10 wrestlers who secretly hated their gimmicks

Cody Rhodes in his Stardust persona he used near the end of his WWE career.

#2 Lord Humongous (Sid Vicious.)

Perhaps you recognize the gigantic shoulders and chest of Sid Vicious under that cheesy getup

During the 1980s, the Road Warrior franchise was one of the biggest things to hit the cinema since Star Wars and Jaws. The aesthetic of the movie translated into fashion, advertising, music videos, and...the world of sports entertainment.

The most visual and prevalent of the Road Warriors rip-offs were...the Road Warriors Hawk and Animal. Not to be outdone, a slew of other pretender gimmicks popped up. One of these was the Lord Humongous gimmick, based upon the character of the same name from the Mel Gibson Road Warrior film.

Lord Humongous was portrayed by three different men, but the most famous of the trio was unquestionably Sid Vicious. Jerry Lawler needed a villain to oppose his heroic character, and Humongous certainly fit the bill.

The gimmick was successful enough, mostly because it was the 1980s and the era of extreme, cartoonish characters. However, Sid Vicious hated the fact that he had to cover his face--the face being one of the way a wrestler markets himself -- and embarrassing S/M inspired outfit. He also had some trouble breathing and seeing out of the mask. Still, he endured the gimmick until he was able to gain employment with NWA/WCW.

Once he went by his real first name (his real last name is Eudy) he found great success, and never looked back at the humongous character.

Edited by Nishant Jayaram