WWE And TNA: 7 Worst Moments Of The Week (April 17)
7. Dr. Phil Comes To Raw
A lot of people over the years have gone over Ric Flair and become stars, like Ricky Steamboat and Sting. Its doubtful that Dr. Phil will follow in their footsteps and turn into a main-event player. As soon as Phil was announced to show up on Raw, you could hear millions of people across the world simultaneously yell What the hell for? While his appearance wasnt as bad as you probably imagined, it still wasnt good.
To Phils credit, he wasnt a terrible actor, and he seemed to know what he was talking about. Perhaps hes watched a match or two in his time. But he needlessly stuck his nose in the the Flairs business, and chastised Charlotte for cheating in her matches. Phils dialogue relied on him yelling at her for cheating, which also saw him looking at the camera. Hope McMahon chewed him out for that one!
WWE wasted a wonderful opportunity here, and could have had Ric give a bunch of chest chops to Phil, but instead the 67-year-old former 16 champion of the world was afraid of the 65-year-old non-wrestler. Why are celebrities so scary to wrestlers?