Vince McMahon has always used talent from other companies to ruin them on purpose

[Chris]

Off the top of my head, the worst I can think of is possibly Barry Windham as The Stalker? That was pretty shit, Windham wasn't on the level he was in the past for sure, but no reason to give that gimmick to a guy like Windham. Hard to tell if that was even spiteful bc once Windham went back to WCW they also made him a country singer

 

[Deezy]

Off the top of my head, the worst I can think of is possibly Barry Windham as The Stalker? That was pretty shit, Windham wasn't on the level he was in the past for sure, but no reason to give that gimmick to a guy like Windham. Hard to tell if that was even spiteful bc once Windham went back to WCW they also made him a country singer

Vince didn 't even know Barry Windham was an NWA champion and was just Lanza's kid....Bruce said Vince just asks them questions on what their personalities are like, what they do for fun and what they did outside of rasslin.....and Windham said he loved hunting and there ya go....The Stalker.

 

[Deezy]

If you remember the Peyton Royce story about her awkward meeting with Vince, it checks out.

 

[Chris]

Vince didn 't even know Barry Windham was an NWA champion and was just Lanza's kid....Bruce said Vince just asks them questions on what their personalities are like, what they do for fun and what they did outside of rasslin.....and Windham said he loved hunting and there ya go....The Stalker.

TL Hopper gonna regret saying he enjoyed plumbing the rest of his life

 

[Swamps]

I’m not sure if he deliberately ruins them but no one can deny some of his ideas are fucking ass Bastion Booger????

Speak for yourself. Booger was pretty over as a heel and helped get midcard talent over. He was also a decent big man.

 

[Deezy]

TL Hopper gonna regret saying he enjoyed plumbing the rest of his life

Dirty White Boy was a legit plumber.

 

[Deezy]

The Goon was because the guy was Minnesota and played hockey.

 

[Swamps]

I'd say there's probably been a very minor amount of people he's spitefully given bad gimmicks too, I don't think it's that easy to pinpoint them exactly though because like others have said, I genuinely think most of these ideas are actually thought of as GOOD Which is possibly sadder? Idk makes Vince more innocent but also more out of touch, he'd probably prefer the evil, conniving, spiteful persona instead so maybe we should keep that up. Alot of guys I think you can just chalk it up to them not realizing what they had and the fact that they just give batshit gimmicks to people they don't know what to do with.

The Red Rooster gimmick given to Terry Taylor was one of the ribs.

 

[Deezy]

I don't think Barry Darsow was ever a Repo-man tho

 

[Deezy]

The Red Rooster gimmick given to Terry Taylor was one of the ribs.

"This guy thinks he's 'the cock of the walk'....there we go, The Red Rooster" - Bruce Prichard

Imagine if they used today's vernacular....."this guy thinks he's 'the shit'......"

 

[Swamps]

"This guy thinks he's 'the cock of the walk'....there we go, The Red Rooster" - Bruce Prichard

Imagine if they used today's vernacular....."this guy thinks he's 'the shit'......"

So CM Punk would be a Porta John cleaner.?

 

[Deezy]

So CM Punk would be a Porta John cleaner.?

Wafflehouse Cook

 

[Swamps]

I don't think Barry Darsow was ever a Repo-man tho

To be fair, a lot of tow truck drivers in middle georgia look similar

 

[Swamps]

Wafflehouse Cook

Probably draw more fans to his cooking then to him in the ring these days.

 

[Samoa Looch]

I’m not sure if he deliberately ruins them but no one can deny some of his ideas are fucking ass Bastion Booger????

But those are two very different shoes and no one denies that McMahon had loads of shit ideas. The base argument here is something completely different and it should be kept apart.