My favorite all time character incarnations were all pretty recent and all, with the exception of Sasuke and a little bit of Batista's previous work, guys I outright thought were insufferable turdlings before and after the great run.
Double J Double MA Jeff Jarrett
Paranoid Schizophrenic Homeless Guy R-Truth (before the face turn)
Team Hell No Kane
Beyond Douchebag Batista
Aging, Incompetent Crash Test Dummy Comedy Great Sasuke in Dragon Gate
Actually, a shit ton of Dragon Gate runs and gimmicks, now that I think about it. Like Genki Horiguchi the entire time when he was in Muscle Outlaw'z and was the World's Most Entertaining Match Interferer. I need to get back on that DG bandwagon.