10 Wrestling Gimmicks More Disturbing Than You Think
5. Adam Bomb Was A Nuclear Disaster Victim
It reportedly cost authorities approx $1 billion to cleanup the after-effects of a nuclear meltdown on Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania between 1979-1993. The accident, which was obviously big news, apparently seemed ripe for a cartoonish WWF character the same year that cleanup job was completed.
Adam Bomb was born, green eyes and all.
Put simply, Bomb was said to be a survivor of the nuclear meltdown incident, but he didn't get away with his health intact. No, Adam had a red tongue and those aforementioned green contact lenses in - the company also briefly flirted with the idea that Bomb had superhuman strength due to radiation exposure.
The WWF presented Adam as a villain at first, which means fans were expected to hate somebody just because he'd been affected by a nuclear disaster. How's that for heel purpose?! It's actually quite bleak that someone was booed because he survived exposure to nuclear chemicals.