10 Worst Uses Of Face Paint In Wrestling

4. Zodiac

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It shouldn't be hard to pull off black and white face paints. Look at Sting, Kamala, Vampiro, Papa Shango… heck, even Phantasio's paint was pretty nice.

And then, there was Zodiac. Now, without getting into the (scarce) merits of the gimmick itself, it makes sense that a guy with a yin-yang obsession would feature black and white face paint.

What doesn't make sense is having someone walk to the ring looking like someone had slung a pair of white tiger-print skivvies in their face. 

There was no concept besides Ed Leslie's legit obsession with stripes, and no idea of balance (pretty much the only decent visual device available to such a character.)

WCW never was able to rise above kindergarten level when it came to face paint ... with one obvious exception.


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