10 Times WWE Wrestlers Played Two Gimmicks At Once

4. Santino Marella - Santina Marella

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Santino Marella the performer was not at fault for the gimmick that reduced a half-decent idea to a full-f*cking-sh*t one at WrestleMania 25.

Rendered infamous by the stark contrast of the Women's Revolution half a decade later, the Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal existed to hide a gag in plain sight rather than - as was initially promoted - celebrate the past, present and future of women's wrestling in the organisation. Said sales patter saw the likes of Molly Holly and Sunny return from the wrestling wilderness for the 'Show Of Shows', though you'd be forgiven for missing them during the wretched Kid Rock-soundtracked group entrance.

This showed WWE's hand long before the thinning field showed the contest's obvious comedic winner. It was cruel enough to consider the match filler by gifting it to a man with a stupid(er) voice, particularly after a 10 minute live performance that acted as the most overt p*ss break in WrestleMania history.

Santina's cameo in the 2020 Royal Rumble was received with relative warmth - he was at long last the butt of a joke rather than reducing an entire division to one.

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