10 Dumbest Wrestling Props Ever

2. Lucha House Party's Piñata

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Christ, imagine the absolute state of that creative meeting.

"We need to make it abundantly clear to our dumbass audience who the Lucha House Party are."

"We could give them tacos?"

"No, that's too racist - but, again, we need to let out idiotic fanbase know these fellers are Mexican."

"Lince Dorado is Puerto Rican and Kalisto was born in Chicago."

"F*ck off. You're fired."

"Isn't the word "Lucha" and the visual of luchador masks sufficient?"

No. You're not dealing with members of MENSA here. This is the WWE Universe you're talking about!"

"What about a piñata?"

"That'll do. Give them a piñata."

And give them a piñata WWE did, because otherwise, you wouldn't know that they weren't a wildly outdated stereotype!

A prop is meant to convey what a wrestling persona is, and in this case, the wrestling act was conveyed as a band of stigmatised prelim losers that you immediately knew damn well Vince McMahon was never going to even begin taking seriously. The piñata was a visual cue that allowed fans to not invest in the act, which was helpful - provided that you hadn't lost all hope years previously, of course.

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