10 Greatest WWE Ad-Libs Of All Time

Sometimes the best stuff is made up on the spot...

By Alexander Podgorski /

Almost everything in professional wrestling is scripted, and that includes promos. Wrestlers normally have their speeches pre-approved by one of the company higher-ups, but the actual degree of limitation depends on the wrestler. In some cases, a wrestler will be told to hit a few bullet points and go in a general direction for a promo, while in other cases a wrestler will be told exactly what to say and how to say it. When the latter style of promos happen, they tend to be weak and void of any originality, whereas giving a wrestler the freedom to add certain words or phrases to a promo based on crowd reaction and their own ideas at the time can be much better. When a wrestler comes up with something on the spot, the results can often be very successful. Several popular catchphrases and expressions heard in professional wrestling over the years were completely made up on the spot, and they ended up being way better than anything that could€™ve been pre-written in a boardroom in Connecticut. This article will highlight the ten greatest WWE ad-libs in history. It will showcase those moments where a wrestler decided to speak their mind and say whatever was going through their heads at the time, often with hilarious results. These are mostly random one-liners that have since become famous for one reason or another, but the common theme among all of them is that they€™re either incredibly funny, or extremely popular. Honorable mention: Booker T calls Hulk Hogan a ***** Despite having taken place in WCW, when Booker T was teaming with his brother Stevie Ray as €˜Harlem Heat€™, it was impossible to ignore this historic ad-lib and monumental botch.Basically, Booker got a bit too fired-up for a promo, and got lost in the moment, which led to him calling Hulk Hogan that one word one must never say to an African-American. You can tell that Booker immediately regrets what he said, as shown by him shaking his head in realization of what he said. Luckily, he didn€™t get fired for saying it, and it remains one of the most memorable on-the-spot promo mistakes in wrestling history.