12 WWE Monsters That Failed
8. Mantaur
An unfortunate punchline of the WWF's cartoony 'New Generation' era, Mantaur was a short-statured tank of a wrestler with an unassailable gimmick destined for rapid failure.
His original television debut in early 1995 birthed the stupidest iteration of the character, as the half-man half-beast persona was taken so literally that he'd emerge wearing what appeared to be the front end of a pantomime bull on his head, and a shimmering velour singlet.
Instructed to make a deep-throated 'moo' noise and imitate a bull in the run up to his charging clothesline finish, the literal interpretation of the idea was ham-fisted and completely inconceivable.
The look was tweaked slightly for Mantaur's next major appearance, but an underwhelming performance in the 1995 Royal Rumble signposted the eventual demise of the character.
Even when paired with the on-form mouthpiece Jim Cornette, Mantaur couldn't gain a true foothold with such a debilitating persona, and was reduced to a role as a jobber-to-the-stars before his summer release.