10 Horrible Gimmicks That Wrestlers Pitched THEMSELVES

10. WWE’s Very Own Surfing Werewolf!

Justin Gabriel almost became a werewolf that's super into surfing, sky diving and other extreme activities. "Almost" is perhaps a little generous, because apparently Triple H was bloody horrified when he learned of this pitch to ex-boss Vince McMahon. Gabriel was serious though, and thought the hybrid would be cool.

Imagine this on episodes of Saturday Morning Slam.

The former Nexus member only revealed his grand plan after being canned by WWE in 2015. Gabriel went on Chris Jericho's podcast to pop a quick, 'Ex-WWE star buries creative' rating, but was remarkably upbeat about taking this surfing werewolf character to the independent scene. Or, perhaps, back to WWE someday.

Yeah, that didn't happen. Pro wrestling was spared the vignettes that would've had our Justin sprouting fur and fangs as he popped off a sweet 360 which might've made Kelly Slater proud. How rad, eh? This definitely sounds like something Vince would've been into in the 1990s.