Devil’s Advocate Sean O’Haire genuinely had top 10 wrestling villain of all time potential. Great size and physique, stupidly athletic style with martial arts and high flying elements, and his promos cut RIGHT to the bone with how flat out true they were.

Vince has blood on his hands for ruining Bray

This is how you knew the Adam Rose character was dead…the fucking Bunny was more over.

Leo Kruger is one I wish they would've given a chance before turning him into freaking Adam Rose.

Bray Wyatt pretty much rebooted the Doink the Clown's personality, playfully silly & fun but snaps into pure terrifying psycho for a split second then back into innocent pranking fun....

*Sees title* Me: Evil Doink and Sean O’Haire better be on this list. I was not disappointed.

Sean O'Haire was the first character I thought of when I saw this title. Man the potential that had.

Without even watching, everything about BrayWyatt

What they've made of the Fiend makes me cry at night

How about Mordecai? I was excited for that gimmick when I first saw it. It had good potential feuds with undertaker and Eddie. I kno Kevin Thorne wasn't the best wrestler but the gimmick itself I thought was interesting.

I almost forgot the og Ascension were basically New York Vampires, they looked like something out of the Blade movie

Mizdow belongs on this list somewhere

I still miss the Wade Barrett before they turned him into that bad news gimmick

There's an alternate timeline where CJ Parker, Rowan, and Daniel Bryan formed some type of evil hippie stable

Kinda wish they would just bring bray back in someway cause I generally like his promos and his style in the ring

I lose sleep every night over The Ascension…

I’m shocked that Muhammad Hassan wasn’t on this list, soooo much potential to explode on the main roster

Bray and Matt’s tag team really revitalized both their popularities in my opinion..it’s just a shame it came to a halt too soon due to circumstances.

Wait..Sean ohaire couldn't deliver the goods as a single wrestler? Did yall actually watch wrestling at that time. He was a VERY talented big man. Also..the Ascension were not a Road Warriors clone in NXT. That crap didn't happen until they hit the main roster. They were more supernatural than anything. Do better..

Adam Rose should bring back the Leo Kruger gimmick on the Indies especially with how big and muscular he is now he looks like a straight-up killer

Before I've even watched this. The thumbnail. Kruger was an AMAZING concept. "Big Game Wrestler".

Still amazes me Simon dean was nova in ecw lol

Paul Burchill's anti-hero babyface gimmick of privateer/morally grey pirate was awesome and me and many fans loved it. A shame the higher-ups never gave it a chance.

Wasn't CJ Parker a female lifeguard back in the nineties

The Yeti didn't make the list? This is an outrage!

The fiend character was interesting. It was the scariest character since kane. The gimmick was cool but WWE didn't capitalise on that.

Imagine any other sport where you are winning and have everyone's full support just for the commissioner to step in at the last second and replace you with the last placed team. Wrestling sure is weird af😭😂

Friar Ferguson, anyone?

The Woken One was the Great Value brand version of The Broken One.

True title of this video: 10 Gimmicks Totally Wasted by WWE.

Nah the original hippie was Mike Awesome (That 70s Guy)

The Ascension was so good in NXT. Sad that it wasn't the same on the main roster.

Suprised Mordicai and Velveteen dream wasnt on this list

Leo Kruger SHOULD'VE worked. Like Kraven (of SpiderMan), the blueprint WAS RIGHT THERE!!!! Even the promos were really good.

They could have titled this video as "WWE is clueless & most of these people are proof of that!"

Simon Dean was a criminally underrated gimmick.

Original Doink was remincent of John Wayne Gacy Pogo the Clown 😲

Am I the only one who liked the Mohammed Hassan gimmick? Wasted potential and terrible terrible timing!

I think The Fiend was Bray Wyatt’s best gimmick. Such a shame to see him get squashed by Goldberg.

Sean O'Haire should be number one

the ENTIRETY of Retribution

First time in over a year I've actually watched a WhatCulture video from start to finish!

I feel like CJ Parker's hippie gimmick was used by DB upon his return as an environmental heel.

Doink the Clown wasn't a wasted gimmick when he got into the ring after joking with the fans and that bell rang he became a totally different person. When he won matches he would say some weird and creepy shit into the camera like Raven or Mankind would.

Leo Kruger was awesome really wish they would've stuck with it his promos where awesome and he had an awesome menacing aura around him would fit in nicely in today's Midcard scene

I personally Loved the Riott Squad. Each one of them played their own version of Psychotic to a T, and they had Great chemistry together, but they started jobbing them out pretty immediately

Congrats on 2 million subs

CJ Parker/Juice is a hometown hero of Joliet, Illinois.

10 best unscripted moment in wrestling

Simon Dean was underrated

I had zero effing idea Juice Robinson wrestled for WWE.

