What we learned from the WWE this week: 8th May, 2017

#3 The WWE have been Googling British stereotypes

You can tell they’re in the UK

One thing us British fans have to put up with whilst watching WWE is the constant attempts to pander towards British stereotypes every time they come to the UK.

Usually, it is the red telephone box and the black taxi on the stage and the constant references to the queen and Royal family. This week, however, the company seemed to go all out and really cranked up the cheese factor in their attempts to ‘blend in’.

This was truer on Smackdown than on RAW, starting with James Ellsworth calling everyone in attendance a ‘plonker’, a reference to a well-known English insult made famous by the TV sitcom Only Fools and Horses. Then he brought up the age old wives’ tale that British people have bad teeth (because, why not?).

Things really took a turn for the bizarre during the segment involving Breezeango – or the fashion police – whatever they’re calling themselves. Dressed as Sherlock Holmes, Fandango went around investigating suspected crimes against fashion, stumbling across the Ascension in the process. It’s safe to say the jury is still out when it comes to Breezango, but at least some effort is being put into helping them get over.

Far be it from us Brits to moan and groan about the WWE’s imagined perception of us, though. We just want to see more PPVs coming our way – maybe even a Wrestlemania.