10 More Wrestling Gimmicks So Bad They Didn’t Even Make It To TV
7. John Cena The Cyborg
Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) was a promotion that ran out of California and used to serve as a feeder system for WWE. UPW played host to a number of big names before they were famous including The Miz, Christopher Daniels, and Samoa Joe. But their biggest alumni probably doesn't even appear in any of their history, because you can't see him...
John Cena wrestled for UPW between 1999 and 2001. He even held their top championship, but not under his real name. He wrestled as a character called The Prototype, who was part-man, part-machine.
Yes, the future 16-time World Champion got his big break in wrestling playing a robot.
Cena carried his Prototype gimmick over to OVW, which was WWE's main developmental territory. He won the OVW Title under the moniker and held their tag team straps with Rico Constantino.
A hairdresser and a cyborg - wrestling really is the best, isn't it.
The "Please don't sue us, Mr. Schwarzenegger" gimmick was dropped when Cena made his full main roster debut, and thank God for that.
It's hard to imagine a world where Kurt Angle got slapped by a budget RoboCop who went on to star in Suicide Squad.