10 WWE Gimmicks That Seriously Took The Piss
4. Bastion Booger
In late-1993, Vince McMahon had a big problem.
Not to be confused problem with people being big. He always had that problem. No, just months removed from getting shot of Hulk Hogan "forever" in June ahead of reimagining the philosophical direction of his organisation completely, the demons of his past returned to haunt him with stunning effectiveness.
Several steroid charges dating back to the headiest days of the 1980s were being brought forth at pace. The trial would go down in 1994 (and McMahon himself would not), but ripped and chiselled was suddenly not necessarily the ideal look. Big was spot on, burly less so.
In steps Bastion Booger, with plenty of upper girth and gear show it off, but McMahon decided to make this size advantage Booger's gross undoing. His belly was big because he couldn't stop eating, you see. Was this a comment on people having dangerous relationships with food? Or what else might lurk beneath an eating disorder or unhealthy greed?
Was it f*ck. The back of his outfit shaped his spine into a hump. Being big was grotesque, pal. That was the message. Oh, sh*t, sorry, unless you could be mocked for something else instead...