History Funny / WWERaw

*** This troper also looks back fondly on the BigWhat delivered by Michael Cole as [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Mr. McMahon]] appeared on the entrance ramp during the wedding of AJ Lee and Daniel Bryan. The pitch he reaches, coupled with the sheer incredulity audible in his voice, makes this troper laugh every time. The episode--as with many others--is on the WWE Network; those who are subscribed should give it a watch.

-->'''The Rock''': "The Rock, when he threw you over the top rope, he was saying, he was screaming to you, he said - hey, the greatest line a super hero has ever said. Film/TheScorpionKing, he said: ‘Haku machente, dah! Haku machente, ah!' Do you remember that? Do you have any idea what that means? Do you have any idea how enormous that is? Do you know what Haku machente means?"
--> '''The Hurricane''': "Well apparently, from what I saw behind that curtain, it means The Scorpion King's got a tiny ding-a-ling!"

** A guest star, Jason Sensation, then did a pretty insulting (but still hilarious) impression of Wrestling/OwenHart. The next week OwenHart's BerserkButton would be activated and he'd give Jason Sensation a beat down.

---->'''[[Wrestling/MarkHenry Mizark]]![=XPac=]''': [[WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids Hey hey hey]], Rocky! Well I don't know what you're cooking...smells like shit...but I think I'll have some anyway, hey hey hey!\\

'''B-Lo!Road Dogg''': ''(as Mizark!XPac [[{{Corpsing}} dies laughing]])'' [[LargeHam WHAT THE BROTHER WANTS TO KNOW IS HOW]]--\\

** [[BrickJoke Even more hilarious if you remember]] [[Wrestling/{{Edge}} the reference.]]

-->'''Kane''': I grew up locked in a basement, suffering severe psychological and emotional scarring when [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker my brother]] set my parents on fire. From there, I shifted around among a series of mental institutions until I was grown, at which point I buried my brother alive ... twice. Since then, I've set a couple of people on fire and abducted various co-workers. Oh, and I, uh, [[UnnecessaryRoughness once electrocuted]] [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon a man's]] [[GroinAttack testicles]]. Years ago, [[DiscontinuityNod I had a girlfriend named Katie]] but [[OldShame let's just say that didn't turn out too well]]. My real father is a guy named Wrestling/PaulBearer, who I [[BodyInABreadbox recently trapped in a meat locker]]. I've been [[Wrestling/{{Lita}} married]], divorced, broke up my ex-wife's [[Wrestling/{{Edge}} wedding]] and Tombstoned the priest. And, [[LampshadeHanging for reasons never quite explained]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking I have an unhealthy obsession with torturing Pete Rose.]]

** Kevin Owens and Elias are having a segment in Seattle, and are mocking John Cena and Bobby Lashley teaming up. Then they [[BerserkButton mock the city's lack of basketball team]]. The crowd does not [[UnstoppableRage take it well]], to the point where they actually have to [[UpToEleven raise the microphone volume to be heard]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XigdA6kiLcE It must be seen to be believed]]

* Paul Heyman and Brock Lesner come out to do a promo about Brock being in the Royal Rumble only for, of all people, R-Truth to come out and declare he is going to be in the Rumble. He then boldly states that even though he is facing a big... big... big man, he assures that he will send... Paul Heyman flying over the rope. Lesner LOSES it and begins laughing long and hard.

-->'''Kane''': I grew up locked in a basement, suffering severe psychological and emotional scarring when [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker my brother]] set my parents on fire. From there, I shifted around among a series of mental institutions until I was grown, at which point I buried my brother alive ... twice. Since then, I've set a couple of people on fire and abducted various co-workers. Oh, and I, uh, [[UnnecessaryRoughness once electrocuted]] [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon a man's]] [[GroinAttack testicles]]. Years ago, [[DiscontinuityNod I had a girlfriend named Katie]] but [[OldShame let's just say that didn't turn out too well]]. My real father is a guy named Wrestling/PaulBearer, who I [[StuffedIntoTheFridge recently trapped in a meat locker]]. I've been [[Wrestling/{{Lita}} married]], divorced, broke up my ex-wife's [[Wrestling/{{Edge}} wedding]] and Tombstoned the priest. And, [[LampshadeHanging for reasons never quite explained]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking I have an unhealthy obsession with torturing Pete Rose.]]

