It really wasn’t a thing with a stigma of occupational gimmick because their hadn’t been tons of Garbage man, dentist, plumber, hockey player, Repo Man gimmicks yet. The only one that really pre dated it was Big Bossman.
I'm glad there was such a hot employment market for undead zombie wizards in the early 90s, he had not one, but 2, count em, 2 jobs! I'm alive and can barely hold onto one job lol
@@haydenc41_82 I watched that live with my mom and sisters. My younger sister called him "Dookie-Toilet-Paper Man." My mom was like "What the FUCK is he doing to Hulk Hogan?"
@@MrSniperfox29 How come the Godwinns were getting lots of pop from the fans in the crowd, then? I was pretty sure they had a face turn at some point in time.
The Berzerker is so similar to AWA's The Barbarian and WCCW's Nord The Barbarian. from 84 to 93. So he basically protray the same character in 3 wrestling feds. Just the name changes.
Makes you appreciate guys like Undertaker, Bossman, Mountie/ Quebeccers, Original Doink, and Kane who succeeded with gimmicks that all could’ve turned out this bad.
I regularly still work with Mike/Mantaur today! He is fully ingrained into the Midwest Independent Circuit. Nice guy, still sometimes pulls out the Mantaur gimmick. Ultimately, he still enjoys a payday and gets to play a powerhouse in front of smaller Indy crowds.
It’s mad that despite how bad these were with Dr. Britt Baker finding lots of success as an evil wrestling dentist and Black Taurus basically being an actually cool Mantaur and also finding lots of success maybe it’s all just execution of an idea that matters
I barely remember Xanta Klaus and just had my mind blown to find out the gimmick was played/performed by Balls Mahoney. I guess it's true, you really do learn something new everyday lol.
Better than now,back then people weren't mouning and bitching all the time on social media and the fans on the shows weren't all the time with the stupid phones instead of watching the wrestlers,great times i would say💯
@@franklingoodwin You don't need to be Cornette to be annoyed by people bitching on social media and people looking at their phones instead of the show.
@@gandalf_thegrey You don't, and I agree with him on quite a few things. I don't agree with everything he says but he gets a lot of hate from wrestling fans (most AEW mark tbf even though he criticises WWE as well)
To be honest... I kinda want a Parody cartoon/Comic Series about the Repo Man. Like, going all ham with an "Ancient and most venerable Society of Repo Men", ridicoulus ancient conspiracies, MC switching between lollipop stealing villain and anti-hero, etc. Probably more adult oriented humour however. Intro music would be the Repo man theme.
Steve the Stone? I'm pretty sure he played for Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa in the 90s/2000s😄 Good to see he found work as a bailiff after he hung up his boots
The episode of RAW where Doink the Clown sneaked out and put hot sauce all over Bastian Buggers ringside pizza is something that will live on in my memory FOREVER!!!
The gimmick of the Berserker was borrowed by Jimmy Jacobs for a while in the indies. Some time after he gave up his original Jumpin' Jimmy Jacobs, he started going about as the Barbaric Berserker Jimmy Jacobs. He wore a similar outfit with furry boots and all, and would stomp about the ring shouting "Huss!" It was a great time in the indies! I used to see him doing that in IWA Mid-South.
Just goes to show how great Mark was at playing the undertaker. A silly gimmick to begin with but became hands down the most iconic gimmick of all time.
Man, Glenn Jacobs has to be one of the most patient, easygoing guys in wrestling. He had some garbage gimmicks, even before WWF, before he got to play Kane; even then he had to do some pretty shit storylines as Kane.
funny how often people said things like "hahaha, they expected us to believe he was a dentist/binman/mountie,etc who wrestled at the weekends?!" and now....that basically is britt baker!
it is funny you mention Mantaur gimmick being doa as the wrestler who portrayed him was a masked member of The Truth Commission who would often face off against The DOA during the Gang Wars era
Gotta hand it to Glenn Jacobs for sticking to it. Isaac Yankem and Fake Diesel…ugh. But he ended up with one of the best gimmicks ever. Persistence pays.
Who else knew this list would include the berserker, Max Moon, Mantaur, and friar ferguson/bastian booger before even watching the video? Bonus points for Damien demento...
In an alternate universe, Mantaur took the path that Triple H did and is now a house hold name when it's comes to sports entertainment and Triple H works at a Cinnebon in Des Moines. 🤣
I saw Max Moon at a house show. I thought he was absolutely amazing. I'd seen him on TV before that and his jetpack stuff blew my mind. I was ready for this guy to replace Hulkamania. Also got to see Papa Shango challenge Bret Hart for the title in the main event. Ultimate Warrior was there too for like a three second match. Loved that show even though I had to hear my dad grumble about how fake it was the whole time and that the ring was a trampoline.
