See the Gymini if they did the switch gimmick pin. That would be believable. It was never really believable for me with the ‘Bashams’ because they looked nothing alike, but it somehow always worked. One guy looked like Robert Englund without his Freddy Krueger Make Up, and the other looked like he should have been cast as Lennie in ‘Of Mice and Men.’ 😂🤣😂🤣
I can't believe evil doink was forgotten by the fans Matt Borne god rest his soul put everything he had into the character but WWE dropped him when they thought he was too much and only lasted a year.
Matt Borne had a serious drug problem and it was affecting his in-ring work. That was why they let him go. A number of years later he tried again under the name Borne Again, but he ended up OD'ing. Besides, the character Doink continued after they released Borne when they made Steve Lombardi the new Doink. They also used Steve Keirn and Ray Liachelli as Doink.
I am always boggled why Gunner Scott never connected with the fans, when he had one of the most devastating finishers of all time… the Roll up pin… 😂😂😂
Eric Escobar is a name i still remember as it was also the name of my best friend. When he debuted he and I were in middle school and after seeing his debut I told him in the following Monday at school "Hey I didn't know you were a wrestler in WWE". I teased him a little bit about that
I never realized that Eric Escobar was a disappointment. All I know about him back when he was Eric Alexander, he was over in the Puerto Rican wrestling promotions like the IWA PR and the WWC in the early and mid-2000s, and won multiple titles that don't involve a world championship. Plus, he even had a feud with TNA's Abyss at that time, back in 2002 or 2003.
When I went to a FCW event back around Summer 2009 (my first one). Escobar he had just gotten promoted to WWE and I believe he was still at that show at that time (or at least he was mentioned). I was like wow. Funny enough the main event was a triple threat match: Drew McIntyre, Sheamus, Tyler Reks (c). Funny how that all turned out. Two are still there 13 years later.
I remember Barakus..big dude but he was slow..he would execute a drop elbow which was so slow, the recipient could've ordered pizza from a nearby state, get it delivered and eat it by the time the elbow would drop.
I also remember there literally being a match between Barakus and Jesus on Monday Night Raw as part of an episode featuring Val Venis and the infamous "choppy choppy your pee pee" segment.
08:16 WWE had plans to introduce Vansen as Undertaker's son but Vince shelved this idea when he got to know that Vansen is just 5"11 . Too short for being dead man's son. 😂
@@schockeddog6934 lol He's right tho. The R.A. era started off hot in 2002, but by 2005/06 it was hard to watch, so I didn't. lol All my favs from the Att era were gone and the roster was filled with a bunch of no-names that would be gone after a month. If it weren't for CM Punk's pipebomb in 2011, I never would have gotten back into wrestling.
I actually remember Eric Escobar and Jesus. I barely remembered Bam Neely and Jackson Andrews; they came back to me after hearing their names again. I remembered Gunner Scott solely for his storyline with Booker T and Chris Benoit; I had forgotten his name completely!!
I thought you might have mentioned Battle Cat. He was an acrobatic wrestler, whom I saw once on TV defeating a jobber in the early nineties but never again. He wore a cat mask that wasn't removed, so it's entirely possible he returned as a different character.
van hansen is a small guy, he is a light weight smaller than x-pac. But they should have bught him in at least to dominate mid cards and light weights, back then guys like CM punk wont prosper
WWE had a feud with Undertaker in mind for Mordecai, but they changed their minds when they saw him in the ring and realized he wasn't ready yet. So they sent him back to developmental and brought him back as Kevin Thorn, and gave him Ariel as a valet. Regarding Hade Vansen, WWE was all about the big guys back then. Talant Relations head John Laurinaitis even issued a decree that stated that they would not be signing any more wrestlers under 6'2".
@@kennyking9347 he almost broke Undertaker's neck and we're tired of these goddamn returns every 2 months, we need something new, The Rock would make them a lotta money considering his new hollywood career.
Eric Escobar and Bam Neely I still remember since I started watching WWE back in mid 2007 and I know Bam was the bodyguard for Chavo and Eric being the 2nd boyfriend for Vickie (2008 and 2009 was the best year for me, though I only watch Smackdown since I didn't have cable back then to watch Raw or ECW)
I can give you part credit for Bam Neely as I did forget about him, until, think it was about a year ago, someone uploaded a video about Undertaker's feud with Vickie Guerrero and it reminded me of Bam Neely, because he was in it.
