There's a place on every WrestleMania for a palette cleanser or two, and WWE often lean in to the celebrities involved in the show in order to break up the monotony of so many matches. But the needless titillation that was supposedly garnered from the segment failed to resonate with anybody beyond Jonathan Coachman and (obviously) Jerry Lawler.
For all the context needed, the Miller Lite Catfight Girls gained a shred of notoriety after a Superbowl commercial they featured in was banned - the sort of sh*t Vince Russo used to go wild for when the late-1990s audiences lapped this up.
Like much of what didn't work on this otherwise-entertaining show, it was a relic of a bygone era - and resulted in Rob Van Dam, Kane, Lance Storm, Chief Morley and The Dudley Boyz all having their 'Show Of Shows' moments relegated to a pre-show slot to make up the time.
Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for 10 years. Alongside the production of daily written, audio and video content covering WWE and AEW, he also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years.
As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot on the UK's wrestling podcast charts with over 10,000 episodes and 70,000,000 total downloads. He also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House!, Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast, and has guested on long-running Sunderland AFC podcast Wise Men Say.
With WhatCulture, he has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. He has also been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana, 411Mania and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling.
Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in music and culture magazines The Crack, Pilot as well as Sunderland AFC's premiere fanzine A Love Supreme. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it every other Saturday at the Stadium Of Light, and at Cribs gigs nationwide.
