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FAILURE TO LAUNCH | Wrestling's Biggest Failed Gimmicks
Wrestling has had a lot of great gimmicks over the course of its history. You just have to look to the likes of Goldust, The Million Dollar Man, or of course The Undertaker, for evidence of this. Hell, if you want to go back ever further you could even reach to the early days of the industry when Gorgeous George was on top and drawing the ire of fans everywhere as a great example of character work in action. That said, not every attempt to create the next big thing has been a winner as, in some unfortunate cases, these have ended up falling flat on their face, quite literally actually. So, join us take as we take a look at some of the worst to have ever existed in Failure to Launch: Wrestling's Biggest Failed Gimmicks.
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@WRESTLEWITHANDY 2 года назад

Thanks for watching, what we lists should we have in future videos? Also, make sure to drop a like to help get the video picked up by RU-vid’s algorithm 💪🏻👊🏻🤘🏻

@tajunoor1311 2 года назад

Let me talk to ya the Eli Drake story

@tajunoor1311 2 года назад

No Gimmicks needed the Chris Candido story

@tajunoor1311 2 года назад

History of the Midnight Express

@alexgeorge501 2 года назад

Gorgeous George, Bruno Sanmartino, Lou Thees, Tommy Dreamer, Vampiro, Vince McMahon, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, Ultimo Dragon, Hulk Hogan, or WWF in 2000

@JjJj-eg9dg 2 года назад

Elias career story

@remylucai 2 года назад

Paul Burchill wasn't a failure. he got that gimmick over, and WWE didn't want to do anything with it.

@redben1252 2 года назад

It's strange how he was a comedic pirate for most of ruthless aggression era, then make him horny for his kayfabe sister just before they went PG.

@rojax_thevoicetm2385 Год назад

Vince McMahon hates when you get a gimmick over that he thinks was supposed to be a joke. For example Internet Champion Zack Ryder, Rusev Day, vampire Kevin Thorn and pirate Paul Burchill.

@HORSEYANIME2024 9 месяцев назад

Kudos to Paul Burchill whom was underrated as a wrestler in the Wwe whom had potential but wasn’t given a huge opportunity in the Wwe

@dylanthomas9907 2 года назад

Its so ironic that the Shockmaster gimmick is more over now than what it ever would have been had Ottman not tripped over and the helmet stayed on

@aaronholman8288 2 года назад

You're so right he really had no chance whether he tripped or not with a ridiculous gimmick like that. A storm trooper helmet?🤦‍♂️

@stevenpagnani7005 Год назад

Aka tugboat and typhoon

@dylanthomas9907 Год назад

@@stevenpagnani7005 I enjoyed his run as Typhoon when he was one half of the Natural Disasters with Earthquake

@glasschin871 Год назад

Nearly as bad as the shark lol

@glasschin871 Год назад

Nearly as bad as the shark lol

@patrickperalta59 2 года назад

I seen a video of Dusty Rhodes telling the Shockmaster story..............he mentiond young Cody was watching the debut with friends and when Shockmaster triped and lost his helmet.....Cody turned to his friends and said "I think that was Uncle Fred" LOL

@patrickperalta59 2 года назад

I loved how Brian Danielson played a joke on Regal on a episode of WWE Superstars he was faceing Regal in a match and when Regal came down the ramp his intro music switched to "Real Man's Man" song... causeing Regal to smile at Brian as Brian laughed at the joke.

@deandrenicholas2545 День назад

Can never be said that Regal doesn't have a sense of humor.

@SynopsisGrim 2 года назад

It warms my heart to see the Red Rooster mentioned! As bad of an angle as that was, it's a fond memory from my early teen years. 🐓

@salvagemonster3612 Год назад

It was a rub n Terry because of his huge ego. Terry thought he was on par with a hogan and was just a ham and egger

@EDifyer881 Год назад

@@salvagemonster3612 someone probably ruffled his feathers lol

@ArmyofBulldogsProductions413 2 года назад

Met the Shockmaster a few years ago at a convention, he let me put on the helmet and literilay could not have been a nicer person seriously one of the coolest wrestlers I've ever met, so kind. Long live Fred !

