10 Funniest WWE Dark Segments Never Broadcast
5. Wrong Island Iced Z
After RAW, October 3rd 2011, Lafayette, Louisiana
A little awkward, this. RAW on this occasion fell a fortnight after the Triple H/CM Punk collision at Night Of Champions in September 2011. That, in turn, represented the storyline’s shift away from the once red-hot Punk and towards The Game himself.
Instead of being about the revolution once promised by the WWE’s biggest organic star in years, the angle now revolved around WWE’s beleaguered babyface boss and his backstabbing deputy John Laurinaitis.
In the storylines, the roster - including staff like the announcers, referees and such - had entered a vote of no confidence in Triple H’s leadership, and RAW had signed off with even his closest allies abandoning him.
The crowd (for some reason) decided to show their support by chanting “YOU STILL GOT IT”, even though he’d not actually done anything the whole episode to deserve it, but Triple H has never been above a little opportunistic pandering.
He was in the process of miming NO, YOU ARE THE ONES WHO STILL HAVE IT, HONEST INJUN I DO ALL THIS FOR YOU PEOPLE when ‘Radio’ hit the speakers, and down the ramp came Zack g*ddamn Ryder.
The gormless goon had apparently changed his mind about voting the boss off the island, coming out to mark hard for The Cerebral Assassin and all his besuited Dad-cool. He asked for a selfie with Triple H and the crowd, and… well, you can probably guess the rest. It does not end well for Ryder. It doesn't end well in this segment, either.
Of course, Triple H’s no-nonsense babyface persona could only allow him to Pedigree a beloved midcarder if it was funny, so he waits for the moment with perfect comic timing, and then takes a selfie of himself grinning cheesily over Ryder’s prone, suffering body, giving it a WOO WOO WOO YOU KNOW IT to add the cherry on top. Classy.