5 WWE gimmicks that were quickly abandoned

#4. Mordecai nearly faced WWE legend The Undertaker in 2004

Mordecai set himself up to punish the wicked of WWE in 2004

WWE ECW saw the moderate success of a vampire character known as Kevin Thorn. Thorn even made it to WrestleMania 23 where he competed in an eight-man match pitting the brand's "New Brood" against ECW originals. However, that wasn't supposed to be his first WrestleMania match.

Let me take you back in time. Well...back further in time. Before 2007. Picture it, a dark room dimly lit with candles. A man covered in bright white robes with bleached blond hair, eyebrows, and goatee included, promised to deliver vengeance to and eliminate the wicked in WWE. Dubbing himself the "Right Hand of the Father," the superstar made his debut in the spring of 2004. Mordecai was his name, and pain was his game.

At WWE Judgment Day, Mordecai demolished Scotty 2 Hotty. He'd go on to defeat legit tough guy Hardcore Holly at The Great American Bash. He enjoyed a moderate amount of success before falling to the legendary luchador himself Rey Mysterio in a match on SmackDown. That was the last we saw of Mordecai, but this wasn't just a normal everyday failed gimmick thrown into the trash bin.

Mordecai was supposed to be the "anti-Undertaker" and was even heading toward a feud with The Deadman. It could've happened too, were it not for an incident Kevin Fertig, the man behind Mordecai, got into that year.

In an interview with Sean Ross Sapp, Fertig revealed that a bar fight upended the whole deal.

"It was going to be built towards that. I'm a dumbass that got in a fight in a bar and basically ruined it. 'Cause of situations that precursed that."

It really was unfortunate, as Fertig was by no means bad. Mordecai was an interesting character, and it could've led to a fun feud with The Phenom. The guy got a vampire gimmick to work in WWE ECW for crying out loud, so this could've been something fun.