5 WWE Superstars who failed with different gimmicks

These wrestlers failed to become stars with these gimmicks.
These wrestlers failed to become stars with these gimmicks.

#3 Former WWE Superstar Luke Gallows

Luke Gallows played Imposter Kane and Festus.
Luke Gallows played Imposter Kane and Festus.

Luke Gallows' early WWE run was plagued with bad gimmicks, but thankfully, the former Bullet Club member saved his wrestling career by developing himself in Japan. In 2006, Gallows played the Imposter Kane while still a rookie, but the angle ended within a month.

Even though Gallows dropped the underwhelming imposter gimmick, the worse was yet to come. WWE couldn't get it right when it came to his booking, as they repackaged him as Festus, a man that was mentally challenged and unresponsive until the bell rang.

That gimmick didn't work either, so WWE repacked him again as Luke Gallows, a member of CM Punk's heel stable, The Straight Edge Society. However, Gallows was later released by the company, and he went on to find success as Doc Gallows in New Japan Pro Wrestling.

In 2016, Gallows returned to WWE with his NJPW tag team partner Karl Anderson, and they became known as The Club and later as The O.C. with AJ Styles.

Gallows and Anderson had a run with the RAW Tag Team Championships, but they didn't achieve the same success in WWE as they did in NJPW.

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