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* Wrestling/RheaRipley [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdeqB6Rdalc nearly breaks during this Valentine's Day skit with Dominik]] after he tells her he's the most wanted man on Platform/TikTok. Rey's wife and Dominik's mother Angie also nearly loses it after Rhea and Dom walk up to her at the table and Dominik calls Rhea "Mami".

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* Wrestling/RheaRipley [https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdeqB6Rdalc nearly breaks during this Valentine's Day skit with Dominik]] after he tells her he's the most wanted man on Platform/TikTok. Rey's wife and Dominik's mother Angie also nearly loses it after Rhea and Dom walk up to her at the table and Dominik calls Rhea "Mami".
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* Wrestling/RheaRipley [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot4oFfE_R4A nearly breaks during this Valentine's Day skit with Dominik]] after he tells her he's the most wanted man on Platform/TikTok. Rey's wife and Dominik's mother Angie also nearly loses it after Rhea and Dom walk up to her at the table and Dominik calls Rhea "Mami".

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* Wrestling/RheaRipley [[https://www.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot4oFfE_R4A com/watch?v=RdeqB6Rdalc nearly breaks during this Valentine's Day skit with Dominik]] after he tells her he's the most wanted man on Platform/TikTok. Rey's wife and Dominik's mother Angie also nearly loses it after Rhea and Dom walk up to her at the table and Dominik calls Rhea "Mami".
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* On the March 19th, 2021 episode of Smackdown right before Fastlane, Wrestling/{{BigE}} and Apollo Crews would have an interview before brawling. Apollo Crew's nigerian accent causes Big E to be visibly on the verge of cracking up with laughter and even smiling a little at points but he still manages to keep it together and look insanely pissed off for the whole interview
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* Wrestling/RheaRipley [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot4oFfE_R4A nearly breaks during this Valentine's Day skit with Dominik]] after he tells her he's the most wanted man on Website/TikTok. Rey's wife and Dominik's mother Angie also nearly loses it after Rhea and Dom walk up to her at the table and Dominik calls Rhea "Mami".

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* Wrestling/RheaRipley [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot4oFfE_R4A nearly breaks during this Valentine's Day skit with Dominik]] after he tells her he's the most wanted man on Website/TikTok.Platform/TikTok. Rey's wife and Dominik's mother Angie also nearly loses it after Rhea and Dom walk up to her at the table and Dominik calls Rhea "Mami".
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* During [[Wrestling/{{NXT 3}} NXT Season 3]]'s HalloweenEpisode {{Wrestling/Naomi}} came dressed as the Hamburger Helper Hand. When she went into a little dance, her pro Wrestling/KellyKelly could be seen burying her face in her hands with laughter.

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* During [[Wrestling/{{NXT 3}} NXT Season 3]]'s HalloweenEpisode {{Wrestling/Naomi}} {{Wrestling/Naomi|Wrestler}} came dressed as the Hamburger Helper Hand. When she went into a little dance, her pro Wrestling/KellyKelly could be seen burying her face in her hands with laughter.



* In a ring promo involving Wrestling/MickieJames, Wrestling/AlexaBliss, Wrestling/BeckyLynch and Wrestling/{{Naomi}} - Naomi calls Alexa Bliss [[Series/HereComesHoneyBooBoo "Lexi Boo Boo"]], and Becky immediately starts grinning.

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* In a ring promo involving Wrestling/MickieJames, Wrestling/AlexaBliss, Wrestling/BeckyLynch and Wrestling/{{Naomi}} Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}} - Naomi calls Alexa Bliss [[Series/HereComesHoneyBooBoo "Lexi Boo Boo"]], and Becky immediately starts grinning.

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* Wrestling/RTruth made Brock Lesnar of all people howl with laughter when he pulled a BaitAndSwitch during one of his promos and vowed to beat Paul Heyman in the Wrestling/RoyalRumble. Brock lost it again once Paul clarified he wouldn't be competing in the Rumble, and R-Truth withdrew his challenge.
** This was later revealed to be a bet that R-Truth couldn't make Lesnar corpse. And [[EnforcedMethodActing Brock Lesnar had no idea R-Truth was going to interrupt, or what he was going to say.]]

