While professional wrestling isn’t always comedic, there are times when funny moments can be plugged in for the enjoyment of fans. Sometimes this is done on purpose to make the audience laugh, but there are other times when the wrestlers themselves work hard to try and pop their colleagues.
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Some WWE talents are charismatic enough and funny enough to break others, making them laugh or smirk. It gives fans glimpses of them being themselves, and those are moments that people often remember. While everyone is capable of doing it as a one-off, certain wrestlers have built a reputation for being able to pull this off.
Santino Marella Knew How To Make People Laugh
He Would Consistently Make People Break Character
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2005-2016; 2019 – 2020 |
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Santino Marella is one of the funniest wrestlers in WWE history, and he’s someone who consistently makes people laugh. Marella knew how to entertain the fans, but he also cracked up his fellow wrestlers regularly due to his promo skills.
Marella would consistently make comments at times that would make other wrestlers struggle to hold things together. He could use broken English to his benefit, and that would often lead to people laughing, with Marella even catching John Cena out at one point.
Kevin Owens’ Trash Talking Is Hard To Resist
He Comes Out With Random Comments
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2014-Present |
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Kevin Owens might not be a typical comedic wrestler, but that doesn’t stop him from being very funny at times. He’s known for his trash-talking, whether that is in promos or halfway through a match, which can catch people off guard. It has led to some amazing moments over the years.
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He will make random comments, such as when he told Chris Jericho he was the donkey compared to him being the GOAT. Owens will consistently come out with random comments that get people reacting, which is why many break character around him.
Sami Zayn Has The Potential To Crack His Fellow Wrestlers
He Regularly Got The Bloodline Laughing
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2013-Present |
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Sami Zayn knows how to drag real emotions out of people, but at times he can also make others laugh. This is something that has cracked up many of his fellow wrestlers over the years, particularly because of how easily he can slip in a funny line during whatever he’s doing.
That was key during his time in The Bloodline where he’d regularly have all the other members breaking out into laughs because of his over-the-top behavior. Whether it was his dancing in the ring, or the great one-liners he’d bust out, Zayn can easily get others laughing.
The New Day All Know How To Walk The Fine PG Line
Their Promo Skills And Dance Moves Would Make Others Laugh
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2014-Present |
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The New Day is a brilliant trio who all have unique personalities which allows for interesting and engaging moments to take place whenever they’re around. The reason they’re able to make people laugh so much is because they go up to the PG line and then cross it, which few others got away with during that time in WWE.
Their dancing would also guarantee to make others break character. They’d consistently try and get others to join in, and that would lead to the likes of Triple H changing their attitude to jive and twerk in the middle of the ring.
Chelsea Green Doesn’t Take Herself Too Seriously
Her Karen Gimmick Is Hilarious
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2018-2021; 2023-Present |
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Chelsea Green is brilliant at telling stories with her personality and the various gimmicks that she has portrayed over the years, many of which have enabled her to make other people break character. Her current gimmick is one that likes to complain to management, and seeing her facial expressions and the complaints she has often leads to other wrestlers smirking and laughing.
Green is so emotive and puts so much drama into everything she does that wrestlers cannot help but laugh along and break character with however she is acting.
The Rock’s One-Liners Always Get People Laughing
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1996-2004; Sporadic appearances since 2011 |
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The Rock is one of wrestling’s all-time greatest main event stars, but that doesn’t mean he can’t break people out of character at the same time. The People’s Champion has unbelievable levels of charisma, and that often leads to him busting out some hilarious one-liners during his promos.
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The Rock says things that few others can get away with, and that often surprises the people he’s in the ring with. It’s never a shock to see someone breaking character around him, particularly whoever is on commentary, as they often end up audibly laughing at what he does.
R-Truth Is Often Seen As The Elite In Comedy
He Often Makes Other Wrestlers Break Character
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1999-2001; 2008-Present |
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R-Truth is a one-of-a-kind wrestler in the sense that he can be completely comedic, yet still be taken seriously inside the ring. Few people in wrestling are as funny as him, and that is one of the reasons he’s had such a lengthy career in the business at the highest level.
He’s managed to break almost everyone he’s been in the ring with, including Brock Lesnar. Truth holds nothing back, and the fact his character often confuses what match he’s in or the stipulations, it is easy to see why his fellow wrestlers struggle to hold it together.