At a certain point while punk was still in WWE my mom stopped letting me stay up to watch WWE so my grandma would tell me what happened the next day & I never heard of CM Skunk 💀 thinkin bout it now she prolly was sleepin
Most of the time with these kinds of lists, I usually do remember the wrestlers involved. Not this time. I barely remember The Gymini, and didn't remember ANY of the others. Well done, WrestleLamia!
i liked johnny swinger from day one . In my head i just assumed he was gonna be big . After a while he disapeared . back before internet was huge . He would later pop up again ! I thought , FINALLY ! .....nope . Stumps me .
I'm kinda surprised that cizarny didn't make the cut for this list. Given I worked in the carnival business at that time his character stood out to me at least. He had the buildup with the vignettes then the air was let outta the popcorn bag real quick on him.
I will never forget going to the toy section as a kid finding the WWE section and always seeing several The Gymini figures there for weeks, and weeks, and weeks, and weeks
This sounds weird but ive always remembered Bam Neely....i had no idea what he looked like but that name was always so stupid to me I couldn't forget it
I have a strange WWE memory that happened once that either doesn’t exist anymore or wasn’t supposed to happen but made it on the air anyways. There was a guy who randomly came out in a business suit and was yelling about a match or wrestling license or something only for Kane to come out and squash him. Does anybody else remember this??
I remember Parisi on Heat when I was a kid. Another forgotten would be Vance Archer (Murderhawk Lance Archer) and someone I saw on Heat or Velocity that has a first name of Mike.
One thing worth mentioning about the 'Jesus stabs John Cena in a nightclub' story line, was it was originally written for New Jack as it was during the ECW reboot and they were considering bringing him in for an on-screen role.
literally could have used the last guy and make him heel. Saying undertaker left because he wasn't big enough and took after his mom size wise. That's the story for him to go against his father!
Wasn’t Vansen the guy HHH said he looks like he should be mowing lawns and/or cleaning pools. Christ what a burial. You get a platinum shovel for that.
Came here to say this exact same thing. From what FPJ said, it had more to do with Triple H's comments, than his height. They had already started vignettes and everything.
Here's one a lot wrestling fans may not remember, "Spider Lady". She was a female wrestler with a black spider-like mask and black tights from neck to toe. I had seen her on "Superstars of Wrestling". I believe Spider Lady was supposed to take the Women's title from Wendi Richter At Madison Square Garden. The Fabulous Mooula(sic) defeated Richter for title while posing as Spider Lady.
I remember Johnny Parisi, Eric Escobar, Jesus, Bam Neely, The Gymini, Gunner Scott, and Jackson Andrews. Could not recall Brakkus, CM Skunk, and Hade Vansen.
I remember six or seven of them, but the one guy that comes to my mind most that didn't make this list is Kevin Quinn who got a victory over Brian Christopher on The Rock Bottom pre-show episode of Sunday Night Heat in December 1998 (even though it looked like an unscripted victory) and then became Scott Taylor's (Scotty Too Hotty) substitute partner for Christopher while Scotty was injured a few weeks earlier by Droz until January 1999 when Quinn, Christopher and The Hardyz lost an eight man tag match against The J.O.B. Squad (Scorpio, Bob Holly, Duane Gill and Blue Meanie) which ended with Scorpio running Quinn into the ropes causing Christopher to fall off the turnbuckle and then pinned Christopher for the win that resulted in Christopher being frustrated with Quinn as Scotty comes to the ring with his crutches and hits Quinn from behind with one of them as Too Much reunite and Quinn is never seen again
This list just made "Jesus" look so memorable being alongside more forgetabble individuals 😅 I still remember him mostly because it was the Cena/Carlito feud that he got involved in.
Mohamed Hassan should be put on 1st list. come on , he was the best heel i ever seen. he almost being fight for the tittle and got many scene with biggest name
I always assumed Gunner Scott was released due to his close association with Chris Benoit since after the deaths of himself and his family, they just wanted to rid themselves of anything that had to do with him.
I'm surprised I didn't see Americano on this list. He was in one match where he was squashed around the start of Braun Strowman's singles run and was never seen again
I remembered Jesus for the whole stabbing thing, it was bizarre and out of nowhere, and i remember Brakus for getting beat up in that stupid tough man tournament them promptly buried.
