20 Original WWE Character Concepts You Won’t Believe

8. Diesel

Diesel Suit
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Kevin Nash knew his days as a genuinely credible WWE Champion were numbered the second the company put a beaming Diesel on the cover of the in-house magazine immediately after snared the strap, but this rare glimpse at an out-of-the-ring wardrobe provided for the new titleholder suggested they at least had an idea beyond his physical dominance to establish him as a star.

Taking The Joker's colour scheme and a Winged Eagle t-shirt right out of the merchandise catalogue, it was probably for the best that this particular ensemble never left the page. Diesel wore suits well in his corporate engagements for the company - this look brought him closer to his clown colleagues than the 'Cool Hand Luke' he attempted to be.

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