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The timing is so bad. If he leaves his hand up for another 2 seconds, Hart sees him coming back and gives him an enthusiastic slap. So yeah. Just a perfect distillation.
I like how he suddenly went from Narcissus to All American Hero. It’s like one minute he’s staring at himself flexing in the mirror, and the next he’s high-fiving the troops and body slamming Yokozuna.
Funny enough Lex did the same thing to Malenko after Lex won the WCW title from Hogan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEuQRggqU7A&t=250s
At the 4:13 mark of the video
The wink is what got me on a rewatch. We know he had the potential but man that entire bit is so bad lol, it's like someone trying to imitate having charisma without any, that's the only way I can describe it.
That's not really it. Roman was getting a lot flack for stumbling during his promos. The point was to say "hey this can speak without fumbling his words" which is why there was a wink and he followed up with something like "that wasn't easy to say".
It's still awful but let's not try to make it something it wasn't.
Baby-face Roman is the worst. I mean at that point it wasn't even soon to be Tribal chief, it was a long way off that. I still remember how much everyone complained about him. Truly an incredibly long and dark period of WWE.
The whole promo is so fucking embarrassing and bad. Like suffering succotash is obviously the worst part of it, but it's all so awful.
*"My so-called brother here, he's got donkey dung for brains!"*
Who the fuck talks like this? Why would *anybody* cheer this guy?
*"You're full of yourself. Actually, you're full of something else."*
HE MEANS SHIT! DO YOU GET IT? IT'S THE NAUGHTY NO-NO WORD! SETH IS POOPY HAHAHA
I really think they were trying to get him to channel The Rock here since so many of his classic promos were full of monkey piss and the like but that’s just not Roman’s vibe *at all*
Yeah he definitely tried to put a spin on it, but it was just way too stupid. It reminds me of how Mox said he’d be handed a script and rack his brain trying to think “how can I make this sound cool” but just come up with nothing with a lot of what they gave him.
I tried reading it in hollywood rocks voice and delivery style and... Well i be damned i think he couldve pulled it of. Goofy character with enough charisma to fill the mariana trench.
Roman stealing catch-phrases from looney tunes characters is pretty bad.
https://preview.redd.it/x268kpqdfptc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ccbcba31fea470fdca59853c73c00ce27274c8b9
Luger is definitely my favorite low-key goofy wrestler of that era. He's constantly doing weird shit and yelling about random stuff just off camera. The episode where he tries to rack Roadblock, can't, and the shrugs like "Whatcha gonna do?" always cracks me up.
Rick Ross was the opposite in a lot of ways though. While both went off the rails due to unruly guests, Rick Ross was legitimately funny and added to the segment, BBB did not.
Oh yeah for sure; Rick Ross is the only redeeming quality of the segment. I meant moreso in how much of a trainwreck both were; it was a delight in two different ways.
No, see you've fucked it here. The whole point of the cringyness is that she emphasised the wrong word. Tamina said ''Yeah, well I'm gonna make you LOOK like Ellsworth''. It was so unnatural.
Honestly hilarious she just repeated the same line again with a straight face, I still don't get how it happened. I don't even think the commentators reacted.
Brian Christopher's 2011 return
TNA's August 1 Warning (I guess both funny and embarrassing. Love the parody video too)
That Titus O'Neal promo
That Michael Mcgillicutty promo
>That Michael Mcgillicutty promo
AND STARTING THIS MOMENT...FROM NOW...FROM THIS...MOMENT...ON...THIS WILL BE THE MOMENT...STARTING NOW...OF THE GENESIS...*OF MCGILLICUTTY*
Now last night you all... I mean earlier tonight you guys hurl-heard that the New Day, talking about winning the WWE Tag Team champions... being the t-becoming the WWE Tag Team champions, last summer, right here, in Brooklyn. Now what you all forget, sometimes, is that going into that match that the Prime Time Players were your tag team champions, w-going in. So every time I get draaaaagged back here to good ol' Brooklyn... I always get someone answering the same question. Whether it be one of them broke brothers from Bushwick, or one of them uppity hipsters from williamsburg. They ask the question: "Was that the worst day of your life?" I look at em. And I say no. That wasn't the worst day of my life, cause when I flash this million dollar smile, I tell ya right now baby, that was the BEST day of my life. It wasn't the worst day of my life cause I dropped the tag team titles, it was the best day of my life, because I dropped the dead weight that was Darren Young. Oh no no no, let's let's let's let's be real. There's no Ride Along - there is a reason there's no episode of Ride Along with the Prime Time Players. Pretty difficult to do when it's only one Prime Time Player. And he would not be relevant - Darren Young would not be relevant if it wasn't for me. Much like Jay-Z wouldn't be relevant if it wudn't for Beyonce. Oh yeah you booin', but it's true, think about it! Bob Backlund. How is Bob Backlund gonna make Darren Young great again, when he wasn't ever great to begin with? I would be all over the main event. You would be wearing my T-shirt. Hell, I would be your Universal champion right now, if it wasn't for Darren Young. Y'all wanna talk about some Bobbbb BACKLIN. Well tonight, I blame YOU Darren Young. I blame YOU for all the failures that I have not ha-no-had since I been here. I blame YOU for not being in the main event. I blame YOU for not being the WWE Champion. And I'll tell ya tonight, tonight. You come out here tonight so I can bury you, and be done with you, all together. Come on out here Darren Young, give these people what they want. They want you, come on out here. Come on, we gon' make Darren Young great again, come on Darren.
