1. Bottle Booty Shots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIerbpEFwHk&list=PLqIVmFaHA8BoBQx9qX1C6vCwhybDLjC52 Its bad enough that fans have to endure a month of WWEs arm-straining, Barry Horowitz-like back-slapping for its partnership with Susan G. Komen. But its a step too far when they insist on bringing out celebrities for segments that have nothing to do with either and let the segment die live on television. Had Adam Rose escorted Kathie Lee and Hoda out to the stage to say a couple quick words, it might have been a forgivable incident. Instead, fans were treated to the daytime talk show duo entering the ring and engaging in godawful banter that said absolutely nothing about breast cancer awareness. Instead, they joked about getting wild on Raw and then broke gimmicked wine bottles across each others behind. Yes, you read that right. Fans in the Barclays Center immediately crapped all over the segment, booing nonstop. You know its bad when WWE continued to play Adam Roses music throughout the entire segment to mute the fans reaction. Even several attempts at cheap heat Kathie Lee pointing out that her mother was born in Brooklyn failed miserably. The worst part had to be the announcers proclaiming, What a Raw moment! and noting that absolutely anything can happen on Raw. Those kind of comments cheapen what would happen about an hour later. Its worth noting that later in the program, when Joan Lunden came out to speak about her own personal fight against breast cancer, fans were polite and gave her a nice ovation. It shows that there absolutely is a way to do this cross-promotion without enraging fans. Short, personal stories of struggle and triumph will engage fans, but stupid comedy segments will be booed mercilessly.
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
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