Top Five Ridiculous WWE Gimmicks

SI.com did their own version of this list a couple of days ago, so I wanted to chime in with my opinion.

1. Isaac Yankem, DDS
He was introduced by Jerry "The King" Lawler as his evil dentist, after Lawler had his foot shoved into his own mouth. Yankem was supposed to play off people's supposed fear of dentists. He didn't last long in the WWF.

2. Irwin R. Schyster
The wrestler known as IRS was an evil former tax collector from Washington D.C. He would get on the microphone before his matches and demand that the audience members pay their taxes. He would also wrestle wearing dress pants and a shirt and tie. You really need to be scraping the bottom of the barrel to think that an evil accountant was a good idea.

3. Honky Tonk Man
The Honky Tonk Man was an Elvis impersonator that carried a guitar to the ring. Naturally, the guitar ended up being smashed over other wrestler's heads more than once.

4. Kamala, The Ugandan Giant
This wrestler was portrayed as a savage from the jungles of sub-Saharan Africa. He wore tribal war paint on his face and chest. Once he knocked a wrester out, he would try to cover him with his stomach facing downward, only to have his manager repeatedly gesture to turn his opponent over. He was also afraid of coffins, the sight of which (usually brought out by The Undertaker) would cause him to flee the ring. Not only was this gimmick stupid, it smacked of racism.

5. Mean Street Posse
Joey Abs, Pete Gas, and Rodney were Shane McMahon's childhood buddies who became members of his posse. They grew up on the mean streets of Greenwich, Conn. I understand the intentional irony, especially since they wrestled in dress pants and sweater vests. But they were still really lame.