1. Bunnies, Gators And Bulls, Oh Crap!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKsifyzebbY&list=PLF0CB8E7B4C77DB61 Before a commercial break, WWE played a clip of Titus ONeil talking about how breast cancer has impacted his family. When Raw came back, Titus and Heath Slater came out for a match, and ONeil went and gave the Rev. Jesse Jackson a hug. Michael Cole filled us in that ONeil recently received a humanitarian award from Jackson. All of that was very touching and painted Titus ONeil as the kind of guy that John Cena would pal around with. Less than five minutes later, he was tossing a little person in a bull costume around, encouraging another little person in a gator costume to attack the bull, and then got outsmarted by a guy in a bunny costume. All in the span of five minutes. So Titus went from a heartbroken grandson and a humanitarian who is friends with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, to a bully who gets beaten up by a bunny. (Explain again why John Cena cant turn heel because of his charity work.) And WWE wonders why fans have little patience for their product? How do you explain to your friends that you watch this stuff with a serious face? Sure, there needs to be kid-friendly content, but even a 10-year-old would watch that segment and call it childish.
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