10 Original Failed WWE Pushes You Completely Forgot About
9. Rosey - Samoan Gangsta Party
A bland idea spinning off from another one, the Samoan Gangsta Party were barely given their own name let alone screen time during their brief appearances on WWE television in 1995 as former Headshrinker Fatu suddenly abandoned the cartoonish savage he'd been playing on television for years in pursuit of "Makin' a difference".
Hard to hate but just as tricky to love, the gimmick was what it was. Fatu spoke earnestly of his hope for a brighter future for the tough neighbourhoods he frequented in vignettes and during his real life, but it did little to reconnect WWE's broader audience with a man toe-tagged by a doubles run that had no right to end as flatly as it did.
Stood shoulder to shoulder with the future Rosey was Samu, another former Headshrinker that had left a year prior right as the act found itself on the wrong side of its peak. This slab of history and the linked gimmicks offered more than just a generic Samoan turf war, but the duo were gone without trace just weeks after trying to stare out the future Rikishi.