10 Occupational Wrestling Gimmicks You Won't Believe
5. Issac Yankem DDS
The logic was sound enough, as far as pro wrestling nonsense goes anyway.
Jerry Lawler had lost a "Kiss My Foot" match to Bret Hart, and thus found himself back at the dentists to get his mouth checked out. It was here the thought happened upon him that his dentist was f*cking massive, clinically insane, and more than suited to get some revenge on 'The Hitman' than King himself.
The SummerSlam stage was set, the match (and a rematch or two) took place and then WWE were yet again left with a one-note joke that had to exist beyond the context he was created for.
At least dentists are somewhat disliked by those that fear them, but was this really ever destined to resonate beyond the fact that future Kane wanted temporarily to rip Bret Hart's head off. The stupid cartoon name and hometown (Decay-tor, Illinois), undermined that anyway.
And regardless of all of that, what even is a wrestling dentist? It's not like somebody could do both in real life anyway...