I could be completely off
@@huntercasey1995 gotcha. Yeah AJ did cross my mind but I agree it seems a stretch
“Pirates Paul was awesome and his finisher kicked ass” unknown man from whatculture wrestling
Gee I wonder who that unknown man is...👀👀
@@IsaacAllison shrug
The New Day: Who? Who? Who?
About number 1, I love how DDP managed to see a positive in it. The positive being "it taught me to say no to things"
DDP is such a freaking legend.
I have looked back at that time and wondered, how could Vince (or anyone) look at an 'Invasion' where 2/5s of the main team were from WWE, and decide to put DDP in that story?
Everyone else: "It ain't broke."
Vince: "FIX IT!"
@Lucky NXT was already broken before the reboot.
@@outlawrip-offartist4161 NXT had some cracks, sure, but you can't deny that it was proven to be reliably good whenever you tuned in on Wednesdays, or on a Saturday for takeover. and, the only reason this "reboot" exists is cause it didn't beat AEW in a war that NEVER MATTERED TO ANYONE BUT VINCE at best, at best i guarantee AEW was like, "hm, competition breeds excellence, sure, we'll "go to war" with nxt" and meanwhile vince is having coldsweats looking over his shoulder for ted turner
@@willnelson9906 you realise NXT has been a weapon to try, and kill independent wrestling before the Wednesday night wars, and if you want an example just look at the existence of NXTUK.
@@outlawrip-offartist4161 and that was always its intended purpose, yeah? Specifically to kill off the indies? Well, It's long since failed to do that, and it only got the big rebranding when it was set up against AEW
@@willnelson9906 in America NXT failed thankfully, but in the UK even before COVID-19, and the speaking out movement UK independent wrestling scene was struggling, because almost everybody signed with WWE when triple H created NXTUK, and the only way a lot of those independent promotions would stay in business was to agree to a partnership deal with WWE, and after I found that out honestly to me NXT was broken no matter how good the storyline and the matches were.
Bad news Barrett becoming just another “King” was such a waste, he was sooo over
It wasn't his gimmicks which did him in, so much as being booked horribly. He wins the IC title one week, then loses to Sin Cara straight away. Then loses the OC title in a feud where he was booked like an absolute chump (his belt was stolen, and he could never get it back).
He was too over for Vince’s liking, therefore he had to be stripped of every element that got him over.
“I’M AFRAID I’VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS!”
I popped like a mark every time he did that
No, he was not "sooo over".
@@dvda9725 in the UK he was... Any semi interested wrestling fan I knew were loving the catchphrase "I'm afraid I have some bad news..."
There aren't enough "O"s for the OOOOOOF of Kerwin White. I almost forgot about that.
It’s ludicrous how successful Vince is despite himself
CM Punk said it best “Vince is a millionaire who should be a billionaire”
He got struck by lightning twice, just by capitalizing on other people’s ideas, yet fanboys give him all the credit,
Vince is successful because is a shrewd business man. He stomps out competition
He used to listen to other people, at least sometimes. But mental illness doesn't get better/less severe with age, so whatever's wrong with Vince's head has only gotten worse, and now it's just a combination of Pritchard and Dunne (who have no ideas of their own) and his own vague memories of the propaganda his documentaries put out.
No.
5:40 somewhere, Whatculture' Simon Miller is doing backflips at his house seeing Repo man in this list
Excatly what I was thinking XD
This video got a down
@@faelirra lol yep
I see Repo Man, I always think of Simon Miller 😅😅
The NXT 2.0 rebrand, with all its colourful hip hop aesthetic in spite of being run by an old white man, reminds me of how back in the 90s social workers and educators thought they'd be able to reach inner city minority youth and kids in general by making everything into a rap. Exactly the same vibe.
I went to see DDPs tour he said he had an idea to pitch to Vince were he would feud with the Rock over who the real Peoples Champion was and put him over but didn’t want to rock the boat so took the stalker gimmick despite the fact that he knew it was terrible
Especially since his lady at the time was very attractive and Undertaker's woman was..........🤷
That’s what he said about Kimberly and Sarah
Except DDP was a mid card guy in WCW by the time it ended
Chad Gable was really upsetting, I saw what he was capable of down in NXT, he was half the reason I watched the show, and that Tag Team with The Revival.... oof I still get chills thinking about it.
Chad just needs to leave
@@SadikiStGeorgeangemon44 everyone needs to leave but especially jason Jordan and Chad gable, I miss american alpha and I always thought they were the best tag team in WWE, even over the revival.
Jordan Williams Those were the days, tag team matches were consistently great to awesome.
