WWE/WCW History: 10 worst promos of all time

Modified Mar 27, 2021 10:55 GMT

#8 The Shockmaster's debut

Perhaps the most embarrassing moment in wrestling history!

WCW had been building up the arrival of a masked superstar who was going to get a huge push immediately upon gracing the squared circle.

The superstar's debut match was going to be a War Games battle alongside Sting and his team, against Sid Justice and his cohorts. In one of the biggest botches of all time, The Shockmaster debuted on Ric Flair's talk show, "A Flair for the Gold". Unfortunately, he fumbled on his way and fell at the exact moment he was introduced, ON LIVE TV!

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He somehow managed to rise up and give a cartoonish promo, which was a voice over by Arn Anderson from the back. The Shockmaster went on to team up with Sting and others at the Fall Brawl PPV, but the embarrassing debut made sure that no matter what he did going forward, he was never going to become a legit star.

Pre-recorded promos might have just saved the gimmick. But then again, there were a lot of things the WCW did which really had no logic to it.

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