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This week of WWE programming was quite an eventful one. While both RAW and SmackDown continued to build towards TLC 2020, NXT laid out seeds for newer stories and rivalries in the follow-up episode to TakeOver: Wargames. There was some intense storytelling with 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt playing mind games with Randy Orton on WWE RAW, while the Roman Reigns-Jey Uso-Kevin Owens saga on Friday nights turned even more personal.
On the Wednesday episode of NXT, Karrion Kross made his much-anticipated return from injury by attacking Damian Priest, while Finn Balor found himself with multiple challengers eyeing his NXT Championship.
Sometimes wrestling can become too heavy to digest, with people left craving for some moments, which could bring them the much-needed laughs to balance out all the action. Even though not a lot of humor on WWE programming often lands, the Superstars are competent enough to ensure some of it generates the intended laughs.
Before starting off the article, let's take a second to appreciate how much fun the Superstars have on one of the company's most under-seen shows, 205 Live. It's a sign of how wrestling can successfully merge humor with terrific action.
Now, let's dive in and recount some moments from the past week, which were genuinely hilarious to watch.
#1 Bollywood Boyz making Nigel McGuinness groove to Bhangra much to the dismay of Vic Joseph (WWE 205 Live)
While The Bollywood Boyz are best known for their association with Jinder Mahal, as his cronies during his forgettable WWE Championship reign, they have developed into quite an entertaining act of late. Since Mahal has been out of action due to an injury, the former Singh Brothers have been performing on WWE 205 Live.
While they are hardly at the top of the card, they make full use of their screen time by engaging in hilarious banter with commentators Nigel McGuinness and Vic Joseph.
A prime example of it was on the latest episode of WWE 205 Live, where they made the color commentator McGuinness groove to some Bhangra beats. Fellow commentator Vic Joseph was irritated by these shenanigans and did his best to stay away from what was an embarrassment in his eyes.
The above GIF is an instant classic with Nigel doing exactly what most foreigners would do when they come across someone doing the high-energy dance form from Punjab.
#2 Johnny Gargano's epic dance celebration and his gift to Candice LeRae (WWE NXT)
After regaining the North American Championship at TakeOver: WarGames, Johnny Gargano decided to celebrate his win on the latest episode of WWE NXT. He was accompanied by his wife, Candice LeRae, who was herself involved in a gruesome WarGames match. Austin Theory, the masked man who helped Gargano secure the win, and Indie Hartwell were also present at the celebrations.
The segment was a total hoot, with Gargano himself standing out the most. His epic dance celebration was an instantly memeable GIF that has the potential to go viral. He was ably supported by all the Superstars in the ring, as they managed to turn a seemingly routine segment into one which would stick with the viewers for at least some time.
Gargano's present to his wife Candice was a creepy yet hilarious looking trophy with WWE's rising star Shotzi Blackerat's head on top of it. (It isn't as gross as it sounds). And to top it all, Indi Hartwell's drumroll before the reveal of the gift was as cringe, yet funny, as it gets.
#3 Everything involving Sami Zayn is comedic gold (WWE SmackDown)
It's hard to find a more shocking transformation in wrestling than that of Sami Zayn. From his earlier days, where he was the most relatable and sympathetic face in all of WWE, his character evolved into that of a hated yet hilarious heel. What he has accomplished in terms of character work is nothing short of stunning.
Coming back to the point, this week's episode of WWE SmackDown yet again allowed Zayn to his show his comedic chops. A backstage segment in which Big E and Apollo Crews revealed a t-shirt with a hilarious drawing of Zayn was one of the best of the whole show. The reaction on the current Intercontinental Champion's face was just priceless.
Big E and Sami Zayn later competed in a match on SmackDown. During the match, Zayn got the chance to seek a little retribution by mocking the former New Day member with his signature dance move. Moments and bits like these are what make pro-wrestling, so fun to watch.
#4 Riddle's BroNutts offer to Jeff Hardy and Ricochet, Dana Brooke (WWE RAW)
While some of Riddle's ardent fans would be understandably disappointed by this BroNutts gimmick, it would be fair to say that it did make people laugh in an otherwise lifeless episode of WWE RAW. Riddle initially offered his donuts to Ricochet and Dana Brooke, who were randomly standing backstage, probably waiting for the WWE creative to give them something to do.
Giving preference to their health more than anything else, both Brooke and Ricochet politely declined to have anything from the box of donuts, much to the disappointment of the poor Riddle.
Not the one to lose hope so quickly, Riddle made his next offer to Jeff Hardy, just before the latter's US title match to Bobby Lashley. Sadly, Riddle was yet again declined. Riddle then went one step ahead and proposed a potential tag-team between the two. There was no mention of Matt Hardy, for very obvious reasons, of course.
Just some old-school pro-wrestling comedy and banter. Harmless and breezy fun.
#5 Kevin Owens and his friends (WWE Smackdown)
Considering the rivalry over the WWE Universal Championship is as intense as it gets, only a Superstar of Kevin Owens' stature and talents can infuse humor into the proceedings. It's not at all easy to convey the right amount of animosity while also providing moments like these.
It makes the character more relatable, as nobody would always be shouting and screaming in real life. A dose of humor always helps in gulping down the difficult moments.
Owens made quite a funny yet serious threat to Roman Reigns when he said that he would take the help of his friends to end the reign of The Tribal Chief. Taking shots at Reigns for including his family in their rivalry, Owens said that his family isn't a part of the wrestling business, but his friends are. He then went on to list those friends one by one, and these were tables, ladders, and chairs.
No matter who comes up as the winner in their clash at WWE TLC, Owens certainly deserves praise for bringing some much-needed humor in this emotionally-heavy rivalry.
