10 Times WWE Wrestlers Should Have Refused To Read The Script
3. Paige - Reid Flair (Raw, 16th November 2015)
Charlotte and Paige’s Divas Championship contract signing began well. It was one of Charlotte’s better face promos. She drew similarities between the two’s wrestling families but broke down when discussing how Paige was there for her when her little brother Reid passed away.
Feigning tears, Paige mocked her emotion as “quite a speech”. Her heel delivery lacked nuance not helped by lines like “I had a tear in my eye, oh wait, that’s confidence” and calling Ric Flair an “old fart”.
The section slipped into controversial territory when Charlotte talked about being from a family of fighters, to which Paige smugly replied: “You know what Charlotte, you’re wrong sweetheart, ‘cause your little baby brother he didn’t have much fight in him did he?”.
Charlotte won their feud and was quiet about the angle. However, Ric stated that he wasn’t approached by WWE prior to the angle and admitted watching it made him cry. CM Punk and Paul Bearer used shock tactics when shooting on Paul Bearer’s death and Jerry Lawler’s heart attack, however, Reid didn’t get to achieve his WWE dream, making the use of his death extra callous.