The majority of wrestlers are presented as mortals, everyday folks who are not much different from those watching the program. The basis of professional wrestling hinges upon the suspension of belief and so the more realistic the program is, the better.

In the formative years of professional wrestling, the sport was all about athletes throttling each other but the sport evolved and eventually, storylines became an instrumental facet of wrestling. Consequently, wrestlers were required to work with characters as a means to sell the ongoing angles.

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Over the years, wrestling promotions have introduced various gimmicks molded and rooted in supernatural phenomena, from undead zombies impervious to pain to chosen ones descending from the heavens themselves in order to smite the sinners.

Undertaker Popularized The Trope

The Undertaker, portrayed by Mark Callaway was the first supernatural character to make a massive impact and upon the success of the undead character, many more attempts were made, by WWE, as well as other promotions. And of course, WCW was the one company to unleash the most awful iteration of the monster gimmick upon us all. The Yeti. Or The Yeeetay as Tony Schiavone squeaked out during the horrendous debut.

The backstory of the dude wrapped up in toilet paper goes like this. The year was 1994 and Hulk Hogan, the biggest start of WWE had jumped ship to WCW, the rival promotion of Vince McMahon. The Hulkster was signed to an outrageous contract and aside from a guaranteed mountain of cash; Hogan had complete creative control over his character and those in association with him. Therefore, in a year or so, Hogan entered a feud with a few buddies of his as a means to welcome him to his new home.

The Dungeon of Doom was a villainous stable composed of walking nightmares, such as monsters and other supernatural entities, including a literal cannibal and a humanoid shark. Headed by Kevin Sullivan, a good friend of Hogan, the stable was dead-set on eradicating Hulkamania from existence.

The Yeti

To this end, the stable recruited The Giant, and on the 23/10/95 episode of Nitro, The Master of the stable brought along a massive block of ice, claiming that the creature was the insurance policy in case of unlikely failure.

The block of ice was left on the sidelines for the entirety of the episode but towards the end, as Hogan and Savage began brawling with the members of the faction, the block of ice burst apart in a show of horrible special effects and wrestling fans were given a glimpse of the Yeti as final Nitro before Halloween Havoc 1995 went off the air.

Halloween Havoc of that year was memorable and for all the wrong reasons. Aside from monster trucks battling each other on the rooftop of the arena, and the Giant falling to his apparent death only to return without an explanation, the show served as the debut of the Yeti.

The contest between the Giant and Hogan for the world title devolved into a wild brawl with faces turning heel for no apparent reason and as the Giant locked Hogan in a bear hug, another giant another lumbering down the aisle.

The Yeti barely stumbled down the ramp, looking as ridiculous as the rest of his stablemates in the dungeon. The big man entered the ring and proceeded to lock a reverse bear hug on the Hulkster, leaving Hogan sandwiched between the Giant and the Yeti. Understandably, Hogan passed out and well, the visual speaks for itself.

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Thankfully, the company realized that everything from the inclusion to the debut was an abject failure and the Yeti was removed from television for a little while. The company, for some insane reason, brought the 7 ft 2 monster back for an equally ridiculous PPV concept; World War 3.

The Yeti Became Super Giant Ninja

Super Giant Ninja in WCW

However, this time, the Yeti had gotten a wardrobe makeover. Gone were the many toilet paper bandages. Instead, the Yeti (Or the "Yeeti" as spelled out in the graphic) now resembled a giant ninja. Mercifully, the Yeti was tossed outside the ring in the battle royal within moments. The last appearance of the Yeti came on a random episode of Nitro and he was now known as “The Super Giant Ninja”. The Ninja lost a quick match to One Man Gang and he was never seen again on WCW television.

Interestingly, Ron Reis, the man playing the character elaborated upon the character during an interview with In Your Head Online. According to Reis, Giant Gonzalez was supposed to play the character of Yeti but due to health concerns, WCW called Reis to take his place. As a testament to how chaotic WCW management was, Reis stated that nobody told him what to do and he instead did whatever came to mind.

Reis admitted the overall angle was awful and the reverse bear hug resembled something else entirely. Regardless, Reis admitted that the moment was in the top ten worst moments in WCW but he was happy to be a part of history.

That recaps the history of the Yeti, easily the most awful monster character to ever pollute a wrestling ring. WCW was WCW well before Russo came along to sink the ship.