In pro wrestling, attire can make or break a character. A performer can have a nigh-perfect physique and the ability to put on five-star classics with a broomstick, but if they’re decked out in an outfit that makes them look like a janitor, nobody’s going to take the wrestler seriously.

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The history of pro wrestling is full of ridiculous attire, but they’re not always bad. Some outfits are poorly conceived, while others are ostentatious in a great way, but still pretty crazy when you think about it. Without further ado, let’s take a look at 10 of wrestling’s wildest outfits, including the really bad ones.

10 The Shockmaster

Funny - Shockmaster

Let’s just get The Shockmaster out of the way. Much has been made of poor Fred Ottman’s disastrous debut thanks to him taking a spill on his way into public consciousness, but let’s talk about his actual gear. First of all, there’s that puffy sleeveless trenchcoat that would have looked way cooler if it was some kind of animal fur or something. But the main event here is his headgear, a kit-bashed Stormtrooper helmet -- if “spray painted and caked in glitter” counts as kitbashing. It’s so low-rent, especially for WCW, that it seems like something out of Southpaw Regional Wrestling.

9 Jeff Jarrett

Jeff Jarrett

Double J’s WWE gimmick was that of a country music singer, complete with his own “hit single.” But what was the deal with his attire? The baffling choice of straps and a collar don’t really scream “country music singer,” especially in the 1990s when guys like Garth Brooks were dominating the charts. Jeff Jarrett doesn’t even seem like a country singer from the 1970s, a look currently being nailed by Hangman Adam Page in AEW.

8 Demolition

Demolition

While they’re among the longest reigning WWE Tag Champs, Demolition’s look was like those medieval drawings of elephants by people who had never seen elephants, but for the Road Warriors. Hawk and Animal were very cool attempts to replicate the vibe of the Mad Max movies, while Ax and Smash were very much an early part of WWE’s long tradition of misunderstanding pop culture.

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Rather than post-apocalyptic football players, Demolition had more of an S&M thing going on, with facepaint that resembled KISS more than the Road Warriors. Even WCW’s KISS Demon looked cooler than this.

7 Farooq Assad

Farooq

When it comes to ridiculous ring gear, it’s important to distinguish instances like Farooq’s early attire from that of someone like Max Moon, which is suitable ring gear for a spaceman character. Farooq’s gear, while similarly silly and costumey, is not really suitable for a tough gladiator character, especially because the goofy helmet seems more like something out of Tron than Spartacus. It’s pretty brutal treatment for the man credited as wrestling’s first Black world champion.

6 Jushin Thunder Liger

WWE Jushin Thunder Liger Looking Towards Stage

Beloved, iconic junior heavyweight legend Jushin Thunder Liger’s gimmick is based on an anime created by Go Nagai as an attempt to replicate the success of Tiger Mask. His gear is so garish, with big hair, giant horns, and bright colors, so much that he always stood out in matches, even against other masked wrestlers. New Japan Pro-Wrestling has a few masked wrestlers today including El Desperado, BUSHI, and the fourth iteration of Tiger Mask, but they’re relatively conservative in comparison to Liger.

5 Giant Gonzalez

Giant Gonzalez

Best known for his legendarily reviled match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania IX, Giant Gonzalez is one of those ridiculously tall “attraction” wrestlers who couldn’t wrestle a lick. While as El Gigante in early 1990s WCW, he was just a really tall guy in athletic shorts, WWE really gilded the lily with his attire, putting him in a weird bodysuit with airbrushed musculature and patches of fur. In retrospect, this looks more like Beast Titan cosplay than actually looking like a beast.

4 The Ding Dongs

The Ding Dongs

The Ding Dongs were WCW’s hilariously wrongheaded attempt to mimic WWE’s kid-friendly gimmicky, except with no thought given to what a child would actually like. Basically, WCW took a jobber tag team and put them in masks and bodysuits with bell symbols all over, along with actual bells on their wrists and ankles. The idea was that the bells would ring while they wrestled, but they just ended up spilling all over the mat during the match.

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Needless to say, the absurd outfits made them look even more like jobbers, and when duo made their debut at Clash of the Champions VII the live crowd rejected them. At least WWE’s potentially trademark infringing Toxic Turtles gimmick understood that there was a zeitgeist to capture.

3 Mantaur

Mantaur

Remember how Big Van Vader came out in a giant steaming helmet that made him look like a demon made of HR Geiger concept art? Mantaur was like that, but far less successful. The poor guy came out wearing a giant bull head that made him look like a mascot, only to reveal that he was just some generic hoss underneath. What’s worse is that his ring gear was a velvet-accented singlet and furry boots, which further undercut any physical imposition. He’d probably have become World Champion if he wrestled in the mask. Mantaur walked so Black Taurus could run.

2 Oz

Oz

The whole Oz gimmick is already a deeply bizarre decision -- what wrestler would kayfabe choose to dress like the Wizard of Oz? -- but the attire itself bears special discussion. For one thing, seeing Kevin Nash in an unflattering wizard’s robe is already pretty hilarious. What’s truly hilarious and worthy of ridicule is the fact that Oz came out wearing a bearded rubber mask, then took it off when it was time to wrestle. It’s such a weird choice that it’s hard to believe anybody believed it would work.

1 Macho Man Randy Savage

Randy Savage

A beloved icon of pro wrestling and gas station beef jerky, Macho Man Randy Savage is the most popular wrestler with the most ridiculous attire of all time. At his true fashion peak, Savage was wearing every color at once, a giant hat and sunglasses, and a seemingly infinite number of tassels off of every possible surface of his body. While it’s hip to say that Macho was better than Hulk Hogan, he’s certainly more over-the-top than The Hulkster in both personality and attire, which makes him the perfect pop culture icon.

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