10 Embarrassing Times Wrestlers Tried To Be Badass

10. Papa Haitch Lays Down The Law

'One Final Beat' was f*cking hilarious.

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It started with Johnny Gargano being dropped off for the big match by his wife, who pinched his cheek and told him to have fun.

He arrived at the empty Performance Center. It was shrouded in darkness illuminated only by ambient light. Ominous music played in the background. This was serious sh*t, man. Serious sh*t. His career rival Tommaso Ciampa entered through a different door. And there was Triple H, the architect of NXT, in the ring. But he wasn't standing in the ring. He had to look cool.

He sat on a chair on its back legs crouched in the corner, arms draped across the ropes, face fixed in a scowl. This was his David Brent moment. He legitimately thought he looked hard and authoritative, when in effect, he was sat on a chair backwards wearing a baseball cap.

"OK kids, let's rap," he said. "This is where it ends. I don't care what you guys do to each other. But when it's done here, it's done...

...until we need you to work a Fatal 4-Way Iron Man match in a desperate bid to put on a workrate classic, the answer to our troubles".

"Aight Imma bounce," he continued, making way for the melodramatic sh*t-show that followed.

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