Sometimes the repackaging of a superstar is exactly what the performer needs and helps to get them over with the fans. However, there are times when repackaging\u00a0turns the superstar into a laughing stock and that is the focus in this latest pieces as we look at some of the less than successful repackaging of performers.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The WWE has a pretty bad habit of doing something that at times\u2026makes fans go nuts\u2026.and not in a good way. A large wrestler who may stand over 7 feet tall or weigh over 400 pounds comes into the company as a bruising monster heel. Maybe the fans don\u2019t gravitate to this wrestler right away. What do you do? Do you continue trying to push said wrestler as a devastating beast who annihilates their competition OR do you go back to the drawing board and repackage the wrestler?<\/p>\n If the WWE decides to repackage you\u2026BEWARE!!! More often than not\u2026.you are headed for a gimmick that will kill all of your credibility and make you a joke\u2026.literally! This piece looks at the once pushed monster heels that slowly turned into WWE comedy acts. Why? Vince seems to like larger than life wrestlers that can act goofy apparently. Nothing says wrestling ratings more than good old fashioned comedy\u2026or so the WWE\u2019s creative might think. It happens more than you\u2019d think and it is a tell tale sign that the WWE just doesn\u2019t know what to do with you. Let\u2019s take a look\u2026.<\/p>\n Vladimir Kozlov<\/strong><\/p>\n Vladimir Kozlov was going to be the \u201cRusev\u201d of his era. He had size, strength and a martial arts background. It seemed that he would be pushed as a monster foreign heel and it certainly started out that way. Perhaps the fans just didn\u2019t believe Kozlov as a bad ass\u2026or maybe Vince McMahon saw something extra in him.<\/p>\n That extra something was pairing him with company jester Santino Marella and becoming a silly version of himself. I must admit\u2026I liked the team in small doses\u2026but the comedy act killed whatever chances (if any) Kozlov had to be a monster heel once more.<\/p>\n Kurrgan<\/strong><\/p>\n Kurrgan was suppose to be a new era in wrestling giants for the WWF\/E. They sold him as an unstoppable force with a devastating finishing move\u2026the iron claw. Kurrgan was pretty agile for his size and while his physique might not have been what the WWE expected from a man his size\u2026he had potential.<\/p>\n The potential was dressing him up as a hippy and dancing around the ring as a member of the Oddities. The group was originally intended to be a faction of monster heels\u2026but quickly turned into a comedy act for the company.<\/p>\n Rosey<\/strong><\/p>\n While his ring name was out and out silly\u2026there was nothing silly about Rosey and Jamal as 3 minute Warning in the WWE. They were being pushed as a monster tag team when Jamal (the future Umaga) was fired from the company. So it was only natural to turn Rosey from a Samoan bruiser to a sidekick of the Hurricane, a \u201cSuper Hero in Training\u201d. The abbreviation for that would be S.H.I.T.<\/p>\n The Big Show<\/strong><\/p>\n When Paul Wight signed with the WWE\u2026BIG things were expected from him. He immediately was thrust into the spotlight as a member of Vince McMahon\u2019s Corporation. Without getting into all the sordid early history of Big Show in the WWE\u2026.when he appeared on Saturday Night Live and stole the show\u2026.he went from a giant to joke.<\/p>\n While he eventually recovered from this initial comedy run\u2026he still never really sustained the giant monster persona for long periods of time.<\/p>\n Brodus Clay<\/strong><\/p>\n Brodus Clay started out his WWE career as the bodyguard to Alberto Del Rio. That stint was short lived and he soon disappeared from our sight. Vignettes began airing with the promise that Brodus Clay would be a one man wrecking crew. What we got instead was a dancing dinosaur of sorts\u2026 A “Funkasaurus” if you will.<\/p>\n Lord Tensai<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking of Brodus Clay, his future \u201cTons of Funk\u201d tag team partner\u2026Sweet T wrestled briefly in his return to the WWE as the evil Lord Tensai. After multiple gimmicks and names in his first WWE run, he had a successful run in Japan as the Giant Bernard. His return to the WWE was meant to be a run on top as a monster heel, even feuding with John Cena. However, reactions were mixed for the Tensai character and before too long\u2026.he was dancing along with the Funkasaurus.<\/p>\n![\"comedy1\"](\"https:\/\/ringthedamnbell.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/comedy1.jpg\")
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