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 Gooker and The Shockmaster as honourable mentions).
I always found the Eugene gimmick to be in bad taste, regardless of whatever post-hoc justifications were created to defend it. See also Festus (although punting a fake baby is hilarious).
The Forgotten Sons was also just bad, and just came across as super American and badly written. I think there are legs in a disenfranchised ex-military type character that could challenge Murica’s faux patriotism and performative veneration of The Troops, but that wasn’t it.
All I can remember of Hidenrich is that he raped Michael Cole, so, also that.
The Forgotten Sons were the worst thing about one of the best eras of NXT. The only reason I remember them is because of the “We forgot you” chants. At least that was funny. On a relate note, Fuck da police. If you know, you know.
It’s also been a minute, I need to renew my ‘Fuck Jaxson Ryker’ card, brb.
Full agree. If nothing else, Heidenreich gave us memes lol. Eugene and Festus were just…yeah.