10 Wrestlers That Were Better Off Without The Mask

9. Chris Kanyon

Who better?

Chris Kanyon was a true wrestling innovator, to the point where Mike Tenay frequently referred to him as the 'Innovator of Offence'. You have him to thank for the Flatliner and a host of other moves. Kanyon was a consistently entertaining character in both WCW and WWE, whether teaming with Diamond Dallas Page and Bam Bam Bigelow or asking the crowd who was better than he.

He was even somewhat entertaining as Mortis, the character he portrayed upon initially entering World Championship Wrestling (we should try to forget about Men At Work). Mortis was a masked grappler who seemed to feud with Glacier forever, in a beef that was a video game come to life. The whole thing was an attempt to cash-in on the success of Mortal Kombat.

It was also pretty terrible, and when Mortis morphed into Kanyon nobody was particularly sad about the change.

The masked Mortis had a relatively low ceiling, whereas unmasked Chris Kanyon was able to win the United States Championship as well as the Tag Team Championship in WCW.