10 Worst T-Shirts In WWE History

3. APA - APA Protection

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When Faarooq and Bradshaw joined forces as The Acolytes, they were meant to be a pair of demonic henchman in the thrall of The Undertaker. That ran its course pretty quickly, though, and eventually, they became babyfaces playing a muscle-for-hire role - and thus, the Acolyte Protection Agency was born.

The APA didn't get a whole lot of merchandise, but one of their shirts would go on to become arguably the most infamous piece of apparel in pro wrestling history. As you can clearly see, the shirt reads "APA Protection," which, of course, stands for "Acolyte Protection Agency Protection" - a redundancy and a logical fallacy if there ever was one, much like ATM (automated teller machine) machine or PIN (personal identification number) number. In a delightful use of wordplay, New Scientist magazine coined the term "RAS syndrome," or "redundant acronym syndrome syndrome" to describe these kinds of initialisms.

Clearly, there was a good bit of egg on the face of whomever came up with this one.

 
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