10 Times WWE Was Even Dumber Than WCW

5. The Debut Of Sister Abigail

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The spirit of Sister Abigail wasn't lurking in that monitor, as confirmed by the events of summer 2017. Sister Abigail was inside Bray Wyatt all along, in the expected dumb f*ck horror movie twist.

This was effectively the last hand WWE had left to play. Wyatt was by this point a joke, but for whatever reason - bargaining, probably - the fans clung to the Sister Abigail mythology. But, when WWE deployed it, did it 'Hurt' or 'Heal' Bray Wyatt?

They lifted gloved hands to each of your ears and smashed 'em as hard as they could as punishment for ever believing in this talent in the first place. Was Sister Abigail played by a member of the Women's roster, a spectral figure that might provide a haunting presence at ringside? No, she was played by Bray Wyatt in drag lol - but how to convey the necessary femininity?

Wyatt somehow conspired to out-Ole Anderson Ole Anderson in the "stupid f*cking voice" department by adopting a lisp and wearing a shawl. "I'm worth than anything you've read in your Irish mythology bookth," Wyatt insisted. "She chose me!" Wyatt roared, before the transformation. Wyatt? Another 50/50 loser who couldn't get it done in a big match?

If she was that bad a judge of talent, perhaps Sister Abigail was John Laurinaitis all along.

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