Vince Russo's 10 Worst WWE Ideas
9. Insane Clown Posse/The Oddities/Howard Stern
WWE are known for always trying to reach out to the mainstream to get that sweet, sweet exposure. Nowadays, the company plays it safe by having their superstars appear at some tacky awards show, talk show, or ESPN filler. To Russo's credit, in the late '90s, his finger was on the pulse of pop culture that was popular among the WWE's core audience at the time: Howard Stern, Jerry Springer, The Insane Clown Posse, etc.
Unfortunately, it was VinnyRu's attempts to reach out to that corner of culture that made this era of WWE age about as well as all those mentioned above.
The meeting point of all this weirdness was The Oddities, a ragtag stable that included two giants, Luna Vachon, and Earthquake in a mask carrying a Cartman doll. They were weird, awkward, and most embarrassingly, they were on-screen allies of the Insane Clown Posse. (No disrespect, as indie promoters, they've earned their stripes, but this alliance aged terribly)
In addition, Russo brags in one of his autobiographies about bringing the "Wack Pack" on RAW. The 'Wack Pack' is the colorful name for Howard Stern's gang of side characters who are/were known for their physical and/or mental shortcomings. When interviewed about the subject, Bruce Prichard considered the Wack Pack's involvement 'a joke,' and 'a pain in the a**' to deal with backstage.