10 Exact Moments WWE Killed Careers

4. The Gobbledy Gooker Cracks Open

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It's amazing to think that The Undertaker once feared he'd be the one to break out of a giant egg at Survivor Series 1990. Becoming 'Eggman' sounded nightmarish to the future legend, but he had nothing to worry about. One Héctor Guerrero was beneath the shell instead.

Hector's WWF career was in the toilet after this guff.

He tried to make it work. No, don't laugh. Guerrero really tried to make The Gobbledy Gooker something worthwhile, and so did Gene Okerlund. Together, the pair danced like goofs on pay-per-view (people paid for this tripe) and did anything they could think of to make Gooker seem like a fun addition to the roster.

People trashed it immediately, and Héctor's hopes of carving out a niche for himself disappeared. The bird gimmick became infamous for the wrong reasons, and Guerrero's name was tarnished because of it. Héctor didn't get another shot at WWF glory, by the way.

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