10 Dumbest Wrestling Gimmicks Of All Time

By Chris Quicksilver /

6. Eugene

If there is any one character on this list that actually made us ashamed to watch professional wrestling, then it has to be Eugene. Essentially, Eugene was a mentally handicapped character that had somehow become a professional wrestler (surely a violation of WWE€™s wellness policy?). WWE writers explained this inconsistency by saying that he was the nephew of Eric Bischoff. Even allowing for the fact that anyone that ever watched WCW Nitro could freely believe that there is (at least) some mental deficiency in Bischoff€™s DNA, the entire angle was still in incredibly poor taste. WWE pushed Eugene€™s dim-witted but friendly character strongly, without even an inch of shame or compunction about just how unsavoury the whole thing was. The character wasn€™t even pushed as an idiot savant, either. No, Eugene was a special needs character, played in the broadest and most insulting manner possible. Incredibly, Eugene feuded with Triple H, shared screen time with Hulk Hogan and The Rock - and even scored a victory over Kurt Angle. Somehow, the character lasted for over two wince-inducing years...