12 Wrestling Personalities Who Delivered Pipebombs Before It Was Even A Thing

7. Joey Styles

In 2005, Joey Styles returned to television as the voice of WWE Raw, replacing the legendary Jim Ross. It was the first time Styles appeared regularly on TV since the demise of ECW four years earlier. His arrival was a welcome surprise for fans who long considered him the premiere play-by-play announcer in the business. Though he worked well within the WWE system and improved with every appearance, the decision was made to call back Ross and have him call WrestleMania 22. In doing so, the company robbed Styles of appearing on the biggest show of the year, reversing that decision only when fans demanded he at least get to call one match on the show. And he did, the Hardcore match between Edge and Mick Foley. When it was revealed that he would be replaced by Ross again at Backlash, it understandably infuriated Styles and he lashed out, letting his thoughts and opinions on the subject be known. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSvOzJWaVXs He admitted to understanding the decision to keep him off of WrestleMania but replacing him on Backlash was an insult he could not tolerate. He relived the "lectures" he received from Vince McMahon himself on the differences between professional wrestling and sports entertainment, angrily detailed the disrespect shown to wrestlers when commentators are told to ignore the in-ring action in favor of getting stories over with the audience and proceeded to quit. It was an impassioned promo by one of the more underrated voices in wrestling history, a promo based in real life frustration, as so many others on this list were. Styles' rant eventually led to his return to the relaunched ECW, where he resumed his role as the lead commentator of extreme.

6. Triple H

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bygHneRh24 In 1999, Triple H was among the hottest stars in the industry. On the receiving end of his first major push as a singles heel, he was on his way to the WWE Championship and the top of the industry. So long a B+ player, he was finally given the opportunity to achieve greatness, to reach the level of success he watched friends like Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels achieve, all the while sitting back and biding his time. By the summer of the last year of the Millennium, his time had arrived. Sitting down for a no holds barred interview with Jim Ross, Triple H took the opportunity to voice years of frustration and anger, just days before the biggest match of his career at SummerSlam. He retold the story of the punishment he faced for his involvement in the Curtain Call in Madison Square Garden and the fact that he had been held down for so long. "You wanna talk about being a student of the game? I am the f***ing game, JR!" And with that, Triple H adopted for himself a moniker that would follow him the rest of his career. As "The Game" he would become one of the top attractions in all of professional wrestling, an 11-time heavyweight champion and the most powerful man in the sport. It all started, though, with the impassioned promo he cut on that episode of Sunday Night Heat, in front of millions of fans watching at home.