10 Most Pointless Gimmicks In Wrestling History

3. The WCW World Six Man Tag Team Title

A revived WCW version of the NWA€™s own world six-man tag team titles, the former had been a staple of NWA programming for seven years from 1974 to 1981, and had been revived by NWA promotion Jim Crockett Promotions in 1984 to run again until January 1989, a few months after JCP had been sold to Ted Turner and WCW had been born. The original idea behind the title had been that top tier wrestlers needed something to on the card when they were waiting for the next singles feud to start: they€™d form a three-man team and compete against other three-men teams. Southern wrestling has always had a soft spot for legit tag team work, bringing it front and centre into the top of the card: the NWA world six-man tag team title bouts were therefore a popular staple of JCP programming, combining big stars and well-crafted six-man tag matches. When WCW elected to bring the titles back after a year and a bit, it was to place them on midcard wrestlers in need of a push, not genuine stars. This was made even more of a useless idea by virtue of the fact that there weren€™t enough three-man teams to put together on WCW programming in 1991. Instead of being held by talent like Dusty Rhodes and the Road Warriors, it was held by people like Tom Zenk and Big Josh. Competed for by midcarders and given too little attention, the title died a death and by the end of the year had vanished, never to be seen again.