@kageakuma3009 Год назад

That's awesome

@Rob_Thorsman Год назад

Can you actually see out of the damn thing?

@ArmyofBulldogsProductions413 Год назад

@@Rob_Thorsman Absolutely not!

@superrobz 2 года назад

Unpopular opinion but I loved Paul Burchills pirate gimmick, had they launched NXT U.K. around that time it would have most certainly been a hit

@thybloodyromance 2 года назад

Yeah, it had potential, every kid back in the day loved POTC and it could be money gimmick for sure

@Hyde_Hill 2 года назад

I think it was actually pretty over, not main event over however just fun over. The kill was not due to lack of success however like said more because Vince was out of touch.

@bam4everful 2 года назад

I liked the Pirate gimmick as well!

@royalty843 2 года назад

I loved it myself. Being a fan of POTC, the Hanna Barbara cartoon Pirates of Dark water i flocked to him immediately. Definite upper midcard.

@ericwoods625 2 года назад

Same

@ElGamerCosplayer 2 года назад

Tensai wasn't as bad a gimmick, is just that we all knew he was A-Train and they were acting like he had never stepped on a WWE ring before

@metpach 2 года назад

Lol facts. I remember watching his introduction, and the announcers acting like they've never seen this guy before. And I'm like bro, that's just Albert.

@MaddMountains 2 года назад

It was terrible. If the guy was Japanese, then cool, but it was just A-Train.

@bigdonpaul 2 года назад

They still do this today with the NXT callups

@vleaky3430 2 года назад

I mean his face looked like it was ran over

@vleaky3430 2 года назад

@@MaddMountains he does have Asian eyes

@toganlate8333 2 года назад

In my opinion, Lord Tensai had potential if they would’ve just acknowledged his past and properly push to rebrand him

@cliffordjackson3 2 года назад

FACTS dude because this was after albert had a successful run in njpw.

@noyb12345 2 года назад

No opinion there

@stoneharper7038 2 года назад

Nah, that was dog shit lol

@SnipingIsFun 2 года назад

Maybe make it a title he earned in Japan

@sstrykert 2 года назад

They didn't run with him as a monster level heel long enough

@bradfry5403 2 года назад

I have no idea why they repackaged Owen Hart as the Blue Blazer , a blunder that would end up costing him his life.

@eddiejoewalt7746 2 года назад

because it was done as a so called punish for Owen Owen didnt want to do a "risque" storyline done by Vince Russo involving cheating his wife! 😵😵😵😵😵😵

@shallendor 2 года назад

Owen was the Blue Blazer before it was revealed that he was Owen Hart!

@eddiejoewalt7746 2 года назад

@@shallendor Owen did the gimmick the first time back in 1988 and hart lost the Blue Blazer mask in a mascara contra mascara match against Mexican wrestler El Canek, and would not utilize the gimmick again until 1998

@sstrykert 2 года назад

Look up the old Blue Blazer matches in late 80's WWE. You'll be pleased& get that lucha look& an owned WWE property was a win for all but Owen

@glasschin871 Год назад

@@sstrykert I liked that gimmick and preferred Owen in that role to the new foundation and hi Engery tag teams.

@truckshackley373 2 года назад

I always thought that, with the right booking, Mortis could have been WCW's answer to The Undertaker.

@Illgaia Год назад

Credit to Fred Ottman, he's gone on to lasting fame for his blown entrance. Sometimes, embracing the foolishness of a situation is better than denying it happened.

@Henderson1011 2 года назад

I know Burchill and in fairness, the pirate gimmick was getting pretty over. They had to stop using it because Disney threatened to go after them for copyright infringement. Add that in with McMahon not being up to date on pop culture, they were quick to scrap it. He's a great guy.

@qanye 2 года назад

i remember seeing that burchill debut live, looking back as an adult the gimmick could have worked if he had a nathan drake uncharted style storyline lol

@RomanianAlphaDaddy 2 года назад

I loved Demon and Glacier when I was kid. Paul Birchall as a pirate was also fucking awesome. I even got super hyped about the Kizarny vignettes.

@jonstefanik9400 Год назад

I heard Terry Taylor and Curt Hennig were competing for the "Mr. Perfect" gimmick. Just to be fair The Red Rooster is undefeated at WrestleMania, which The Undertaker is not.

