The Oddities (professional wrestling)
Oddities | |
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Stable | |
Members | The Jackyl Kurrgan Giant Silva Golga Violent J Shaggy 2 Dope Luna Vachon Sable George Steele |
Name(s) | The Parade of Human Oddities The Oddities |
Debut | May 25, 1998 |
Disbanded | 1999 |
Years active | 1998–1999 |
The Oddities (also known as The Parade of Human Oddities)[1] were a professional wrestling stable in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during the Attitude Era of the late 1990s.[2]
History
World Wrestling Federation (1998–1999)
On the July 28, 1998 episode of Raw, the Oddities were re-introduced, this time as babyfaces, by Sable, a former enemy of Vachon who had discovered their fun loving side and made them feel happy in spite of their freakish appearances. The same night, Golga (now turned into a fan of Eric Cartman) defeated Marc Mero, with whom Sable was feuding, and the group celebrated in the ring afterwards. Off-screen, the idea to pair Sable with the Oddities had been Vince McMahon's.[4] The Oddities made their pay-per-view debut at SummerSlam under a new entrance music performed live by Insane Clown Posse, who also started accompanying them to the ring and dancing energetically along with all of them before their matches.[5] Their entrance video featured clips from the 1932 horror film Freaks, as the song and video celebrated the film's message, that the "freaks" were actually decent and polite and that the so-called "normal" people were bad.[5] At the event, Kurrgan, Golga and Giant Silva defeated the numerically superior Kaientai (Taka Michinoku, Dick Togo, Mens Teioh and Sho Funaki) thanks to their enormous individual sizes.[6]
They later started a feud with
In 1999, the Oddities began another feud, this time against a coalition between
Golga died on June 7, 2006, from bladder cancer after a two-year battle.
Independent circuit (2007–2009)
In August 2007, Giant Silva led an unofficial incarnation of the stable named Odd-It-Tees in National Wrestling Superstars, teaming up with a Golga impersonator named Goal-Duh and being managed by George Steele. They were later joined by The Zombie. The team was short-lived and competed for the last time in 2009.
Members
Championships and accomplishments
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Worst Gimmick (1998)
- Worst Tag Team (1998)
See also
- Dark Carnival (wrestling)
- The Dungeon of Doom
- The Menagerie
References
- ^ ISBN 1-55022-704-1.
- ^ ISBN 1-4165-3257-9.
- ISBN 1-57488-308-9.
- ISBN 1-55022-704-1.
- ^ ISBN 0-9741846-0-8.
- ISBN 1-55022-584-7.
External links
- The Oddities on WWE.com