Most people barely know who Im talking about. Well, from 2008-2009, Sony was still pushing the PSP as much as possible, and they had these commercials where this little kid would promote the games. His name was Marcus, (played by child actor Bobbe J. Thompson) and thats about all we knew about him. One of Sonys employees would ask him questions, and he would answer the question while explaining just how good the Sony PSP is as a gaming device. So for some reason, he became the guest host for RAW one day. His only real role was as an announcer for a match. But before he did that, he was greeted to a chorus of boos, and said that he loved them and that was it; he had no other role on the show. The problem was that those boos were not for his character, but for him; people legitimately didnt want him there. Other than that, they showed him playing the PSP, for shameless product placement on the show. This was arguably the lowest point for the guest host era. This kid wasnt a movie or TV star; he was simply a kid in a series of commercials for Sony, nothing more. It was as if WWE had completely run out of ideas for guest hosts, or that they simply could not find anyone else to fill that role for that particular week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdzH68WJJuc The whole guest host trend still continues from time to time on RAW, though these gusts dont have the match-making powers that previous ones did. The most recent guest hosts were Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, who did a segment that involved them hitting each other in the buttocks with wine bottles. The audience booed them so loudly that the WWE production team had to play Adam Roses music throughout much of the segment to drown it out. If that isnt a sign that the WWE Universe is tired of guest hosts on the show, I dont know what is. Thanks for reading. Be sure to leave a comment and check out WhatCultures other articles.
Alexander Podgorski is a writer for WhatCulture that has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was 8 years old. He loves all kinds of wrestling, from WWE and sports entertainment, to puroresu in Japan.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University in Political Studies and French, and a Master's Degree in Public Administration. He speaks English, French, Polish, a bit of German, and knows some odd words and phrases in half a dozen other languages.
