10 Bad-Ass ECW Gimmicks Wasted On Terrible Wrestlers
10. Amish Roadkill
Pro wrestling has seen its fair share of characters and gimmicks depicting people from all walks of life, and every race, religion, and creed under the sun. With Amish Roadkill, ECW decided to take care of the one group that, up until that point, went unmentioned. Just to be an Amish wrestler alone makes you stand out as something different, and something that people would immediately take notice of. His size (over 300 pounds at 6'0" tall, so think Big E Langston in size, minus the muscles) and Amish ring garb only helped him to stand out further. We didn't really know much about the guy, as he wasn't cutting promos, but we knew he had an affinity for chicken, as it was pretty much the only thing he could say, which would lead to the ECW faithful often chanting something about him possibly enjoying certain fornication acts with said poultry. Once he got in the ring, though, he would maul through many of his opponents, mostly because it was the only thing he was capable of doing, and because, while he wasn't a "giant" on the level of people like The Undertaker, Sid Vicious, etc, he was still a much bigger man than a lot of his fellow ECW wrestlers. It's a gimmick that probably could have used a lot more work to build a story with, in and out of the ring.
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