@Thor-Orion Год назад

Two guys who could work their asses off. So silly.

@LNGcreepyztv 2 года назад

This may be a hot take bur I feel like If anyone besides Mark had become undertaker the gimmick would have fallen flat, I mean a grave digger? Mark killed it tho

@dabigguy7788 2 года назад

Fake Diesel and Razor are about as bad as it gets. It was actually insulting to the audience.

@derrickhaggard Год назад

I actually loved Paul Burchill's pirate gimmick. WWE didn't want anything to do with it due to Vince not being up to date with pop-culture aka he failed to understand people love anti-hero pirates and cheer for them.

@robertclark2253 10 месяцев назад

The pirate gimmick was done years before Burchill . When The Quebecers split up Quebecer Pierre became Jean Pierre LaFitte who had a short feud with Bret Hart . This was in 1995 .

@g-man8031 2 года назад

I was a fan of "Pirate" Paul Burchill for the ridiculousness of it all and hoped Kizarny would've had a longer self life because I liked his debut promos. I might just have bad taste. lol

@Thor-Orion Год назад

Everyone liked Pirate Paul. This video is weird.

@Hunkzilla 2 года назад

The Tensai thing woud have worked minus the name Tensai. They should have just brought him back as Albert/A-Train . They should have just provided the backstory like this : During his first stint in the WWE , Albert could only win thE Intercontinental Title and failed miserably to even mount a challenge for the WWE and World Heavyweight Title . So A-Train ended up leaving WWE in 2004 to go wrestle all over the world in order to properly horne his skills and dominate the competition . After dominating the competition , Albert makes his return to the WWE with his Japanese attire and makes it clear that he returned to win either the World Heavyweight or WWE Championship. Its that simple. But no ,Vince decided to insult the audience's intelligence and try to pass him off as Japanese.

@chrisyoung5549 2 года назад

Vince doesn’t think like that, he’s the type to turn everything into a joke like we knew he was A-Train to us but Vince does wat he does

@BlueRoseSteakhouse 2 года назад

Some great ones. But come on, where is Isaac Yankem! Lol

@JaminWarrenPMS 2 года назад

Glacier wasn't bad in the ring. Did you watch him perform? It was a dumb gimic but he has good martial arts skills.

@Thor-Orion Год назад

And good skills as an all around worker!

@raidernation7427 2 года назад

Glacier never really had a chance to succeed. WCW spent too much time hyping him up, pushed his debut back a cpl months & then had him debut when NWO was just gaining momentum. Imo, if he would've started a year before & with less hype,he could've found a groove before Hall & Nash came in. Still wouldn't have gone past upper-mid card but could've done more than he did.

@ryanleikness3414 2 года назад

I said that before too... gosh I wish this character would be retried again.

@kylescott3824 Год назад

Agreed. Such a great entrance. Glacier and Ernest "the Cat" Miller's feud with Wrath and Mortis was fucking awesome.

@SnipingIsFun 2 года назад

Glacier would have worked if they kept the cool entrance attire as part of his wrestling attire. Make him mysterious and cool.

@kennyfleck8630 2 года назад

The most underrated part of shock masters debit is that ric flair left halfway through the segment, but they replaced him with a cardboard cutout, lol

@ShockerTopper Год назад

I thought the "Man's man" Steven Regal was one of the funniest things ever lol. I loved his ridiculous music, the gimmick and him as a wrestler hahah

@jernigan007 2 года назад

I'm glad Dustin got clean

@toddkurzbard 2 года назад

I remember watching the Shockmaster's debut as it happened. My instant thought at the time was, "WTF??? Did they really PLAN this???".

@billyrouse4813 Год назад

Nope. I can tell why you would think that.

@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 2 года назад

By mentioning Black Reign, this entire channel has officially been blocked by Dustin Rhodes.

@TheRobobuck 2 года назад

Surprised he didn't mention Seven - his hybrid Uncle Fester/Freddy Krueger abomination.

@KilamajaroKen 2 года назад

13:30 INCORRECT! Berchill would say that the Pirate gimmick was Vince's idea.

