5 Dark Gimmicks WWE Gave Up on
Dark gimmicks in wrestling are nothing new. In fact, the most beloved character in history of WWE may just be the most dark ever, The Undertaker.
Recently on WWE RAW, former backwoods cult leader Bray Wyatt was given a much needed and long awaited character revamp as a very dark and creepy children's TV show host, like an eerie and disturbing version of Mr. Rodgers called the "Firefly Fun House." Many already have high hopes for the gimmick, but it has also gotten some fans worried that it is something that either could go south very quickly or even just be given up on due to pressure from various WWE sponsors.
Whether or not that happens remains to be seen, but it did get me thinking about other dark gimmicks that WWE has come up with that either just about didn't make it to television, or did but were given up on shortly thereafter. These are what I think are the top five dark WWE gimmicks that WWE gave up on.
#5 Gangrel & Kevin Thorne
After having a failed run as another dark character, Mordecai, on WWE TV two years earlier, Kevin Fertig returned to WWE as Kevin Thorn in 2006, a vampire.
At the same time, WWE Attitude Era star Gangrel had been working WWE developmental along with Thorn. The idea at the time shortly before Thorn made his return to TV was to have them debut on WWE's ECW together along with Aerial as a vampire faction. They did work some non-televised live events together, however the faction idea never materialized to television.
Allegedly WWE decided against bringing it to TV due to higher ups not being happy with Gangrel's physic, and he was released for apparently the same reasons shortly thereafter. Not much is known about what WWE would have done with them, but one would assume it would have been a little similar to The Brood in 1999. Kevin Thorn and Aerial still managed to debut on WWE ECW as vampires, but the company never did much with the gimmick itself. Gangrel and Kevin Thorn have since teamed up occasionally on the independent circuit.