And two other honorable mentions even though both were WCW Tag Team Champions with each other, but both have forgotten WWF/E runs, those being David Flair (who got beat up by Undertaker and then got beat by him in a match to hype up his feud with Ric Flair for WestleMania 18) and Crowbar (who competed in the Light Heavyweight Title Tournament as Devon Storm losing in the first round to Taka Michinoku and a few matches before and after that, and then as Crowbar he appeared in the same weekend on both WWE Velocity and Sunday Night Heat in September 2003, losing to Sean O'Haire on September 27th episode of Velocity and then losing to Scott Steiner the next night on September 28th episode Heat)
The Gymini just look like a more muscular version of The Basham Brothers lol
Exactly what i was thinking 😂
Yeah
See the Gymini if they did the switch gimmick pin. That would be believable.
It was never really believable for me with the ‘Bashams’ because they looked nothing alike, but it somehow always worked.
One guy looked like Robert Englund without his Freddy Krueger Make Up, and the other looked like he should have been cast as Lennie in ‘Of Mice and Men.’ 😂🤣😂🤣
I forgot about the Basham Brothers Lmfmo 😷😂
Honestly I'm always thrown off by that Meltzer guy looking like an alcoholic Dennis Quaid
I can't believe evil doink was forgotten by the fans Matt Borne god rest his soul put everything he had into the character but WWE dropped him when they thought he was too much and only lasted a year.
He was great! They way he could go from a smiling laffing face to an evil looking frown was creepy to the point of terrifying!
@@matthewlane518 FACTS.
Doink is not in this category since That heel doink did more PPV and Raw matches, the guys on this list are just 1-3 shows done and all dark matches
Matt Borne had a serious drug problem and it was affecting his in-ring work. That was why they let him go. A number of years later he tried again under the name Borne Again, but he ended up OD'ing. Besides, the character Doink continued after they released Borne when they made Steve Lombardi the new Doink. They also used Steve Keirn and Ray Liachelli as Doink.
Evil Doink was an amazing character, I agree. Such a shame they frittered him.
Hade Vansen is so forgotten that this video intro had written "Vade Hansen". Priceless 😀
CM Skunk 💀💀, i was so invested in this feud but never remember this imposter 😂😂
Same
I am always boggled why Gunner Scott never connected with the fans, when he had one of the most devastating finishers of all time… the Roll up pin… 😂😂😂
Backwoods
When he beat booker t with that roll up 😂
Eric Escobar is a name i still remember as it was also the name of my best friend. When he debuted he and I were in middle school and after seeing his debut I told him in the following Monday at school "Hey I didn't know you were a wrestler in WWE". I teased him a little bit about that
He had potential but what killed his momentum was his babyface turn.
I never realized that Eric Escobar was a disappointment. All I know about him back when he was Eric Alexander, he was over in the Puerto Rican wrestling promotions like the IWA PR and the WWC in the early and mid-2000s, and won multiple titles that don't involve a world championship. Plus, he even had a feud with TNA's Abyss at that time, back in 2002 or 2003.
He's a Homeland Security police officer now lmao
Wow I didn't even know all of that
@@Aetolus what?!
So he's the one that did the Dark Matter before Cody Rhodes as Stardust even did it wow
When I went to a FCW event back around Summer 2009 (my first one). Escobar he had just gotten promoted to WWE and I believe he was still at that show at that time (or at least he was mentioned). I was like wow. Funny enough the main event was a triple threat match: Drew McIntyre, Sheamus, Tyler Reks (c). Funny how that all turned out. Two are still there 13 years later.
CM Skunk character was hilarious
I remember Barakus..big dude but he was slow..he would execute a drop elbow which was so slow, the recipient could've ordered pizza from a nearby state, get it delivered and eat it by the time the elbow would drop.
Dude... 💀
😵🤣🤣🤣
I also remember there literally being a match between Barakus and Jesus on Monday Night Raw as part of an episode featuring Val Venis and the infamous "choppy choppy your pee pee" segment.
08:16 WWE had plans to introduce Vansen as Undertaker's son but Vince shelved this idea when he got to know that Vansen is just 5"11 . Too short for being dead man's son. 😂
Releasing him for that reason is completely bullshit!