Chad is a super underrated talent...remember when he deadlifted baron Corbin completely up for a German suplex despite being like a whole foot shorter
Every time Adam makes a video A) it’s the best part of my Sunday morning, B) it makes me wonder if I still like wrestling.
You think it's just safe to say you dont like WWE? There is a plethora of good reasons to still like pro wrestling in general
@@mageside Yeah, as Jordan here said, I'd wager you're probably just fed up with WWE as most of us rightly are.
“To this day I can’t work out if it was a legit attempt to harness youth with as much ambition as a man with no hands trying to harness sand” …… this is absolute gold 😂😂😂😂
"I decided not to make a lot of dedicated negative lists when I decided to return."
Also Blampied:
The thing that made me laugh about the DDP stalker character, was that he was still married to Kimberly at the time, who had been in playboy. Vince you know you did page wrong.
The saddest thing is, he cut an unscripted promo attempting to excuse this stalking behavior by saying he only did it to get in Taker's head. Then the writers said "this will not stand, now the guy whose wife posed for Playboy is going to actually have a shrine dedicated to this average looking biker mom".
3:56 You forgot Vince pitched Shane to be the father of Stephanie's child after she refused to have Vince himself be the father.
*Wrestling*
In the words of a British guy from WhatCulture: *seek help m8*
Classic Vinnie Mac.
They also wanted Shamrock to do an incest angle 😂 imagine if they’d ran multiple angles like that at the same time. Raw would’ve been an experience each week.
@@bassacoustic1549 yeah that would ha E been something else. But that whole thing with Shamrock was weird. They were siblings on camera, but were actually dating in real life. I can't say for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if Vince saw they were dating in real life and that just encouraged him
Simon Will have his vengeance on Adam soon
My exact thought as soon as I heard the word Repo Man.
@@RamblingsOfAJackass Aye, me too man. Very soon, Plumpy will suffer the wrath of THE WIZARD IN THE SKY! THERE IN THE CLOUDS! Assuming he doesn't accidentally push Dolph Ziggler into a world title feud again.
5:17 Simon Miller disliked the video.
I was thinking this too! Definitely a down for that choice.
@@r3tr0gam3r89 But was it a regular down or a brown down?
Never forget, DDP saved that stalker gimmick immediately upon his debut. He shot it down saying he was just trying to get under the Undertaker's skin, poking the big dog in the yard to make a name for himself. Almost as quickly, they re-ruined it by making the guy with Kimberly Page at home obsessed with the dogface gremlin.
Oh my god DDP was SO GOOD! That debut where he unmasked himself SHOULD have been the kick-off to his ascension to WWE main eventer- as soon as the crowd recognised him they went MENTAL because _they really wanted to see DDP vs Undertaker,_ and that promo was straight fire which instantly redeemed the entire rancid stalker angle in a way that made perfect sense. The fact that WWE managed to screw him up after THAT was 100% proof positive that they were openly, deliberately and maliciously attempting to ruin his career. Christ I hate WWE...
Facts! At the time he is with Kimberly but somehow he is looking at Sara????
@@ArcaneAzmadiYeah you’re a revisionist like all internet wrestling nerds. You forgot in WCW he fell to the mid card and was a tag guy before the shop closed
@@DrDoomBloomWWE didn’t sign Kimberly Page to come over or be an on screen character
Some credit to Katie Lee Burchell for playing the most TNA character in TNA history
Winter
From Waters to Winter. Very TNA.
Chad Gable turning into Shorty G. Emma turning into Emmalina with no story. I really hope they have plans for Elias since he's also getting repackaged. Dude used to get the biggest reactions with "Walk With Elias", and I hope when he returns, he has a good gimmick and starts connecting with fans once again.
Emma turning into Emmalina did have a story though. She wanted to be Eva Marie for some reason 🤷♂️
Elias should have stayed as regular guitar Elias, the heel heat he got by just singing a few lines was nuclear. He wasn't bad in the ring either. That means that as a thanks he will become a... oh got it, as he has a beard now he will be a viking from Norway, whose name will be Ragnar Erikson (pretty sure they will use him to promote the new spin off of Vikings)
@@sikness1924 Also don't forget his albums sold gangbusters as well. WWE Creative, and it's been proven in recent times they hire people who don't even know the names of the wrestlers they are writing for, or anything at all about wrestling love to ruin a good hot gimmick with their stupid BS!!!
I think Elias' gimmick was great as long as there isn't a global pandemic that forces events to go on without people in the audience... unfortunately that's exactly what happened
It is insane that Elias isn’t a top guy in the company (not insane at all when Braun isn’t even on the roster). Dude has a great gimmick, has the body of a superstar and is charismatic as hell. I’m honestly hoping he finds his way out of WWE, he deserves much better.
