#2 Joey Styles rips on WWE and “Sports Entertainment”

On the May 1st edition of Raw in 2006, after being humiliated by The Spirit Squad and constantly picked on by Jerry Lawler, Joey Styles, the then colour commentator of Raw, had an outburst and went on to deliver a worked shoot promo belittling WWE for referring to professional wrestling as “Sports Entertainment”, for their emphasis on the commentators “telling stories” rather than calling the moves in the ring.

Styles also abused Vince McMahon in general for his sick sense of humor and amusement which he called his “insatiable ego”. In general, Joey Styles insulted the WWE and it’s obsession with corporate brand image and also jabbed at the fans for “buying into this crap” . The entire promo is one of the earlier examples of a “pipebomb” before it became popular.

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