10 WWE Gimmicks That Are Broken

10. Curt Hawkins - 'Face The Facts'

Maybe there would have been something to a character whose sole purpose is to reference decade old Chuck Norris jokes - if WWE had ran the gimmick back in 2006. Chuck Norris ‘facts’ (i.e. made up factoids about the Walker Texas Ranger Guy) were funny for all of a minute back in the mid-2000s, but they’re hardly fodder for a worthwhile angle in 2017.

Fair enough, Curt Hawkins is supposed to be a joke. He’s always telling people to “Face the Facts”, and begging them to accept that he can perform hyperbolic and impossible tasks, but is regularly beaten in a single move by better opponents. But jokes are supposed to be funny, and Curt Hawkins is anything but. Like Emmalina (oh don’t worry, she would have been here) and The Shining Stars, Hawkins was hyped for too long before debuting, and his already one-note shtick got tired before he’d even debuted.

Comedy gimmicks can go far, but first they actually have to achieve the thing they set out to do: be funny.