10 Wrestling Storylines That Killed A Character

8. The Swagger Soaring Eagle - Death By Arrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEokRyPLYAI

The Swagger Soaring Eagle wasn't exactly a highlight of Jack Swaggers WWE career (actually, considering where he is now, maybe it was) but it was good for a laugh or two. Played by Chavo Guerrero, the bird was slightly more popular than the Gobbeldy Gooker (played by Chavo's uncle Hector). That is not saying a lot.

The character had run it's course by the Thanksgiving edition of Smackdown! where Hornswoggle, disappointed with Rosa Mendes' cooking, decided to prepare his own turkey dinner. Spotting the Eagle (close enough!) he took aim and shot the creature with an arrow.

It's then implied that he ate the carcass raw, which raises too many questions to get into. It was a lame character, a lame segment, but Hornswoggle faced no discipline for killing and eating a fellow member of the WWE roster. Probably because he did us all a favour.

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