6. Ken Raper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR_ZwjAoHtQ Mr. Raper never quite made it as a big star (was it solely the name holding him back?), but he did compete in WWF as a jobber sporadically from 1995 to 1997 putting over some bigger names like Razor Ramon, Bob Backlund and Goldust. He mainly spent time in Continental Wrestling Association, and even took on The Undertaker before Takers trip to superstardom. At the time, Taker was known as Master of Pain, which was pretty generic, but it was a hell of a lot better than being a Raper. To be fair to Raper, he didnt play up the gimmick and turn himself a rapist character. Thats definitely for the best, you can only imagine the negative publicity that wouldve created. But youd have to guess that being a Raper was going to hurt any merchandising potential that he may have had. Who would buy a Raper shirt, or a Raper action figure?
Raper just happened to be the mans last name. An unfortunate one at that. So why didnt he change it? Everyone in wrestling changes their name, he could have called himself anything he wanted to! There were so many better, less offensive possibilities. Even Donny Tickler, Billy Fondler or Johnny Molester would have been at least slightly less offensive.