7 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (April 21)

There have been several unlikely WWE Champions in its rich, fifty plus year history.

The idea of undercard doubles specialists Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels carrying the strap - and by extension, the company - was inconceivable in the massively muscled age of Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior. But the end of the steroid era necessitated a focus on smaller, more compact, more natural athlete. Short on stars with the luxury of artificial mass, the macrophiliac Vince McMahon also hit upon the genius idea of swapping engorged muscle for blubber by presenting Yokozuna as the first decorated antagonist of the New Generation Era.

The Attitude Era even saw McMahon himself become champion because...well. Not sure there's enough time to cover that here. You could write a book on it. Incidentally, if you like books...

There have been even more unlikely challengers.

Undercard jobbers like Salvatore Sincere and Shannon Moore were given shots on throwaway episodes of WWE TV, and weren't even presented as comedic fodder in the same manner as Gillberg (!). Altogether more infuriating was the lurching, agonising rise of Vladimir Kozlov - a man who was to wrestling what Todd Grisham was to commentary: colourless, dull, and completely unwelcome. It was thought that, in the post-NXT era, there was no need to inexplicably promote unpopular McMahon fetishes to unearned spots.

Think again, dammit!

Peter Rosenberg, host of the much-liked unaffiliated Cheap Heat podcast, was drafted into WWE to give the "Universe" a voice on the incredibly defensive Bring It To The Table Network show.

The show itself is marketed as a candid insight into the political machinations of the company, highlighted by the exchanges between Rosenberg and office surrogate JBL. But as was prophesied on the pre-WrestleMania edition, Rosenberg has become a shill. He maintained the illusory stance that fans collectively anointed Roman Reigns as the next babyface star of WWE when in reality, he was only ever heavily cheered outside of the Shield unit at Batista's expense at Royal Rumble 2014.

Rosenberg this week has adopted an altogether more unsavoury stance on Cheap Heat. He defended JBL and more or less claimed that bullying is a concept exclusive to children. Real "men" should be able to take it. He also claimed that Dave Meltzer, of the Wrestling Observer, is running with the Mauro Ranallo story because he has an ax to grind with JBL's dismissal of his publication.

Rosenberg wouldn't pass comment on how JBL - his colleague, wouldn't you know - behaves outside of their interactions. He was too ethical for that. In pretty much the next breath, he criticised Justin Roberts, a man he has never even met, for being bitter.

Essentially, we're meant to receive Rosenberg as our voice - but that voice is just parroting WWE rhetoric like a good little boy, rendering the entire show completely pointless - and compromising the integrity of his Cheap Heat podcast.