I’m willing to bet 2 or 3 people reading
this right now just said something akin to “Oh my god” after
seeing the pic and name. Why? Because Bongo here is one of the lost
WCW gimmicks, lost to the sands of time. After spending almost a year
discussing with others over the net all of the various bad gimmicks
that came forth in WCW and the WWF, I have never once heard Bongo’s
name mentioned.
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Bongo The Caveman, as far as I Can tell, lasted only a few weeks in WCW under this gimmick. As best I can put together, jobber Tim Parker was given the role, and was basically a Wildcat Willie style mascot. He wore a loincloth outfit straight out of a Hanna-Barbara cartoon, carried a club, and walked up and down aisles all the time. There were plans for him to eventually take his character into the ring, but alas, it was not to be. Shortly after, the man with the Fred Flintstone fashion sense left Turnerland and took the Caveman gimmick to the independents. It didn’t last long there, as Parker eventually dropped the gimmick for less inane ones like Mr. T-Rific and Powerhouse Parker Here he is with Kevin Sullivan...
And Al Greene and The Terminator...
And here he is getting escorted out of the crowd by Doug Dillenger during a tag match between Vinnie Vegas & Big Sky and a jobber team...
*credit for info goes to various websites on Parker |