7 Ways WWE Get Their Best Characters All Wrong
5. Terrible Comedians
Is there anything more tedious than a bad WWE comedy segment? You know the type. Bobby Lashley's sisters, the Old Day, Bayley: This Is Your life. They're loathsome, cringe-worthy, repellent, and designed to pop one man only: Vince McMahon.
Comedy and wrestling can mix well. Tyler Breeze and Fandango's Fashion Files segments were regular highlights on SmackDown last year, Colt Cabana has built a powerful independent brand by being the funniest guy in the room, and New Japan's Toru Yano's court jester antics brighten the promotion's trademark fighting spirit with buffoonery. Unfortunately, WWE's attempts rarely hit the mark.
A 72-year-old man with a 72-year-old man's sense of humour is writing jokes for demographics he has nothing in common with. The result is dreck like Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson carrying Big E's testicle around in a jar for a month, borderline transphobia as Lashley batters three men in drag, and Bayley being subjected to one of the most ruthless character assassinations in recent WWE history.
These creative blunders only bury the participants. The victims are made to look like spineless goobers, and the antagonists irredeemable arseholes.