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== WWE ==
* An episode of ''[[WWE Raw]]'' gave us a dramatic moment turned into a [[Narm]] by crowd participation. [[Randy Orton]] had just systematically destroyed [[John Cena]]'s father as Cena watched, helplessly, handcuffed to the ring ropes. Cena finally manages to free himself (by unbuckling the turnbuckle, one of the most unique ways out of this situation this editor had seen) and chases off Orton, and Orton and Cena have a tense, dramatic staredown, Orton smiling like the cat that ate the canary, Cena staring daggers at Orton... and [[X
** A hilarious moment of audience narm was brought by a Providence, Rhode Island crowd at Backlash 2009. After [[Triple H]] was given an RKO by [[Randy Orton]] followed by a punt kick, he was shown as unable to get up and was taken out on a stretcher all the while the crowd sang "na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, good bye."
** [[WWE]] audiences in general love their role in creating Narms. After [[Vince McMahon]] was allegedly killed in a car bomb, the tapings of the next two shows started with a moment of silence from the wrestlers and a ten-bell salute from ringside. Which would've been fine if the show hadn't been in ''Philadelphia'', a.k.a. [[Fan Nickname/Professional Wrestling|Smark Central]], the most notoriously cynical fanbase in all of sports, real or staged.
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** On a related note, at the 2005 ''Royal Rumble'', [[Vince McMahon]] tore ''both'' quads stepping into the ring after both Batista and John Cena were simultaneously eliminated.
* [[Hulk Hogan]] vs. [[Shawn Michaels]]. You just have to feel sorry for HBK on this one. Hogan played [[Executive Meddling|a creative control equivalent of a royal flush]], meaning he was to win their match. The only thing Michaels could do was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyN5sAShqOA ridiculously oversell] every bit of offense Hogan put up. The hilarity is unbound.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wfE7GKNDUs This] promo by Finnish wrestler Ludvig Borga.
* Take your pick with Bobby Lashley -- his supposedly badass character being routinely described as "soft spoken" to the point of it being in his entrance video? All the various amusing nicknames [[Smart Mark|smarks]] have given him? The infamous "I say your name is Finlay, and you're a baathturd" promo? Or the "No!", or the "old enough to be my dad's uncle" comment? Good God, Lashley ''is'' Narm.
** Much of Lashley's Narm stems from one source -- his high-pitched, lisping speech. Nothing deflates a massively-muscled, built-like-a-Sherman-tank, military-alumnus [[Scary Black Man]] like having him open his mouth and sound like the most stereotypical [[Flamboyant Gay]] ever.
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* How about Jack Swagger bursting into the room of [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio Jr]] and away dragging him away with an ankle lock, Rey was screaming out in pain and Jack had this manic grin on his face, this was still within the range of decent until Jack Swagger dragged him backwards through a curtain, you just got this image of a creepy pedophile dragging away someone who "looks like a freaking twelve year old" who's trying to crawl away from his abuser, hey, who said Narm had to be light and fluffy laughs.
* [[WWE/Characters/New Generation|Ahmed Johnson]]. Especially the promos cut for the Warzone video game for the [[PlayStation]]. [[Mondegreen|Wonton and beef stew indeed.]]
* Val Venis' [http://www.thewrestlinglegendsforum.com/wrestlecrap/veniscastration.html debut included a feud with Kaientai and Yamaguchi]. The narm comes from Yamaguchi's obsession with revenge (Val supposedly slept with his wife) and a backstage skit where the Kaientai stable ties up a nude Val Venis and Yamaquchi-san apparently cuts his penis off with a sword. Then the WWF waited until next week to say that he missed.
* The 9-27-10 edition of RAW had [[Edge]] interview the anonymous RAW General Manager on the Cutting Edge. The GM had only previously communicated through a laptop operated by [[Michael Cole]]. For the interview, the RAW GM was being run through a voice changer. While the segment was narmy enough already just because Edge was interviewing a laptop ([[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Edge himself when he said that RAW had come from [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Austin stunning McMahon]] to [[Wall Banger (Darth Wiki)|Edge arguing with a computer]]), the voice distorter made the GM sound exactly like [[Portal (series)|GLaDOS]]. The segment would even end with Edge destroying the laptop, making people wonder if the computer would starting singing ''Still Alive'' after RAW went off the air.
