10 Wrestling Attires We Only Saw Once (And Why)

Many would argue that a wrestler's attire is the single most important part of a character's make-up and they'd probably have a point.

Through their in-ring or entrance gear, a performer can pay homage to their heroes, send out a vital message or even just stretch their creative muscles a little bit. In fact, some of these variations can become so popular that a star has no choice but to integrate them into their everyday attire - see Brock Lesnar's Suplex City shirts and early John Cena's many jersey variations over the years.

However, not every costume choice is fortunate enough to live forever and on some occasions a distinctly different aesthetic direction can be retired on the very same night it was debuted.

Whether it was due to these outfits not exactly landing with the big boss at the top of Titan Tower, the gear acting as a one-off tribute to a place/idea or even an injury forcing a rethink of your entire presentation, these fleeting combinations were all quickly put to bed after popping up for the first and only time on WWE television.

When Rey Mysterio disappeared off WWE television for a while towards the end of 2006 due to an ACL injury, fans were left wondering when they'd have the chance to see the masked sensation dart around the ring once again.

Then it was finally announced that Mysterio would be making his triumphant return at SummerSlam 2007 against Chavo Guerrero, ten months after he was put out of action by his rival on an episode of SmackDown.

Everyone in the building was clearly overjoyed when they saw Mysterio burst up through the floor kitted out as the Fantastic Four villain the Silver Surfer - a nod to the F4 sequel which was also released that year. Well, everyone except one man.

WWE Chairman Vince McMahon did not approve of Mysterio's creativity on this occasion and he even went as far as to state that this was 'not Rey' when lambasting agent Dean Malenko for approving the attire.

Mysterio had produced some stellar superhero inspired gears before this - like his The Flash and Captain America iterations - but this was a rare misstep for the legendary luchador which was quickly retired soon after he'd put away Guerrero.