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* Wrestling/RTruth made Brock Lesnar Wrestling/BrockLesnar of all people howl with laughter when he pulled a BaitAndSwitch during one of his promos and vowed to beat Paul Heyman ''Paul Heyman'' in the Wrestling/RoyalRumble. Brock lost it again once Paul clarified he wouldn't be competing in the Rumble, and R-Truth [[OhCrap realized who his actual competition was and withdrew his challenge.
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challenge]]. It was later revealed to be a bet that R-Truth couldn't was taking part in a bet to see if he could make Lesnar corpse. And corpse, and [[EnforcedMethodActing Brock Lesnar had no idea R-Truth was going to interrupt, interrupt or what he was going to say.]]say]].
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTYba7ro7lU Sami cracks Jey up again with his handshake with Jimmy in this sgement]]. Jey has to hide his face from view.
* Wrestling/RheaRipley [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot4oFfE_R4A nearly breaks during this Valentine's Day skit with Dominik]] after he tells her he's the most wanted man on Website/TikTok. Rey's wife and Dominik's mother Angie also nearly loses it after Rhea and Dom walk up to her at the table and Dominik calls Rhea "Mami".
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsHc9OGJ0yE During a Bloodline segment on the October 28, 2022 edition]] of ''Smackdown'', Sami Zayn caused Roman Reigns, [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jimmy and Jey Uso]] to corpse uncontrollably during a dramatic segment. Sami tries to calm Roman down after Jey shows disrespect towards Roman by saying Jey just isn’t himself lately and isn’t "feeling... very Ucey." Jimmy immediately starts to laugh his head off, Roman and Jey valiantly try to stay serious but can't help smiling and chuckling at the remark.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsHc9OGJ0yE com/watch?v=OIxxid0QZ4Q During a Bloodline segment on the October 28, 2022 edition]] of ''Smackdown'', Sami Zayn caused Roman Reigns, [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jimmy and Jey Uso]] to corpse uncontrollably during a dramatic segment. Sami tries to calm Roman down after Jey shows disrespect towards Roman by saying Jey just isn’t himself lately and isn’t "feeling... very Ucey." Jimmy immediately starts to laugh his head off, Roman and Jey valiantly try to stay serious but can't help smiling and chuckling at the remark.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsHc9OGJ0yE During a Bloodline segment on the October 28, 2022 edition]] of ''Smackdown'', Sami Zayn caused Roman Reigns, [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jimmy and Jay Uso]] to corpse uncontrollably during a dramatic segment. Sami tries to calm Roman down after Jey shows disrespect towards Roman by saying Jey just isn’t himself lately and isn’t "feeling... very Ucey." Jimmy immediately starts to laugh his head off, Roman and Jey valiantly try to stay serious but can't help smiling and chuckling at the remark.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsHc9OGJ0yE During a Bloodline segment on the October 28, 2022 edition]] of ''Smackdown'', Sami Zayn caused Roman Reigns, [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jimmy and Jay Jey Uso]] to corpse uncontrollably during a dramatic segment. Sami tries to calm Roman down after Jey shows disrespect towards Roman by saying Jey just isn’t himself lately and isn’t "feeling... very Ucey." Jimmy immediately starts to laugh his head off, Roman and Jey valiantly try to stay serious but can't help smiling and chuckling at the remark.
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** Later becomes a running gag when its involves something in Wrestling/{{AEW}} [[note]]SEND FOR THE KHAN![[/note]] or a later WWE usage being '''SEND IN [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch THE MAN!]]'''
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsHc9OGJ0yE During a Bloodline segment on the October 28, 2022 edition]] of ''Smackdown'', Sami Zayn caused Roman Reigns, [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jimmy and Jay Uso]] to corpse uncontrollably during a dramatic segment. Sami tries to calm Roman down after Jey shows disrespect towards Roman by saying Jey just isn’t himself lately and isn’t "feeling... very Ucey." Jimmy immediately starts to laugh his head off, Roman and Jey valiantly try to stay serious but can't help smiling and chuckling at the remark.
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* At ''Cyber Sunday 2006'', Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnPo4fMBDds trying to vote]] on who the special guest referee should be for his tag match with Wrestling/TripleH that night. Triple H argued against voting for Mr. [=McMahon=] or Jonathan Coachman, leaving Eric Bischoff as the last choice. Shawn wasn't too displeased with that until Triple H informed him that Bischoff had claimed DX didn't understand controversial. This wound up Shawn so much that he picked the first guy he saw (some staffer named "Stan") and proceeded to superkick him. He then continued his tirade and superkicked two other people in the same hallway, loudly ranting all the while. The camera then returned to Triple H who was very clearly on the verge of losing it, only barely able to get his lines out between the giggles.

