7 Worst Wrestling Moments Of The Week (July 2)
1. Great Ball Of Misfire
Congratulations to Dean Ambrose for becoming the biggest sell-out in all of professional wrestling this week. Not since Hulk Hogan lent his likeness to Pastamania has a wrestler looked so lame by shilling a product. Ambrose slapping on a Big Baller Brand t-shirt is the exact opposite of being a lunatic. Him trying to be cute by saying he likes free t-shirts doesn't cover it.
That was merely the tip of the iceberg of this insane, inane, incomprehensible segment. To call it a trainwreck would be a disservice to actual trains that have been in actual wrecks. Now, to give Impact some credit, professional athlete DeAngelo Williams took part in an angle, played it seriously, and put over the product. LaVar Ball acted like a crazy guy trying to play wrestler, but was only familiar with wrestling by hearing about it 30 years ago from a drunk uncle.
The Ball's segment was embarrassing. Everyone knew it was going to be. Yet no one could stop it. It won't lead to any increase in viewership, or Network subscriptions, or anything that matters in any possible way. It probably popped up on ESPN for a minute, people who don't watch wrestling went "wow, wrestling is stupid" and then they went on with their lives. It was as random and out of touch as naming a pay-per-view after a 50-year-old song.
Time to kick out.