10 Times WWE Failed To Replace Wrestlers
6. Razor Ramon (with Fake Razor Ramon)
A lot of people get the wrong impression of what this (admittedly abysmal) idea actually was, either because they simply didn't see it play out in real time, or it appears so mind-numbingly thick that it simply doesn't warrant defending.
Wrestling has a way of being both good and bad at the same things, and the introduction of Fake Razor Ramon (and a certain taller mate) should be reflected upon as a case of this, rather than the other. Watch it back - the story is actually about disgruntled employee Jim Ross wanting to mock Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation, as magnificently articulated by the man himself in a searing promo that pre-dates and foreshadows most of the worked shoots of a similar ilk from the Attitude Era. This is good.
Ultimately though, he existed more to be a patsy for an idea the company knew was likely to fail. WWE promoted major returns of former favourites with the explicit intent of scoring a big (and subsequently ill-gotten) number. such was the immediate impact of the New World Order on the other side. This is bad.
Really bad. And it didn't get better any time soon...