In the lead up to the 1990 Survivor Series, the WWF went into hype mode over what was contained within a giant egg. Literally for weeks before the event, announcers were instructed to guess and try to build excitement for the hatching. That reveal would take place on Pay-Per-View, and it was certainly a original concept to build a wrestling show around. Sadly, that doesn't make it a good one. At the time, a lot of people felt it was surely a big name set to take the WWF by storm. After all, what else could it be? The idea that it would be Hector Guerrero in a bird outfit was preposterous, but that was exactly what happened. 'Mean' Gene Okerlund and 'The Gobbledy Gooker' then danced around the ring, and the fans rained boos down on the segment. The entire thing was undoubtedly lame. Management must have known that people wouldn't be excited by the skit, but pressed ahead with it anyway. The turkey gimmick was shelved without ever wrestling, and it's hard to know what Vince McMahon's company had in mind if the character hadn't been received negatively by fans. Was The Gobbledy Gooker really going to work matches?
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