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* At ''Cyber Sunday ''Wrestling/CyberSunday 2006'', Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnPo4fMBDds trying to vote]] on who the special guest referee should be for his tag match with Wrestling/TripleH that night. Triple H argued against voting for Mr. [=McMahon=] or Jonathan Coachman, leaving Eric Bischoff as the last choice. Shawn wasn't too displeased with that until Triple H informed him that Bischoff had claimed DX didn't understand controversial. This wound up Shawn so much that he picked the first guy he saw (some staffer named "Stan") and proceeded to superkick him. He then continued his tirade and superkicked two other people in the same hallway, loudly ranting all the while. The camera then returned to Triple H who was very clearly on the verge of losing it, only barely able to get his lines out between the giggles.
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* In a ring promo involving Wrestling/MickieJames, Wrestling/AlexaBliss, Wrestling/BeckyLynch and Wrestling/{{Naomi}} - Naomi calls Alexa Bliss "Lexi Boo Boo", and Becky immediately starts grinning.

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* In a ring promo involving Wrestling/MickieJames, Wrestling/AlexaBliss, Wrestling/BeckyLynch and Wrestling/{{Naomi}} - Naomi calls Alexa Bliss [[Series/HereComesHoneyBooBoo "Lexi Boo Boo", Boo"]], and Becky immediately starts grinning.
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** A few years later this was actually {{Jossed}} when [[https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/psmx03/becky_lynch_confirms_that_asuka_knew_about_her/ Becky admitted that she'd told Asuka about her pregnancy before the segment]]. Asuka is just ''that'' good at making it look authentic.
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* Well, how ''else'' was Leonard F. [=Chikarason=] supposed to respond to Wrestling/ChuckTaylor [[RuleOfFunny dropping a "grenade"]] down [[Wrestling/TheBatiri Kodama]]'s tights and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBWHFcyw8Ec giving him an Atomic Drop]] (knee to the tailbone) at ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} Top Banana'', December 5, 2015?

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* Well, how ''else'' was Leonard F. [=Chikarason=] supposed to respond to Wrestling/ChuckTaylor [[RuleOfFunny dropping a "grenade"]] down [[Wrestling/TheBatiri Kodama]]'s Kodama's tights and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBWHFcyw8Ec giving him an Atomic Drop]] (knee to the tailbone) at ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} Top Banana'', December 5, 2015?