The ruthless aggression was full of forgettable wrestlers even wrestling with wregret made a 3 part list
I was upset until I seen your name is KoKo the clown.. I mean the name says it all 😂👋
This shows wwe management were so stupid
@@schockeddog6934 lol He's right tho. The R.A. era started off hot in 2002, but by 2005/06 it was hard to watch, so I didn't. lol All my favs from the Att era were gone and the roster was filled with a bunch of no-names that would be gone after a month. If it weren't for CM Punk's pipebomb in 2011, I never would have gotten back into wrestling.
It goes show that the Ruthless Aggression era wasn't all that cracked up to be.
Jesus was awesome bodyguard for Carlito
I actually remember Eric Escobar and Jesus. I barely remembered Bam Neely and Jackson Andrews; they came back to me after hearing their names again. I remembered Gunner Scott solely for his storyline with Booker T and Chris Benoit; I had forgotten his name completely!!
Tafuk is a gunner scott
Gunner atleast had a solid Indy run as Brent Albright even won the NWA World Title.
I thought you might have mentioned Battle Cat. He was an acrobatic wrestler, whom I saw once on TV defeating a jobber in the early nineties but never again. He wore a cat mask that wasn't removed, so it's entirely possible he returned as a different character.
I love your videos. Always keeps me entertained
Undertaker vs Hade Vansen feud would've been amazing . Same with Undertaker vs Mordecai
van hansen is a small guy, he is a light weight smaller than x-pac. But they should have bught him in at least to dominate mid cards and light weights, back then guys like CM punk wont prosper
WWE had a feud with Undertaker in mind for Mordecai, but they changed their minds when they saw him in the ring and realized he wasn't ready yet. So they sent him back to developmental and brought him back as Kevin Thorn, and gave him Ariel as a valet. Regarding Hade Vansen, WWE was all about the big guys back then. Talant Relations head John Laurinaitis even issued a decree that stated that they would not be signing any more wrestlers under 6'2".
Man… I remember Jesus. I saw him wrestle an indie show at a roller skating rink in 2000 in Oceanside, CA where he wrestled as The Hardcore Kid
I wish we could forget the 2003-2022 version of Goldberg!
No
yeah me too
Yeah
No He was good in early to mid 2003,2016,2017
@@kennyking9347 he almost broke Undertaker's neck and we're tired of these goddamn returns every 2 months, we need something new, The Rock would make them a lotta money considering his new hollywood career.
At 0:18, I remember Rodney Mack and when Teddy Long had that white boy challenge for him. LOL
Bruh WWE writing is something else 😂😂
I regret to inform you (and myself) that I know ALL of these superstars except for CM Skunk. Forgetting them would be nice.
Damn...That was Johnny Swinger?! What the Hell Happened?🤯💥
Eric Escobar and Bam Neely I still remember since I started watching WWE back in mid 2007 and I know Bam was the bodyguard for Chavo and Eric being the 2nd boyfriend for Vickie (2008 and 2009 was the best year for me, though I only watch Smackdown since I didn't have cable back then to watch Raw or ECW)
You we’re lucky 2009 Raw was the celebrity guest host era
I can give you part credit for Bam Neely as I did forget about him, until, think it was about a year ago, someone uploaded a video about Undertaker's feud with Vickie Guerrero and it reminded me of Bam Neely, because he was in it.
At a certain point while punk was still in WWE my mom stopped letting me stay up to watch WWE so my grandma would tell me what happened the next day & I never heard of CM Skunk 💀 thinkin bout it now she prolly was sleepin
Johnny swinger also spent time in ECW teaming with Simon diamond
I think Eric Escobar could have been an Eddie Guerrero type. Or he could have teamed with Chavo Guerrero. Either one sounds pretty good.
Good video. Most of these I either don’t remember or barely remember.
Thanks to WWE Encyclopedia and being a fan until 17 months ago, I remember most of them
CM Skunk swerved the hell out of middle school me
Most of the time with these kinds of lists, I usually do remember the wrestlers involved. Not this time. I barely remember The Gymini, and didn't remember ANY of the others. Well done, WrestleLamia!
This List needed to be Longer than 10 Wrestlers.
