Ranking Every WWE DOINK From Worst To Best
7. Ray Apollo
The problem with Ray Apollo as Doink is not that the man in the mask should have been judged for making a living as a pro wrestler, more than he best reflects the death of persona that was at one point incredibly special.
Apollo's take (as with the next entrant on the list) may as well be included alongside Fake Razor Ramon and Diesel in terms of legitimacy. WWE had a gimmick, had the legal rights to it, and decided to slap another wrestler in it. Time's kinder to it than those imposters, but the footage highlights the company's growing disinterest towards the persona too.
As 1993 morphs into 1994, Doink is battered on major pay-per-views when he actually gets to appear on them. Only in a popcorn feud with Jerry Lawler (more on that shortly...sigh, this is how they get you) did he get any kind of feature spot before being persistently phased down the card until the edgier end of 1995 aged him a decade in about a month.
It's been said that gimmicks sell t-shirts but characters sell t-shirts. This did neither by then, but it didn't stop WWE trying to get twice as much juice from the over-ripe fruit...