15 MORE Wrestlers WWE Debuted In The Worst Way Possible

15. Adam Rose

During the early days of NXT, Leo Kruger was one of the more left-of-centre gimmicks to find its way onto that roster. Looking like a hunter and having a threatening demeanour, it didn't ever feel like it was going to set the world on fire, but it did have a certain retro charm and menace to it (especially if you remember a similar gimmick existing in the 90s with Skinner).

His repackaging as Adam Rose for the main roster was one of the most bizarre and unlikeable to ever occur. Rose himself would talk like Austin Powers if he had a South African accent, sucking on a lollipop and telling whoever was in earshot, "don't be a lemon, be a rosebud." 

Before he hit the entrance ramp, Rose would send out members of The Exotic Express, including a man in a bunny suit, a woman dressed as Snow White, and an assorted cast of goons who look like they'd been kicked through the discount aisle at a fancy dress store, all of whom would come out dancing to his music (which also oddly shifted from a sitar intro to a completely different sounding song). This gimmick was dead as soon as it soft-launched on NXT, before completely tanking on the main roster. It was every bit as rubbish as this sounds, and made Leo Kruger seem like a potential Hall of Famer.