10 Things That Made Us Embarrassed To Be Wrestling Fans In 2017
2. Fat, Owens, Fat
Kevin Owens admitted himself how lucky he was to keep a t-shirt as part of his attire when debuting as a glossy WWE Superstar, but he was naive to assume that meant body fascism in Vince McMahon's organisation had completely disappeared.
As the heel, Owens is technically fair game for abuse from babyfaces and company mouthpieces alike, but as long as the company maintain a relentless focus on his size as big fat stick to beat him with, the notion that big = wrong will continually be perpetuated to the brand's legion of young followers.
It wouldn't be so bad (well, it would be) if the zingers were actually amusing, but for the most part they amount to McMahon himself blowing raspberries and shouting 'fatty fatty fat fat' whilst one of his downtrodden staffers leafs through a thesaurus to find a suitable description of the act. McMahon couldn't mask his disdain in their sensational segment together earlier this year. He earned a headbutt and a frog splash for his troubles, but Owens literally wouldn't have the time to batter everybody that gives him a side-eye for his waist size.
AJ Styles being ordered to refer to him as "Ron Burgundy’s definition of San Diego" (because 'whale's vagina' wasn't PG enough?) was the icing on a cake...but not the one they shoved in his face for the payoff to a lame 2016 food fight.