The Gymini trying so hard to be looking like Basham Brothers 😁😁😁
i liked johnny swinger from day one . In my head i just assumed he was gonna be big . After a while he disapeared . back before internet was huge . He would later pop up again ! I thought , FINALLY ! .....nope . Stumps me .
the title didn't lie, I've never heard of any of these wrestlers.
Never forget Stan Stansky and Arthur Rosenberg
I remember Eric Escobar I used to think he was the next Eddie Guerrero
He had potential but he got ruined due to him turning babyface way too early.
I remember Jesus, he was Carlito's 'muscle' LOL
I'm kinda surprised that cizarny didn't make the cut for this list. Given I worked in the carnival business at that time his character stood out to me at least. He had the buildup with the vignettes then the air was let outta the popcorn bag real quick on him.
i thought he was gonna BE #1 but Hade Vansen deserves it more
Omg Eric escobar was my childhood fav wrestler... I watch ever of his matches
He had potential but his face turn & backstage politics ruined everything.
I will never forget going to the toy section as a kid finding the WWE section and always seeing several The Gymini figures there for weeks, and weeks, and weeks, and weeks
This sounds weird but ive always remembered Bam Neely....i had no idea what he looked like but that name was always so stupid to me I couldn't forget it
It came from famous hockey player Cam Neely who played Sea Bass in Dumb and Dumber
I have a strange WWE memory that happened once that either doesn’t exist anymore or wasn’t supposed to happen but made it on the air anyways.
There was a guy who randomly came out in a business suit and was yelling about a match or wrestling license or something only for Kane to come out and squash him. Does anybody else remember this??
I remember one back in 2016 (or early 2017). There's a "Milkman" in his name.
@@pressplayulysses Yeah that was him! Idk what that section was even for!!
The undertaker's son that would be a awesome storyline
Weren't Gymini the infamous "Johnsons" in the NWA/TNA era?
Richard and Rod Johnson!
I couple of them I remembered. Jesus, Eric Escobar, and Gymini and CM Skunk
Who can forget cm skunk though 😭🔥
You can make a whole 1-2hr video for the current wwe roster
No you cant
I remember Parisi on Heat when I was a kid. Another forgotten would be Vance Archer (Murderhawk Lance Archer) and someone I saw on Heat or Velocity that has a first name of Mike.
Love the daily content. But is it never knew or forgot ?
Kenzo Suzuki, Colin Delaney, Luther Reigns, Ricky/Atlas Ortiz, Deuce and Domino, Abraham Washington
One thing worth mentioning about the 'Jesus stabs John Cena in a nightclub' story line, was it was originally written for New Jack as it was during the ECW reboot and they were considering bringing him in for an on-screen role.
I literally only remember Brakus. This list is a good one.
All these years later and only 1 Vignette I still never forgot about Hade Vanson hahahahahaha
Brakus gimmick was taken from BEST of the BEST 2.
literally could have used the last guy and make him heel. Saying undertaker left because he wasn't big enough and took after his mom size wise. That's the story for him to go against his father!
The CM Skunk skit was so funny
I never heard about any of them but I did know about Vade Venson
If you say Gunner Scott is now Madcap Moss, I'd believe it.
😂
Wasn’t Vansen the guy HHH said he looks like he should be mowing lawns and/or cleaning pools. Christ what a burial. You get a platinum shovel for that.
Came here to say this exact same thing. From what FPJ said, it had more to do with Triple H's comments, than his height. They had already started vignettes and everything.
Eric Escobar back then reminds me of MJF
I still remember The Gymini and Gunner Scott. Ain’t see em again since that body bag
Here's one a lot wrestling fans may not remember, "Spider Lady". She was a female wrestler with a black spider-like mask and black tights from neck to toe. I had seen her on "Superstars of Wrestling". I believe Spider Lady was supposed to take the Women's title from Wendi Richter At Madison Square Garden. The Fabulous Mooula(sic) defeated Richter for title while posing as Spider Lady.
7:52 that says “VADE HANSEN”
nice editing.
I actually didn’t mind some of Gunner Scott/Brent Albright’s ROH work
Eric Escobar was Andrade El Idolo before Andrade El Idolo.
Escobar.
Triple H - He parked my car last night 🤣
side kick jobber😁😁😁😁
Orlando Jordan is another one 🤩
I still think about CM Skunk to this day.