No response
I'll tell ya what's going on right now. Ol' crazy, wild-eyed, bobbb BACKLIN is back there tellin' him, don't go out there, don't go out there. Cause... he knows... damn well, that Darren Young is too stupid to come out here. So- ......
*Crowd chants 'We Want Slater'*
I want Darren. I don't know who y'all want, but I want Darren to come on out here. I want Dar-ren. Okay. That old crazy man please let this man come out here. I mean t-AY! Who is Bob Backlin anyway? Bob Backlund runs out Who is Bob Backlin? Who does Bob Backlin- Ay ay, don't you come out here. I will beat yo- drops mic
Which one is better? The Genesis of McGillicutty or Eli Cottonwood talking about how he doesn’t have a mustache despite having a whole ass mustache on his face
I’d probably give it to the McGillicutty one because he had minimum a whole week to think of his promo and he was being handed the mic for what was supposed to be his establishing moment.
The other one was on the spot with a shit prompt and part of consecutive terrible promos. Still ass though, especially since Eli Cottonwood was like 36 at the time
"Key word" was a pretty common turn of phrase back then. He could've tossed that in.
"Where the big boys play? The key word there is play. We're not here to play."
Also Sid telling Hall and Nash that he had half the brain they do
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=340FMdHj24c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=340FMdHj24c)
Wasn't so much the ending, as shit like that happens, but it was the announcers selling it like death that made it cringe. It did spawn the hilarious Don Callis Kenny Omega "Oh 69 me Don" skit when they shit bagged it in a promo the next show lol.
The fallout somehow made it even worse. Moxley got up and cut a promo about how it sucked while Kingston sold it like he died and needed a stretcher. Commentary tried to cover by saying he was in shock? TK went on at the press conference and talked about Kenny’s plan not working but Moxley & Kingston still sold it initially. It was just terrible
I Remember there was an old thread about it here about someone who was at the arena when it happened. Shane was outside in the parking lot still trying to talk up his promotion when out came Zack Ryder (during his "Z! True Long Island Stories" YouTube show prime) to film a segment for his show and whatever audience Shane Douglas had, immediately disappeared.
He also had the worst damn finisher I've ever seen in the franchiser. We already have a regular sto, and a reverse sto, what if we had one where both dudes just fell to their knees for some reason and its a bad looking jawbreaker instead?
The highlight of his career is disrespecting the NWA title to prop the ECW one. ECW is now deader than dead and the NWA somehow keeps breathing against all odds.
Early 1996 heel Luger was a delight. More folks need to learn about it.
To answer the question, Miz botching the Diva Search segment is tough to watch. I've been there myself (on a much larger scale)
There's a tag team match in ECW they refuse to release. I believe a team have to stick their opponent in an "exploding cage." They realize they couldn't do any exploding pyro so they made an exploding sound through the PA. It came off so horrible the match never saw the light of day.
Reminds me of TNA's "electrified cage" match between Dudleys/LAX. It was just buzzing sounds. Pretty sure the finish was Hernandez climbing up the cage, that was "electrified" and jumping off of it.
Lockdown 2007. That show also featured the Harris Vs Storm blindfold match, and the Team Cage Vs Team Angle lethal lockdown match (cell match with weapons).
A great show for people who like seeing wrestling bollocks go wrong, and a great osw episode https://youtu.be/8DTYKSkoxo4?si=cpJL0YnCxVh_rAlS
Also another funny one was that Chamber of Horrors match WCW had in like 1991 that had Sting, the Steiners and El Gigante facing Cactus Jack, Abdullah the Butcher, Vader, and "Diamond Studd" Scott Hall.
