20 Worst gimmicks in wrestling history

19: Tugboat

WWE’s version of Popeye (Courtesy WWE)

Fred Ottman is the only wrestler who appears in this list twice, something I’m sure that he won’t be proud of. Ottman showed up in WWE at the end of the 1980’s dressed like something out of a Popeye cartoon. I’m not exactly sure if Tugboat was a sailor or a boat enthusiast, but it didn’t get over with fans for obvious reasons. The gimmick was stupid. He wasn’t that good of a wrestler either.

The highlight of Tugboat’s WWE career was when he received a shot at Mr. Perfect’s Intercontinental Championship on the May 5, 1991 episode of Wrestling Challenge.

Unsurprisingly, Tugboat lost.

18: Oklahoma

Hmmm, not so great (Courtesy WWE)

Oklahoma is one of the most tasteless gimmicks ever created in professional wrestling. The character was the brainchild of Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara when they jumped ship to WCW from the then WWF. The character was a parody of legendary WWE commentator Jim Ross and mimicked his Bell’s Palsy.

Ed Ferrara himself played the character of Oklahoma and at one point defeated Madusa to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. The character was considered distasteful by most fans and Jim Cornette himself, once almost came to blows with Ed Ferrara for making light of his long-time friend’s Bell’s Palsy.