10 Most Embarrassingly Bad Wrestling Promos Of All Time

When the Shield broke up, Seth Rollins lucked out hard. He was given the easiest lay-up heel character ever, "sell-out." Dean Ambrose managed to get over as "hot dog gunfighter." Roman Reigns, however, was saddled with "sassy raconteur", and he, uh, didn't pull it off.

Despite the fact that Roman's initial popularity was based mostly on him saying nothing and throwing torso-imploding spears, the poor guy was given extensive, jokey promos week after week. WWE basically neutered their huge rising badass star by forcing a round peg into a square hole on national television. WCW was terrible at building stars, but at least they were smart enough not to end Goldberg's streak so he could hold weekly poetry jams.

Roman had a number of stinkers during this period, but none as terrible as the time he broke new bad promo ground by reciting a sarcastic fairy tale. He chose a condescending reading of Jack and the Beanstalk, because Big Show is a giant, and also a loser. A big loser. Believe that?

The most astounding thing about this (aside from the fact that WWE thought it wise to turn the future face of the company into Mother Goose) is that Big Show politely listened to the entire thing. He should have knocked Roman out three sentences in and then ground his bones to make bread.