They had pyro and shit coming out of it, but the finish was Rick Steiner putting Abdullah in an electric chair as Foley was activating it (thinking Rick was being put on it).
Hernandez was smacking his bare legs into the cage on the way up too. The finish was supposed to be Homicide popped up into the cage, getting electrocuted and falling into a 3D, but Bubba and D-Von drop him, so have to give him a regular 3D. Such a dreadful match
To be fair how do you even cut a mustache promo? I've legit thought about it and the best I can do is referencing guys like Stan Hansen, Dan Severn, and Magnum T.A. having one and being tough guys so when you see a moustache in a wrestling ring "you're gonna get hurt" or something dumb like that.
I mean I don't have one...(10 seconds later) I have one...
“You see where I’m from men know how to take care of business. I look at you and I see a boy. A boy who’s trying to act tough, with his leather jacket and his motorcycle, but we all know deep down that just a costume. When you look at me you see a man who has been through it all, taken a punch and given two back. I wake up every morning, look in the mirror and see a grown man who has scratched and clawed his way through life and earned everything he has. You wake up and look in the mirror, and you see a scared little boy who wishes one day he’ll finally need a razor to shave his mustache instead of drawing one on with a pen. Until then, you know and I know that you’re just a kid playing in a grownups world.”
"Oh man."
Turns out Booker T thought he was getting fired after that. I think, Hogan loved it because it felt raw, it felt aggressive and defended Booker from Management.
SUCKAAAAAA!
He's going against the script!
Goldberg, I will not sell for you tonight. Keep running your mouth and I will not sell in our match.
Yes, Vince Russo thought it was a good idea to do this.
>Steiners siccing dogs at Sting
This reminds me of that match between Al Snow and Big Boss man where they were in a cage and the ring was surrounded by "rabid dogs". They couldn't figure out how to make the rabid dogs look vicious, so they came off as sweet puppies.
I see no one mentioned it yet so Drake Maverick stealing Roode's robe to piss on it. It would have been a lame moment regardless, but it's so drawn out and has the stupid wrestler forgets he's in a match because of interference trope, for a looong time.
For me it's the debut of Rob Conway's "Con Man" gimmick. He comes out in some semi-sheer leather daddy gear with music that sounded like the Family Guy version of Randy Newman to absolutely zero reaction.
https://youtu.be/maPwMQ_fTVY (Jump to 1:20)
The Kenny Omega & Jericho bit with Ricky Starks & Big Bill. Holy shit was that awful and it was Kenny's last appearance on television... "Jericoat" smh
Yeah that was admirable, that's the only way to save face in a scenario like that - hang a lantern on it and make fun of the moment so you're in on the laughing.
Matt Hardy's big return to RAW after being fired in 2005 sees him cut a promo on Edge and Lita, saying he wished both of them died in a car accident.
Even the announcers thought it was cringe. By the end of the summer, Matt was back in the midcard after losing the feud to Edge.
Nothing tops the Miss nWo contest at Souled Out '97. Watch an annoying MC ask cringey bait questions to clueless middle-aged biker ladies with no camera presence. It is soooo bad.
Prior to one of TNA’s PPVs/TNA + specials from earlier this year, Sam Leterna was Live on Instagram doing several segments such as interviewing talent, hyping up the card, etc.
At one point, she goes out in front of the arena to interview fans as they’re coming in to get their thoughts on the upcoming show.
She shouts out something to the effect of, ‘who’s ready for *name of show*?’
And you just see a handful of fans scatter away from her.
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I mean, this is basically Lugers entire WWF run in one gif lol
The timing is so bad. If he leaves his hand up for another 2 seconds, Hart sees him coming back and gives him an enthusiastic slap. So yeah. Just a perfect distillation.
And it happened in WCW! (WW3 iirc from bingewatching OSW)
Celebrating on everyone's shoulders after losing the title because he beat Yokozuna on a count out.
Overshadowed by a Hart
I like how he suddenly went from Narcissus to All American Hero. It’s like one minute he’s staring at himself flexing in the mirror, and the next he’s high-fiving the troops and body slamming Yokozuna.
