10 Abandoned Wrestling Gimmicks That Would Have Been Awesome

10. Dan Severn In The Ministry Of Darkness

"The Beast" Dan Severn had a short career in the WWE during a time when it was all the rage to bring in UFC fighters to make the product look more "realistic".

He and Ken Shamrock feuded for a while, with Owen Hart eventually being thrown into the mix. Severn's matches may not have been classics, but at least they were different enough to be interesting.

The main problem with Severn is that he didn't really have a distinct character. At a time when WWE was boiling over with attitude, Severn was presented as an ill-defined bad !*$%. 

He didn't really cut promos, he didn't have a bold personality, and even his ring attire looks like it was designed specifically to be as boring as possible.

To fix this lack of characterization, WWE creative wanted to make him a member of Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness stable. According to Severn, they approached him with the idea of "tattooing" 666 - the mark of the beast - on his forehead and becoming a disciple of The Dead Man.

Imagine someone as forceful as Severn joining the ranks of The Ministry. Hell, he could have been the third Acolyte!

Apparently, this was too much for his small town mentality to take, and Severn refused to do the angle on account of locals possibly disowning him went he went back home.