20 Dumbest Wrestler Names EVER (...That We Absolutely LOVE)
18. Rellik
That’s killer backwards, don't you know?
TNA brought ex-WCW and WWE man Johnny The Bull/Johnny Stamboli in for a run between 2007-2008, and they did so because his REDRUM (The Shining is one hell of a movie) gimmick had caught their eye on the independent scene. Looking to trademark something/anything, TNA came up with Rellik.
That's killer backwards, don't you know? Right, enough of that, but the character was as one note as you're ever likely to get. It also doesn't make a lick of sense. If Johnny was a backwards killer, then did he bring people back to life? Behold quite staggering amounts of silliness, which is precisely what anyone reading this is here for.
John's real life surname is Hugger too, so he could've beaten Bayley to the punch by years and worked some sort of loveable 'boy next door' persona instead. In TNA, Rellik aligned with satanic manager James Mitchell and the Dustin Rhodes alter ego Black Reign (don't ask) to form a would-be faction that erm...terrorised the rest of the roster.
Only it didn't. It did, however, terrorise anyone who tuned into episodes of Impact to see "the new face of professional wrestling" offer up an alternative to WWE's monopoly. By 2008, TNA chiefs had lost all interest in pushing Rellik as anything more than a glorified jobber, so it was back to the drawing board for Big Vito's old tag-team partner in The Mamalukes.
Someone give Tony Marinara a call and make some fool sleep with the fishes for that literally backwards booking.