Thanks to Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard, a lot of wrestling fans are in on the gag about the box of gimmicks. Whenever a wrestler is signed, they reach into the box and pull out what their supposed character and gimmick is going to be. While occupational gimmicks have always been a part of the business, the early '90s seemed to be loaded with all kinds of job gimmicks.

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Plenty of these gimmicks ranged from terrible to laughable and all points in between. Some were made memorable just because of the skill of the wrestler. But the '90s weren’t the only place to find these gimmicks, some exist even to this day.

10 Best - Irwin R. Schyster - Taxman

IRS

As far as collegiate wrestling goes, they don’t come much crisper than Mike Rotunda. The former amateur star would translate his abilities and be trained by the infamous Dick The Bruiser.

It was his great technical style that was able to help him get over his most well-known gimmick - IRS. It would take a few years, but when he finally paired up when the Million Dollar Man (a natural pairing), he was able to once again claim gold in the WWE.

9 Worst - Isaac Yankem, DDS - Evil Dentist

Isaac Yankem

The only thing good about introducing Jerry Lawler’s personal dentist, Isaac Yankem, DDS was the person playing him. The godawful character introduced the WWE Universe to the man who would be Kane - Glenn Jacobs. Vince McMahon must’ve had a terrible experience at the dentist when he came up with the gimmick.

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The name came from Bobby Heenan’s joke about dentists - “you went to dentist today? Who did you see, I. Yankem?” But the gross teeth and dentist drill for a theme song helped to make this guy one of the worst ever.

8 Best - The Big Boss Man - Prison Guard

Boss Man

Ray Traylor is probably one of the most underrated big men in the sport. When the finger about super heavyweights like Yoko, Vader, and Bam Bam come up, it's easy to forget Traylor. But as the Big Boss Man, he found a gimmick that lasted throughout a decade and worked as both a heel and a babyface.

He might not have done anything too fancy in the ring, but he could move like a cruiserweight and was wildly popular with the WWE Universe - that’s how you get a gimmick over.

7 Worst - T.L. Hopper - Plumber

TL Hopper

In the territories, Dirty White Boy, Tony Anthony was over huge with the fans of Smokey Mountain. But in the era of occupational gimmicks running amok all over WWE, he was rechristened T.L. Hopper, a wrestling plumber.

The vignettes were no pun intended, Wrestlecrap at its finest, with Hopper and his plunger, Betsy; the most memorable was the SummerSlam ‘96 riff on Caddyshack. Making a natural enemy of Duke The Dumpster Droese, the two squared off in a Home Improvement Match.

6 Best - Paul Bearer - Mortician

Paul Bearer

When lifelong fan and decades-long manager, Percy Pringle III was in between wrestling stints, he was an accomplished Funeral Director in his hometown of Mobile, Alabama.

When the WWE was looking for a new manager for The Undertaker, it was a match made in wrestling heaven - the guy was an actual Undertaker! A mortician by trade, it made a natural fit for Moody to become Paul Bearer and manage The Deadman in his early years of glory.

5 Worst - Duke The Dumpster Droese - Sanitation Worker

Duke The Dumpster Droese

There’s nothing wrong with being a garbage man. In some communities, they’re some of the most highly paid city workers out there. But a guy marching to the ring as a sanitation worker?!

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Despite the lame gimmick, thanks to the garbage can, it allowed for Duke of all people to be credited with being involved in one of the first hardcore spots in WWE. Jerry Lawler walloped the guy with his own trash can.

4 Best - Brother Love - Preacher

Brother Love

Bruce Prichard resuscitated his career as Vince’s right hand over the past few years with his podcast. Years prior as he was just learning the ropes of working backstage at WWE, he also came up with one of the best heel interviewers of all time - Brother Love.

For several years, the gimmick of Brother Love was actually one of the most over heels in the company and he did it with just his whiny voice snarkily telling fans “I loooovvveee yooouu.”

3 Worst - Repo Man - Repo Man

Repo Man

After the immensely successful run of Demolition came to a close, Barry Darsow found himself in a need of new gimmick. He culled from his own personal experience as a Repo Man and became a wrestling Repo Man.

While looking like a corny character from the 1966 Batman series, he would beat opponents, tie them up with tow rope and keep beating them. The nonsense escalated when he stole Randy Savage’s hat. But then the Macho Man would defeat him handily on Raw to get the hat back and got eliminated by Savage at the 1993 Royal Rumble to be sent packing.

2 Best - Damien Sandow - Stunt Double

Damien Mizdow

The life of a Hollywood Stunt Man is often a thankless job. You happen to look relatively close to one of the big stars and don’t mind taking serious bumps while filming big action scenes; but Chris Evans get the credit for saving the world.

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But the tables were turned in late 2014 when The Miz started being accompanied to the ring by his own stunt double - Damien Sandow. As Damien Mizdow, the stunt double was doing everything on the outside of the ring that was happening to or by The Miz during the match. The act got over huge until the duo split and Miz won a match for the rights to The Miz Brand.

David Otunga

David Otunga seemingly had all of the tools to be a great WWE Superstar. He looked as if he was chiseled out of granite and his law degree from Harvard put him head and shoulders above the rest of the roster, or at least his gimmick was meant to be. He was Johnny Ace’s Legal Advisor.

Otunga was known for sipping his coffee and offering legal counsel on whatever ongoings backstage were happening with the former general manager.

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