10 Infamously Short-Lived WWE Gimmicks
The most infamous one-and-dones (or close to it) to have ever graced a WWE audience...
1. The Jinx Brothers
It's a peaceful Sunday morning in 1996, you've got USA Network on, catching some low-impact WWE Superstars as you plot out the remainder of your weekend. Here come the Harris twins under a forgettable short-lived name, nothing out of the ordinary when - wait, what the hell is *this*? Why are there demented red and green marionette puppets on your TV screen? Are they evil manifestations of NyQuil bottles? It's only 11:30 in the morning, and you haven't done acid yet today - what's going on?
Meet Wildo and Ingus Jinx, two men whose names are the least of our concerns here. They danced around and bumped like crazy for their larger opponents, who themselves seem rather nonchalant about the fact that they're being attacked by some intermediate Thundercat species. You'd think with such elaborate costumes, we'd be seeing much more of Windex and Iggy, or whatever the hell their names are, and actually, we would - just not as Wildo and Ingus Jinx, that's all. With the costumes left at home, the two found much greater success inside a WWE ring as Jeff and Matt Hardy. And you thought The Broken Universe was twisted.
Written by Justin Henry
In addition to writing lists and commentaries for Cultaholic, Justin is also a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine, and is co-author of the WWE-related book Titan Screwed: Lost Smiles, Stunners, and Screwjobs.
