10 Most Random WWE Appearances

8. Von Wagner's Main Roster Call-Up

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What is the most Vince McMahon development ever?

Probably the time he tried to give the Big Show Daniel Bryan's "Yes!" chant. That was staggering. The man really thought it was as simple as giving the larger man the thing that was over. The WWE fans couldn't have possibly liked that little pale dork. They just like that stupid thing he does. Give it to the large man that I like!

There was also that time Vince, knowing his product was in the bin mere weeks after he told the audience that it was in the bin and he was going to do something about it, called up the most Vince-friendly acts in NXT presumably after scanning the dot com roster page and not watching any footage. This would explain why he arrived at the muscular EC3, the freakish-looking Lars Sullivan, and the blonde and tall Lacey Evans. Then, when that didn't work, Vince relented and asked for four wrestlers that were actually over (before tiring of them).

Another honourable mention is that time, for reasons unexplained and for one solitary week, Von Wagner rocked up on SmackDown as Adam Pearce's assistant/muscle (his exact role was never adequately explained).

The inadvertently funny Wagner was presumably requested by Vince on a "Who's tall down in Orlando?" basis before he forgot all about it a week later.

Leave the memories of Cum Friday alone.

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