10 Most Boring WWE Wrestlers Of All Time

3. IRS

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WhatCulture's own Michael Sidgwick nailed the physical description of IRS running the ropes so succinctly recently that he managed to land on the precise problem with everything else about the way he worked.

Treat (!) yourself to an IRS match on The Network or if you can find him in Season 4 of SummerSlam or however they phrase it. He leans in so forcefully that the ropes dip lower than normal, and is all armpit. This mimics, impeccably, the iconic (and subsequently overstated) moment Derek Trotter fell through an ope bar hatch during an episode of the beloved BBC sitcom Only Fools And Horses.

It might only seem like one small aspect of his arsenal, but it makes sense of his other weird movements. His strange elbow drops, his over-exaggerated acts of...nothing that result in him getting such a sweat on in that gear.

It was legitimately impressive that he cut one promo in every post code and got heat, but those boos were necessary to soundtrack the nothing he did in matches to earn them.

 
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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett