5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (March 22)

2. The Worst Wrestling Merchandise Ever?

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On Monday's RAW, Tamina debuted a new range of merchandise. Don't all flock to Shop.WWE.com just yet - there's another slide to get through first!

Attacking Beth "the Dragon" Phoenix (and welcome back, we missed those revolutionary classics with Randy Savage!), Bayley and Sasha Banks, Tamina wore a brand new outfit for this Superkick party: a t-shirt emblazoned with the slogan 'Nobody Meaner Than Tamina'. Putting aside the inaccuracy for a moment - Tamina wasn't even the meanest member of her immediate family - this is hack verbiage so poor that we can only assume the creative team pull double duty in the merch department. To be fair to Tamina, because most aren't, she emoted very well in that segment. At long last abandoning the perennial mean mug face, her shift from sh*t-eating grin to blind panic was seamless and natural in a performance she timed very well.

It is not possible to extend the same courtesy to WWE's marketing department, because that t-shirt is awful. It just rhymes. That is the extent of the imagination on display. Ronda Rousey's crown has been usurped in less than one week. This is the wrong kind of impressive.

As for the right kind of impressive...

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!