* The infamous "Pillman's Got A Gun!" Moment: [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]], feuding with his onetime ally Brian Pillman, breaks into Pillman's house (observed by cameras). Meanwhile, Pillman, his wife and his friends, and announcer Kevin Kelly are all lying in wait for Austin, who beats up all of Pillman's cronies. Pillman then produces a Glock and claims he will "blast his sorry ass straight to hell" as Kevin Kelly screams "Pillman's got a gun!" At this point the cameras "cut out" until we rejoin the action with Austin unsurprisingly not dead. Pillman drops an F-Bomb on live TV as Austin gets pulled away. The vignette was so widely panned that the WWF and Pillman publicly apologized. Basically everyone involved realized how preposterous it was to have a scripted fighting show where guns could be involved.
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*** I always figured she was in shock.
* After ''[[Wrestlemania]] 22'', Vince decided to get back at [[Shawn Michaels]] by booking him and [[Shane McMahon]] against Michaels and "God" at the next PPV (Backlash 2006). You see, Michaels had been a born-again Christian for several years and Vince decided to go after that in their feud. It was kinda stupid and tasteless to some, but one moment was very Narmtastic. A vignette during the feud had Vince and Shane visiting a church and doing a bunch of sacrilegious things. One moment, though, had Vince taking a palmful of holy water then saying to Shane "Who am I?". He then sipped the water, looked up and spat it in the air like [[Triple H]] does with his water bottle during his entrance. Even the harshest critics of the angle though that was entertaining even though it was intended as an act of sacrilege.
* During an Inferno Match between Undertaker and [[Kane (wrestling)|Kane]] at the 2/22/99 episode of RAW, [[Vince McMahon]], who was on commentary for the match received a black container from [[Paul Bearer]]. He opens the container and inside was... a teddy bear. His reactions afterwards, including repeatedly saying "Why", falling on his knees crying and a [[Big No]] after Taker set the bear on fire, even as kids, got a big laugh out of some people.
* The video games also have the potential for some potent narm, such as in one game, adding [[Jerry Lawler]]'s entrance music to Val Venis' Titantron.
* While [[The Miz]] promo at [[Wrestlemania]] 27 is pretty damn awesome, chronicling his days on ''[[The Real World]]'' then rising to the top of the WWE, his entrance was not. It showed him busting through an ''AWESOME'' sign made of what seems to be styrofoam. The thing looked like a prop from ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse|Pee Wees Playhouse]]''.
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* The opening music to the ''Tough Enough'' revival, which sounds less than suited to a pro wrestling show.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37jA7R_sCqw WWE Over The Limit 2011's promo] which feels more like a commercial for Viagra more than a PPV.
* After [[Cody Rhodes]] moved to ''SmackDown!'' he adopts the "Dashing" gimmick. Following a few months being [[Laughably Evil]], he [[Took a Level In Badass]]. He attacks foes with his face mask in [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|No Holds Barred Beatdowns]]. So what's the narm? Well, when he talks about the ugliness he sees he puts paper bags on people. Symbolically he's covering the "sinful" appearance of others by doing this. In reality, the idea of [[Cody Rhodes]] gaining vengeance by placing a paper bag on his foe's head is truly humorous.
** Everyone's extreme enthusiasm to wear the bags and seeing people on the front few rows sitting jauntily with them over their heads doesn't help with Cody's intimidation either.
** The commentators refer to it as the "ultimate humiliation".
*** Perhaps the narmiest thing about Cody's otherwise brilliant persona is that the commentators cannot seem to decide whether Cody is delusional about his facial injuries or if he has actually been rendered ugly. You would think the transparent protective mask would aid in such a judgment call.
