20 Original WWE Character Concepts You Won’t Believe

10. LOD 2000

Goldust Concept
WWE

LOD 200 were a flawed act at inception, with neither Hawk or Sunny in peak physical condition to carry a brave reboot of a formerly beloved act.

It mattered not that the rebadge only put them two years in front of the actual year in 1998 - Hawk, Animal (and later Droz) were still years behind the curve regardless of the moderately futuristic upgrade. Fancy new spikes and haircuts weren't going to undo one too many defeats.

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