A few clarifiers:

  • by Bad, I mean gimmicks the “IWC” were broadly negative towards
  • by liked, I don’t mean ironically
  • no one ever actually liked the Gobbledy Gooker
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    Great thread OP.

    A gimmick I don’t see talked about much is Norman Smiley’s run as WCW Hardcore champion. As a kid, seeing him come out in football pads and a helmet always made me laugh.

    I’m a lapsed fan so maybe he was loved by the IWC. Still, I don’t see his name mentioned much these days and I think that’s a shame. He deserves more recognition for his comedy chops.

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      [Smiley] then feuded with Chavo Guerrero Jr., on one occasion destroying Guerrero’s hobby horse mascot, Pepè, by feeding it into a wood chipper on the January 11, 1999, episode of Nitro.

      This could possibly be the best single sentence on wrestling wiki ever.