WWF 1992 Era Rumors
By Scott Keith on February 14, 2019
Your terrific Superstars reviews got me thinking about a few rumors I remember hearing over the years from the period. Hoping you can shed some light on these. How much is true, how much is bull.
1. When they were getting ready to debut Razor Ramon, he was originally going to be called the "Bag Guy Razor Ramon," with the idea being that he was a bagman for the drug cartels, ala Scarface. But then they changed it to Bad Guy because, you know, sanity.
2. Yokozuna was originally going to be called Yokotuna, and he was going to be billed as a giant tuna-man who sings, with Mr. Fuji as a sushi chef. Remnants of this appeared in that Cooking for the Single Man skit for the Smack Em Whack Em Coliseum tape.
3. If Bret signed with WCW while IC champ in early '92, the plan to bury him on the way out was to change his gimmick to Bret "the Hateman" Hart, a white supremacist character.
4. Papa Shango was going to have a feud with Ultimate Warrior, which would start when Shango curses Warrior, causing him to vomit all over the place, and randomly bleed weird black goo.
5. When the Rockers split, Shawn was originally going to become the "Hatbreak Kid," and would destroy peoples hats. This was going to be the original catalyst for the Rick Martel feud.
6. Al Snow was supposed to come in around Survivor Series '92 as 'Al Bundy,' a serial killer gimmick for Boss Man to fight after Nailz. But then Vince saw Married with Children, and said "fuck that guy."
7. Koko B Ware was the original choice to play Doink, and he was going to feud with Bret for the title at Royal Rumble '93, but then day before they were supposed to tape the first vignette, Koko showed up to Vince's house at 2 in the morning wearing the gimmick, and scared the shit out of the family, loudly crying that he couldn't stand not to have Frankie with him on the road, and begging not to do it.
8. Sgt. Slaughter was going to win the WWF title again in October 92 from Flair, in an attempt to recreate the American hero babyface with Hogan gone. But then he got busted partying with Marty Jannetty, and it was in all the papers, so he got taken off the road.
9. Before they came up with the Narcissist gimmick for him, Bobby Heean was going to introduce Lox Luger, a deli themed character, who ate bagels during his matches as a way to get heat. But then they thought it was too similar to Bastion Booger.
Everything but #4 is 100% true. But that Warrior shit is too stupid to possibly be real.
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