10 Precise Moments WWE's Best Ever Gimmicks Stopped Working

10. Razor Ramon

Jim Ross Fake Razor Ramon
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There was no going back when Vince McMahon introduced Rick Bognar as the new version of Razor Ramon in late-1996. Bognar as Razor somehow sticks out much more in the mind than Glenn Jacobs as 'Fake' Diesel too, if only because Jacobs went on to bigger and better things after this debacle.

Ramon 2.0? He melted into obscurity and is only useful as a reminder that wrestling can be absolutely sh*te.

This is a weird one in that the original guy under the gimmick wasn't involved. Scott Hall had toddled off to WCW and launched the uber-cool nWo by the time Bognar played dress up and gamely tried his best to convince WWF hardcores that he was the real deal. Nobody took it seriously, and it remains one of the promotion's most shameful embarrassments.

As soon as Jim Ross welcomed "Razor Ramon" with open arms on the 23 September '96 episode of Raw, it was like a wet fart. Jerry Lawler's comment on commentary that this cosplayer "looks a little bigger than the last time I saw him" didn't help.

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