5 Absurd WWE gimmicks that actually worked

As great as some gimmicks are, it's hard to deny their absurdity
As great as some gimmicks are, it's hard to deny their absurdity
What exactly is R-Truth?
What exactly is R-Truth?

#2 R-Truth - WWE's resident Animaniac

R-Truth is hilarious. Sometimes, he's the highlight of Monday Night RAW. He's easily the main reason to watch RAW Talk on the WWE Network. Yet, you wouldn't think something as goofy as R-Truth's character would have seemingly everlasting value.

You'd be wrong. We would all be wrong. It's hard not to appreciate a man that made Brock Lesnar crack the biggest smile we've seen on his face since he worked with Kurt Angle in the early 2000s.

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Brock Lesnar had so much fun during this segment that when they went to the back, he wanted to work with R-Truth more. WWE has a gold mine here and the company has been using him to his full advantage every time he shows up on TV.

It shouldn't work at all. A man that doesn't know what day of the year it is, grabbing a ladder and trying to win the Money in the Bank briefcase at the Royal Rumble, shouldn't work. It's a joke that should only get a laugh a handful of times.

Yet, here we are, laughing so hard our stomachs hurt whenever Truth appears. As much as can be said about whatever Truth's gimmick actually is, full credit goes to the man behind the character. Ron Killings is genuinely hysterical, and he knows that.

To think that this stemmed from the paranoid conspiracy theorist heel R-Truth introduced in 2010 is kind of insane. Honestly, if you go back and watch that run with The Miz as The Awesome Truth, or even his shot at the WWE Championship, it's hard not to marvel at this.

Ron Killings gives everything he can in his performance. For WWE, that's making everyone corpse whenever they're in a segment with him. If you give something like this to just anybody, it would fail. Facts are facts, not everyone is funny. Not everyone can make "Insane conspiracy man that sees ghost children" work.

Ron Killings can, which is why R-Truth works.

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