10 Wrestling Gimmicks Probably Made Out Of Spite
1. Oklahoma
In amongst some of the dross served up in the final two years of WCW's lifespan, there was nothing more distasteful than Oklahoma.
This was a character played by WCW writer Ed Ferrara and was created for the sole purpose of mocking Jim Ross. While it's one thing to wear a black cowboy hat and carry a bottle of BBQ sauce, Ferrara crossed the line of good taste by leaning heavily into Ross' Bell's Palsy condition in his JR parody.
If a wrestler was handed this gimmick, the performer involved could be somewhat excused due to this being a decision forced upon them by upper management. In the case of Oklahoma, Ed Ferrara had no excuses. Not just was Ferrara tasked with the Oklahoma role, but this heinous act was purely a creation of Ferrara and Vince Russo.
Prior to arriving in WCW, Ferrara had spent 16 months under the employ of WWF, with him and Russo extremely frustrated by the more traditional approach to the business of veterans like Jim Ross and Jim Cornette. Thus, the jump to WCW and subsequent creation of Oklahoma was done as a way to take a classless shot at someone with which they'd butted heads.