10 Wrestling Gimmicks That Only Lasted ONE Segment
6. The “Showster”
More impersonations? OK then.
The WWF clearly didn't know what to do with Big Show by mid-2000. He'd been a menacing heel, they'd tried him as WWF Champ, and they'd even stuck him with The Undertaker to try and give the giant some rub. Nothing seemed to work, so naturally he started ripping the p*ss out of old pal Hulk Hogan for the lolz.
At Backlash that year, Hogan's old WCW enemy romped out as "The Showster" to wild cheers from the Washington masses. His opponent, Kurt Angle, did everything in his power to fend off the laughs, and the pair worked a short squash bout that actually worked well to break up the pay-per-view card's more serious bouts.
After that, Show went on to team with Rikishi as "Showkishi" on several shows, but his Hulk rib was never spotted again; at least, Paul Wight never dressed up like Hogan. He did, however, impersonate his voice once or twice in coming years.