BLOCKBUSTER HAHA!! IT WAS SO EASY TO GO PICK UP A VIDEO, AND GO HOME ON A FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SOME BEER AND PIZZA. BUT FOR SOME ODD REASON IT WAS REALLY HARD TO TAKE THAT SAME VIDEO BACK..
They could've brought back the Berzerker back as the Manager for whatever they're calling War Machine. The "Huss"-Chant was actually a tribute to Brody who originated it. Nord adapted it after Brody's death.
I can remember thinking about some of these gimmicks: Why is that guy a Viking and why does he care about winning professional wrestling matches? That said I could say the same thing about Kane, but I love Kane so whatever.
Say whatever you will, but I believe that Mantaur is secretly one of the greatest wrestlers to have ever graced the squared-circle. There will never be anyone like him, and he is an uncrowned champion, and for sure Hall of fame-worthy
That was none other than Ed Leslie, who had just returned after a rather nasty parasailing accident. Apparently, others in the locker room didn’t want to wrestle him in case of injuring him further, so months later, he went back to open his Barber Shop so that Marty Janetty had a window to dive through.
REALLY makes you wonder what Vince was smoking. Even back then when was 13 in 1995 we thought these gimmicks were STUPID. My mom looked at Aldo Montoya and said "Why is he wearing underwear on his head?"
The berserker was fun. His gimmick was great. He could never be champion with his finisher either. Nobody was picking people up and dumping them outside of the ring. They should’ve given him a push in the Royal Rumble since he was the best at throwing people over the top rope.
What about other strange characters such as the Mountie, the Portuguese man O war, and even IRS???? Although he was strange, I thought that Waylon Mercy was ahead of his time. (anybody ever remember, the Hulk machine?)
ok i paused at #10 isaac yankem and i am just gonna see how good my guess is at this list (not in this order) 1. i yankem 2. damien demento (obviously, he was pictured) 3. berzerker (also shown before the list) 4. bastian booger 5. mantuar 6. waylon mercy 7. repo man 8. duke the dumbfuck drose 9. big bully busick 10. (but really it should be #1) GOLDDUST GOLDDUST may be #1 of all time imo!!!
Can we take a moment to acknowledge that the Undertaker, one of WWE's greatest wrestlers, started out as a 90's occupational gimmick.
P
It really wasn’t a thing with a stigma of occupational gimmick because their hadn’t been tons of Garbage man, dentist, plumber, hockey player, Repo Man gimmicks yet. The only one that really pre dated it was Big Bossman.
@@MrRyan-wu4jx and BBM had more of a character plot than an occupational gimmick (although I don't know how it started)
@@gandalf_thegrey what? His gimmick was literally that he was a corrections officer. An occupation.
I'm glad there was such a hot employment market for undead zombie wizards in the early 90s, he had not one, but 2, count em, 2 jobs! I'm alive and can barely hold onto one job lol
In an alternate universe, Mantaur completely changed the business and Mantaur-Mania still runnin' wild, Brother!
Moooooooooooo!!!
"Whatcha gonna do, brother, when Mantaur-Mania stampedes wild over MOOOOO!!!"
He occasionally tags with The Mummy as well in that universe.
@@haydenc41_82 I watched that live with my mom and sisters. My younger sister called him "Dookie-Toilet-Paper Man." My mom was like "What the FUCK is he doing to Hulk Hogan?"
This proves that we currently live in the darkest timeline. What a beautiful world it would be if that indeed happened.
When I was young I always thought repo man was a burglar
Lol, he wasn't irl but gimmick hell yes.
Specifically the Hamburglar
Ha!
hamburglar
Simon Miller would like to talk about that Repo Man entry.
I was just thinking that too! I don't think he will be too pleased by this lol
I’m sure Simon will give his response in about around 370,024 years
Simon would like to have a few words 😐
Lmao why he loves repo man so much
Why????
Here's why!
I bet Pachitti enjoyed using that “flushed down the drain" line.
You’re a Pachitti, pal.
Im pretty sure that's Hillbilly Jim with the Godwins haha
That's how small his cup of coffee was, they couldn't even find a picture of him.
@@Captain_Pudding He managed the heel Godwinns, and for like, less than 2 months. It was almost no time at all.
@@DenOfVipers He managed the face Godwinns...and they turned heel against him.
