Thread 18639315

>Jeff Hardy takes off his shirt
>A literal banshee screams in the audience
>The crowd is red hot as the boys are trading blows
>Countdown to the next contestant in the 2001 ROYAL RUMBLE
>Number 5 is this fat fuck Drew Carey waddling down to the ring
>Hardy boys just keep fighting
>Drew Carey takes so long that they both fall out of the ring on their own and leave him there solo.
Is this the fastest hot to cold moment? Probably not. Maybe not even top ten. But I felt it.

>>18639315 (OP)
Wrestling was red hot at this point, why did they feel the need to have Drew Carey shit up the rumble?

>>18639315 (OP)
I've been watching Drew Carey episodes nonstop for the past 3 months. You should too. Shows from the 90s were so much better

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2lvJ7Lw2GJ0

>>18639567
It was a publicity stunt and co promotion for his stand up show. Fans loved it at the time, he was barely in there and the bit with Kane was pretty funny desu.

>>18639583
The episode where he finds out there's a conspiracy of haters against him is top tier

>>18639583
Based. Drew Carey is the Cleveland GOAT next to LeBron

>>18639603
No, they did not.

>>18639658
Huh? Yes they did. Drew Carrey had a successful sitcom at the time.

Honkey Tonk's payoff was better

HERE COMES TAZ

There he goes!

>>18639831
>be taz
>be 5'5 tough guy
>be used to working in a promotion where you run some kind of faggot wannabe bootcamp and your cousin is also a giant snitch to the office
>get to WWE
>get treated like an orange midget
>get told your royal rumble appearance is less than 10 seconds
>try to act up about it
>"oh yeah? what if i wanna shoot brotha?"
>"you are going to be in there with kane. if you want to shoot on a guy a foot taller than you go ahead, otherwise you are going to let him pick you up like a baby, set you down on the top cornbuckle and slap you like a bitch so hard you are eliminated. your choice tough guy."
>go from shooter to shoot crying
Btw this whole interaction is the source for Bruce Prichard's impression of Taz where he says 'yeah brotha? we gonna shoot?' since Bruce agented this segment and got to personally tell Taz what was going to happen

>>18639658
Look in the crowd and listen when he comes out, fans weren't shitting on it at all and were totally in to it.

>>18639831
Finner

>>18639706
the drew carey show was over and zoomers have no idea how tv works, this moment was harmless and gave kane a memorable spot if nothing else

They really said HHH needed 7 refs to stop his roided ass.

god what a good final stretch

>>18639764
My boy Kane should have won this :(

>>18640125
1ref=1/3 cruiserweight
One sid = 4 refs or more depending on the booking
1 Hogan = 2 Hebners

>forced celebs back then
given the cold shoulder with disdain
>forced celebs now
given the main event with john cena

>>18640290
While Kane was gigadimes, yoked as fuck, and a Big Red Kino Machine in 2001, he was booked so strong for Austin to beat him.