15 Wrestlers WWE Debuted In The WORST Way Possible
9. Hector Guerrero Hatches As The Gobbledy Gooker
Debut: Survivor Series 1990 is best remembered for The Undertaker's in-ring debut. Nobody knew then that 'Taker would go on to become a WWE icon who'd dominate over the next 30 years or so. Another debut took place on that pay-per-view. Hector Guerrero was introduced as The Gobbledy Gooker during a comedy skit with celebrated stick man 'Mean' Gene Okerlund.
Why It Was Bad: The WWF had teased that something/someone special was going to hatch out of a giant egg in the weeks preceding this pay-per-view. Fans reasoned that it had to be something huge, because there was no way Vince McMahon was going to con people out of their dollars to see a giant turkey hatch out of th...oh, a giant turkey hatched out of the egg.
Yes, you can only imagine consumer disappointment once that happened.
Hector suffered the indignity of breaking free from his plastic prison in a goofy-looking outfit, then danced with Okerlund as fans wondered what the cluck they were actually watching. Keep in mind: People had paid hard earned money for this reveal, and they were rightly peeved that Survivor Series 1990's biggest lure turned out to be The Gooker.
Hilariously, Undertaker had fretted before the show that he'd be the one coming out of that egg.
Okerlund even said that Gobbledy Gooker name like this was some incoming star folks recognised. Today, The Gooker is roundly regarded as one of the worst ideas in wrestling history. It was an insult to fans, but only because the fed had hyped it up so much. Nobody would've been that bothered had this been done on free television, but to use it as bait on PPV was crass.