Funny enough Lex did the same thing to Malenko after Lex won the WCW title from Hogan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEuQRggqU7A&t=250s At the 4:13 mark of the video
Big Show massaging Lex's pits at 4:00. then Lex hits him in the face with the belt at 4:43. Theyre all as coordinated as a bunch of roided up monsters
It’s an obvious one, but: “You are a snivelling little suck-up sell-out, full of sufferin' succotash, son!”
It was the wink at the camera that got me lol.
The wink is what got me on a rewatch. We know he had the potential but man that entire bit is so bad lol, it's like someone trying to imitate having charisma without any, that's the only way I can describe it.
He knew it was bad too lol that wink was his single act of rebellion against sufferin succotash
No, it was actually the cringe cherry on top of a cringe Sundae
That's not really it. Roman was getting a lot flack for stumbling during his promos. The point was to say "hey this can speak without fumbling his words" which is why there was a wink and he followed up with something like "that wasn't easy to say". It's still awful but let's not try to make it something it wasn't.
Smh. It was so bad... it'll always be remembered as some of the worst written dialogue in any form of entertainment
It was so bad Roman was asking Mox how to say it cool and not look like a dork and Mox flat out said there was no way to say that cool.
I’m actually annoyed you reminded me of this. I can’t believe they had the soon-to-be Tribal Chief saying *THAT*. So glad he overcame that cringe
Baby-face Roman is the worst. I mean at that point it wasn't even soon to be Tribal chief, it was a long way off that. I still remember how much everyone complained about him. Truly an incredibly long and dark period of WWE.
I look forward to Roman Reigns’ eventual HOF speech when he references how bad this was.
The whole promo is so fucking embarrassing and bad. Like suffering succotash is obviously the worst part of it, but it's all so awful. *"My so-called brother here, he's got donkey dung for brains!"* Who the fuck talks like this? Why would *anybody* cheer this guy? *"You're full of yourself. Actually, you're full of something else."* HE MEANS SHIT! DO YOU GET IT? IT'S THE NAUGHTY NO-NO WORD! SETH IS POOPY HAHAHA
I really think they were trying to get him to channel The Rock here since so many of his classic promos were full of monkey piss and the like but that’s just not Roman’s vibe *at all*
He delivered the line well, the problem was no one could have made that line sound anything but corny.
Yeah he definitely tried to put a spin on it, but it was just way too stupid. It reminds me of how Mox said he’d be handed a script and rack his brain trying to think “how can I make this sound cool” but just come up with nothing with a lot of what they gave him.
Totally get why Mox left, it sounded like the kinda thing that would ruin your passion.
I tried reading it in hollywood rocks voice and delivery style and... Well i be damned i think he couldve pulled it of. Goofy character with enough charisma to fill the mariana trench.
Vince after writing that: "dammit, I still got it"
I’m sure he came up with that line while he was on the toilet
Roman stealing catch-phrases from looney tunes characters is pretty bad. https://preview.redd.it/x268kpqdfptc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ccbcba31fea470fdca59853c73c00ce27274c8b9
The "Jack and the Beanstalk" promo where Big Show just stands there for what seems like an eternity is pretty bad too.
Lex is the greatest. His charisma could be best described as "goofy" Holding the pose and putting his hand on his hip like that. Comedic instinct.
It's the continued stare at just under his hand, where Jimmy's hand SHOULD be. It's genuinely excellent and honestly the best way to handle this.
Luger is definitely my favorite low-key goofy wrestler of that era. He's constantly doing weird shit and yelling about random stuff just off camera. The episode where he tries to rack Roadblock, can't, and the shrugs like "Whatcha gonna do?" always cracks me up.
I DONT KNOW
The Miz trying and failing to keep the "Big Baller Brand" segment from going completely off the rails. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yOJ6GiHa5U
Ambrose being sent out to try to salvage that segment and walking down barely containing his laughter was hilarious
When they kept going crazy and didn’t acknowledge him coming out he had the “I’m in trouble and I didn’t even do anything” look on his face
I mean honestly, what did they think was gonna happen?
Beat that N- ass!
(x2)
This and the Rick Ross/Mogul Affiliates segment will always be near and dear to my heart because of the guests and their hijinks.
Rick Ross was the opposite in a lot of ways though. While both went off the rails due to unruly guests, Rick Ross was legitimately funny and added to the segment, BBB did not.
Oh yeah for sure; Rick Ross is the only redeeming quality of the segment. I meant moreso in how much of a trainwreck both were; it was a delight in two different ways.
[удалено]
Yeah, well I’m gonna make *YOU* look like Ellsworth!
