7 Worst Times Wrestlers Went Off-Script On Live TV

WWE has a long-running history with bringing in little people to impersonate their most popular superstars. Particularly popular with Vince McMahon, even the new regime continue to employ this bizarre and outdated tactic. As was made continually apparent in Enzo's trademark entrance promo, Big Cass is 7 feet tall (and you can't teach that), therefore, putting him in a segment with a little person impersonating Daniel Bryan was standard fare for this era. What happened next went beyond simple bad taste and dismantled Big Cass's entire WWE career.

Presumably already on somewhat thin ice due to his former tag team partner being fired in disgrace, Cass was instructed to give the little person his trademark big boot. As if that wasn't enough, Cass ignored the wishes of Vince McMahon and his peers and charged onto the canvas to rain down punches on the defenceless impersonator. 

Cass wasn't even finished at this point, as he stood on the little person with one foot on his ribcage and held his fist in the air. Boos rained down from the crowd, with even heel commentator Corey Graves lambasting Big Cass for his actions. This happened on the May 1st, 2018 episode of SmackDown, and Cass was terminated by WWE on June 18th of the same year.