


Additional comedy has also been derived from his in-ring entourage called the Rosebuds, with a few of the characters having altercations with other wrestlers or their valets.īo Dallas is truly the antithesis of his real life brother, Bray Wyatt. The comedy of Adam Rose comes from poking fun out of the constricted lifestyles of the people he considers as “lemons”. When he debuted his new character on NXT, it garnered such a strong crowd reaction he was railroaded into the main roster. This South African wrestler had a very character prior to his retooling and subsequent debut in the main roster. Fandango has had a staple of feuds with comedy veterans Los Matadores and their mascot El Torito, Zach Ryder and fellow comedy character, Adam Rose.Īnother wrestler totally dependent on a gimmick is Adam Rose. His disgust over the announcer’s ineptitude over it has lead him to walk out of matches. The comedy of Fandango started with the unique way his name has to be pronounced.
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The Fandango character came bursting into the scene with a ridiculous ballroom dancer gimmick, a catchy theme and a dance move that went viral. Slater will team up with Titus O’Neil to form Slater Gator to form a semi-comedic tag team creating humor out of the tension between the two characters.

Playing up to his rockstar persona, he forms 3MB with Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre leading up to even more comedic feuds and a collaboration with the WWE’s resident leprechaun Hornswoggle late into the group’s life. After his serious stints with the Nexus and the Corre, the One-Man Band had various entertaining feuds with WWE Legends as a buildup to Raw 1000. Heath Slater is the incumbent king of comedy characters. Comedy characters are a way to conjure up a few laughs that’s appropriate for PG TV. Though not the most ideal character for the wrestling purists, comedy characters do have some entertainment value with the WWE current drive as branding itself as family-friendly entertainment. With Santino Marella’s retirement last July, the WWE has lost a reliable time-filling comedy character that fulfills a specific niche in the company’s programming.