@@MrSniperfox29 How come the Godwinns were getting lots of pop from the fans in the crowd, then? I was pretty sure they had a face turn at some point in time.
@@MrSniperfox29 I just cannot imagine Hillbilly Jim in a heel role. He's always been a face, imho.
The Berserker was one of my favorites. The bizarre chanting, the sword. Etc. he was also quite mobile for a big man. I must be alone
Huss... Huss....Huss....
The Berzerker is so similar to AWA's The Barbarian and WCCW's Nord The Barbarian. from 84 to 93. So he basically protray the same character in 3 wrestling feds. Just the name changes.
Don't forget the "HUSS"
Yes, because he was interpreted by _fricking_ *Bruiser Brody!*
That’s guy was a *THOUGH* bastard that scared many in the Wrestling Industry!
@@alexanderveritas "Though" b******
Makes you appreciate guys like Undertaker, Bossman, Mountie/ Quebeccers, Original Doink, and Kane who succeeded with gimmicks that all could’ve turned out this bad.
Impact has Black Taurus now but his Gimmick is so much better. He's a big lad who like to headbutt his opponents. He is a pretty good wrestler too.
That's cause he already made such an "Impact" In AAA prior to coming to Impact (uhh that actually hurt)
I regularly still work with Mike/Mantaur today! He is fully ingrained into the Midwest Independent Circuit. Nice guy, still sometimes pulls out the Mantaur gimmick. Ultimately, he still enjoys a payday and gets to play a powerhouse in front of smaller Indy crowds.
I wouldn't admit to that
This is basically, "top 10 wrestlers who deserve to be in your boy stable"
O S DUB O S DUB
Get this man a can of coke
A winner is you mate.
That we never found out what was inside Damien Demento's kneepad is one of wrestling's greatest unsolved mysteries.
It’s mad that despite how bad these were with Dr. Britt Baker finding lots of success as an evil wrestling dentist and Black Taurus basically being an actually cool Mantaur and also finding lots of success maybe it’s all just execution of an idea that matters
Britt Baker is so successful with her dentist gimmick because it's a plot device and not literally the character.
I barely remember Xanta Klaus and just had my mind blown to find out the gimmick was played/performed by Balls Mahoney. I guess it's true, you really do learn something new everyday lol.
Minute 2:43 From Bill Eadie (Ax) to Repo Man!!!📷📷📷👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻
You mean from Barry Darsow (Smash) to Repo Man.
@@franciscoresende8061They used a picture of Ax instead of Smash. Little blooper. Look at the video again. 👌🏻 Minute 2:43
@@kelvinartsOops, my bad.
Oh the 90's, so strange times.
Better than now,back then people weren't mouning and bitching all the time on social media and the fans on the shows weren't all the time with the stupid phones instead of watching the wrestlers,great times i would say💯
@@bastienclo2388 is that you? Jim Cornette 😄
@@franklingoodwin You don't need to be Cornette to be annoyed by people bitching on social media and people looking at their phones instead of the show.
@@gandalf_thegrey You don't, and I agree with him on quite a few things. I don't agree with everything he says but he gets a lot of hate from wrestling fans (most AEW mark tbf even though he criticises WWE as well)
@@franklingoodwin i love listening to Corny and Last. Jim has the best stories. Although his anti republican stance is annoying.
Damian Demento and Max Moon were great when I was a kid.
This video released coincidentally after Nikki Cross's new gimmick lol. Oh Pactiti you cheaky lad.
Repo Man is gold. It’s not a gimmick that has any upward mobility, but it’s great for what it is.
To be honest... I kinda want a Parody cartoon/Comic Series about the Repo Man. Like, going all ham with an "Ancient and most venerable Society of Repo Men", ridicoulus ancient conspiracies, MC switching between lollipop stealing villain and anti-hero, etc. Probably more adult oriented humour however. Intro music would be the Repo man theme.
Berserker was the Viking for a few months before they changed his name.🤓
I remember that! Think the nfl had a cease & desist
"Sorry, Jim Cornette, please don't shout at me" - barely a minute into the video and already a huge chuckle. Well done, Pacitti!
2:27 pause and look on left........the nun was really into Monday night raw
Steve the Stone? I'm pretty sure he played for Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa in the 90s/2000s😄 Good to see he found work as a bailiff after he hung up his boots
Cracking player was Steve the Stone
The episode of RAW where Doink the Clown sneaked out and put hot sauce all over Bastian Buggers ringside pizza is something that will live on in my memory FOREVER!!!
