5 facts you need to know about WWE Superstar The Gobbledy Gooker 

The Gobbledy Gooker hatched from an egg as part of Survivor Series 1990, after the egg was on display on WWE shows for a number of weeks. This then was thought to have led to a lengthy career for the man under the turkey suit, since Survivor Series takes place around Thanksgiving every year, but this wasn't the case.

Gooker is seen as one of WWE's biggest flops and has been the butt of jokes for the past thirty years. Since the character made a return to WWE at this year's Survivor Series and became the 24/7 Champion, here are five facts that every fan needs to know.

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#5 The Undertaker was scared he would be "Eggman"

The Undertaker made his debut on the same night as The Gobbledy Gooker back at Survivor Series in 1990 and on a recent episode of Stone Cold's Broken Skull Sessions, The Deadman revealed that he was afraid that he would be Eggman when he made his WWE debut.

"I eventually get a meeting with Vince, and I was like ‘I’m going to walk in here, and I’m going to blow him away. I’ll get hired right on the spot.’ I go to Connecticut and I meet with Vince, and at the end of it he goes, ‘well, we really don’t have anything right now. Maybe after Wrestlemania, we might have an opening.’ And I was like ‘oh wow. I already quit the other place.’ I didn’t figure that part in [that WWE wouldn’t hire me.] I’m just hanging out, trying to get bookings where I can, and all of the sudden they start this promotion where they’ve got this giant egg on one of the stages. At that point I had short hair, and I had started growing my hair, so I started having this whole drama in my head like ‘oh man, I’m going to be Eggman’ or something like that. He’s going to want me to shave my head and my eyebrows; I was just in a panic. This [egg on the stage] had nothing to do with me.”

Luckily, the egg that later hatched as part of the show wasn't anything to do with The Undertaker and The Deadman went on to have a three-decade-long career with WWE, whilst Gooker was written off TV quite quickly.

#4 Gobbledy Gooker was WWE Chairman Vince McMahon's idea

Vince McMahon is the Chairman of WWE and over the years he has had some of the greatest ideas that the business has ever seen. McMahon has been able to keep WWE at the top of their own ladder for more than three decades, which shows just how much his mind works within this business. But that doesn't mean that he doesn't have bad ideas.

Whilst The Undertaker has revealed that Vince McMahon came up with his character and pushed forward The Deadman following his debut, The Chairman was also the man who came up with The Gobbledy Gooker.

Of course, The Gobbledy Gooker made his debut in a time when these kinds of comedy gimmicks would be seen as popular with the audience. It's easy to see why McMahon believed that a turkey would be popular around Thanksgiving but this wasn't the case.

Instead, The Gobbledy Gooker became one of the biggest jokes in wrestling history and was written off WWE TV almost as quickly as he debuted.

#3 Hector Guerrero was the original man under the costume

Whilst The Undertaker was busy having nightmares about the fact that Vince McMahon could call him at any moment and ask him to dress up like a Turkey for his WWE debut, there was one man who was actually given the job.

Hector Guerrero, who is the older brother of former WWE star Eddie Guerrero, made his debut many years before his brother and was under a costume. WWE heavily hyped up the debut of The Gooker for months before the egg hatched at Survivor Series and the commentary team even tried to be excited whilst the audience in attendance booed the turkey out of the building.

When Mean "Gene" Okerlund was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame back in 2006, he revealed that it was Hector Guerrero under the costume when he stated that the star had a lot of fun at that time

"Héctor, we had a lot of fun, but all of this is forgotten"

Of course, there was no internet back then for fans to find out who was under the costume, so this was an interesting swerve.

#2 Gooker has made several WWE returns over the past three decades

Even though The Gobbledy Gooker was seen as a low point for the company following his debut and only went on to make a handful of appearances before being written off WWE TV, the character has =returned numerous times.

Whilst Hector Guerrero was under the costume at the beginning of his career, he hasn't been the man under the suit in recent years.

After a decade of not being mentioned on WWE TV, Gooker made his return as part of the Gimmick Battle Royal at WrestleMania 17, where the company decided to change the costume and spell his name wrong. It was Guerrero under the costume that night and he was the second man eliminated from the match.

It wasn't until 2015 that The Gobbledy Gooker returned to TV once again and this time it was on an episode of SmackDown. Jey Uso was under the costume this time around and used the outfit to kidnap Xavier Woods as Usos continued to feud against The New Day.

#1 Drew Gulak has been under the suit on two separate occasions for WWE

Behold, @DrewGulak's plan for a better #Thanksgiving... #205Live pic.twitter.com/dagq79gci2

— WWE (@WWE) November 23, 2017

Last night at WWE Survivor Series, The Gobbledy Gooker returned for the first time in three years when he was able to pin R-Truth and become Champion for the first time. Gooker then had a wardrobe malfunction as he lost a foot trying to run away from R-Truth and Akira Tozawa.

It was revealed that Drew Gulak was the man under the suit last night at Survivor Series. Interestingly, this isn't the first time that the star has been asked to step inside the suit for WWE, even though the last time it was as part of a comedy spot.

Three years ago, Gulak dressed as The Gobbledy Gooker on WWE TV on an episode of 205 Live ahead of Thanksgiving and referred to himself as the Gobbledy Gulaker.

Gulak has been a familiar face in the 24/7 Championship picture over the past few months, so it comes as no surprise that he would take the opportunity to dress up like a turkey in order to win the Championship.