15 Exact Moments Failed WWE Gimmicks Actually Got Over

2. Kit Wilson

Pretty Deadly was a strange act not to get over on WWE television. They felt like an ideal fit for its wacky world. 

Triple H, after his bizarre experiment to get Tommaso Ciampa over using Harley Race’s robe, soon realised that WWE fans don’t want to be reverent in the grizzled face of wrestling history. Not to be reductive, but WWE fans want to chant along with catchphrases spouted by wrestlers with charisma, whether they have an impeccable knee drop or not. 

This was an era where Jey Uso could turn an arena into a furnace by saying “Yeet”. LA Knight, something of a punchline in the late 2010s as a blatant Attitude Era knockoff, got massively over because “Yeah!” was so fun to say. You’d think “Yes boy!” would generate an enthusiastic response, but no. Yes, neither Kit Wilson nor Elton Prince were amazing in-ring workers, but they were the Miracle Violence Connection compared to Jey Uso.   

Pretty Deadly were a sporadic presence on TV. They also didn’t get the vignette treatment building their daft characters. Maybe it’s a case of the characters simply not connecting - but one of them did, out of nowhere, at the beginning of 2026. 

Kit Wilson ranting that everybody on SmackDown is “toxic” is more entertaining than it has any right being - and like all decent heels, he revealed himself to be a hypocrite in a very funny beat-down of Matt Cardona on January 16. He strutted to the ring, took a break to kick Cardona when he was down, before his entrance resumed. This gloating over nothing made his next embarrassing loss all the more cathartic. 

There can never be enough glorious idiot squash-bait enhancement dudes in wrestling. Kit Wilson made the role his own.