6 Ups And 10 Downs From WWE Fastlane 2016

9. Cliché City

You have to partially forgive the announcers for what they say. They have Vince McMahon in their ear telling them what to say, so sometimes they will say things that just sound clunky, awkward or flat-out awful.

Sunday, we got the return of the dreaded €œBig Show is so big€ clichés that WWE used to throw out all the time to impress upon fans just how big Show really is. In the span of 90 seconds, Michael Cole referred to Show€™s hands as being as big as frying pans, and his arms being like tree limbs. The only thing missing was calling his head like a typewriter.

The announcers also tried to put Braun Strowman over as a specimen that must be viewed in person. Sorry, not buying it. Call us when he lawn-darts a Lucha Dragon.

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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.