10 Dumbest Wrestling Props Ever

9. Barry Darsow's Golf Clubs

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Trust WCW to dream up an even worse gimmick for Barry Darsow than Repo Man.

In the twilight years of his career, he rocked up in WCW in 1997 and a year later was saddled with a golfer gimmick, complete, of course, with golf club props. He was 'Mr. Hole In One', the greatest wrestler and golfer of all time, a "former four-time PGA Champion", and he decided to put his opponent's short game to the test ahead of their matches. If they completed the putt, he'd award them the default victory in their scheduled wrestling match.

Of course, this was all a ruse. After being challenged to make a putt of his own, Darsow, his cover blown, inevitably took a huff and hit his opponent with the club.

Being wrestling, a fake industry that really doesn't help itself, he couldn't tee off on some jobber's dome with a three wood. This is what an actually effective and sensible wrestling golfer would do, but he couldn't, because wrestling has a very weird obsession with making its fans ask suboptimal questions about just what the f*ck it actually is. He did the jab to the gut and over the back gimmick. If this was some winking rib at the WWF occupational gimmick, it was much too late.

It more self-own than hole-in-one.

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