I think for corporate Kane, they should've done the Abyss/Joseph park characters. Should've been "the demon" Kane and "Business Man" Glenn Jacobs.
I enjoyed the mini feud with Rollins when he was Demon Kane and Corporate Kane, and I think if they did that long term it would be hella entertaining
@@topeconhello I came here to say this exact same thing. That Rollins feud was the single silver lining to Corporate Kane. That was really fun.
A modern day Jekyll and Hyde story, THAT FEUD was great
I know this is unimportant, but the Sly Cooper line made my day. Not enough people played and appreciated those games.
Those games were AMAZING
Remember when Akira Tozawa wasn't a wacky ninja man doing "ninjutsu" chasing for an irrelevant "title" with R Truth? He was awesome then...
I remember when he beat Neville for the cruiserweight title
God that feels like a lifetime ago
He was one of the best Jr. Heavyweight workers in New Japan.
@@Deadguy2322forreal I dont recall Tozawa ever being there
@@alexknight81 He was freelance, but was working almost exclusively there for about a year before going to WWE. He was even Tiger Mask W at the end of the run.
Cody into Stardust and “The New and Improved” Dolph Ziggler come screaming to mind.
"Don't be fooled, he's the same old Dolph Ziggler he always was, the only difference is he's got a new hair colour! "
"..... But he's got a new hair colour! IWANTITIWANTITIWANTITIWANTIT"
I’ve watched a lot of Adam Blampied through the years and we all know that he has quite a way with words, but that’s stretch at 4:00 might legitimately be one of the best phrases he’s said. The wordplay and creativity is so spectacular
The slander for surfer Sting (who was THE babyface in WCW from 1989-1996) is always a weird thing on here.
Yeah, while the Crow gimmick was a vast improvement, surfer Sting was an extremely popular babyface.
@@Rocket1377 Surfer Sting was still presented as one of the toughest men on the roster in WCW, and he enjoyed kicking ass and making the fans happy. He was pretty unique in wrestling for the contrast between being a total babyface while being a beast in the ring, but a lot of the UA-cam wrestling channels from the UK just don’t seem to understand any of it and just write him off for the colourful gear and paint.
Glad Tenille managed to make something of her career after her release
I get that this list focuses on character rebrands, but I feel like WWE's ECW deserves a (dis)honourable mention, even if it's been done to death by now.
(Which, man, I don't care what anyone says, that initial Big Show title run was lowkey one of his best runs, if the show was called literally anything other than ECW I think it'd be remembered a lot more fondly. It was pretty short but he actually had some kickass matches if you ignore the trainwreck with Batista where the crowd shat all over it)
I remember watching the Emmalina vignettes and it got old quick, like, I literally looked online to see maybe she was injured or whatever
Same, and I remember there were tons of rummers online at the time that she got injured at a house show, or doing a dark match. It really made WWE programming a slogfest to watch whenever they came on.
The story I heard with Mike Awesome is that the Turner higher ups were pissed when WCW gave him a fat contract and they wanted Awesome gone. If Awesome was fired he would get a full payout from his contract but if he quit he would only get part of it. WCW gave Awesome the "fat chick thriller" and "that 70s guy" gimmicks in an effort to force him to quit.
That honestly would not surprise me, as it was said at the time that many of the Turner executives just did not get why wrestling was popular, they outright hated it, and wanted it completely gone from their networks to never be seen again, to be replaced with more "sophisticated" programming, and that it was Ted himself barely keeping them at bay, and not having it canceled, and WCW sold off sooner with how much money it was losing for the company. Boy howdy how nearly 2 decades make a difference!!!
On the list of successful rebrandings, how can we forget Rocky Miavia becoming The Rock?
It took him from one of the most hated acts in the industry, possibly the most hated, to one of the single most popular people and wealthiest entertainers in the world.
If THAT isn't a successful rebranding, than nothing is.
And yes, that is a full rebranding. Different name, different gear, different in ring style, different body language, different mannerisms, different haircut.
Oh, and he also headlined the most profitable PPVs ever. So, yeah, there's that.
Terry Taylor could have been his generation's Ric Flair.
DDP - another example of McMahon not seeing the money in authenticity
You leave Surfer Sting alone! Great video again adam, well done 👍🏻
I’ve been waiting all day for this video Adam I love you very much and don’t google mr hands
I'm sending this to Simon Miller, specifically this part 5:18😂😂😂
Rikishi turning into sociopathic motorist is up there too. After that blipped they turned him back to how he was but it was never the same.
