10 Wrestling Gimmicks Which Were Massive Ribs

10. Creative Control

Vince Russo always fancied himself as the reason for WWE's late-'90s success, but he never could quite manage to emulate his Stamford namesake. Even his attempts at cross-promotional ribbing were wide of the mark.

Take the Harris Twins. The pair went through oodles of iterations, each one as dreadful as the last. When they were through playing Appalachian mountain men whose most notable feature was their beards, and latterly themselves as implicit neo-Nazis Skull and 8-Ball of the Disciples of Apocalypse, the gruesome twosome inevitably alighted in Atlanta.

The pair were re-billed as Russo's on-screen muscle, collectively known as 'Creative Control' - a jab at the company's own manipulative talent. Their names - Patrick and Gerald - were a tad cleverer, but unlike the WWE stooges they aped, the pair were tediously competent at their custodial duties. Who exactly was the joke on?