#4 The stereotypes do get a bit much
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Whenever the WWE come to the UK as part of their European Tour, they sure like to let everyone around the world know about it. It wouldn’t be Raw or Smackdown without the token black taxi and red phone box up on the stage, for example. And while the two are still very much a feature of the UK, visible around the streets of London, mobile phones and Uber are having a bit of an adverse effect on their usefulness.
We've had to endure some pretty awful segments as well, including the time when Michael Cole was knighted by somebody dressed up as the queen and the time when Santino Marella hosted Sheamus for a tea party. It's not that we don't appreciate the effort, but most of us tune in to watch professional wrestling like any other city in the world, not an insight into Vince McMahon's skewed interpretation of British culture.
This week, in particular, was no exception. Having James Ellsworth belittle us for the state of our teeth – an incredibly unfounded myth, we might add – and seeing Fandango dressed up as Sherlock Holmes, were just the latest examples of the cringe we must go through as British wrestling fans. In future, it might be better to just rely on a few cheap shots at our accents and one or two football jokes, before moving swiftly on to the wrestling.
