10 Bizarre WWE Scenes You Totally Don’t Remember
2. Commentator's Curse
The Papa Shango gimmick - contrary to popular opinion and received wisdom - isn't quite as stupid as it may seem.
WWE was and still is a world where folks from countless walks of life converge around a shared goal of dominance, and in Shango's case, he shot for the top spot with the one power he had over a force as strong as The Ultimate Warrior.
Unfortunately, that power was voodoo. The Undertaker has almost always been a rule-proving exception - it's almost impossible to pull off feats of the supernatural in a live crowd setting, and Shango and Warrior's silliness came off as hokey rather than horrific. Warrior had already literally spewed bile on medics and the camera as a result of the sickness bug Shango's spell apparently caused, and black blood dribbling from his forehead a week later didn't do much to enhance the aesthetic.
Outside of setting a jobber's boots on fire, the only trick Papa Shango had left was actually up Gene Okerlund's sleeve. After a WWE Superstars interview, a cloud of smoke and mirrors emerging from what appeared to be the future Godfather's crotch resulted in the black blood streaming from the announcer's wrists.