10 Awesome Gimmicks Wasted On Terrible Wrestlers

10. David Flair

There was plenty to hate about the end of WCW, including the way David Flair was forced into an on-screen role despite being largely unprepared and untrained. Yet, the second-generation competitor underwent a character change, segueing from golden boy to deranged, crowbar-swinging psychopath. Suddenly, his presence on Nitro and Thunder was more tolerable. The switch worked, getting the son of wrestling royalty over with audiences in a way he had never been.

With Crowbar and Daffney flanking him, Flair became a tag team champion and a staple of WCW programming. He was part of surreal storylines, including one in which he accused Buff Bagwell of being the father of former fiancee Stacy Keibler's child. No matter how much airtime he got or how many industry greats he shared the ring with, he simply could not back it all up from bell to bell.

Luckily, he had a tag team partner in Crowbar (known industry wide as Devon Storm) to help carry him in higher profile matches. Otherwise, the cool and wildly different gimmick would not have been enough to justify the television time invested in him.