10 Wrestling Moments You Felt Totally Guilty For Laughing At

2. "Could It Be! Oh, MY!"

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The Attitude Era is a deified period of wrestling history.

It is deified by a pocket of the wrestling fandom insistent that things will never, ever get better than the apparently halcyon days in which Terri Runnels suffered an on-air miscarriage. It is deified by WWE itself, often to the detriment of the current roster. It is even deified by that current roster who, when not cosplaying in WWE.com photo galleries, are collecting toys and posting them all over their Instagram accounts.

All of which should have seen Brian 'Grandmaster Sexay' Christopher - a member of the Too Cool faction very popular for a time - receive some sort of reaction upon his cameo appearance on the March 14, 2011 RAW.

As opposed to none.

Whatsoever.

Which made made his more exaggerated-than-usual heat-seeking entrance, as part of Michael Cole's ploy to taunt Jerry Lawler, deeply grim. This was his life's work comprehensively forgotten about to such an extent that some dot com staffer probably scrapped his 'Where Are They Now?' draft, knowing it wouldn't track. This was like a deleted scene from The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky edited out. "Nah. Nah, that's too upsetting."

More depressing still was the sheer sound of Christopher hoarsely laughing at his own jokes as he cut his in-ring promo, the raw, real emotion manifesting as "not bothered" posturing.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!