8 Worst WCW Gimmicks That Lasted Less Than A Month

Not every gimmick is destined to have a long run in wrestling, but no one wants to have their new character last a month or less. WCW unfortunately witnessed that with a few of their talents getting placed into new scenarios that just didn’t work out for them. The goal for the characters in question had various hopes, but they shared the same result of a quick hook.

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WCW had a few different eras that saw them aiming towards different gimmicks depending on who was calling the shots. Some of these ideas were meant to be lower card acts that just didn’t have legs. Others hoped to become stars and couldn’t make it happen. Each of the following short-lived WCW gimmicks didn’t even last a full month.

8 The Yeti

WCW tried to debut a new monster character during the infamously bad Halloween Havoc 1995 match between Hulk Hogan and The Giant. The aftermath of that match was a hot mess with Giant somehow winning the WCW Championship via DQ and various names from the Dungeon of Doom attacking Hogan.

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Fans were introduced to The Yeti for the first time when the mummy-like wrestler made his way to the ring. The Giant and The Yeti delivering a double bear hug on Hogan was one of the strangest closing moments to a PPV ever. The Yeti was mocked more than feared and barely got television time after that show before the gimmick died.

7 Yellow Dog

A feud between Brian Pillman and Barry Windham grew personal enough for a loser leaves town match. Pillman took the loss and was no longer allowed to appear on WCW television. This led to Pillman creating the Yellow Dog gimmick wearing an outlandish costume to torment Windham.

WCW didn’t really do much to make this compelling, and it was more so a joke to the average fan. Pillman thankfully dropped the angle rather quickly before it further ruined his reputation. WCW reinstated Pillman, and it led to him achieving even more in the following years.

6 Braun The Leprechaun

DeWayne Bruce was most known to WCW fans as Sarge since he was the Power Plant trainer and even tagged with Goldberg towards the end of the company’s run. However, he had a few weird gimmicks that just never stuck before WCW wanted him to focus mostly on the training side of their unofficial school.

Braun the Leprechaun was the oddest gimmick to him when involved in the bigger Dungeon of Doom faction. WCW wanted to add as many bizarre and terrifying characters to that group as possible. Braun was a short-lived one since he didn’t do anything of importance beyond being an extra body for their numbers advantage.

5 Seven

Dustin Rhodes left WWE shortly before his revamped gimmick as the man behind the GTV segments after contract negotiations fell apart. Vince Russo gaining power in WCW saw him also promising big pushes to names he trusted in WWE like Jeff Jarrett and Dustin. Unfortunately, the gimmick planned for Rhodes was the masked Seven character.

WCW had vignettes of Seven appearing outside of the windows of young children terrified of him. Turner management demanded WCW drop the gimmick due to the vignettes, and Dustin debuted ending and mocking the Seven character.

4 Jason Jett

Sometimes a lack of a character leads to a failure of a character when fans don’t know how to react. Jason Jett ran into that problem when joining WCW in the company’s final month. The former E.Z. Money from ECW was a very underrated worker, but he wrestled under the Jason Jett name in WCW.

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A generic heel character did little to nothing to help fans understand Jett or connect to the new character. The one PPV match for Jett against Kwee Wee showed his skill set, but the company went out of business before he could do anything more.

3 B.A

Brad Armstrong was considered one of the most underrated wrestlers on the WCW roster. Road Dogg’s brother was a much less charismatic wrestler and got by more on his technical wrestling skills. However, WCW tried a few times to create a comedic gimmick to get him over beyond the solid wrestling.

B.A. was the new gimmick given to him when he joined the No Limit Soldiers faction led by real-life rapper Master P. The gimmicks saw Armstrong trying to fit into the hip hop vibe with Master P, Rey Mysterio and Konnan as the comedic white guy. WCW eventually dropped the group at the end of the Master P run with gimmicks ending for all names involved.

2 Loch Ness Monster

The legendary Giant Haystacks wrestled for decades all over the world. Older eras saw him as a respected attraction due to his size. WCW tried to get one more run out of Haystacks when having him play the gimmick of Loch Ness Monster.

The Dungeon of Doom required many big men that could play terrifying monster heels to add to the group’s appeal. Loch Ness Monster unfortunately only lasted a few weeks before getting removed from the roster. WCW realized that he wasn’t a good fit and the Dungeon of Doom had a bit too many members.

1 Z-Gangsta

Actor Tommy Lister Jr. is most known for his success in legendary movies like Friday and The Dark Knight. However, his role in WWE’s No Holds Barred led to him playing Zeus in WWE to feud with Hulk Hogan. Fans got into Zeus since he was more physically intimidating than most wrestlers and understood the acting element.

WCW brought Zeus in with the new name and gimmick as Z-Gangsta. The Alliance to End Hulkamania featured various members of the Four Horsemen and Dungeon of Doom teaming up against Hogan and Randy Savage. Z-Gangsta took part in that absurd double decker cage match that saw Hogan and Savage winning before leaving as a one off.