10 Wrestlers Who Visibly Hated Their Own Gimmicks
1. Lord Tensai
Never the most expressive of performers, Prince Albert/Albert/A-Train/Train/Sweet T nonetheless could pull off an adequate mean mug in his capacity as a big hard bastard.
He was a pretty bloody good big hard bastard in Japan, too, having performed as a big hard bastard without a creative department lumbering him with sh*tty gimmicks - and without an obnoxious fanbase telling the poor prick to shave his back, thereby ruining any mystique he may have built.
When he returned to WWE under the Lord Tensai gimmick, he looked like a big soft sh*te.
If you thought "They look like vikings...so let's call 'em the Viking Experience!" was peak Vince 'My audience are f*ckwits' McMahon, you may not have lived through 2012. So the former Albert excelled in Japan, right? You could say he conquered it. And so, they dressed him up like a Japanese Emperor or some sh*t. Caucasian Matt Bloom was the most historical Japanese guy of all time.
Jerry Lawler, in a bid to put over the scope of jobber Alex Riley's task, said he felt sorry for him. It was the debuting Tensai who deserved the sympathy; the poor guy scanned the audience mid-match (see GIF), racked in pure work dread, knowing a droning Albeerrrrrrt chant wasn't far away.