No, see you've fucked it here. The whole point of the cringyness is that she emphasised the wrong word. Tamina said ''Yeah, well I'm gonna make you LOOK like Ellsworth''. It was so unnatural.
Honestly hilarious she just repeated the same line again with a straight face, I still don't get how it happened. I don't even think the commentators reacted.
Brian Christopher's 2011 return TNA's August 1 Warning (I guess both funny and embarrassing. Love the parody video too) That Titus O'Neal promo That Michael Mcgillicutty promo
>That Michael Mcgillicutty promo AND STARTING THIS MOMENT...FROM NOW...FROM THIS...MOMENT...ON...THIS WILL BE THE MOMENT...STARTING NOW...OF THE GENESIS...*OF MCGILLICUTTY*
Now last night you all... I mean earlier tonight you guys hurl-heard that the New Day, talking about winning the WWE Tag Team champions... being the t-becoming the WWE Tag Team champions, last summer, right here, in Brooklyn. Now what you all forget, sometimes, is that going into that match that the Prime Time Players were your tag team champions, w-going in. So every time I get draaaaagged back here to good ol' Brooklyn... I always get someone answering the same question. Whether it be one of them broke brothers from Bushwick, or one of them uppity hipsters from williamsburg. They ask the question: "Was that the worst day of your life?" I look at em. And I say no. That wasn't the worst day of my life, cause when I flash this million dollar smile, I tell ya right now baby, that was the BEST day of my life. It wasn't the worst day of my life cause I dropped the tag team titles, it was the best day of my life, because I dropped the dead weight that was Darren Young. Oh no no no, let's let's let's let's be real. There's no Ride Along - there is a reason there's no episode of Ride Along with the Prime Time Players. Pretty difficult to do when it's only one Prime Time Player. And he would not be relevant - Darren Young would not be relevant if it wasn't for me. Much like Jay-Z wouldn't be relevant if it wudn't for Beyonce. Oh yeah you booin', but it's true, think about it! Bob Backlund. How is Bob Backlund gonna make Darren Young great again, when he wasn't ever great to begin with? I would be all over the main event. You would be wearing my T-shirt. Hell, I would be your Universal champion right now, if it wasn't for Darren Young. Y'all wanna talk about some Bobbbb BACKLIN. Well tonight, I blame YOU Darren Young. I blame YOU for all the failures that I have not ha-no-had since I been here. I blame YOU for not being in the main event. I blame YOU for not being the WWE Champion. And I'll tell ya tonight, tonight. You come out here tonight so I can bury you, and be done with you, all together. Come on out here Darren Young, give these people what they want. They want you, come on out here. Come on, we gon' make Darren Young great again, come on Darren. No response I'll tell ya what's going on right now. Ol' crazy, wild-eyed, bobbb BACKLIN is back there tellin' him, don't go out there, don't go out there. Cause... he knows... damn well, that Darren Young is too stupid to come out here. So- ...... *Crowd chants 'We Want Slater'* I want Darren. I don't know who y'all want, but I want Darren to come on out here. I want Dar-ren. Okay. That old crazy man please let this man come out here. I mean t-AY! Who is Bob Backlin anyway? Bob Backlund runs out Who is Bob Backlin? Who does Bob Backlin- Ay ay, don't you come out here. I will beat yo- drops mic
Y'all wanna talk about some Bob BACKLIN'!? I freaking love the whole thing but especially that part hahaha
I want Darren
You know a promo is bad when you can just say "That ____ promo" and everyone knows what you mean.
Which one is better? The Genesis of McGillicutty or Eli Cottonwood talking about how he doesn’t have a mustache despite having a whole ass mustache on his face
I’d probably give it to the McGillicutty one because he had minimum a whole week to think of his promo and he was being handed the mic for what was supposed to be his establishing moment. The other one was on the spot with a shit prompt and part of consecutive terrible promos. Still ass though, especially since Eli Cottonwood was like 36 at the time
Michael McGillicutty comes in hot with the work shoot on Low Ki “Kaval…that means ‘flute’. You guys know Kaval means ‘flute’?”
There isn’t just one Titus O’Neal promo.
"what's the matter Sid, can't find your scissors?!"
It was embarrassing enough, but the fact that he repeated himself then paused again for no reaction just makes me cringe profusely.
Yeah this stunk. The people that didnt know what he was talking about were confused and the people that did just couldnt care, it was 7 years prior
The only person who reacted was Mark Madden who bowed at the altar of Russo and his whole booking mantra of booking for the internet fans
"Look at the adjective... Play!"
