10 Terrible WWE Gimmicks That Were One Tweak Away From Perfection
3. Giant Gonzalez
Figure this f*cking gear out, man.
Giant Gonzalez was a rare case of the madcap wrestling minds actually being right about one quality being enough. Jorge González may not have quite been his billed eight foot, but much like his ability to stand down Sid Vicious in WCW sold the idea well enough, his Royal Rumble 1993 annihilation of The Undertaker was made completely believable thanks to his remarkable height.
Not all that great at looking particularly villainous despite the origin story of his character (manager Harvey Wippleman went into the wilderness and returned with him as per a promise to one day "drop a bomb" on The Undertaker), Gonzalez was at least a delivery on the promised payoff. His abominable snowman get-up didn't half trivialise the terror.
In a rare case of WCW doing Sports Entertainment bullsh*t better than WWE, El Gigante was given knockoff spaceman threads with the implication that he perhaps wasn't of this world. Though he didn't boast the best physique, spraying on abs and biceps (along with fur) didn't remotely enhance the aesthetic.
Just how would a giant of his awesome force dress? Well, anyway he damn well pleases. That was the agency Gonzalez wasn't ever afforded.