50 Funniest Wrestling Moments Of 2023
50. That Which Is Taz
Back in January, the Empire State Building turned heel on New York by lighting itself up in the colours of the Philadelphia Eagles. Taz was annoyed by this bizarre publicity stunt, and promptly told the building to f*** off. When he was reminded that it indeed is a building, he - calming himself down from a state of pure rage - conceded "fair point". This was Frank Costanza-level comedy, beautiful in its absurdity. The impotent rage was immediately extinguished. Taz is a tap of emotion, and delight for it.
49. Tyrus Is The Worst Wrestler Alive
This isn't body-shaming, who cares what he looks like, but rather an accurate description of the man's mobility: Tyrus moves around the ring like Brendan Fraser in 'The Whale', if Brendan Fraser in 'The Whale' had broken his left metatarsal. The Heroes of Wrestling promoter would have stormed the ring like Antonio Inoki burying Luke Gallows if he'd booked Tyrus on that show.
A disgrace, Tyrus defended his NWA title and retired on August 27 when EC3 defeated him. At one point, Tyrus walked the ropes to generate momentum ahead of a big splash. He looked like he was propping himself up against a wall to stop himself from collapsing.
There is nothing funnier than watching a horrible person make a spectacle of himself, and Tyrus, a vile person, is worse at wrestling than André the Giant was in 1994.
48. The Undertaker Kicks A Shark's Ass
Well, not really.
Michelle McCool was standing on the sand minding her own business when a basking shark - a shark guaranteed not to eat anybody, not that any breed has developed a taste for human flesh - was swimming by the shore. She asked her husband, the Undertaker, to intimidate it. The Undertaker, thinking he's hard as hell, actually did it. He thought he scared it off by his sheer presence. It's a wonder he didn't tape his fists up and tell it to do business or else.
"Buy me a crate a beer and stay the hell away from my wife!"
Perhaps he'll tell the story at 1deadMAN show, like that scar scene in Jaws.
47. Road Dogg Is Shameless AF
I gotta admit, y’all look smooth AF #OUDK
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) July 4, 2022
Road Dogg openly begged to get a job with AEW, even stooping as low as to compliment Tony Khan and his father for looking "smooth AF". Neither son nor father is wearing boots in the picture, and you can still see Brian's tongue flicking at the laces like a lizard gathering scent particles.
When Road Dogg didn't get a job, he buried AEW for looking like a glorified indie, which is literally the equivalent of an incel calling a girl a bitch when they get ghosted.
Yes, this actually happened in 2022, not 2023. But it's still very funny.
46. MJF: Mother's Boy
f**k off mom. This week is about me. Go away.
— Maxwell Jacob Friedman™️ (@The_MJF) August 22, 2023
MJF is a great comedian gifted enough to know it's all in the timing. He turned babyface in the summer, and his mother was delighted. She had raised a sociopath. She was horrified. And then he redeemed himself!
And then he told her to f*** off and leave him alone ahead of his big week at Wembley Stadium. "F*** off mom" is a very funny, petulant and entitled sequence of words in isolation, but, combined with the dashed hopes element, the timing was sublime.