Not really a rebrand just an awfully thought out heel turn
@@andyfarmer876 Yeah true, I'm fooled by the "Phat Wear" on this one. It would be a good list where "10 times lightning didn't strike twice" I guess. Alot of times wwe change something and it doesn't work and they go back but it's flat.
Why am I awake watching this? Adam, you sneaky bastard!
Honorable mentions:
-Booker T to G.I.Bro
-Damian Sandow to one half of the Meta Powers
-A Train to Sweet T
-Natalya to Natalya Neid(fart)
You can't go from A-Train to Sweet T without talking about the start of the terrible rebranding, Lord Tensai.
@@austinleach1307 yeah you’re right
"Biker Taker, don't you worry; THIS LIST SEES YOU." I LOL'D
My favourite part of the weekend is when these videos are uploaded
@Adam: oh please do the reverse! Not the best rebrands, no. Do a “10 Worst gimmicks before rebranding into mega-stars.”
Earthquake to Golga (RIP obv). Or his old partner, once Tugboat, then Typhoon then the Shockmaster (amongst other changes)
Putting Shockmaster at number 1 would have been way too obvious
I know this is a wrestling list, but the Sly Cooper shout out popped me. Cudos to you Adam! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
If you listen reallllly hard…..you can hear Simon Miller screaming in disbelief over #7 right now lmao. 😂
5:41 holy crap, i never thought adam would make that reference
I genuinely feel for DDP...they literally could've had him face The Rock...idk how good the match could've been the buildup would've been great
Edit: Spelling
Peak Rock and DDP, both world champions within the prior year, they could have had brilliant matches. DDP got the best matches out of Goldberg, he’d make the Rock look like a million bucks, or, given he’s already the Rock, a hundred million bucks.
I genuinely thought Cody Rhodes to Stardust was going to be high on this list. That was brutal
Same, as Cody has said more than once he was miserable AF during that whole gimmick, and hated wearing the face paint.
Jolly rogering. Great turn of phrase, Adam.
I love the Repo Man's line of "What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine too!"
I would love to see Chad Gable in ROH in the pure division he would have amazing matches
If anyone wants to appreciate Chad Gable as a wrestler watch his rematch with Jack Gallagher on 205, seriously if you claim to like wrestling you’ll watch the match, it’s superb.
In the mordern times,
I think Alexa Bliss also deserves a special mention from being the 5 feet fury goddess to the female Fiend. Initially it was kinda cool as a joker and harly quinn but it went over the top when Bray's gimmick was totally passed on to her. I loved her run in wwe before her association with the Fiend
That’s what killed her kinda
Adam blampied is the king of wrestling top 10s. Always the funniest ever
I thought you did this list because of the Keith "Bearcat" Lee thing. I guess it'll be too painful for you Adam. I get it.
There's a History of His Bearcat Nickname anyway Let's give it a chance give it a time just like a Yes Chant Gimmick & New Day Power of Positive Gimmick. It's a Dumb Gimmick from the start now it's a legendary in wrestling business
@@EngrPalits but we say give it a chance and get let down. The Yes movement came from the inability of WWE knowing they had a gem in Daniel Bryan. And the power of positivity came from letting the New Day run with their goofy and fun personas. More times than not, talent and fans have given easy outs to WWE, but WWE wanting to be the genius mastermind tries to make something that’s is already good and “fix it”. We said the same thing when he debuted with the shirt. He beat Randy Orton and from that point went downhill. I don’t mean to be negative because he is such an entertaining big man that can do the power moves, the acrobatics, and a mic style so charismatic… and yet Vince never gets the hype.
@@EngrPalits No. WWE has been given a chance a BILLION times and squandered it 999 million times.
@@thewriter8762 keith Lee going down hill after beating orton isnt vince's fault though... Health issues..
@@EngrPalits how is it a dumb Gimmick?
Simon Miller about to throw hands on that Repo Man entry.
Awesome video as always but seeing Repoman on here is gonna make Simon Miller so sad 😢
A lot of these out and out cringe, others were just a waste of the talents, but all of them have one thing in common: Vince McMahon and the Yes Man are children when they want to be.
I know it technically doesn't count because instead of taking the gimmick, Flair moved to the WWE, but WCW trying to turn Ric Flair into a Roman soldier themed character named Spartacus has to be an honorable mention at least.
Thought this would be number 1
I grew up with Demolition and the Repo man, and it was legit like 2 years ago that I finally realized he was part of that team
I was not ready for that Sly Cooper reference but I am VERY HAPPY I got it.
