#5 Only won twice on WWE TV: Mordecai
In 2004, Kevin Fertig’s new character, Mordecai, picked up victories over Scotty 2 Hotty at Judgment Day and Hardcore Holly at The Great American Bash.
As Fertig recalled in a 2017 interview with Sports Illustrated, Vince McMahon loved the idea of the unique persona – an over-the-top religious zealot character – while he was even told by John Laurinaitis that the gimmick would “make him a million dollars”.
“I told Vince my idea of a religious zealot who was enraged by sin. I laid out my idea of long coats and a cross, almost Pope-ish, and even vignettes with a confessional where I punch through the confessional booth and choke out the sinner. Vince’s eyes blew up and he looked at me and said, ‘Holy s***.’”
WWE originally planned for Mordecai to build on his two victories and go on to face The Undertaker, who was also impressed by the character, the following year at WrestleMania 21.
Fertig then got into a fight at a bar, leading to a lawsuit, and the gimmick was suddenly dropped.
Two years later, Fertig went by the name Kevin Thorn when he reappeared in WWE as a member of the revamped ECW roster, but the Mordecai character never returned.
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