''(to a picture of Wrestling/JimDuggan)'' HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!\\

* January 19, 2015: The Ascension try to disrespect Wrestling/NWO (consisting of Wrestling/ScottHall, Wrestling/KevinNash, and Wrestling/SeanWaltman), only for a ProperlyParanoid Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield to reveal he'd called Wrestling/RonSimmons in advance expecting this. Then Wrestling/TheNewAgeOutlaws show up to further stack the deck against Konnor and Viktor, with Road Dogg remarking that he knew who was in charge of the Raw Reunion's "Old School Party" (and, by extension, invited the New World Order and the Acolyte Protection Agency, who Road Dogg compared to "thoroughbreds and race horses"). As for Konnor and Viktor's presence?

* April 9th: The NJ Chant Mob. The night after a rather divisive [=WrestleMania=] 29, the New Jersey crowd decided to make themselves heard. During the unwanted Wrestling/RandyOrton vs Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} match (which took up nearly half an hour on account of the Rock skipping a scheduled appearance due to injury, which also lead to cancelling a related Brock Lesnar appearance, and the subsequent cancellation of a Triple H segment when he realized the crowd was out of control), fans began chanting everything from “[[Wrestling/SamiZayn OLE OLE-OLE-OLE~]]” to the name of Senior Referee Mike Chioda. After that they began chanting for various people including ring announcer Justin Roberts, commentators "JBL", Jerry (Lawler) and Michael Cole, and wrestlers RVD, HBK, Randy Savage, [=Y2J=], and Wrestling/TheUndertaker. The crowd then began chanting for random vendors like the ice cream man, pretzel man, and cotton candy man, defunct cult federation ECW and even chanted “WE ARE AWESOME”. At one point as the match continued to drag on, the crowd ran out of chants and simply resorted to ''doing the wave''. After Wrestling/TheBigShow ran in to end the aimlessly meandering segment they chanted "thank you, Big Show", followed by "One more chair!" after he began attempting unsuccessfully to toss the announcer's chairs into the ring. Watch all ''34'' minutes of awesome [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=965oc-v5cmg here]].

* During the infamous Guest Host era, the one & only [[Series/ThePriceIsRight Bob Barker]] makes a guest appearance, and, with The Fink as his announcer, promptly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAsiZMFhbF8 plays a pricing game]] with Wrestling/SantinoMarella, Jillian Hall, Wrestling/ChrisJericho and ''Irwin R. Shyster'' of all people. Even people who hate the whole Guest Host concept love this segment.

* On July 6th, Wrestling/DGenerationX came to the ring dressed as Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination, and each did hilarious impressions of each member. Wrestling/TripleH was GettingCrapPastTheRadar "The Crock".

* September 10th: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-2YPu9ACc This segment]], featuring one of the greatest uses of GettingCrapPastTheRadar ever.

** Let's not forget Cena's reaction to the "SEXUAL CHOCOLATE" chants; "These people want to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar have sex with chocolate]]..."

** And the '''[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar vibrating]]''' briefcase that apparently had something in it that, according to Ambrose, Rollins certainly didn't want us to see.

* March 2, 2015: Wrestling/TheMiz debuts "his" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAqEsDdjqO4 new commercial]] for "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Niagara]]."

* December 24th: Alberto Del Rio accidentally hits Santa Claus with his car[[note]]Of course the IWC jumped on the absurdity of the situation right from the start, as "[[Wrestling/MickFoley Santa]]" mistimed his cue and looked like he was trying to pull a {{Flopsy}} on Del Rio, claiming he was trying to pull an insurance fraud scam.[[/note]], and the show becomes a straight up parody of itself. Constant updates on the jolly fat man's condition delivered dead seriously by the commentators and backstage interviewers. The entire roster, faces and heels alike, rallying behind Santa, leading to John Cena letting out a [[LargeHam mighty]] [[BattleCry "FOR SANNTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"]] in accepting a street fight match against Del Rio. And then there's the match itself. Talk about wacky. Teddy bears, bowling balls, [[PieInTheFace pies]] and even a Christmas tree get used as weapons.