So much wasted potential on these characters. Bray hurts the worst, imo.

I remember absolutely loving Leo Kruger. crazy how much range that guy has as a wrestler

Bo Dallas bolieve gimmick was amazing unfortunately it got wasted

Sean O'Haire's Devil's Advocate character was ahead of its time and had a ton of potential. Plus his size and athleticism could have made him a top guy, granted his live promos needed some work. This was another example of Vince not getting it.

The Ascension’s Theme Song Was DOPE

Simon Dean was just another version of Body Donna Skip for Leo Kruger see The Stalker and Skinner . Simon Dean is also a parody of Dean Malenkos real name Dean Simon .

You had forgotten about Shane Douglas aka Dean Douglas. And you had forgotten Adam Bom aka Brian Clark and Crush Brian Adams .single Run and tage team run as Kronic from WCW to WWF/ WWE. They looked small to Undertaker and Kane!!!

WWE can mess up a wet dream .

I like how we didn't even mention THAT Hell in a Cell match with Seth Rollins for Bray's entry.

Can't say I miss the Fiend - or Bray. Not sure where we are going with creepy Alexa - had hopes when they were teamed together but have given up

Pirate Paul Burchill :(

How about Primo & Epico? Or DDP's WWE gimmicks?

And just to think that this is just the tip of the iceberg. I mean Mordecai, Muhammed Hassan, and so many more gimmicks had such high potential and were either ruined by wrestlers being forced into them without being ready or simply bad booking.

I loved the Leo Kruger character

Alternate title for this video: "Ten Times Vince Was An Idiot"

Does Cesaro's like, whole thing, count as a gimmick?

Bad News Barrett. I really enjoyed it, and it last like a month.

I came to pre comment that Bray Wyatt has to be on this list. He's one of the best talkers in wrestling and made a creative character. He's one of my top 5 favorite wrestlers and my favorite wwe wrestler.

Ascension were made but no.... Sure they weren't the best at promo's but they just needed some tweaks.

07:12 I Loved Sean O’Hare’s gimmick. They dumped it because they needed Roddy piper to be there to be his mouthpiece. When he got himself fired due to his HBO interview or wherever it was through and they just gave up instead of letting him try it. As usual, WWE ruining a good thing

Juice Robinson!!!!💯

Bliss actually isn't wasted at all. Sure, it's strange, but she's currently in the main event picture and is a pretty big hit with fans. I rather like it, but I wish it didn't come at the cost of Bray.

The Devil's Advocate, such wasted potentual, but hey, I'm not telling you anything that you don't already know

I've always felt that the Narcissist Lex Luger gimmick had way more potential and he would have made a great heel champion.

I expected CM PUNK news

That thumbnail really flusters my jimbobs.

Evil Doink was an excellent gimmick but Bourne Again was even better

Personal opinion but I believe any gimmick can be something special if done correctly and given to the right star.

How about non wwe one's doctor steve comes to mind in impact

Two words. Orlando Jordan.

No wwe was never interested in the broken Matt Hardy gim. The only thing they was doing in that gimmick was destroy it.

How/is a Bliss a waste? She's probably the most over on the Raw Roster. You seen the reaction she got at MITB?

Whatever happened to Hade Vansen ? I saw one or two promos and the character was gone just like that .

I always enjoyed Dan Spivey as Waylon Mercy. Shame his knees and back were already knackered at the time.

Dude i See Luke Harper and i cry, It hurts. These Gimmicks are so cool.

When Chavo had that white guy golf gimmick

I miss the eaters of the world

I knew Leo Kruger and Bray Wyatt would be here

Aleister Black and The Fiend should be in this list

Eco warrior CJ Parker is underrated

The Berserker should have set the record for most Royal Rumble eliminations as well then Kane should have broken then that record should have stayed until either Braun Stroman or Brock Lesnar broke that. Berserker should have set a theme for guys in the Rumble who didn't want to win but just hurt and throw people out left and right. I mean, Berserker's whole thing was throwing people out of the ring, so it's a double waste.

Leo Krueger gimmick would have gotten over in the main roster with the fans because of the popularity of spider man and his villains PS kraven the hunter is actually what inspired the Leo Krueger gimmick

Mordecai

I honestly just hope Bray gets released from WWE so he can go do something good somewhere else...

It’s not a bad idea but I don’t get how a “devils advocate” character really translates into having wrestling matches. I don’t get why it’s always brought up as a such missed opportunity, I feel a lot of people just liked his look at the time more than anything.

The world is too PC for the Simon System to work nowadays :/

Mojo Rawley

IMO Deuce & Domino should be on this list.

Bray Wyatt needa to come back and get a serious push, i miss the Wyatt Family gimmick