20 Worst gimmicks in wrestling history

5: Mantaur

Jim Cornette’s biggest failure (Courtesy WWE)

WWE’s New Generation Era was one of the company's least successful eras. With wrestlers such as Mantaur featured, its not hard to understand why. When Mantaur started off in 1995 he even wore a minotaur like headpiece that was soon discontinued.

WWE gave Mantaur a decent push and he was even paired with manager Jim Cornette. But even the legendary Jim Cornette couldn’t get the fans to care about Mantaur. The high point of Mantaur’s career was his appearance in the 1995 Royal Rumble where he got eliminated by Lex Luger.

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4: Arachnaman

Just because Spiderman wrestled once in the film (Courtesy WWE)

Just when you thought this list couldn’t have anything even weirder, we have a Spiderman rip-off, Arachnaman. Arachnaman was played by the late Brad Armstrong, a former member of the Faboulous Freebirds, who certainly deserved much better.

WCW even had Arachnaman shoot string out of its wrists. Even the costume looked like a cheap knock-off. Marvel soon sued WCW for gimmick infringement and Arachnaman left our TV screens forever.