Every Tuesday, we take a look at an outlandish character from wrestling’s days gone by. Sometimes laughable, sometimes revolting, but always preposterous, they’re part of what makes pro rasslin’ so great. Ranging from slightly peculiar to downright ludicrous, these are the wrestlers that time has rightly forgotten.
If you’re ever asked to identify the absolute worst gimmick in the history of professional wrestling, answer “The Yeti.” Proclaim it loud and confidently, just don’t say it with the same stupid inflection as Tony Schiavone. A week before Halloween Havoc 1995, the Dungeon of Doom revealed a giant block of ice in which the Yeti was frozen. At the conclusion of that installment of Nitro, the block of ice exploded, thus thawing out said Yeti. As if this wasn’t already well beyond the edge of comprehension, the Yeti officially debuted at Halloween Havoc, looking like a gigantic mummy. After stiffly walking to the ring, he joined The Giant in engaging Hulk Hogan in a disastrously executed double bear hug. Not only did the Yeti appear to dry hump the unconscious Hulk Hogan, but he proceeded to stomp around the ring, arms outstretched, like a traditional movie Mummy. I guess it makes sense he’d be stiff after being frozen in ice all those years. Mercifully, this was the sole appearance of the Yeti…as a Mummy, anyway. A month later, the Yeti appeared in WCW’s World War 3 Battle Royal, only this time he was dressed as an oversized ninja, mindblowingly still being referred to as the Yeti. Eventually, WCW put the Yeti out of his misery, completely dropping the God-awful gimmick and morphing the man under the mask into one of Raven’s lackeys, Reese. They don’t get any worse than this.
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I’m trying to think of something worse and it just ain’t happening.
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