10 Funniest WWE Dark Segments Never Broadcast
9. Bad News For The Authority
After RAW May 19th 2014, London, England
I couldn’t resist another Barrett video, considering his recent departure from the WWE.
Whereas the last one was from late last year, featuring an undercard King Barrett being merked by the Dead Man, this is a very much upper-midcard ‘Bad News’ Barrett only eighteen months earlier. He's the current Intercontinental Champion, having recently defeated stars including Rey Mysterio (in his last ever WWE match), Sheamus, Rob Van Dam and Big E.
It’s astonishing how fast a WWE wrestler’s star can fall in such a short space of time. Back in May 2014, Barrett was a rising star who could be sent out to defy the Authority (in the absence of someone like WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan, who was at home recuperating from surgery) and deliver a Bullhammer elbow to Triple H himself.
A year and a half later Barrett could barely get on television, and was the punchline to far too many running gags.
This clip is memorable for several things, chiefly the world’s worst ‘English’ accent from the Game as he heelishly slags off the hygiene of the crowd in attendance, and for poor Adam Rose 'doing a Fandango’ and thinking that because his theme tune was over with the fans that meant that he was over as well.
He wasn’t, sadly: but still, 18,000 people calling Triple H a lemon means he must have been doing something right.
The best bit is when the crowd starts chanting “WHO ARE YA WHO ARE YA” at Triple H, who expresses genuine bafflement, only to be told by Barrett that when an English sports crowd chants that, they’re implying that he’s a nobody.
Triple H’s comeback is to none-too-subtly insinuate that Adam Rose and the Bunny are knocking boots, because accusations of bestiality are proportionate responses to being dissed by thousands of people.