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* In what quickly became an infamous meme, Wrestling/NiaJax missed a leg drop in a match against Lana and proceeded to shriek in pain - so loudly and hysterically, eventually screaming "my hole!" - Lana could be seen grinning and mouthing "oh my God" (which to be fair, was perfectly in character).
* In a ring promo involving Wrestling/MickieJames, Wrestling/AlexaBliss, Wrestling/BeckyLynch and Wrestling/{{Naomi}} - Naomi calls Alexa Bliss "Lexi Boo Boo", and Becky immediately starts grinning.
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* An infamous example of corpsing in pro wrestling occurred on an episode of Wrestling/{{WCW}} programming where [[Wrestling/RandySavage "Macho Man" Randy Savage]] was having a fit backstage, flipping tables, and whatnot. During this segment, he came across a giggling Wrestling/TorrieWilson, and [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan to stop her from corpsing]], [[WouldHitAGirl he smacked her across the face]]. ''{{Website/Botchamania}}'' turned this clip into a bona fide [[Memes/ProfessionalWrestling meme]]:
** X CORPSING?\\
[-*cue a 16-bit version of ''Beat It'' from ''[[VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker Michael Jackson's Moonwalker]]''*-]\\
'''[[DisproportionateRetribution SEND FOR THE MAN!]]'''
* During Wrestling/{{Sid|Eudy}}'s infamous "I have half the brain that you do!" promo in WCW, Wrestling/ScottHall literally doubles over in laughter while Wrestling/KevinNash laughs so hard the mic he's holding at his waist picks it up.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Q4EVpIFIk The Shockmaster incident.]] [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid Vicious]] deserves an Oscar for managing to remain in character during this whole mess.
* Wrestling/BookerT cuts a promo with [[Wrestling/MeanGeneOkerlund "Mean" Gene]]. At the end of his rant, Booker accidentally "goes ghetto" for a second and refers to Wrestling/HulkHogan by the N-word. Not only does Booker barely maintain composure, keep a close eye on {{Wrestling/Sherri|Martel}} behind him.
** Happened quite a few times during his "King Booker" run in 2006, as his [[LargeHam Ridiculously over-the-top]] delivery of a FakeBrit accent has caught a number of wrestlers off-guard and lose composure. Two notable instances were during a contract signing for their World Heavyweight championship match at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam'' in which Wrestling/{{Batista}} struggles to put Booker through a table and had to repeat the spot properly because he was struggling to remain serious the first try, then during Booker and his stablemates Wrestling/WilliamRegal and Finlay giving a beatdown to Wrestling/JohnCena in which Cena is glimpsed trying not to chuckle while Booker is delivering his promo.
* [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock's]] rock concert on the March 12th, 2012 edition of ''Wrestling/{{WWE Raw}}'', dissing Wrestling/JohnCena, Cena's fans who are grown men (calling them all [[BasementDweller nerds who dress like Kirk and Spock]]), and even [[YourMom Cena's mom]]. The Rock clearly almost trips on his own laughter a few times, and even Wrestling/JerryLawler and Wrestling/MichaelCole start losing it towards the end.
** During his "[[TheVillainSucksSong serenade]]" to Wrestling/VickieGuerrero. You could see her trying her hardest not to smile.
** There was also the now-legendary [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOSpU29FS_w Rock concert]] in Sacramento in 2003, where The Rock was sitting in the ring and dissing Sacramento (with his classic "when the Lakers beat the Kings in May") line. At the time, he was in a fierce rivalry with Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, who was seated outside in his truck. Stone Cold was supposed to be reacting with bitter anger to the Rock's songs, but each time they cut to him in the truck he was struggling harder and harder not to laugh. By the time The Rock started dissing Austin himself, he had to roll up the truck's window so the camera wouldn't catch him cracking up.
* Wrestling/PaulBearer just barely made it out of the camera's sight before cracking up in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTxmjud_IwM this interview before the 1992 Royal Rumble]], where he was acting so [[LargeHam hammy]] he made ''himself'' laugh. Wrestling/TheUndertaker remaining [[TheStoic stoic]] as usual was an impressive feat. Wrestling/PaulBearer has stated in interviews that he often tried to make Undertaker give in and laugh on camera, though it is unknown how many times he succeeded.
* Juventud Guerrera corpsed during an edition of ''WCW Thunder'' when Vampiro's blood from the ceiling missed Wrestling/KevinNash and landed on fans in the front row.
* In Wrestling/RingOfHonor, the camera slowly passed by Amazing Phenomenon (Wrestling/AJStyles, Amazing Red and [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]]) to get their reactions to the nonsensical ramblings of [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Paul London]] but quickly panned away when reaching Laree who had a huge grin on her face.
