20 Original WWE Character Concepts You Won’t Believe
1. The Rock
It didn't matter how many times Jim Ross called Rocky Maivia a "blue-chipper" during his Survivor Series entrance. Nobody was expecting 'The Great One' to emerge from the bones of such a woeful gimmick, but at least JR's earnest attempts matched the colour of The Rock's trunks.
Decking the third generation star out in red instead wouldn't have helped get the ludicrous gimmick over, but a colour swap might have given fans less to boo when they were blatantly sick of the character.