Fun fact: Damien Demento also appeared at Universal Studios Flrorida during their Halloween event
Xanta Claus is my gimmick when I take a boat load of xanax bars and rob everyone's houses during xmas time
Funny. When i took boatloads of xanny bars, I don't recall even being conscious
The N64 was awesome when it was released :)
6:10 so smarks existed before the internet!
Jim Nord? Apparently John Nord was going to play the Undertaker and Mark was meant to be the beserker it's a good thing they switched it around
The first thing that crossed my mind when I came across this video was Mantaur. Also, I dare say that the WWF dropped the balls on Xanta Klaus.
Please keep giving us a video like this Adam!!!! ❤🎉
Jim Nord? Come on Adam, that’s John Nord. The only beared Jim in this video is the country boy pretending to be Uncle Cletus.
Hillbilly Jim.
The gimmick of the Berserker was borrowed by Jimmy Jacobs for a while in the indies. Some time after he gave up his original Jumpin' Jimmy Jacobs, he started going about as the Barbaric Berserker Jimmy Jacobs. He wore a similar outfit with furry boots and all, and would stomp about the ring shouting "Huss!" It was a great time in the indies! I used to see him doing that in IWA Mid-South.
Oh man, I remember the Beaver Clevage vignettes. I actually thought they were funny. LOL
I always felt bad that the Headbangers were saddled with this trainwreck of a gimmick.
@@johnhammel2343 Agreed.
Just goes to show how great Mark was at playing the undertaker. A silly gimmick to begin with but became hands down the most iconic gimmick of all time.
Man, Glenn Jacobs has to be one of the most patient, easygoing guys in wrestling. He had some garbage gimmicks, even before WWF, before he got to play Kane; even then he had to do some pretty shit storylines as Kane.
Repoman was awesome! His whispering promos, stealing stuff from wrestlers. It was great!
funny how often people said things like "hahaha, they expected us to believe he was a dentist/binman/mountie,etc who wrestled at the weekends?!" and now....that basically is britt baker!
Plumbers fix toilets, not clean them lol
they clean them as well 🤦🏾♀️
it is funny you mention Mantaur gimmick being doa as the wrestler who portrayed him was a masked member of The Truth Commission who would often face off against The DOA during the Gang Wars era
Gotta hand it to Glenn Jacobs for sticking to it. Isaac Yankem and Fake Diesel…ugh. But he ended up with one of the best gimmicks ever. Persistence pays.
Anyone else notice when they showed Ax when they were talking about Smash?
The Berserker: Viking
Eric and Ivar: Hey! We can do that!
HUSS! HUSS! HUSS! HUSS!
Santa's Slay was fine.
Who else knew this list would include the berserker, Max Moon, Mantaur, and friar ferguson/bastian booger before even watching the video?
Bonus points for Damien demento...
Damien Demento's TH-cam shoot promos are hella funny
I never knew TJ Hopper and Uncle Cletus where the same person
In an alternate universe, Mantaur took the path that Triple H did and is now a house hold name when it's comes to sports entertainment and Triple H works at a Cinnebon in Des Moines. 🤣
I just watched this video and laughed so much I started crying and had pain in my stomach. It tickled me just the right way.
Internet today: The Berserker was an outdated and corny Viking gimmick
Internet today: keep giving the Viking Raiders a decent push damn-it!
I had no idea that the berserker was bruiser brody! I used to love that guy when i was a kid
i'd've put Aldo Montoya in there! "the Portuguese Man of War" indeed!
The ECW crowd never him live that down😆
Another awesome video from Cultaholic!
Abe "Knucleball" Schwartz as played by Steve Lombardi .
I saw Max Moon at a house show. I thought he was absolutely amazing. I'd seen him on TV before that and his jetpack stuff blew my mind. I was ready for this guy to replace Hulkamania.
Also got to see Papa Shango challenge Bret Hart for the title in the main event. Ultimate Warrior was there too for like a three second match.
Loved that show even though I had to hear my dad grumble about how fake it was the whole time and that the ring was a trampoline.
2:26 in the background - WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!
Do strangest wwe gimmicks of the 80s and 00s
Boogeyman would easily top the 00's list.
10:45 shoulda borrowed Triple Jump's Tiny Peter for a WiLdCaRD eNtRy!1!1! cameo.
Bastion Booger #1. I’m calling it
You guys should do strangest gimmicks of the 80s and 2000s
Berserker was bad ass, I don't care what anyone says. He was huge and scary as hell back in the day, he had an amazing look too.
