10 Best WWE Network Shows Of 2018

4. WWE Photo Shoot: Scott Hall

Scott Hall
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Scott Hall was a wrestler that knew himself well, knew the industry even better and thus knew how to rip the a*se the out his colleagues with the simplest of one-liners. He was also deeply flawed, plagued with addictions and dodged death more times that a cat on its ninth life. He is, thus, the perfect candidate to sit down and reflect on some Razor-sharp snapshots of a career and life lived.

WWE will often show footage of Hall offering notes and critiques at Orlando's Performance Center, and his performance in a fluff piece such as this express exactly why he has such value to the organisation in his later years. The entire Photo Shoot series is an underrated gem buried in the ill-thought-out Originals section of the Network as it is, and Hall's episode by far the best of the bunch.

Few have their fingers on the pulse of wrestling psychology as tightly as 'The Bad Guy', but a witticism or spontaneous one-liner is remarkably right around the corner too. It's particularly impressive considering his advancing years and self-confessed deteriorated state, but Hall's his own harshest critic even when the stated aim is a simple bit of post-retirement introspection.

 
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