10 Wrestlers Who Benefited From Looking Incredibly Stupid

5. Rikishi Rubs Bottom In People's Faces, Now In The Hall Of Fame

It's hard to predict what the WWE crowd will fall in love with. Rikishi had trouble getting over in the years preceding his Too Cool re-invention. As Fatu, member of once tag-team champions The Headshrinkers, he had slipped down the card significantly after his partner Samu left the then-WWF. He was paired with a new partner Sione, but The New Headshrinkers didn't take. He suddenly learned fluent English and took on a motivational, community leader gimmick, becoming known as "Make A Difference" Fatu. It didn't take. He became The Sultan, who wore a mask and never spoke, and also looked a hell of a lot like Bane from The Dark Knight Rises. Seriously:

It didn't take. Then, in 1999, he returned to the WWF with bleached blond hair and wearing a black thong, all the more to show off his, in the words of Good 'ol J.R. "bodacious bum." He began to rub this same bum in people's faces, and the crowd popped huge for it. Rikishi never showed it, but after disappearing from the WWF for an extended period in order to train with at Dory Funk's wrestling school, to return and be told that the company now wanted you to stick your ass in people's faces while J.R. shouts "oh how hideous that must smell", must have been somewhat humiliating for the larger gentleman. But what could have tanked massively for anyone less committed, Rikishi used as a weapon of dominance and stink faced his way straight into not only our hearts, but also the prestigious WWE Hall of Fame.