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2. WWE Scripted Promos Are Somehow WORSE On Paper

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The grim polish of a RAW script came into focus via leak in 2014.

The scripting, somehow, reads worse on paper. It reads so badly that it should, but obviously doesn't, give any of the writers pause. A Bray Wyatt promo in particular just reads like total nonsense. "I've learned that fire is cold and ice is hot."

What?

"I've learned that push is bury, too!"

There's even a note for Wyatt's benefit instructing him to "pause for a few seconds before continuing". There's probably printed instructions in catering advising the roster that yoghurt is difficult to eat with a fork.

John Cena's riposte to Wyatt's Sister Abigail ramblings is so sh*tty, too. The fact that this made it to page is insane: "First of all, your Sister Abigail sounds like a lovely woman. Hopefully you're not twins because then she might qualify as the ugliest woman on planet earth."

F*ck off.

Cena no-sold and buried Wyatt's supernatural aura and popped the lamest zinger you've ever heard because some dipsh*t couldn't get that line through on Tyler Perry's House of Payne.

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