The theme of the day seems to be Funny!
So, I wanted to take part and share some funny things. And hey, turns out I'm an avid wrestling fan, and when it comes to funny and stupid stuff, oh man, pro wrestling is a treasure chest. The occasional intentional humor that's legitimately funny is extremely rare, but the unintentional humor is a gift that keeps on giving, and giving, and giving.
Wrestling fans are a very weird bunch. You see, normal people watch great sophisticated, five star movies that hold deep philosophical messages about the meaning of life, the nature of love, the importance of.. I don't know, stuff. I don't watch movies. I watch wrestling. And the thing about us is that we suffer through a whole hell of a lot of crap to see some of the awesome stuff in wrestling every now and again. Very rarely do we even watch it because it's awesome all the time. I've heard of those people, but I think they are a government plot of some kind.
I'd like to share some of wrestling's funny, intentional and unintentional, mostly unintentional, stuff with you guys here.
A SHOCKING Debut
The story behind this one was that the guy in the Stormtrooper helmet was to make his debut by crashing through the wall. The character was stupid in and of itself, but what makes this legendary is the fact Fred Ottman, the guy playing the character, tripped when the wall crashed open, fell down and dropped his helmet. You can hear expletives being bleeped out, as the people working on the scene were saying to themselves that that's it, this is f*cked.
The hero of this scene, for me, has always been the blonde guy yelling, Sid Vicious, who never once breaks his character when all of this is going down. Like a true trooper, he stays in character, cuts this aggressive promo on this bozo and takes it home. His face doesn't crack once. It's admirable! True pro.
This would only happen in wrestling. And that's probably a good thing.
Math with Scott Steiner
One of my legit favorite promos of all time in wrestling. Scott Steiner breaks down the chances of winning of one of opponents in a three way match. This becomes funnier when you realize that the wrestler doing this actually is a former math teacher in the university of Michigan. I'd say that this promo has a 141 2/3% of making you smile, or even laugh!
If you're into math and numbers, this one is for you. You see, the numbers don't lie, and the clearly spell disaster for one Samoa Joe.
This interview, I feel, is one of mankind's great achievements. Right up there with.. if I followed science instead of pro wrestling, I'd probably be able to name something really cool here. But you smart guys can probably come up with something!
A Cup of Coffee in the Big Time, Yeah
You know what makes people better? Drugs. And wrestling is proof. In case you weren't aware, these guys don't read scripts or cue cards. Actually, what happens is they snort cocaine and wander in front of the camera to ramble on. Just like Randy Savage here.
Watch until the very end, and you can pinpoint the exact moment when the cocaine kicks in. The late Randy Savage was a true king among men.
Judy Bagwell on Forklift
More WCW goodness. This time we have two wrestlers competing for athletic superiority in the honored squared in a.. Judy Bagwell on a Forklift match.
In storyline, Judy Bagwell was the mother of wrestler Buff Bagwell, and to psychologically torment Buff, his opponent had his mother Judy suspended on a forklift during their match.
Luckily for Buff, he was able to rescue his mother from the forklift, though! So, all's well that end's well, right?
One of those things that you watch as a kid, sweating with fear at the thought of someone entering the room to see what you're watching. For many, it was porn. For me, it was professional wrestling.
Robocop!
Wrestling has always struggled with the problem of relevancy. The times when wrestling has successfully become socially relevant have been few and few between. To attempt achieving this in the early 90s, what better way than to have your top good guy tag with none other than Robocop!
The idea of Roboc - yes, Robocop from the movies - appearing in a wrestling environment and being treated as if he was a real thing, is funny enough, but what makes that particular interview for me is the fact that Jim Ross there, the ultimate straight guy, tries to call this as if it was something serious, when clearly it's friggin' Robocop as a wrestler's tag team partner.
Well, lots of ways, actually, but that's not the point.
THE YET-TAY!
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Hulk Hogan is one of the biggest names in the sport, and he made his name in the 80s by battling wrestlers that were bigger than him. It was tough to find wrestlers bigger than Hogan, who was no small man himself. In the mid 90s, World Championship Wrestling attempted to recreate some of that Hogan vs. A Big Monster magic by introducing.. a yeti. Who looked like a mummy. For some reason.
Now, this may seem really silly to you, especially considering that wrestling, in essence, is supposed to be portrayed as if it was all real, but you see, the thing about this was that.. Okay, you see..
I mean.
Okay, why do I even watch this. Let alone tell other people about it.
But anyways, it's hilarious for so many different reasons and it's one of my favorite wrestling moments of all time. From the "yeti" clearly being a mummy (they didn't have Google Images in 1995) to the announcer Tony Schiavone calling him "the yet-TAY" to the awkward.. hug type of thing that he attempts to do, which I guess is supposed to look like hurts. I don't even know! But I love a good train wreck.
So, now that you all know what I'm a fan of, and your view of me and your respect for me as a thinking, fully functional human being has gone down the tubes, I hope you at least had fun and a couple of smiles during this quick journey into the crazy world of bad pro wrestling.