Elephant in the HAAS #8

By the title...you should know what is about to happen.

I have told you a few times that I am, without a doubt, a big fan of comedic style wrestlers (Santino Marella) and I always like one good laugh after another. Well, besides from Santino Marella making fun of Italians and how they speak, the WWE also brought in...a "copycat" wrestler in Mr. Charles Haas.

Now, as I sit here today typing this...a phrase popped into my head...a phrase that was said over and over again in time. That phrase was "immitation is the sincerest form of flattery." Ladies and Gents...Charlie Haas is doing something that I don't think anyone can ever really duplicate (knowing the WWE, they will try to...but it won't work as well as Charlie's immitations.

Heck, let us go to two weeks ago...."The Great Charli." The interpretor for Khali helped Charlie Haas poke fun at the same guy that he is managing...which made it even more funnier. Hell, Khali could not keep a straight face looking at Charlie Haas done a wig and an extended chin chinstrap, until he chopped Charli's head in with the "Judo Chop" maneuver.

Another instance was THREE weeks ago with the Mr. Imperfect vinettes he did at the Dave and Buster's. Mr Perfect, as you all know, was the man at these. The promos he did with Wade Boggs as well as the other stars, of that time, were amazing...almost made it seem like he was actually doing some of the things that he was showing us (honestly, how many people can show you that they can throw and catch the same football while running down the field at full speed?). Mr. Imperfect's vinette had to be the funniest segment the WWE has had in a while...::cough:: Highlanders ::cough::.

But here's the big question. Now what? That's it! Is that all he is going to do? The man has talent...he has good moves...he has great potential...but is he just a gimmick now? Slap a title on him! Make him mean something. Hell, have him win the intercontinental championship and come out as Roddy Piper or Golddust or, hell, even his World Greatest Tag Team brotheren from another motheren, Shelton Benjamin (ok, maybe not Shelton...you get my point though). The WWE needs to work with this angle.

They can't just throw him in where ever there needs to be comic relief. Ask Nick Dinsmore what happened when you are thrown in there JUST for the comic relief. People got stale of the Eugene character because, quite honestly, one or two weeks of him winning and of him playing the retarded angle...people just did not care anymore.

And when people don't care...people get bored...and when people get bored...they turn on you...and when the people turn on you...it becomes difficult to play face to 50,000 fans in one arena booing in your direction when they should be behind you.

I think the WWE can play this out for the better. I think that the WWE has some comic gold on their hands if they use it right. And, honestly, the key to the comic gold is...well...gold! But, as of right now, Charlie Haas, Great Charli, Mr. Imperfect, Good Ol' C.H., Charlito, CHL, and all the future characters you come up with...you all are the Elephants in the Ring.

Join us next week where we will talk about Khali's tallywacker.