Adam breaking down and explaining Steiner Maths would be the best and funniest video ever. Adam please do it 🙂
Mike Awesome The Career Killer. That is one of the most bad ass things I ever heard. Like how you mess that up WCW?
I feel like all of these with the special note of the S&M gang, are all very well covered here.. so what I am instead going to say is that I feel like the concept of the repo-man character actually could have had potential. I feel like it could have been a decent tool to give some new face or listless worker a chance to work into a low-tier to eventually, possibly, mid-tier heel.
It's a chance to work with assorted characters, no real expectation to over-perform, but plenty of opportunities to get some experience and exposure.
No Simon Miller reference during the Repo Man entry is almost soul crushing.
Emma: comes out as Emmalina, says she's Emma again, refuses to elaborate, leaves
Nice References Of PFK in itself Is A Rebrand
Somewhere Simon is pulling out his hair
Lol I love the implication
Adam you better hope Simon Miller isn't watching this while you're bad talking Repoman 😂
I did enjoy the Rebrand of Emma that happened after emelina when she had new entrance music because that music was dope as hell
Dusty Rhodes& the polka-dots worked imo. its Iconic
i remember Dusty saying once he liked the polka dots
Right when you said Paul Burchill I got an ad for Captain Morgan.
The power of bad booking is terrifying
I thought Albert to Lord Tensai would easily make this list. What a waste of his talents by turning him Japanese.
I feel like tensai to sweet t was worse
@@williamrosmer8381 oh yeah! Throw that in while we are at it!
Tensai cutting promos in Japanese was hilarious.
They should have just turned him into a full-on weeaboo, with promos in broken Japanese and anime references.
I was real sad for Otis, I was a big fan of him lol
Heh
Adam, you've missed this. Before Mayor Jacobs as Big Red Monster Kane, he was first introduced as Dr. Isaac Yankeem DDS. the mad dentist in the early 90s, then he became Fake Diesel along with Fake Razor Ramon when Scott Hall and Kevin Nash went to WCW as The Outsiders
It's not that he missed them, they just weren't particularly relevant for the context.
Yeah WWE really dropped the ball with Kane on his last few years. That poor burnt man
Vince be like: How can I put that good ol cousin banging in a storyline *banjo's intensify*
I can’t watch pirates of the Caribbean the same way again after this video, thanks Adam
Seriously, that color change for NXT…..WTF!?!?!?!?
I mean it looks ok but yellow and black to tye dye…..why??????
Edit: the Paul burchill pirate gimmick was great. Shame on you Vince for killing it.
5:17 I'd like to see you tell Simon Miller this.
NXT 2.0 is more arts and crafts than The black and gold brand
I remember on one of the old WWE podcasts with Dusty Rhodes they asked him about his WWF gimmick and he said something to the effect of dancing to the bank.
I think Simon will have something to say about your thoughts on Repo Man XD
Repo Man was awesome, you take that back!
Simon Miller won't be happy slagging off repo man 😂
Even worse, the only reason the Kerwin White gimmick was dropped was because of Eddie's death. Had Eddie not passed then who knows how long WWE would have made him keep that gimmick.
As a big Chavo fun I love that gimmick. It's so stupid and he made it work so well. Not a great choice but Chavo made it work so well
Great list as usual, but we’re not counting the WWE version of ECW? Talent only?
It's a good thing people like inter-brand warfare, because that's exactly what's going to happen when Simon Miller finds out someone was besmirching Repo Man.
Never forget Jim Herd wanted to rebrand Ric god damned Flair as Spartacus.
So I'm going to be in the minority here, but while Corporate Kane was underwhelming, does anyone else think Glenn did a hell of a job with the gimmick? I mean, I hated that character for all the right reasons. He drew heat especially for helping Seth Rollins get the best of Dean Ambrose on a few occasions.
I enjoyed it. Also liked the slack pants look. Kane shouldn't have been taken seriously as a monster but still had enough name value to lose to younger guys. Meant he was able to stack loses as Corporate Kane then be slotted in the WWE Title picture against Rollins by putting the mask back on
He was good, let's be real here, he was good, over etc. But it was like something out of Family Guy or something where they could have this big evil demonic intimidating character who is over suddenly becoming a highly strung accountant. Some jokes may actually land, but it's still Family Guy.
You’re really shootin fire at WhatCulture with those Repo Man slights, aren’t you, Adam? What did Simon ever do to get such disrespect?
Deserving of an honorable mention even though it never happened: rebranding Ric Flair as Spartacus. An idea so bad it helped drive Flair to WWF with the big gold belt.
Somewhere Simon Miller is screaming that Repo Man was included on this list.