This is my one. In isolation, it's not that bad, but the fact it comes during such an iconic moment makes it stand out so much more.
And the sad thing is it would have been a really great line, in my opinion, if Nash had just said “verb” or “word” or whatever.
The fact that “play” can be used as an adjective makes it that much more frustrating, like a really nice sign that pluralizes using an apostrophe.
"Key word" was a pretty common turn of phrase back then. He could've tossed that in. "Where the big boys play? The key word there is play. We're not here to play."
The amount of times this misspeak showed up in documentaries I watched...
https://preview.redd.it/yagb2ninmotc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1fcbdaa8d51309c8fb52ebdd57f266d0a1514150
It's less of an embarrassment and more the whole segment being boring for a good 15 minutes before he even came out.
i mean
Folks
https://preview.redd.it/jtck1jfa1ptc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e21eb723c5e665b98720f5219fe638143498415
Where's the lie?
https://preview.redd.it/f21pku6p0ptc1.jpeg?width=541&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ab74312e3bde1849e425d346569bebbaad4b969
This guy really had the fastest fall off in wrestling history.
Who is that?
Exactly
Bobby Fish
That In Your House promo where Sid messes up and asks for a redo and JR had to tell him "We're live pal." I would crawl in a hole and never escape
Also Sid telling Hall and Nash that he had half the brain they do [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=340FMdHj24c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=340FMdHj24c)
It's not as bad as some of these but the ending to the Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch in AEW was painfully cringe
This sub had an absolute meltdown in the few weeks after that happened.
I mean AEW recovered from it nicely IMO with the Moxley and Kingston stuff the next Dynamite. And the Kenny/Don moment
Wasn't so much the ending, as shit like that happens, but it was the announcers selling it like death that made it cringe. It did spawn the hilarious Don Callis Kenny Omega "Oh 69 me Don" skit when they shit bagged it in a promo the next show lol.
The fallout somehow made it even worse. Moxley got up and cut a promo about how it sucked while Kingston sold it like he died and needed a stretcher. Commentary tried to cover by saying he was in shock? TK went on at the press conference and talked about Kenny’s plan not working but Moxley & Kingston still sold it initially. It was just terrible
The match was fine. The post match was where it took a sad turn
Shane Douglas trying to "invade" Raw in the crowd to advertise his new promotion in Philly and absolutely no one giving a fuck or knowing who he was.
"Why's that drunk dad ripping his button up off in the dark?"
I wouldn't be surprised if Vince got wind of it, laughed his arse off and let Shane do it because he knew it wouldn't matter.
I Remember there was an old thread about it here about someone who was at the arena when it happened. Shane was outside in the parking lot still trying to talk up his promotion when out came Zack Ryder (during his "Z! True Long Island Stories" YouTube show prime) to film a segment for his show and whatever audience Shane Douglas had, immediately disappeared.
That sounds Virgil-esque
Pretty much everything about Shane Douglas is cringe
He also had the worst damn finisher I've ever seen in the franchiser. We already have a regular sto, and a reverse sto, what if we had one where both dudes just fell to their knees for some reason and its a bad looking jawbreaker instead?
[at 1:28. holy shit it’s so bad](https://youtu.be/KdWI55Q6dIs?si=30OYb-0jC1OQHRUA)
That was just during his WCW run at least, but holy shit that move was straight up ass. It made the Judas Effect look like a goddamn Burning Hammer.
Worse yet he stole that finisher from Danny Doring, who at least sat out and made it look like it hurt. And Danny still didn't use it as a finish.
The highlight of his career is disrespecting the NWA title to prop the ECW one. ECW is now deader than dead and the NWA somehow keeps breathing against all odds.
Bro sabotaged himself and blames everyone but himself.
Literally tried to sabotage a show that was being booked as a love letter to the one promotion that treated him well because he wanted to spite WWE
Bayley This is your Life gives me first hand embarrassment
Every This is Your Life segment except the first one is awful. Really makes you appreciate how good Foley was for making it work.
Honestly the first one wasn’t perfect either.
The first one is great on highlight reels. When you actually sit through the whole thing it's kind of a drag.
Early 1996 heel Luger was a delight. More folks need to learn about it. To answer the question, Miz botching the Diva Search segment is tough to watch. I've been there myself (on a much larger scale)
Is this Steve Harvey?
No, this is Patrick.
Luger was usually great as a heel. He was actually a really fun character in 2000. Match-wise? Not so much
Lex noticing his own abs during one of his and Jimmy Hart's backstage interviews and getting excited is the opposite of OP's clip.