* Paul London was allegedly "Wished the best in his future endeavors" for corpsing during the scene where Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's limo got blown up at the end of the "Vince [=McMahon=] Appreciation Night" ''Raw'', June 11, 2007. Before he was let go Wrestling/JerryLawler suggested London was in on it.
** London wasn't released for over a year after the limo explosion, so it was highly unlikely it had anything to do with him.
* During Wrestling/JohnCena's in-ring promo with Wrestling/RandyOrton, Wrestling/KofiKingston, and Creator/MikeTyson when Cena starts talking about ''[[Videogame/PunchOut Mike Tyson's Punch-Out]]'', Orton can be seen crouching down and leaning on the ropes clearly trying not to laugh. Bear in mind he was playing a psychotic villain at the time.
* At ''Survivor Series'' 2007 Wrestling/{{Melina}} Perez went to perform her normal splits entrance but slipped and fell off the apron. She was playing a heel at the time but burst out laughing straight away and was trying her best to keep a straight face when she performed them again. Wrestling/BethPhoenix is also giggling for a bit.
* During an in-ring promo between Wrestling/EveTorres, Wrestling/BethPhoenix and Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}}, Eve shoves Beth which leads to an unfortunate WardrobeMalfunction. The camera tries to stay off Natalya who is desperately trying to keep a straight face. She tries to hide it with a look of outrage but some chuckles seep through.
* Wrestling/{{Kane}}:
** On several occasions, he started laughing his ass off when his ring pyro malfunctioned, making his entrance look somewhat... [[{{Narm}} less dramatic than intended]]. Making this worse (or better, depending on how you look at it), Kane is supposed to be a sadistic Demon coming straight from Hell.
** Kane had to hide his laughing during [[Wrestling/TheBlackjacks Blackjack Lanza]]'s induction speech for Wrestling/BobbyHeenan into the Hall of Fame when Wrestling/LanceStorm started playing with his tie the same way Lanza does to signal when a match needs to end.
* During a Wrestling/JohnCena promo on the 5/14/12 edition of ''Raw'', GM of both Raw and [=SmackDown=] Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis could clearly be seen corpsing when Cena starts making faces at him and calling him a "loser".
* Wrestling/MickFoley wrote about some examples in his autobiographies.
** When he, as Dude Love, and Wrestling/OwenHart faced off against each other in singles matches through 1997 (after Hart had broken Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin's neck at Wrestling/SummerSlam), the sole purpose of these SoBadItsGood bouts (including antics such as making snow-angels using popcorn) were to get Austin to break character by corpsing. If the book was any indication, it worked.
** At one point Foley worked out a HoYay-themed gag with [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson the Rock]] (in which the Rock [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial would deny being gay in such absurd ways that it started to seem pretty gay]]) that involved a series of hilarious pantomimes. Unfortunately, it was so funny that in the ring Foley couldn't even get through the first sentence without cracking up. The Rock tried to come to his rescue, but soon he was cracking up too. At this point, they threw the whole bit out and just tried started ad-libbing, including a series of send-ups of the Godfather's "Pimpin' ain't easy" punchline that was so funny even Stone Cold got in on it.
-->All of this got me thinking, maybe it's true. Maybe The Rock really does suck after all.
* Wrestling/JohnCena didn't (or couldn't) even attempt to hide his laughter in the middle of his "WWE Star Wars" promo.
* John Cena also slowly turned to the hard-cam before corpsing after hearing [[Wrestling/RonKillings R-Truth]] tell him that "usedta is a roostah from Brewstah."
* Judging by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvaTb9hWW7c this]] video, it seems Jeff Hardy wasn't fully prepared for his brother's sudden reference to WWE. Broken Matt's delivery of just about everything is amusing enough, but suddenly touching on ''that megalomaniac in New York: MEEK MAHAN!'' had Jeff quickly hide his steadily unstraightening face.
* On ''Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}'' Volume 24 during the main event, Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa boots Wrestling/SaraDelRey right in the face prompting a massive corpsing fit from both Portia Perez and Dave Prazak on commentary. They even replay the spot twice to have a good laugh at it and Portia keeps asking to see it more times.
* [[https://youtu.be/LcHZNRcPyiY This]] from the 1000th episode of Raw, in which Wrestling/MichaelCole does an audible SpitTake trying to stifle his laughter. Also doubles as a Callback to one of the most infamous angles in pro wrestling history.
