The writing on WWE programming is a mixture of scripted dialogue and improvisation. On one side, you have Hollywood writers, who craft the WWE storylines and talking points for every match, segment, promo, and commercial break. For a show that often times looks chaotic, a WWE program is tightly and obsessively controlled. Vince McMahon is notorious for having a direct feed into the commentators' headsets, and he can tell them, on the spot, what to say or do at any given time (Mick Foley hated this so much that he up and quit). On the other hand, you have the performers themselves even though they're scripted, they're encouraged to deviate from the script liberally and make it their own (the best mic workers are allowed even more leeway, up to and including creating their own promos). And it is at this intersection between what is planned ahead of time, and what is improvised on the spot that the WWE strikes comedy gold. Here are The 20 Funniest Lines In WWE History. It's just a sampling of the hysterics, however crude, that the WWE Superstars are capable of. Between kayfabe silliness, real-life drama, and off-the-cuff hilarity, what will they say next?
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