10 Weirdest Wrestling Characters (That Didn’t Work)

By Chris Quicksilver /

7. Isaac Yankem, DDS

Let€™s face facts; dentists are natural heels. They tell you not to eat sweets, they shine a light in your eyes at every conceivable opportunity, they cost you A LOT of money and sometimes they hurt you purely for the sake of it. ...OK, that last claim is purely conjecture, but can you prove that it ISN€™T true? ...Didn€™t think so. With this in mind, WWF creative decided to green light the character of a €˜wrestling dentist€™ and put him in the ring with their top hand of the time, the legendary Bret €˜Hitman€™ Hart. Now, Glen Jacobs, the man behind Isaac Yankem (€˜yank €˜em€™ €“ geddit?) was a genuinely fine wrestling talent, who would later find stardom as the diabolical pyromaniac Kane, but, somewhat predictably, the idea of a wrestling dentist was about as well-received as a fart at a wedding.