* Happened during a match on RAW between Wrestling/TeamHellNo and Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr and Wrestling/SinCara between Wrestling/MichaelCole, Wrestling/JerryLawler, and the Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers once Cole used the term "washrag." It goes on for the rest of the match. It would later become a mild [[{{Narm}} running gag]] between Cole and the PTP.
* Wrestling/MeanGeneOkerlund:
** He famously had to turn his back to the camera during an interview with Wrestling/KenPatera, because Patera's promo skills... weren't exactly great.
** He completely lost it during a promo with Doctor D David Schultz [[http://youtu.be/D11H_sWxJtk here.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KHsNztphWQ A promo]] with Wrestling/TheIronSheik.
* The JBL and Cole Show:
** One episode features Wrestling/WilliamRegal and [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext dressed up as ninjas]]. In it, Bryan demands that Regal [[GroinAttack kick him in the groin]] to show off his "''Iron Testicles''", Regal obliged and can be clearly seen covering his mouth in a poor attempt to hide his laughing. Bryan's reaction certainly doesn't help either. [[http://youtu.be/GIoBF3l6M6I?t=5m1s It can be seen here]]
** In another episode, Cole visibly cracked up when Wrestling/DamienSandow was singing and insulting Wrestling/RosaMendes.
* While on the subject of Wrestling/BryanDanielson, there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSh2s_lmthI this]] promo cut by him and Paul London for a Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla event. London has clearly jettisoned his connection with reality when he starts talking about walking on the beach before the event; at the :55 mark is when Danielson can't keep it under control. To his credit, they work through their giggles. Especially when...
-->'''Paul:''' I need a pod. [[BackToBackBadasses A two-person pod]]. Say hello to my pod partner...\\
''[the camera pulls back to allow Bryan back into frame, whereupon he stares at the camera for a long moment]''\\
'''Bryan:''' Hello.\\
'''Paul:''' ''Hello''. ''[Bryan starts cracking up again]'' That was good.
* ''Survivor Series 2013'' Zeb Coulter demonstrates what twerking is. [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli Cesaro]], normally TheStoic, finds it impossible not to grin and chuckle. Wrestling/JackSwagger kept a straight face.
* [[Wrestling/TheInVasionAngle InVasion]] promos:
** Wrestling/KurtAngle cut a promo from the stage on the Alliance in the ring and said that he was going to kick Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin's "tex-ass", which made Austin bury his face in the turnbuckle for a few seconds.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1l-fACxn0 Another promo]] featured Wrestling/VinceMcMahon giving a [[RousingSpeech pep talk]] to Team WWF (consisting of Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, Wrestling/KurtAngle, Wrestling/TheUndertaker, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, and Wrestling/ChrisJericho). Throughout the speech, Austin continually interrupts Vince by parroting his lines causing Undertaker to visibly try and maintain composure before seemingly breaking down and covering his face with his hand at the end of the promo.
* During Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon's introduction of Wrestling/TripleH as "the greatest wrestler of all time" on December 12, 2013, Wrestling/CMPunk [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/ea3616b52bf33eb3a250cf2176a508c0/tumblr_mxkqquV7xk1rnjfjfo1_400.gif completely gave up trying to take it seriously]].
* In 2003, {{Wrestling/Goldust}} had [[https://youtu.be/AaP-7wpFd90?t=186 come to warn]] Wrestling/TripleH (with Wrestling/RicFlair) about getting too confident about his upcoming match at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 19'' against Wrestling/BookerT; however, he contracted a stutter after his most recent match and struggled to talk continuously. Meanwhile, Triple H and Flair were genuinely muttering with laughter, unable to contain their reaction to Goldust's sincerely hilarious performance.
* In 2005, Wrestling/ChrisJericho mocked Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin by singing "Shelton is a Little Bitch". Shelton can be seen struggling not to laugh before he composes himself and acts insulted like he was supposed to.
* Because part of the character of Wrestling/TheNewDay is to have the three of them be as ridiculous and fun-loving as they can be, they seem to enjoy goading more serious characters into breaking character as part of their promos. This extends to interviews too, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHucUysl0v0 this one]] where they attempt to disrupt the WebVideo/{{WhatCulture Wrestling}} interviewer Adam Pacitti as much as possible. It does backfire, as only [[spoiler:Wrestling/KofiKingston]] is able to survive the entire video without completely breaking down laughing.
