10 AWFUL WWE Gimmicks That Only Lasted ONE Night

From Doc Kabuki and Friar Ferguson to Emmalina and Phantasio, these are 10 AWFUL WWE gimmicks that only lasted ONE night.

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[prestone.garrison]

Shane Thorne should have kept the mask and wore the Crocodile Dundee gear and called himself Outback SlapJack. 💰

[wbl_unlimited]

Hold on, let me clear out 10 CAW slots first

[whaduzitmatr]

if its any consolation prize I heard in an interview Duane Gill said he has won many Halloween costume contests wearing the Toxic Turtle costume

[mattpujol]

I watched Raw religiously as a kid in 1999, have no memory of Steve Williams as Doc Kabuki.

[PyroBlitzPlays]

Aw man, it's a shame Phantasio bombed, I think a magician wrestling doing tricks during the match could really get over if it's done correctly, that's a really cool combo.

[sXeAndriex]

As an Emma fan, the whole Emmalina... saga? was a very strange and disappointing million years to live through.

[LiamKubi]

Wildo and Ingus (Willow and Ignis Fatuus) were actually the Hardys indy gimmick that they tried to bring to TV. WWF said sure, misspelled their names, then told them they should probably just keep being the Hardys.

[nixda]

cant still believe that Freddie Prince Jr. was a WWE Writer. but now it makes sense why he hosted WWE Rivals.

[MichaelTaylor-qpxf]

So Steve Williams was pitched being the somehow worse precursor to Lord Tensai.

[CadChamberlain]

The wholesome part of Emmalina was that it was shot down due to Emma not feeling comfortable in the role and WWE actually listening.

The bad part was that they seemed to have the vignettes continue for months, presumably trying to convince Emma to do it

[fergalstackstreams]

Phantasio kind of looks like someone put Cody Rhodes and Danhausen in a blender.

[multiyapples]

The Crocodile hunter gimmick could've worked in the early 1990's.

[SNOWDUDE]

Sci Fi shot down the Alien idea for the Zombie. That would've been way more entertaining.

[dylanthebiguy]

fun fact: the toxic turtles tag match is actually on wwe's dvd movie titled "unreleased: wrestling's lost match footage"

[Walshy]

The thing about the Emmalina segment was that not only did it fail, Vince never learned from it. Done the same shit with Veer a few years later. Taking over 6 months or whatever to get to Raw and people just got fed up of waiting and it flopped big time

[crystalp]

Who’d have thought that Bastion Booger would be considered an upgrade as far as wrestling gimmicks go?

[LanceJade]

"Long-term enhancement talent Matt and Jeff Hardy." A sentence that just sounds...wrong in 2024.

[ThandrieDavis]

12:08 "Bloody shell" is an almost criminally bad pun, love it

[soulweaponx]

i hope you do a WCW version of 1 night gimmicks lol.

[kimwaddell]

Grabbing a man's boxer shorts and pulling out as finisher was the weirdest and funniest finisher. I'm so glad nobody else has that finisher