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10 Most Daring Wrestling Promos Ever

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WhatCulture Wrestling

Wrestling, Sports, Sports & Recreation

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🗓️ 25 June 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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These guys have some great huge... provocations. Simon Miller presents 10 Most Daring Wrestling Promos Ever...


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0:00.0

Promos are a long discussed art within the world of pro wrestling.

0:06.0

If you're good enough at them, you don't even need to be that skilled in the ring.

0:10.0

Connect with the audience via your words and your golden.

0:12.0

You can't just stick to the same old, same old though, which is where the debate of scripting comes into play.

0:18.0

Is it good, is it bad? Does it need to go away forever? Only you can decide.

0:22.5

The one definite issue with it is that it stops wrestlers from laying it out on the line.

0:26.6

If you want to take a risk but can't because somebody wants you to talk about Valentine's Day,

0:30.8

and that has happened by the way, you're screwed. You will be fired for ignoring orders.

0:35.5

It wasn't always this way, however, and throughout the years, many a superstar has gone out on a limb to try and cause a stir.

0:42.3

Sometimes it works, sometimes it ruins their career, but I guess it's good that they tried.

0:47.3

Well, no, sometimes it really would have been better if they had just kept their mouths shut, but let's explore this.

0:52.3

I'm Simon from What Culture and this is the 10 most daring promos ever.

0:58.6

Number 10, the nation calls WWE Racist.

1:01.8

WWE doesn't have the best track record when it comes to addressing social issues.

1:06.2

An example of this was when they filmed a skit with the Nation of Dominations locker room

1:10.1

that had been graffitied with racial slurs. This eventually turned into a promo between the group and Vince McMahon as Farooke and Coe went all out. They accused WWE of being racist and brought up a good number of reasons why. You'd be hard pressed to argue against them. The problem was the nation was pitched as heels here, which is clear by the way McMahon reacts.

1:29.2

He's almost perplexed that anybody could think this and outwardly rejects it.

1:33.2

You could look through WWE's past to discover plenty of times where, in fact, racism was pretty obvious.

1:38.9

The worst part is the mention graffiti turned out to be a prank by DX in order to get the heart foundation in trouble.

1:45.2

It is very impactful to watch for many reasons, but also a hard lesson in companies making

1:50.4

big mistakes. Number nine, the Rock asked the crowd if he should turn heel. He was always

1:54.8

going to feature in here somewhere because how could he not? Regarded by many as the best

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