10 Best Pipebombs In Wrestling History
5. Joey Styles - 1 May 2006
One of the elements that turns a promo into a pipe bomb is a sense of realism, and no example on this list came off more real then Joey Styles' tirade on Raw back in 2006. After being pranked by The Spirit Squad and mocked by fellow broadcaster Jerry Lawler, the former ECW commentator left the announce desk to vent his frustrations.
Styles told his story of WWE calling him to join the company after they had, again, humiliated Jim Ross and needed a new commentator. He voiced concerns fans already had, how he was told to avoid phrases like 'professional wrestling' and 'wrestlers.' That was on top of focusing on stories instead of calling the action in the ring; something he found insulting to the wrestlers.
After months of adjusting to the WWE style, Styles was kicked off of WrestleMania 22 and Backlash in favor of Jim Ross, the man WWE fired, which made him sick of WWE and everything they stood for. Styles then went after Vince McMahon for mocking God and kissing several of the WWE Divas just to feed his ego.
Styles would finally turn on the audience, telling them he was done with them for buying into the "crap of sports entertainment". He then removed the WWE logo from his microphone before quitting the company and walking off. While this was all in the plans to return Joey Styles to the revamped WWECW brand, it was still one of the best pipe bombs dropped in wrestling history.