10 WWE Ideas So Awful Even Legends Couldn't Get Them Over
4. Honky Tonk Man - Hulkamaniac
Though he's not done so at time of writing, The Miz looks primed to set a new record as Intercontinental Champion at some point in 2018. Currently on his eighth tenure with the title, 'The A Lister' is creeping up on the 619 cumulative days Pedro Morales spent over two reigns in the early 1980s, arguing his case as the 'Greatest' to ever hold to the title.
As the longest single reign Champion (and a legitimate money-drawing pr*ck heel with the secondary strap), Honky Tonk Man will almost certainly disagree. The Elvis Presley knock-off was loathed enough to tease audiences to pay top dollar time and time again to watch him lose before he eventually succumbed to the Ultimate Warrior at SummerSlam 1988, but that wasn't supposed to be the life of the gimmick.
Vince McMahon saw the persona as a charming throwback to a bygone era. Dripping in obnoxious idiocy with his slicked-back hair and goofy suspenders, Honky was instantly detestable. The solution? A ringing endorsement from Hulk Hogan himself. Unfortunately for those in the company inexplicably desperate for a guitar hero even the famed 'Hulk Dust' only sat like dandruff on Honky's shoulders. An indignant fan vote heel turn was a uniquely perfect way to cement his new villainous states.