Looking past ratings wars, in-ring product, or star power, there’s one thing that pretty much all wrestling promotions have in common: they can’t help but attempt comedy. Even if there are no comedy wrestlers per se on the roster, fans will find no shortage of backstage skits and in-ring promos that are meant to be funny. Even WCW, which distinguished itself from WWE by touting itself as the place “where the big boys play,” is no exception.

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Of course, pro wrestling comedy overall is a mixed bag. WCW has delivered some legitimately hilarious moments as well as promos, gimmicks, and segments that failed to elicit the desired chuckles. Let’s take a look at 10 examples of the latter.

10 The Booty Man

The infamous feud between Hulk Hogan and The Dungeon of Doom involved a plot twist where Dungeon member Zodiac was actually a double agent who was still aligned with Hogan. This signaled a face turn for the former Brutus Beefcake, who debuted a new and baffling gimmick as The Booty Man. A precursor to Billy Gunn, Beefcake was obsessed with his own butt, constantly shaking it and utilizing a high knee strike as a finisher because “high knee” sounds like “hiney.” This unfunny gimmick also involved Diamond Dallas Page’s wife at the time, Kimberly Page, aligning with him to become “The Booty Babe.”

9 Scott Hudson Has No Shirt

A mid-2000 episode of Nitro featured a match between WCW writer Vince Russo and Ric Flair, during which Flair ripped Russo’s shirt off so he could deliver his signature knife-edge chops. Commentator Scott Hudson made some jokes about Russo appearing shirtless on television so on the following episode Hudson was forced to do his job without a shirt on for the whole program. It was obviously supposed to be a gag because he was wearing a tie but no shirt, but it just felt like someone being punished on live television. In other words, it was uncomfortable.

8 The nWo Mocks The Horsemen

In 1997, Arn Anderson was forced to retire due to injury, cutting an emotional promo alongside his Four Horsemen stablemates. Because the Horsemen were the corny good guys and the New World Order were the cool heels, the nWo decided to parody the promo, with mixed results.

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As the bad guys dressed unflatteringly as the Horsemen and mocked Anderson, the result felt more than a little mean spirited, especially now that fans know that the segment legitimately hurt Arn’s feelings.

7 The Harris Twins Can’t Stop Farting

The late 1990s and early 2000s in wrestling was rife with crude humor that attempted to be edgy but often landed at juvenile, with this Jeff Jarrett promo on a December 2000 Monday Nitro being a great example. Earlier in the evening, The Filthy Animals had put laxatives in Ron and Don Harris’ sandwich, causing them to fart repeatedly as Mean Gene Okerlund attempted to interview Double J ahead of his match against the Animals. The sound got loud enough to interrupt the promo as the Harris Twins rushed out of frame.

6 The Fat Chick Thrilla Debuts

The year 2000 brought the arrival of former ECW star Mike Awesome, an intense competitor who was, at first, was presented to fans as “The Career Killer.” However, one week a play off of his nickname “The Fat Chick Thriller” resulted in the gag becoming his gimmick the following week. As he made his entrance with a cadre of large women, the commentators began to make cheap jokes about the ring being reinforced to hold their weight, and the camera guys needing wide-angle lenses to capture them.

5 The Lava Lamp Lounge

After a few months, Mike Awesome’s “fat chick” betrayed him to side with Team Canada, and Awesome himself moved on to a new, awkward gimmick as “That ‘70s Guy,” a play off the then-popular sitcom That ‘70s Show. Dressing in leisure suits and driving a Partridge Family style bus, Awesome got his own talk show segment called The Lava Lamp Lounge, a bold choice for a guy who wasn’t necessarily considered a great promo. On top of that, the segments had Awesome attempting to woo female guests with all the cliché first-draft pick-up lines one can think of.

4 Oklahoma

As WWE fans know, commentator Jim Ross spent much of the Attitude Era and beyond being publicly embarrassed on television, and in the spring of 1999 WCW got in on the fun once Vince Russo and his writing partner Ed Ferrara came aboard. Ferrera began playing a character called Oklahoma, who was an obvious parody of Good Ol’ JR.

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In addition to mocking Jim Ross’ real-life struggles with Bell’s Palsy, this ill-advised gimmick saw Oklahoma capture the Cruiserweight Championship from Madusa and then subsequently vacate it for being too heavy.

3 La Parka & Kaz Hayashi Get Dubbed Over

After Kai En Tai got finished trying to sever Val Venis’ penis, Taka Michinoku and Funaki went on to become full-on comedy jobbers, cutting promos where their voices were infamously dubbed over in English like old Godzilla movies. Lesser known, however, is that WCW also did this same exact bit during the Vince Russo/Ed Ferrara era. The poor wrestlers this time were cruiserweight staples Kaz Hayashi and La Parka, who were dubbed over by Ferrara as they’d interview Mean Gene Okerlund.

2 Scott Hall Wrestles “Drunk”

It’s not uncommon for wrestling to bring real-life into kayfabe, but sometimes it crosses a line into bad taste. In 1998, WCW was running an angle where Scott Hall’s real-life alcoholism was affecting his in-ring abilities, leading to a reviled match against tag team partner Kevin Nash at Halloween Havoc ‘98. The month before, however, Hall took on Konnan at Fall Brawl as part of the nWo Hollywood vs. nWo Wolfpack feud. Throughout the match, Hall acted drunk, taking breaks to drink, including while he had Konnan in an abdominal stretch.

1 The “Butts In Seats” Moment

Throughout the Monday Night Wars, WCW did its best to antagonize rival WWE, trashing angles and talent and even spoiling the results of pre-taped episodes of Raw. This ended up backfiring on the 1/4/1999 Nitro as play-by-play commentator Tony Schiavone was directed to spoil that Mankind was going to dethrone The Rock to become WWE Champion. Scoffing that “failed” WCW wrestler Cactus Jack was going to reach the top of the competition, Schiavone remarked “That’s gonna put some butts in the seats.” Reportedly, viewers changed the channel in droves.