** Undertaker is scheduled to sign his [=WrestleMania=] match contract with AJ Styles. He rushes out to the ring looking more like Bikertaker than the Dead Man, way more unamused than what's even normal for Taker, then proceeds to flip over the table in the ring, with WWE almost ''immediately'' cutting to commercial as if there were technical difficulties.

** Stone Cold Steve Austin got the final segment of the night, trying to promote 3:16 day. [[https://twitter.com/LocalSoundwave/status/1239749787408367616 Seen here]], many have stated that it comes off less like a wrestling promo and more like an [[Series/TheEricAndreShow Eric Andre]] sketch.

* March 16, 2020: Due to the widespread COVID-19 pandemic all of the WWE's shows had to be recorded in empty arena's. While the previous week's Smackdown showed how surreal this could look, this week's RAW showcased how hilarious this can be when Stone Cold Steve Austin tried to promote 3:16 day. [[https://twitter.com/LocalSoundwave/status/1239749787408367616 Seen here]], many have stated that it comes off less like a wrestling promo and more like an [[Series/TheEricAndreShow Eric Andre]] sketch.

* July 15, 2019: Proving that the 24/7 Championship has become the company's single best source of comedy, this episode featured a spot where [[Wrestling/RonKillings R-Truth]] won the title for the ninth time by pinning Drake Maverick in his hotel room ''while Maverick was wearing literally nothing but the title belt.'' While absolutely absurd on its own, the segment was immediately made a thousand times better by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s73-GE3PaI Corey Graves' joke immediately afterwards]], which was so unexpected and so perfectly-timed that it [[{{Corpsing}} flapped the unflappable Michael Cole and made Renee Young damn near lose it on national TV]].

* August 27th: Kane attends an anger management class with Daniel Bryan. The doctor asks Kane if there was anything he wanted to tell the group about himself and he replies with, "I'm the Devil's favorite demon." Then the doctor asks Kane to explain what makes him angry and to begin at childhood and Daniel Bryan's reaction of "This is a bad idea" was with good cause as Kane described his entire career as casually as somebody talking about the weather.
-->'''Kane''': Well, I grew up locked in a basement, suffering severe psychological and emotional scarring when my brother set my parents on fire. From there, I shifted around a series of mental institutions until I was grown, at which point I buried my brother alive. Twice. Since then, I've set a couple of people on fire and abducted various co-workers. Oh and I, uh, once electrocuted a man's testicles... Years ago, I had a girlfriend named Katie, but, um, let's just say that didn't turn out so well... My real father is a guy named Paul Bearer, who I recently trapped in a meat locker. I've been married, divorced, broke up my ex-wife's wedding and Tombstoned the priest. And for reasons never quite explained, I have an unhealthy obsession with torturing Pete Rose. *cue stunned look from doctor*

* June 25th: John Cena does a recap of the past month, casting everyone as Film/StarWars characters.

** The final match of the night is the 3 on 2 handicap match. Cena and Ziggler ultimately win by double-pinning the Goon Squad with their finishers, only to be interrupted by that one DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound: '''DO-DO-DINK!''' Yes, the Anonymous Raw General Manager angle is back for at least one week, and the WWE pulled back out all the stops on this one: the podium and laptop are back, the lights flicker, Michael Cole asks the crowd to have their attention, '''''and he quotes!''''' And once the crowd's done giving their nuclear heat towards the ARGM (and a lesser extent, Cole), the sound does not stop playing and lights do not stop flickering, leaving Cena in the ring with this wonderful "What is going on?!" expression and Cole mouthing out "I can't stop it!"

** The final match of the night is the 3 on 2 handicap match. Cena and Ziggler ultimately win by double-pinning the Goon Squad with their finishers, only to be interrupted by that one MostAnnoyingSound: '''DO-DO-DINK!''' Yes, the Anonymous Raw General Manager angle is back for at least one week, and the WWE pulled back out all the stops on this one: the podium and laptop are back, the lights flicker, Michael Cole asks the crowd to have their attention, '''''and he quotes!''''' And once the crowd's done giving their nuclear heat towards the ARGM (and a lesser extent, Cole), the sound does not stop playing and lights do not stop flickering, leaving Cena in the ring with this wonderful "What is going on?!" expression and Cole mouthing out "I can't stop it!"