10 Terrible WWE Reinventions

6. Too Cold Scorpio > Flash Funk

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After a brief but successful stint in WCW, during which time he raised tag gold alongside Marcus Bagwell, dynamic aerialist Charles '2 Cold Scorpio' Scaggs headed for Philadelphia upstarts ECW where he quickly established himself as one of the organisation's finest workers amidst a sea of extremity.

It wasn't for nothing Paul Heyman entrusted Scorpio with the promotion's Television Title, knowing full well he could depend on his weekly work rate as the group began to find its feet on a larger landscape. Meanwhile in the north-east, the industry's flagship promotion was floundering, and its chairman needed fresh ideas. ECW talent was on his radar, notably Scaggs, who he convinced to jump ship in 1996.

Scorpio would soon find there was a sting in the tail.

Whereas Heyman saw an extraordinarily gifted wrestler, McMahon, regrettably, seemingly only noticed one thing about Scaggs, and overnight he went from a high-flying maverick to a zoot-suited funk aficionado. In not quite so many words, he was effectively portrayed as something rhyming with 'blimp'. (No, not that - Dustin Runnels would have that privielege a year later.) It was as bad, and borderline offensive, as it sounds.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.