The microphone is perhaps the most important tool in pro wrestling. It’s important to be a great in-ring performer, but if you can’t go when you have the mic in hand, chances are that you won’t succeed as much as you expect. This holds extremely true in WWE, where it’s been proven that character and mic skill plays a far bigger role in drawing an audience than being a great technical wrestler.
When Kevin Owens met “Stone Cold” Steve Austin in an airport, it was years before he joined WWE. He was still an up-and-coming wrestler and he asked Austin for a word of advice. Austin simply said, “Keep running your mouth, kid”. Even in the world of MMA and boxing, some of the larger-than-life personalities are not only great fighters, but it’s clear that they’ve taken a page off pro wrestling. They draw people in with their characters and their constant trash talk.
WWE has had some of the most savage promos ever, and we take a look at five times when wrestlers just couldn’t stop spitting fire!
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