* At ''Cyber Sunday 2006'', Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnPo4fMBDds trying to vote]] on who the special guest referee should be for his tag match with Wrestling/TripleH that night. Triple H argued against voting for Mr. [=McMahon=] or Jonathan Coachman, leaving Eric Bischoff as the last choice. Shawn wasn't too displeased with that until Triple H informed him that Bischoff had claimed DX didn't understand controversial. This wound up Shawn so much that he picked the first guy he saw (some staffer named "Stan") and proceeded to superkick him. He then continued his tirade and superkicked two other people in the same hallway, loudly ranting all the while. The camera then returned to Triple H who was very clearly on the verge of losing it, only barely able to get his lines out between the giggles.
* On the ''Old School Raw'' episode in 2014, [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]] made a return and by the end of the program, laid his snake, Damien, on top of a beaten Wrestling/DeanAmbrose. Dean must have been a fan of his because he was doing his best not to laugh, he was actually [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee smiling the entire time]].
* On the January 10th, 2017 episode of 205 Live, Wrestling/CedricAlexander breaks up with Wrestling/AliciaFox and when he leaves she screams so loudly it causes microphone feedback. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZC8Cct61Rk She's grinning by the end of it.]]
* During the first ''Wrestling/WWEMixedMatchChallenge'', Wrestling/SamiZayn and Wrestling/BeckyLynch give a post-match interview trying to explain their loss. Sami, playing a heel, blames it on the Philly crowd, while Becky pins it more on the two of them eating too much of her birthday cake. When Sami interjects ("A local place, Philly bakery"), [[https://youtu.be/IX2qyqr6Xx0?t=1m30s poor Becky is reduced to an uncontrollable fit of laughter.]]
* During [[Wrestling/{{NXT 3}} NXT Season 3]]'s HalloweenEpisode {{Wrestling/Naomi}} came dressed as the Hamburger Helper Hand. When she went into a little dance, her pro Wrestling/KellyKelly could be seen burying her face in her hands with laughter.
* During the [[https://youtu.be/36cLMYMrOTk?t=433 in-ring promo-off]] between Wrestling/JohnCena and Wrestling/RomanReigns on the RAW leading up to their match at ''Wrestling/NoMercy 2017'' Roman told Cena that the fans boo him because he sucks, only for Cena to interrupt, sling an arm around the shoulders of then RAW GM Wrestling/KurtAngle and counter with "Hey, according to them [[InsultOfEndearment so does he]], but that's OK, [[MemeticMutation he won a gold medal]]". This not only put an embarrassed grin on Angle's face, but it completely threw Roman off his game so badly he forgot where he was up to in his promo, and when Cena subsequently roasted him for it, in turn, you could [[ActuallyPrettyFunny see Roman almost smiling as well]].
* Well, how ''else'' was Leonard F. [=Chikarason=] supposed to respond to Wrestling/ChuckTaylor [[RuleOfFunny dropping a "grenade"]] down [[Wrestling/TheBatiri Kodama]]'s tights and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBWHFcyw8Ec giving him an Atomic Drop]] (knee to the tailbone) at ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} Top Banana'', December 5, 2015?
* When Wrestling/KensukeSasaki decided to join Wrestling/DragonGate and participate in comedy matches with The Florida Brothers[[note]]former jobbers Taku "Michael" Iwasa and Raimu "Daniel" Mishima spoofing southern style wrestling[[/note]], his wife Akira Hokuto was extremely opposed to the whole thing, feeling he was just discrediting his legacy. However, she did accompany him several times - and could usually be seen laughing at the Florida Bros' antics, then looking irritated[[note]]to be fair, 'irritated' is Hokuto's default facial expression[[/note]] at herself for laughing.
* A more heart-felt example is when Wrestling/BeckyLynch relinquishes her WWE Raw Women's Championship to [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] the night after ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank 2020''. Asuka, the winner of the female version of the titular match and at the time an [[EvilIsHammy over-the-top heel]], came to the ring in character for a segment with Lynch. Lynch then awards the championship to Asuka, who proceeds to celebrate in her usual [[ChewingTheScenery scenery-chewing]] EvilGloating, proceeded to congratulates her and then reveals that the reason she's relinquishing the championship is because of her pregnancy. Upon hearing this, Asuka breaks character and becomes emotional, proceeds to hug Lynch and then cheers for her as the former champion exits the ring.
* Wrestling/RTruth made Brock Lesnar of all people howl with laughter when he pulled a BaitAndSwitch during one of his promos and vowed to beat Paul Heyman in the Wrestling/RoyalRumble. Brock lost it again once Paul clarified he wouldn't be competing in the Rumble, and R-Truth withdrew his challenge.
** This was later revealed to be a bet that R-Truth couldn't make Lesnar corpse. And [[EnforcedMethodActing Brock Lesnar had no idea R-Truth was going to interrupt, or what he was going to say.]]

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