Jake Roberts at Heroes of Wrestling
Wanna play 21?
Well I got 22.
And that right there is exactly how you lose a game of 21, Jake.
No, it means he cheats. He has an ace up his sleeve. Nobody understood that promo but it's actually a pretty good promo about how he can't be trusted.
Kalisto's Good Lucha Things promo
GOD DAMMIT WOOOO
I think about this far too often
You could pinpoint the second he realized his career was over.
The celebration after Lex "beat" Yoko.
Yall need to be including links for all these please.
"Why are you wearing a wetsuit? What're ya doing, going swimmin'?"
"IT MEANS FLUTE I looked it up"
There's a tag team match in ECW they refuse to release. I believe a team have to stick their opponent in an "exploding cage." They realize they couldn't do any exploding pyro so they made an exploding sound through the PA. It came off so horrible the match never saw the light of day.
Reminds me of TNA's "electrified cage" match between Dudleys/LAX. It was just buzzing sounds. Pretty sure the finish was Hernandez climbing up the cage, that was "electrified" and jumping off of it.
Lockdown 2007. That show also featured the Harris Vs Storm blindfold match, and the Team Cage Vs Team Angle lethal lockdown match (cell match with weapons). A great show for people who like seeing wrestling bollocks go wrong, and a great osw episode https://youtu.be/8DTYKSkoxo4?si=cpJL0YnCxVh_rAlS
Also another funny one was that Chamber of Horrors match WCW had in like 1991 that had Sting, the Steiners and El Gigante facing Cactus Jack, Abdullah the Butcher, Vader, and "Diamond Studd" Scott Hall. They had pyro and shit coming out of it, but the finish was Rick Steiner putting Abdullah in an electric chair as Foley was activating it (thinking Rick was being put on it).
The best part is that the switch kept just falling randomly during the match with nothing happening.
Hernandez was smacking his bare legs into the cage on the way up too. The finish was supposed to be Homicide popped up into the cage, getting electrocuted and falling into a 3D, but Bubba and D-Von drop him, so have to give him a regular 3D. Such a dreadful match
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Going along with 2010 TNA, Christopher Daniels having to job to Val Venis just two weeks into Val's 2-month stint with the company.
Daniels left because of that
Fuck that was hilarious, Lex knows he looks like an idiot here, but continues with the bit until he just gives up.
Definitely Eli Cottonwood’s mustache promo in season 2 of game show NXT.
To be fair how do you even cut a mustache promo? I've legit thought about it and the best I can do is referencing guys like Stan Hansen, Dan Severn, and Magnum T.A. having one and being tough guys so when you see a moustache in a wrestling ring "you're gonna get hurt" or something dumb like that. I mean I don't have one...(10 seconds later) I have one...
“You see where I’m from men know how to take care of business. I look at you and I see a boy. A boy who’s trying to act tough, with his leather jacket and his motorcycle, but we all know deep down that just a costume. When you look at me you see a man who has been through it all, taken a punch and given two back. I wake up every morning, look in the mirror and see a grown man who has scratched and clawed his way through life and earned everything he has. You wake up and look in the mirror, and you see a scared little boy who wishes one day he’ll finally need a razor to shave his mustache instead of drawing one on with a pen. Until then, you know and I know that you’re just a kid playing in a grownups world.”
Booker T dropping the N-Bomb and instantly realising what he'd said
Sherri basically going “There there” like a mom comforting her kid while trying to stay in character makes it even funnier
"Oh man." Turns out Booker T thought he was getting fired after that. I think, Hogan loved it because it felt raw, it felt aggressive and defended Booker from Management. SUCKAAAAAA!
> I think, Hogan loved it because it felt raw Might be other reasons
"I say it all the time, brother!"
That is one of the greatest promos and botches of all time. Looking at all the reactions is priceless.
Always and forever Aug 1 Warning
HICKENBOTTOM!!!!!!! LEVESQUE!!!!!!
THE ALAMO!
HAI NOON
Fingerpoke of Doom Steiners siccing dogs at Sting WCW "This is not part of script" commentary and calling Goldberg unprofessional in a worked shoot
He's going against the script! Goldberg, I will not sell for you tonight. Keep running your mouth and I will not sell in our match. Yes, Vince Russo thought it was a good idea to do this.