@sstrykert 2 года назад

& it was an update on Karl Pierre Outtlette's(sp*?) gimmick after he left the Quebecers& feuded with Bret Hart.

@nOT_sURE08 10 месяцев назад

I effing HATED hearing Taz on commentary exclaiming, "WE'RE GONNA HAVE SWASHBUCKLING ON SMACKDOWN!"

@WrestlingBehindTheThemes 2 года назад

You could do 10 more videos on this topic...great work as always!

@TheChrisHype 2 года назад

Black Reign could have been fine. Drop the rat gimmick. Drop the spike gimmick. Don’t associate him with Rellik (that’s Killer spelled backwards), and just make him the anti-Goldust. Introvert instead of flamboyant. Ultra violent instead of meticulous. Lashing out instead of using mindgames. Hell, make him quote literature instead of movies. It’s really not hard to make it work, and I think it could have been much more therapeutic for what he was dealing with in his personal life.

@kingsboro1 2 года назад

Dustin was in a dark period at that time

@TheChrisHype 2 года назад

@@kingsboro1 And being forced to play an awful character makes a dark place even darker.

@lightninglj 2 года назад

When did the beaver clevage thing happen? I'm wondering why i can't remember this

@sstrykert 2 года назад

Oh it happened. I cringed.

@chrischar9428 2 года назад

1999

@itsjustian8484 2 года назад

I seem to recall Miz being referred to as looking like Red Rooster, likely by commentary. This would have been in the earlier times of Miz's WWE career.

@sstrykert 2 года назад

Kizarney was shacking up with the Kat, so WWE loses Lawler, or loses a rookie. Pretty simple call. (Sourced from Lawler's bio)

@wingedhussar1453 2 года назад

Paul burcghl wasn't a fault ,he was jobbed out and cut because of copyright from disney.he was over asf and popular

@sedrickgipson8088 Год назад

Facts

@michaelscriver5395 2 года назад

Terry was the" perfect"rooster 🐓

@WhoistheWolf 2 года назад

Pirate Paul Burchill was awesome how dare you?!?!

@sjrex2553 2 года назад

I would replace the red rooster gimmick with Perry Saturn's moppy gimmick. That was really bad.

@jamiegaskins3687 Год назад

I will never forget Kizarny being hyped to the moon. I don’t even remember seeing him on television.

@MONEYPYROgaming Год назад

Me too. Honestly as a kid, I thought he looked like Jeff Hardy if he had put on some weight. I watched every week, and never saw his matches, or anything other than all the hype packages

@jamiegaskins3687 Год назад

@@MONEYPYROgaming I swear they showed those videos for like 2 months and then that was it

@williamhild1793 2 года назад

FULL DISCLOSURE: "The Pirate" Paul Burchill was a guilty pleasure of mine. I loved it! But then again, with me, there's no accounting for taste. :)

@DoNotPassGO 2 года назад

I thought Pirate Paul Burchill was dropped because Disney sent a cease and desist

@CaptainTae 2 года назад

PIRATE PAUL BURCHILL WAS GENIUS!

@drpecker1452 2 года назад

Glad to see im not the only one that liked Paul Burchill's pirate gimmick as it was quite enjoyable.

@antwoneallwood2293 2 года назад

Sub-Zero with blonde hair and Reptile with long hair in wcw ha ha ha

@handlesRdumb 2 года назад

Dustin must not have sweat glands, i don't know how he could do anything in that gear let alone wrestle.

@sstrykert 2 года назад

Sleeveless& short hair

@kamieyonce 2 года назад

Typhoon was a strong man, I would’ve never recovered from the shockmaster!

@luedanger561 2 года назад

Great video Andy! As much as I love Goldust, Dustin's Reign was terrible.

@kingsboro1 2 года назад

Still better then Black Reign but he was in a dark period at that time

@christiancage6626 2 года назад

There have honestly been so many failures with wrestling characters...at the end of the day tho it falls on all parties involved to make it succeed... another awesome video man👌🏻👌🏻

@unum1979 2 года назад

Did he say Shock master was to be a "major heel" while he was teaming with Sting and Bulldog? All of The Kiss Demon's matches were not required to be main events. He had to have one Pay Per View main event. It was a match against Vampiro I think, but yeah that was in the middle of the show.

