10 Best WWE Promos Of The Decade
"See ya, fourth wall!”
In an age where supreme in-ring technical mastery feels like it's the bare minimum, being a great talker almost can sometimes just seem like a bonus. Yes, it's great when someone can talk fans into the building but, with WWE binning the PPV model, it's the consistency of the matches that are supposed to count, not the hype leading up to them.
But still, with the lines getting more and more blurred between what's real and what's not, it's opened the door for a new breed of wrestling promo. If you can stand there and say something that's so in tune with what the fans are secretly thinking - something that likely makes the company look bad in the process - they will love you for it. We're all so desperate for WWE to be told what's wrong with it, that we don't even mind if their own writers are the ones doing it.
The 2010s were, thus, the year of the Pipebomb, and even when the words didn't feel like they were veering off-script there were still plenty of explosive exchanges. From 15 minute monologues to 5 words that were barely audible, let's look back on the greatest mic-work from a decade that made it the hardest skill in the business.