WWE: 9 Unforgivably Stupid Gimmicks That Ruined Great Characters

5. Mark Henry The World's Largest Incest Machine

At one point, Mark Henry was legitimately one of the strongest men in the world - that should be a gimmick in, and of itself, right? But no, that wasn't interesting enough for WWE's taste. Someone in charge thought having him play the role of a guy that has sex with his sister was somehow a better gimmick. In the midst of the Attitude Era, Henry was fresh from his run in The Nation. He needed some new direction, and it was decided that he'd play a sex addict, which was clearly an interesting decision to make. Well, at least he must have dated a boatload of beautiful women right? That way fans could still hate him because they'd be jealous... Nope - he instead had sex with old women, a transvestite and worst of all, his own sister. Henry couldn't keep his addiction under control, so he visited a series of therapists to talk about his problems. For some reason, Henry thought it was ok to record and air these personal sessions to millions of people. Anyway, one of the therapists was a beautiful woman, whom Henry confided in that he had sex with his sister when they were young. For some reason, this really upset the therapist, and she harshly judged him. She then asked him when the last time they had sex was, and he admitted that it was just a couple days prior. Yuck. Ick. What? What was the point of that? Are we supposed to hate him for his incest ways? Are we supposed to cheer someone to beat up the huge pervert? Who thought that was a good idea? Not surprisingly, it didn't lead to any big matches, and was just downright disgusting. Is it really any surprise that it took over a decade for Henry to finally rid himself of the stink of this angle and for fans to finally take him seriously?