10 Brilliant Things From Late WCW

8. Positively Kanyon

WWE had absolutely no idea what to do with Kanyon, which is too bad. All they had to do was watch old footage of Nitro and Thunder and see that the man could do almost anything.

He was really good in the ring, and had the most innovative offense in the company. He could do comedy, and hell, he wasn’t a bad mid-card masked villain as Mortis either. While his run as Chris “Champagne” Kanyon, a man who was in low budget movies but acted like a superstar (sound familiar?), was quite entertaining, his work as Positively Kanyon was sublime.

Kanyon went out and stole the gimmick of his good friend Diamond Dallas Page, along with his finishing move. He wore a ridiculous wig and went around giving random people a “Kanyon Cutter” out of nowhere, and for absolutely no reason. No one was safe from feeling the bang: security guards, announcers and even Judy Bagwell.

There were few comedy figures in the entire business at that time who were better than him (after all, "Who betta' than Kanyon?"), it’s just a shame that WWE didn’t give him even half of the love that WCW did during those last couple years.

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