25 Bizarre WWE Christmas Moments

22. Pepe, The Other Reindeer

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Some people say that the greatest announce team ever was Monsoon/Heenan. Others favor Ross/Lawler. Personally, I've always been partial to Heenan/Bischoff/Mongo/Mongo€™s Dog Pepe from the first weeks of Monday Nitro. Heenan was the greatest, Bischoff wasn't, Mongo was a walking concussion PSA in a denim shirt, and Pepe was a dog.

That's already pure magic, but what if that were combined with the magic of Christmas? That blessed intersection actually occurred on the 12/17/1995 episode of Monday Nitro. In honor of the season, Eric Bischoff and Bobby Heenan wore their finest tacky sweaters, while Mongo wore a leather jacket over a festive red turtleneck.

Showing them all up was announce table MVP, Pepe, clad in a traditional red frock, trimmed with white fur, and WEARING A FALSE BEARD.

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