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#4 The Genius Lanny Poffo

The World's Smartest Man, The Genius Lanny Poffo

A predecessor of sorts to the Damien Sandow character as "The Genius" Lanny Poffo, formerly known as Leaping Lanny before he adopted the persona of an obnoxious heel with an intelligent edge.

The Genius sported an academic cap and gown akin to the standard graduation attire and had a penchant for poetry which actually became the most well-known trait of his career, which is why he would follow suit with a poem for his brother, Macho Man Randy Savage's Hall of Fame induction speech.

Like everybody else on this list, Poffo would continually berate his opponents and the crowd for being beneath him and not smart enough to match wits, despite how folks like Hulk Hogan would get the better of him in the end.

During his first vignette, he touted himself as the world's smartest man and specified that he could speak eleven languages—something Cesaro should be envious over.

In an era where there were simply bigger stars with more bombastic personas, Poffo fell by the wayside and would dissolve into relative obscurity while his allegiance with Mr Perfect would be transitioned into one between Curt Hennig and Bobby Heenan, which was much better in the long run and worth nixing Poffo from the roster.