@patrickperalta59 2 года назад

yes he said Shockmaster was a heel in his debut.

@jordanking6939 2 года назад

What happened to wrestlers without gimmicks that did 90 minute shows of pure wrestling, holds, ring psychology, etc.

@sstrykert 2 года назад

Those were the main event acts. Always have your main pure& leave low card as the carnival show

@JohnAnthonyChihakSoltero Год назад

Sonny Ohno getting his beak wet in being the middle man when Glacier sold his gimmick was hillarious

@nedthomas6563 2 года назад

I’m still convinced that the Beaver Cleavage gimmick was created specifically so they could do the worked shoot promo to introduce the domestic abuse angle. Kinda like the Seven gimmick, just with more incest and less child stalking.

@bryancronbaugh4265 2 года назад

I think you should do one on money making talent. People who shouldered the business. Stone cold, John cena. But I like earlier wresting stuff to.

@anthonydaniel9534 2 года назад

No Gobbledy Gooker? Come on, dawg!!

@ShowTymeDollarS850 2 года назад

Uh.. Killer Kross.. Lashley.. Who could've been Brock Lesnar equivalent.. Omos.. Alister Black.. Pac as Neville.. Keith Lee.. Hell even Great Khali could've been better

@SnipingIsFun 2 года назад

Black Reign could have worked too if they handled it better

@seanmcclure Год назад

As a kid I loved the red rooster. He was flashy and he had that cool hair. A lot of kids growing up in that time liked this character.

@SICresinwrks 2 года назад

Man what a nostalgic blast from the past, so many characters i completely forgot about. Glaicer was such a joke for wcw 🤣🤣🤣

@GamingSaturnMoonManBoy 2 года назад

I met Glacier at an Indy show and he was so cool I asked him if the people of Mortal Kombat were aware of him and he said yes. From what I remember him saying Time Warner had a Mortal Kombat cartoon on one of their channels and the gimmick was to capitalize on the show or something. I can’t remember exactly what he said because there was so much noise and I might be a bit wrong on what he said but overall he was so awesome and everyone was chanting for him when he wrestled

@seanharris37 2 года назад

I was actually a big Red Rooster fan when I was a kid.

@reesymac8243 2 года назад

I was too!! it wasn't till I got grown that I found out I wasn't suppose to like that gimmick 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@SellavinAtoms 2 года назад

12:05 I remember Paul burchell the pirate I think he had some good moments I remember the episode he showed up and scaring the WWE mini juniors just little wrestlers that irritated WWE Superstars he scared the crap out of them swinging his sword I thought it was kind of funny but then again I was a kid at the time Paul burchell he's not the worst wrestler for more I can tell that's how you just got dealt a lot of bad hands.

@ery7706 2 года назад

I’m probably the only one to like the Paul Burchill Pirate and the Demon characters.

@anthonydyson8103 Год назад

When I was a kid, about 11 or 12, Glacier was actually pretty cool. Sure, now I'm older, it's obvious he wasn't any good, but he was enjoyable to kids.

@Sunprism Год назад

Shockmaster for Hall of Fame....I mean, that clip has gotten more life then most super stars successes

@austinpopdan4190 3 месяца назад

The crazy thing is, not only is Ray Lloyd still wrestling with the Glacier gimmick, but he turned down an offer to join WWE in 2000.

@andrewburak1205 2 года назад

I feel like "Pirate" Paul Burchill could have made it pretty big had Vince McMahon actually put any faith into him. I remember a lot of fans at the time, including myself, loving the character! He had a cool (albeit corny) entrance, a gnarly finisher that got me into knowing the Spanish Fly, and his rivalry with William Regal was top notch

@Drowmerc 2 года назад

Yeah I liked him. The music and entrance were pretty cool, and I thought he was a decent wrestler at the time.

@danielboom72 Год назад

Kizarny reminds me of a character on Kroll Show by the name of Branch Rickey. I kept waiting for him to bust out and sing LA! DELI!

