10 Worst Anti-American Wrestling Gimmicks

10. Doug Furnas & Phil Lafon

Attempting to piggy-back on Bret Hart's white hot crusade against American wrestling fans, Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon concluded an underwhelming WWE tenure as pro-Canada heels, but barely anybody appeared to notice.

All Japan Pro Wrestling's former 'Can-Am Express' were a dynamic force in their WWE debut, rocking Madison Square Garden and despatching tag team champions Davey Boy Smith and Owen Hart to score victory for their team in an electric Survivor Series 1996 opener.

However, a brief feud with the entertaining champions exposed their charismatic fragilities. The part-comedic part-serious tension between Bulldog and Owen surpassed any interest audiences had in the impactful strikes and vicious suplexes the duo were throwing, and their stock looked low following a count-out elimination from a WrestleMania 13 number one contender's match just six months after their debut.

A heel turn on perennial babyfaces the Legion of Doom was designed to reignite the pair, as was a loose allegiance with the Hart Foundation during their spell as a white hot heel faction.

Real life disaster struck when the duo were involved in a car crash alongside colleagues Flash Funk and Sycho Sid. Injuries from the smash left them shelved throughout the summer, and outside of placement in the tepid Team Canada vs Team USA elimination match on Survivor Series 1997's forgotten undercard, the talented pair made no further impact in the company.