The WORST Moment From Every WWE WrestleMania

26. “It’s A Human Block Of Cheese” (WrestleMania 2000)

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The sub-heading there was a line almost spat through gritted teeth by legendary play-by-play man Jim Ross. He'd done the heavy lifting for many a sagging gimmick in his time, but even he wasn't going to fish a turd out of the bowl and pretend that Al Snow and Steve Blackman deploying a cheese-based mascot was the WWF's next inspired 'Attitude Era' idea.

In a bid to lighten things up and force Blackman to crack a smile, Snow introduced "Chester McCheeserton" to company fans. No, this didn't happen on a random episode of Raw or SmackDown (it could've happened on Metal and people would still ridicule it!) - it happened live on the air and in the ring at Wrestle-freakin-Mania.

What's more, it was WrestleMania 2000. As in, the first 'grandaddy of them all' for the new millennium.

The premise was simple: Usher in a lighthearted hanger-on that'd put Al and Steve across as the latest odd couple babyface duo fans should pay attention to. It didn't work, obviously. That's why it's here. Snow and Blackman were no Booker T and Goldust. They weren't even Charlie Haas and Rico.

Lil' Chester only lasted around 24 hours as a mascot anyway, but images of him flirting with a disgusted Trish Stratus around ringside would pass into WWF lore as McCheeserton's only real spot of note. He did get quasi-Brogue Kicked into oblivion by Blackman for his troubles though. Somehow, most on the call for the promotion missed out on a bunch of grated cheese puns.

Were they even trying to get this over!? Only kidding.

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