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** Also during his recent rampage against [[John Cena]] merchandise, he stormed away from the table of shirts and other things and comes across a concession stand. He then violently attacked...[http://i.imgur.com/52cyr.gif a pyramid of empty soda cups] featuring [[John Cena]] on them. He then turned and saw a poster with a giant soda cup on it, groaned angrily and stomped away.
** On the June 13, 2011, R-Truth referred to the Titantron as "the Triton."
* Eve dancing to R-Truth's raps. No...just...no. Stick to wrestling. [[CM Punk]] was right when he, on commentary, said that it looked like she was having an epileptic fit.
** No doubt hurt by the fact that due to the PG rating, that kind of limited what she could do in terms of movement, dance in general tending to be suggestive (For the record, she can dance, she choreographed a lot of the routines for her college dance squad.) She does tend to repeat the same few steps over and over.
* In a recent promo between [[CM Punk]] and Orton, they mess up. Orton throws out a classic gem with "You'll be sleeping... unconscious."
* [[Michael Cole]], presumably taking the TV-PG rating into account, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC8L9NIpZ5w&t=4m55s draws a great deal of dramatic impact when saying to Alex Riley:]
{{quote|'''Cole:''' You are a... a '''''bastard.'''''}}
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** From that same edition, there's also [[John Cena|John Cena's]] angry face to the camera after being forced to watch Kane basically destroy his best bud [[Zack Ryder]].
* The 10/24/11 episode of ''Raw'' ends with Laurinaitis giving [[John Cena]] the opportunity to pick any partner he wanted for his upcoming tag team match against [[The Miz]] and [[Ron Killings|R-Truth]] at [[Survivor Series]]. After building it up for a few moments, Cena announces, "I choose my partner to be... [[Dwayne Johnson|THE ROCK]]!!" - at which point the cameras get a great close-up of the line of dribble hanging off his lip.
* In the lead up to his match with Big Show at Wrestlemania 28, [[Cody Rhodes]] continues to show his opponent's most embarrassing [[Wrestlemania]] moments. With the loss record Show has had at the event that shouldn't be that hard, as Cody has shown footage of his losses to the likes of Akebono and Floyd Mayweather. Then he said he would show another loss except Show didn't even wrestle this time, referencing [[Wrestlemania]] 18 when Show was at WWF New York. That could have ended the segment as it would indicate that the company didn't have anything for him that year. Yet Cody provides a clip of Show at the restaurant with fans, followed by an [[Evil Laugh]]. Apparently, being at a restaurant is embarrassing. This also fuels Big Show's anger as he squashes [[The Miz]], indicating that referencing it was [[Serious Business]].
* Yeah, [[Chris Jericho]] beating up [[CM Punk]] and dousing him with liquour on the 4/2/12 edition of ''Raw'' was a tense segment, but it loses its edge somewhat due to Jericho slipping on the spilled liquor and falling on his ass when attempting to kick Punk.
* On the topic of [[Wrestlemania]] 28, the [[Triple H]] vs [[The Undertaker]] match in Hell In A Cell, while an excellent and emotional match, had its moments. One such moment was when 'Taker kicked out of a [[Finishing Move|Pedigree]] that was chained from a Sweet Chin Music from guest referee [[Shawn Michaels]]: HBK sells it by dancing in circles like a lunatic around the ring. Another was when 'Taker sat up after that as Hunter prepared to hit him with a sledgehammer again ([[Holy Shit Quotient|it was that sort of match]]): Hunter sells it by dropping to the canvas in fright like he got kicked in the face. A little bit later, Hunter kicks out of his first [[Finishing Move|Tombstone Piledriver]] of the night again, that sort of match): the camera zooms in to 'Taker, hoping to get a priceless shot of his surprised face like when HBK did the same at their [[Wrestlemania]] 25 match, and instead gets a view of 'Taker with drool hanging out of his mouth.
* [[The Big Show]]/John Laurinaitis segment from the 5/14/12 Monday Night Raw '''''in spades'''''. Almost to the point of being a [[Funny Moment]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzpVLimh4YQ See it here in all of its glory.]
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