10 Wrestling Gimmicks That Were NOTHING Like The Wrestlers Who Portrayed Them

10. Papa Shango

Charles Wright was one of the few performers to be given a persona almost perfectly in sync with the man he was in 'real' life - he just had to pretend to practice voodoo and mixed martial arts first.

Long before he cavorted with local pole dancers in preparation for owning his own gentleman's club in Las Vegas, Wright donned very early-1990s clobber as Papa Shango, a cartoonish force with an 'Ultimate' obsession.

Much-maligned due to some of the humorous-in-hindsight segments with the Ultimate Warrior following his 1992 return, Shango was himself cursed once their feud climaxed later that year. His voodoo was only powerful until it wasn't, with relentless losses to both the Warrior and WWE Champion Bret Hart signposting him as little more than a bothersome midcarder despite making his pay-per-view debut during the main event of that year's WrestleMania.

Wright nonetheless portrayed the character with convincing aplomb, committing to the opportunity with far more vim and vigour than he could muster as a hybrid fighter and/or Nation Of Domination also-ran in the subsequent years.