Back in 2009, when Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne guest hosted WWE Raw, the whole thing played out like a surreal crossover between heavy metal royalty and wrestling’s strangest impulses.
Now, years on, former WWE star Chris Masters is pulling the curtain back on one of the night’s weirdest moments, and admitting he never wanted any part of it (per Loudwire).
The segment in question came from a parody talent show dubbed Raw’s Got Talent, where wrestlers lined up to impress Ozzy, Sharon, and The Great Khali with whatever oddball gimmick they could throw together, it was deliberately ridiculous, and very much of its era.
Then came Masters.
‘I didn’t want to be doing comedic stuff’
Masters hit the stage and did the one thing fans still remember him for, bouncing his pecs in time to Ozzy’s ‘Crazy Train’, it got a reaction, sure, but behind the scenes, he wasn’t exactly sold on the idea.
“I didn’t want to be doing comedic stuff,” Masters admitted on Insight With Chris Van Vliet. “But I also knew that there was a point where I was like ‘Alright, well, if I’m going to do this, let me just try to do it the best I can.”
That decision came back to bite him. Hard.
“Unfortunately, it’s one of those situations where I look back, and I’m like, ‘Maybe I did it too good’ because then (WWE) kept wanting me to do it.”
When a one off joke becomes your whole thing
What started as a throwaway gag quickly turned into a recurring bit, Masters found himself repeatedly wheeled out to do the same trick, long after the novelty had worn thin.
“I was like ‘This is stupid.’ Like this is funny once or twice, but to do it… If I were a fan, by the third time of it… like enough.”
It’s a familiar trap in wrestling, something gets a pop, and suddenly it’s beaten into the ground.
Ozzy loved every second of it
While Masters had his doubts, Ozzy Osbourne was all in. According to Masters, the Prince of Darkness wasn’t playing it up for the cameras either.
“He really thought it was hilarious. He was dying (watching the performance).”
Sharon, meanwhile, leaned into the spectacle, reportedly calling Masters a “gorgeous man” during the segment. Classic Sharon.
Looking back, the whole thing feels like a perfect snapshot of late 2000s WWE, loud, bizarre, and not always concerned with subtlety, for Masters, though, it’s a reminder that even a throwaway moment can stick longer than anyone expects.
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