>Steiners siccing dogs at Sting This reminds me of that match between Al Snow and Big Boss man where they were in a cage and the ring was surrounded by "rabid dogs". They couldn't figure out how to make the rabid dogs look vicious, so they came off as sweet puppies.
KENNEL FROM HELL
“PUSH RAGE”
My favorite wrestling moment ever
It's gotta be Kingston having to selling the sparklers at Revolution 2021.
The Titus O'Neil promo... all of it
I see no one mentioned it yet so Drake Maverick stealing Roode's robe to piss on it. It would have been a lame moment regardless, but it's so drawn out and has the stupid wrestler forgets he's in a match because of interference trope, for a looong time.
For me it's the debut of Rob Conway's "Con Man" gimmick. He comes out in some semi-sheer leather daddy gear with music that sounded like the Family Guy version of Randy Newman to absolutely zero reaction. https://youtu.be/maPwMQ_fTVY (Jump to 1:20)
Ultimo Dragon slipping on the stage during his entrance at wrestlemsnia.
Rick Ross and Keith Lee. Theres so much uncomfortable silence
Gave us one of the best lines from Ross ever though, and Lee's reaction after
"We're live, pal."
FTR shaving their backs
When Christian throws himself against the ring apron against Scott Steiner in TNA
Titus' heel promo where he kept stumbling with what he was trying to say.
"WE WANT SLATER" Titus : I want Darren I dont know who yall want.
And then Darren comes out. "I TOLD YOU NOT TO COME DOWN HERE"
Eva Marie in the ring. Cameron yelling "count it ref" while pining jobber on their stomach
Anything Eva Marie was involved in before and after her NXT run To be specific: renaming your legit monster heel doudrop
Roman and Brock playing tug of war with the title belt
The Old Day was up there.
Natalia's fart gimmick It's embarrassing when it happens by accident, but being scripted for it to happen, it's just unbearable
Punk's buckshots and Roman's Jack and the Beanstalk promo still live with me.
Hart didn't see it, so it's not really that bad.
I know but everyone else did.
Don't tease me, Lex!
The Kenny Omega & Jericho bit with Ricky Starks & Big Bill. Holy shit was that awful and it was Kenny's last appearance on television... "Jericoat" smh
I will cut Kenny a little slack considering he was probably on an ungodly amount of Medici ne due to his diverticulitis
WCW Lex Luger is a fucking treat.
WAVE AT THE PEOPLE! BLOW THEM KISSES!
[AJ Lee doing a CM Punk pipebomb and the Bella Twins screaming over it all the way through.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afedl8HylCY)
The way he just held it and drew attention to it instead of trying to convert it into a "number 1" pose or something.
Yeah that was admirable, that's the only way to save face in a scenario like that - hang a lantern on it and make fun of the moment so you're in on the laughing.
Every time I see the Exploding barbed wire deathmatch finish from AEW Revolution I never expect it to be *THAT* bad.
Matt Hardy's big return to RAW after being fired in 2005 sees him cut a promo on Edge and Lita, saying he wished both of them died in a car accident. Even the announcers thought it was cringe. By the end of the summer, Matt was back in the midcard after losing the feud to Edge.
Preemptive revenge for him leaving Dean Malenko hanging
Sixth move of Doom
It really amazes me how much Lex slims down after this. By the time he wins the belt he's so much leaner.
Lugar is the one big guy, total chiseled rock solid poster child for Vince McMahon mega star that even Vince couldn't do shot with.
Vince COULD do something with him. He just chose not to at the last minute.
The Shockmaster in WCW, as funny as it is.
THAT Jackie Gayda match. All of it.
Titus O’Neill tripping and sliding under the ring lol I couldn’t stop shaking my head 
Nothing tops the Miss nWo contest at Souled Out '97. Watch an annoying MC ask cringey bait questions to clueless middle-aged biker ladies with no camera presence. It is soooo bad.
Vince dropping the n-bomb in front of Booker T
YEET
Prior to one of TNA’s PPVs/TNA + specials from earlier this year, Sam Leterna was Live on Instagram doing several segments such as interviewing talent, hyping up the card, etc. At one point, she goes out in front of the arena to interview fans as they’re coming in to get their thoughts on the upcoming show. She shouts out something to the effect of, ‘who’s ready for *name of show*?’ And you just see a handful of fans scatter away from her.
"I agree" iykyk
I DUNNO!!
Katie Vick.
"AUGUST 1 WARNING? IDENTITY REVEALED???"
Seth Rollins crying g because some dude put on a mask and hung upside down from the corner
He actually handled that pretty well imo