10 WWE Wrestlers Who Were Nothing Without Their Managers
8. Mantaur
Well, he wasn't nothing, obviously, he was a f*cking half-man half-bull. But what little chance he had of getting over relied entirely on the reception Jim Cornette was able to generate for him during their less-than-impressive 1995 tenure together.
Your writer takes every opportunity to defend the New Generation for the exceptional (and that point, best ever) in-ring standard and some fantastic angles masked by...giant cow masks, but there's a reason why Mantaur rocks up on those patronising video packages they play alongside shots of Issac Yankem DDS, the original Hunter Hearst Helmsley gimmick and the worst version of Doink.
Soz for the repetition but he was a f*cking half-man half-bull - getting the 'Prince Of Polyester' by his side was the least the company could have done for him. Cornette himself thought it was a rib at his expense, but he mustn't have sold it because it didn't last. After first appearing in January, he had disappeared back to the woods by July. As if to atone, Camp Cornette took on Davey Boy Smith, Owen Hart and Vader, gathering up countless title matches and programmes for the following year.