Strange Gimmicks, you could do a top 100 of them… the goon, Phantasio, Man Mountain Rock, Duke Drose, Boogeyman and so many more…
BLOCKBUSTER HAHA!! IT WAS SO EASY TO GO PICK UP A VIDEO, AND GO HOME ON A FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SOME BEER AND PIZZA. BUT FOR SOME ODD REASON IT WAS REALLY HARD TO TAKE THAT SAME VIDEO BACK..
Anybody remember Damien Demento as Mondo Kleen?
Interesting video still love the 80's wrestling
They could've brought back the Berzerker back as the Manager for whatever they're calling War Machine. The "Huss"-Chant was actually a tribute to Brody who originated it. Nord adapted it after Brody's death.
Rhyno is the War Machine.
@@middlefinger1565 I'd say that RhIno is the Man-Beast. ;-)
Huss, Huss, Huss, Huss, Huss, Huss
To be fair to Isaac Yankem, Britt Baker has proven that a wrestling dentist at least isn't an inherently bad idea.
Glen Jacobs (Kane) was Isaac Yankem.
@@middlefinger1565 I know
The creative equivalent of taking a dump! Spectacular!
I can remember thinking about some of these gimmicks: Why is that guy a Viking and why does he care about winning professional wrestling matches? That said I could say the same thing about Kane, but I love Kane so whatever.
I have only read the title, I have not watched the video but I'm here for Mantaur!
The Goon, Battle Kat, Aldo Montoya, Avatar/Shinobi, Phantasio, Meat, Brakus, The Oddities, Techno Team 2000, The Gobbledygooker, Bertha Faye
Duke the Dumpster Droese.
Say whatever you will, but I believe that Mantaur is secretly one of the greatest wrestlers to have ever graced the squared-circle. There will never be anyone like him, and he is an uncrowned champion, and for sure Hall of fame-worthy
To have ever grazed more like.
Repoman looks like Dean Ambrose with a mustache *FIGHT ME*
Who’s that at 1:09 wearing the star mask ?? I can’t remember ever seeing him before
That was none other than Ed Leslie, who had just returned after a rather nasty parasailing accident. Apparently, others in the locker room didn’t want to wrestle him in case of injuring him further, so months later, he went back to open his Barber Shop so that Marty Janetty had a window to dive through.
10:34, Welp, looks like we know what Karrion Kross is about to become.
REALLY makes you wonder what Vince was smoking. Even back then when was 13 in 1995 we thought these gimmicks were STUPID. My mom looked at Aldo Montoya and said "Why is he wearing underwear on his head?"
Doctor Britt baker has the dentist gimmick down to a tee I’m surprised a dentist gimmick got over
The Berzerker was actually named The Viking for a very short while first
The berserker was fun. His gimmick was great. He could never be champion with his finisher either. Nobody was picking people up and dumping them outside of the ring. They should’ve given him a push in the Royal Rumble since he was the best at throwing people over the top rope.
I love being from Knoxville because my mayor can kick the crap out of literally any other mayor in the nation, and he’s a pretty sharp guy to boot!!
Clint Eastwood was a mayor
thanks!
Mantar must of been laughing when he got mentioned on Young Rock
Should do a WCW version too just so you can put the Yeti on there. Sorry Jack.
Or Shockmaster
Adam paciti thinking plumbers are toilet cleaners is in no way surprising at all
You could honestly make multiple versions of this same concept
Nailz was cheesy too, Adam Bomb hailing from 3 mile Island was funny though
This makes the 90s feel much much longer ago
11:30 So Otis Dozovic basically?
Adam Pachitti is my favourite... Anyone else? I love all of them but Adam just 1+ more.
Just got a Cena included movie trailer with a shark guy.
What about other strange characters such as the Mountie, the Portuguese man O war, and even IRS???? Although he was strange, I thought that Waylon Mercy was ahead of his time. (anybody ever remember, the Hulk machine?)
Oh my buddy Jim cornette will shout at you lol
ok i paused at #10 isaac yankem and i am just gonna see how good my guess is at this list (not in this order)
1. i yankem
2. damien demento (obviously, he was pictured)
3. berzerker (also shown before the list)
4. bastian booger
5. mantuar
6. waylon mercy
7. repo man
8. duke the dumbfuck drose
9. big bully busick
10. (but really it should be #1) GOLDDUST
GOLDDUST may be #1 of all time imo!!!
I used to love the Bezerker Husk!
NINTENDO SIXTY-FOUUUUUUUUUUUUR
4:28 thats Hillbilly Jim, not Uncle Cletus
I bet TL Hopper, Ludvig Borga, Phantasio and Xanta Klawz are on this list.
Abe Knuckleball Schwartz, too.