
WWE's Top Tweets, Instagram Photos and Viral Videos for Week of October 19
WWE's best social media offerings ahead of Hell in a Cell featured screams, Star Wars and a sheep mask.
Paige offered a crash course in primal yelling. The Wyatt Family's lost son returned. And one fan became unhinged when a TNA original made his NXT debut. Twitter, YouTube and Instagram were there to capture it all.
While the Internet is often overloaded with snark, especially when it comes to wrestling fans discussing the product, the week had its share of examples of WWE fandom at its finest.
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After wrestling for TNA since its inception, James Storm changed teams. He surprised the Full Sail University faithful by charging in to take on Danny Burch.
One fan erupted with joy once he realized The Cowboy was entering the stage. The WWE NXT Twitter account caught his impassioned reaction in GIF form:
That fan wasn't the only one letting loose. Paige managed to get both Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter to scream Paige-style on national TV.
During her appearance on Conan on Thursday night, the topic of her trademark battle cry came up. She offered to demonstrate it if the comedians would follow her lead:
Sasha Banks did her own mock version of Paige's scream during a recent match between the two wrestlers. That was one of 10 stolen taunts that WWE compiled in its latest countdown video.
In the collection of clips, Ric Flair, Kevin Owens and Triple H all got in on the copycat act:
Bull Dempsey was doing an impersonation of a certain hardcore legend long before he joined NXT. As a kid, he once dressed up as Mankind for Halloween. Fans found that out in a recent look back at NXT stars' childhood Halloween photos.
Joey Styles tweeted a link to these Halloween flashbacks:
"Check out @WWENXT Superstars' Halloween flashbacks https://t.co/oslIGjTyjk @BullDempseyWWE @WWECrowe @CarmellaWWE pic.twitter.com/v1t49Y3Sjw
— Joey Styles (@JoeyStyles) October 22, 2015"
The gallery itself isn't all that special, but Dempsey in the Mick Foley costume is just awesome. That's photographic evidence of just how long the bruiser has loved this business.
Cesaro received some love of his own in the form of fan art. The ever-popular, ever-underutilized Swiss strongman served as the muse for one artistically inclined admirer.
Cesaro shared the result on Instagram:
If WWE ever does an anime-style cartoon featuring its Superstars, that pic should serve as the model for animated Cesaro. Although, the red eye makes him scarier than one would expect from a babyface.
Even so, he has nothing on Erick Rowan in the unsettling department. The big man with a fondness for sheep masks and brooding returned on Monday's Raw.
WWE's Instagram announced his return from injury by sharing a shot of his worn, haggard mask:
Not every fan saw Rowan's first match back. Not only was Raw competing with Monday Night Football and playoff baseball, but the new Star Wars trailer premiered that night.
WWE did, however, counter by having Steve Austin, Flair, Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker all appear on its signature show. Having Stone Cold and The Deadman kick things off made it feel like the Attitude Era all over again for the briefest of moments.
WWE Creative Humor pointed out how surreal it was that Austin and Undertaker were sharing the ring in 2015:
Wrestling is a nostalgia-heavy art form. But WWE has been overdoing it of late. Hell in a Cell is set to feature Kane, The Dudley Boyz and Undertaker, all big names from another era.
The issue with all that is, as David Shoemaker put it in a Hell in a Cell preview for Grantland, "An obsession with the past makes progress in the present nearly impossible."



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