**WORST GIMMICK**

**Winner?: Hornswoggle (DX mascot)**

Hornswoggle worked just fine as the leprechaun who came out from under the ring to wreak mischief. Why ruin that by trying to give him a role with two of the WWE’s biggest main eventers in Triple H and Shawn Michaels?

Maybe it does sound funny on paper, to have the leprechaun dude as DX’s mascot. But when executed, it just took time away from DX themselves and made Hornswoggle seem more annoying than likable.

So maybe the whole DX sidekick thing wasn’t exactly the worst thing associated with Hornswoggle this year (that would be the aforementioned rivalry with Chavo Guerrero), but it just didn’t work.

**Runner-up: Chris Masters (he flexes his pecs!)**

Remember a couple of years ago, when Chris Masters was kind of relevant in storylines? Then he was released from the company. And now they’ve brought him back but don’t really seem to know what they’re doing with him.

He just kind of shows up now, for a few minutes at a time, and flexes his pecs, and that’s about it.

The whole “masterpiece” gimmick was a good idea, but one the WWE never seemed to do much with. Now the whole “masterpiece” thing is even less prevalent! Now his name may as well be Chris “he flexes his pecs” Masters. Because that’s it!

**Runner-up: The Great Khali (Punjabi playboy)**

This gimmick was lame (though admittedly worth a chuckle) when it was introduced in 2008. But now it is barely even a gimmick and is just kind of something that happens to be tacked onto The Great Khali.

I mean, we all know Khali can’t wrestle, but they can try to do something in an attempt to make him kind of entertaining. This isn’t it.