@Dragonskull1057 Год назад

I used to love Glacier. Loved seeing him when he showed up in AEW's Casino Battle Royale

@MarvelMTs 2 года назад

In fairness to Glacier, the guy got injured before his scheduled debut, forcing the “Blood runs cold” videos to run much longer than planned. So by the time Glacier did debut, the audience was burned out of all videos and no payoff so Glacier debuted to “meh” rather than “OMG” because his injury cost WCW the ability to strike while the iron was hot

@Hoovie9596 2 года назад

Beaver Cleavage. I remember when he broke character live and refused to do it anymore. Awesome

@Jd-zr8bs 2 года назад

The Man's Man gimmick was brutal to sit through at the time.Its like come on

@Harley-D-Mcdonald Год назад

I liked the Red Rooster. He was really a great wrestler in the ring and he played up his gimmick as good as anyone could have.

@tims4502 2 года назад

The Shockmaster cracks me up. Let’s just say that he didn’t trip. What was the next step with him? Did they really think anyone would take it seriously?

@xXRaMsiisXx Год назад

Pirate burchill and tensai was awesome! I can see rollins sport the pirate gimmick too

@mae2759 Год назад

I actually really liked the Paul Burchill pirate gimmick. He got it over and would have been a great character for a long while. I also kind of liked Lord Tensai too.

@ThunderHorsePyro Год назад

I am astonished that you didn't mention Dustin's character Seven from WCW.

@BIGJ03SGPHS 2 года назад

I actually love the Black rain character in TNA

@jamminmusicman Год назад

Awesome video 💯 unpopular opinion but I did like The Black Reign gimmick for Dustin Rhodes it was something different at the time and I had hopes for Lord Tensai when he returned to WWE in 2012 but happy to see where Matt Bloom's career has gotten him now 💪

@QuentinDude 2 года назад

You could probably put Mordecai on this list as well. Also Mantaur. There were other bad gimmicks that lasted longer than they should of like Sparky Plugg.

@jimbo_1312 2 года назад

Daveys reaction to shockmaster was everything 😂

@robertclark2253 10 месяцев назад

The Pirate gimmick was done years before Burchill . After splitting with Jaque Rogeau Quebecer Pierre became Jean Pierre LaFitte and had a feud with Bret Hart .

@ShowTymeDollarS850 2 года назад

Glacier should've won at least the TV title.. And had it frozen with ice sickles from it when he came out

@CallieCatGaming Год назад

I wish Dr. Isaac Yankem was on here. It always blew my mind that that's how Kane started out

@danielproctor5237 2 года назад

Great video, thanks!!

@itsjustian8484 2 года назад

"Glacier". Ripping off Mortal Kombat AND Killer Instinct (in name only: Glacius).

@adnanaliable Год назад

"Mr Mcman, the father of his daughter stephneys' baby", vomited a little in my mouth.

@princechhabra6235 2 года назад

Haha quite literally!!

@AnarkeeSoundVibes 2 года назад

I actually liked the Glacier gimmick. If he actually had any real martial arts skills and an effective push, he could've gotten over with more fans.

@craiglozo9104 2 года назад

Well, he did have actual martial arts skills, just never got an actual push

@johnsmith-ko8vq Год назад

Yah as a kid Glacier was one of my favs loved his entrance.

@initra25 Год назад

The Patriot, El Gigante, Max Moon, Renegade, Ronda Rousey, Kwang, Ronda Rousey.

@grandmastermario3695 2 года назад

What about stardust or kung Funaki or the plumber guy

@dustincongello5802 2 года назад

Glacier versus Mortis Could have been epic

@earlclark6002 Год назад

It would always just make sense to acknowledge a guys past. It’s not like we don’t know anything about them previously

@Fektthis 6 месяцев назад

I remember Beaver was actually getting decent pops at the shows. It wasn't long lived but it was catching on. I thought it was lame myself but the audience was responding. Then he did his big "shoot" and talked about how embarrassed he was over it and nobody gave two shits about him ever again. He'd come out and it was crickets. Same with Black Reign. They spent a lot of time to build that up and get interest in it. Dustin had maybe a couple of matches and came out whining about looking like Uncle Fester. People went from mildly interested to not caring when Dustien went back to being Dustin Rhodes again. The whole cowboy boots and blue jeans good old boy that failed on him a decade earlier when he was younger and thinner failed again 10 years later when he was older and fatter. Who would have figured.