Same lol
Nice a fun video for a change
I remember Jesus, Eric Escobar, Bam Neely and Gunner Scott.
Love every vid bro. And who ever sees this just know that God loves you so much!! Have the best day.
Bro please do this one again do a #2 part you know there is more than 10 🙏
Hade Vansen is so forgotten that the only mention of him on Wikipedia is a passing reference on Jon Moxley's page
I remember Johnny Parisi, Eric Escobar, Jesus, Bam Neely, The Gymini, Gunner Scott, and Jackson Andrews. Could not recall Brakkus, CM Skunk, and Hade Vansen.
You missed that one Guy...I forget his Name :P
I never forgot Manu
I honestly didn't know about Eric Escobar 😮
I remembered Eric Escobar and Bam Neeley but that was it
I remember Eric Escobar,he was promising.
He had potential but turning babyface way too far and other backstage politics ruined his time in the business
I remember six or seven of them, but the one guy that comes to my mind most that didn't make this list is Kevin Quinn who got a victory over Brian Christopher on The Rock Bottom pre-show episode of Sunday Night Heat in December 1998 (even though it looked like an unscripted victory) and then became Scott Taylor's (Scotty Too Hotty) substitute partner for Christopher while Scotty was injured a few weeks earlier by Droz until January 1999 when Quinn, Christopher and The Hardyz lost an eight man tag match against The J.O.B. Squad (Scorpio, Bob Holly, Duane Gill and Blue Meanie) which ended with Scorpio running Quinn into the ropes causing Christopher to fall off the turnbuckle and then pinned Christopher for the win that resulted in Christopher being frustrated with Quinn as Scotty comes to the ring with his crutches and hits Quinn from behind with one of them as Too Much reunite and Quinn is never seen again
Eric Escober character was underrated
I kinda remember Johnny Swinger in WCW like VAGUELY
This list just made "Jesus" look so memorable being alongside more forgetabble individuals 😅 I still remember him mostly because it was the Cena/Carlito feud that he got involved in.
I can't believe Swingman was on WWE twice. Vince releasing talent because of height is stupid
i know eric escobar, jesus, bam neely and gunner scott.
Hade Vansen, the original Veer Mahan.
I initially thought that the CM Skunk character was Jason "Mayhem" Miller.
Title should have been “enhancement talent people forgot about”. 🤣😂
Mohamed Hassan should be put on 1st list. come on , he was the best heel i ever seen. he almost being fight for the tittle and got many scene with biggest name
Then why would he be on a video abt people we forgot
Some of these names could be the reason why these wrestlers weren't taken seriously...
I always assumed Gunner Scott was released due to his close association with Chris Benoit since after the deaths of himself and his family, they just wanted to rid themselves of anything that had to do with him.
I'm glad this list was made. No Punk had way more reasons to leave before that but I wonder if he would stay if the Ryback storyline didn't happen
I'm surprised I didn't see Americano on this list. He was in one match where he was squashed around the start of Braun Strowman's singles run and was never seen again
I remembered Jesus for the whole stabbing thing, it was bizarre and out of nowhere, and i remember Brakus for getting beat up in that stupid tough man tournament them promptly buried.
Sadly, they might have kept Brakkus if he had done better in the Brawl-for-all. But he didn't, so...
Last time Jesus was seen in any wrestling program, he was in the short lived MTV's Wrestling Society X
You forgot about Thom Latimer.
Manu got that WWF No Mercy Bod!🤣🤣🤣
And two other honorable mentions even though both were WCW Tag Team Champions with each other, but both have forgotten WWF/E runs, those being David Flair (who got beat up by Undertaker and then got beat by him in a match to hype up his feud with Ric Flair for WestleMania 18) and Crowbar (who competed in the Light Heavyweight Title Tournament as Devon Storm losing in the first round to Taka Michinoku and a few matches before and after that, and then as Crowbar he appeared in the same weekend on both WWE Velocity and Sunday Night Heat in September 2003, losing to Sean O'Haire on September 27th episode of Velocity and then losing to Scott Steiner the next night on September 28th episode Heat)
I remember just some of them
4:06 that caught me so off guard
Same here, like we weren't supposed to catch that
Wow. I've genuinely never heard of any of these guys