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#3 Joseph Parks
The monstrous character Abyss was a mainstay of Impact Wrestling from 2003 all the way until 2018. He was to Impact what Sting was to WCW and what The Undertaker is to WWE.
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What separated the character Abyss from the likes of a Sting and Undertaker, is it often didn't take very long for a lot of elements of the character to become quite stale. Impact tried to re-invent Abyss a few times under the same gimmick, but he always reverted back to his old ways and booking. That is until 2012 when after a few months absence, Abyss appeared on an episode of Impact in March, without a mask and wearing a suit, claiming to be Abyss' brother, Joseph Parks.
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Parks was revealed to be a lawyer and was in search of his missing brother. He blamed Bully Ray for Abyss' disappearance, leading to a feud between the two. Parks was portrayed as a cowardly lion-like character, with a lot of heart. He would go on to be a big part of the big feud of the company with the Aces & Eights. The character was dropped in 2014 when Eric Young convinced him he was really Abyss the entire time. The character made a return to Impact storylines in 2017, ignoring the revelation that he was Abyss. The character would win the Wrestling Observer Newsletter award for Best Gimmick in 2012.
During a tour of the UK and Europe in 2016, Abyss revealed during a Q&A at a show in Dublin, Ireland, that Eric Bischoff was behind the creation and backstory of Joseph Parks. Abyss said he was very thankful to Bischoff for developing such a great character. He also revealed that it was himself who came up with the name, while Bischoff had wanted to name the character, B-Byss.
