The Guest Host/Star Concept Has Truly Jumped The Shark

[Jack-Hammer]

Earlier today, a report came out that there'll be a Guest Host/Star for next week's episode of Raw. Vince has really outdone himself this time as the "celebrity" will be internet sensation....Grumpy Cat. Yep...that's right...the 2 year old cat with a "grumpy" facial expression caused by a severe underbite will be appearing on next week's episode of Raw.

I love dogs & cats but the only way I'm gonna be interested in this is if Adam Rose tries to recruit Grumpy to be a Rosebud and Grumpy feverishly attempts to claw his eyeballs out before viciously sodomizing The Bunny.

 

[TheICChampion]

Knowing Cena they'll probably try to get Grumpy Cat to join his team for Survivor Series. Seriously, though, which meme is next? Courage Wolf? Insanity Wolf? Scumbag Steve? Overly Attached Girlfriend? Oh, wait. She's already part of WWE. Her name is AJ Lee.

 

[Richard Blonoff]

I usually try not to criticize guest stars, because I feel any mainstream attention for the WWE is positive, but even I can't condone this.

When I first heard, I thought maybe Aubrey Plaza, who is going to voice Grumpy Cat in a TV film, was going to be the guest host, but no its the actual fucking cat. I truly have no words.

You're into some weird shit though JH, cat on bunny sodomy? Only in Kentucky

 

[Navi]

Good God seriously, talk about scrapping the bottom of the barrel. No pun intended. I guess we'll have Elf on a Shelf around Christmas then.

 

[wwe fan2009]

not surprised at all. wwe is pg, and wants to be family friendly and that's a family Christmas movie.

 

[juggalotus]

I truly hope that during whatever segment involves the cat that the audience drowns the entire arena in a "We want wrestling" chant or something like that

 

[Dagger Dias]

They have had FAR worse guest hosts before. The Guest Host Concept jumped the shark ages ago, like way back in fall 2009. There were a couple of good ones but 90% of the guests back then were abysmal. Remember when Al Sharpton guest hosted Raw? At least nowadays the guest hosts aren't the focus of the show like they were back then. I watch WWE to see WRESTLING and promos by WRESTLERS, not to see some celebrity talking about their next movie/book/product and I hated how the guests were the GM's for the night back then with the power to (kayfabe) book matches and everything. I remember people making similar complaints to this when The Muppets got announced as an upcoming guest and that Raw ended up being pretty funny. I doubt this will be too bad. Then again, I'm a Grumpy Cat fan.

 

[MC_Live]

Man, the Guest Host/Star concept jumped the shark long ago. It was cool the first couple weeks, but as it went on it got very hit or miss. A lot of them have been terrible. Eventually, it just got to be a series of useless celebrities coming on and being forgotten about. The Muppets were probably the last time it worked.

I kinda get this from a business sense. Grumpy Cat is very popular right now. It's already gotten some buzz and press on the internet. But when the WWE needs a cat from the internet to generate buzz, you know they're not in a good spot. This may not be as bad as we think. It may not be the worst thing ever. Then again, it may be abysmal. It may provide us a chuckle. But I don't see any scenario where this is positive beyond a quick chuckle. I mean, I highly doubt a feline will do anything to boost the ratings. But hey, I'll take a cat any day over Kathy and Hoda the morning alcoholics, Nene Leakes, or Todd effen Chrisley. Seriously, this cat has to be better than Todd Chrisley.

I can just hear the terrible jokes from the commentators now.

 

[Bockwinkel's Class]

Just more evidence that Ol' Bucky Beaver Kevin Dunn is, in fact, a furry.....

 

[Reflection]

I'd love to see Rowan and Harper kidnap the cat and kill it in one of their vignettes. Maybe even roast it on the grill. The reaction to this will be awesome. Social media and TV channels will go crazy!

 

[Good Golly It's Ollie]

Ugh, I hate when memes try to leave the internet.

Still, it's not the end of the word. This is at most, like 15 minutes out of the whole show?

 

[The Man of Steel]

An actual Cat hosting Monday Night RAW. A fucking Cat!

WWE is REALLY trying SO hard to be relevant within today's pop culture its actually pathetic. I hope this show sucks and gets the lowest ratings ever.

Talk about a desperate attempt to hit TMZ. Scraping the barrel!!!!

 

[red ass skull muhfukkah]

I'm seriously the only one who thinks this'll be awesome? So many skits they can do, a Bo Dallas interaction and Adam Rose segment needs to happen. It's not like it's gonna take over the whole show, a few segments throughout the show never harmed anyone. It's not like they do anything relevant for 85% anyway. I'm excited.

 

[Mustang Sally]

Yeah, well, I kind of gave up on the guest host concept after Florence Henderson took a turn, not to mention Bob Barker taking out Santino with one karate chop.

Still, Raw is a 3-hour show with lots of variety acts in addition to wrestling, so the idea of an occasional visit by a guest host is okay with me. As it is, I have no idea who (or what) a Grumpy Cat is, although the notion that WWE is trying to entertain the kiddies seems to apply here, no?

As I said, lots of time to fill.

 

[wwe fan2009]

I'd love to see Rowan and Harper kidnap the cat and kill it in one of their vignettes. Maybe even roast it on the grill. The reaction to this will be awesome. Social media and TV channels will go crazy!

prob would happen in attitude era but its PG.

 

[Navi]

I was thinking about this, if Jerry Lawler, the pig that he is, makes one joke about *****es, just one, God help him.

 

[HeroForHire]

I don't mind it at all. Grumpy Cat is funny. If they do it right it can really work. I think some people might be surprise with what they do with it.

But it is a very good chance it will suck big time.

 

[Batman234]

why cant we have real celebrities like Leonardo dicaprio or brad pitt or Jennifer Lawrence? why not Daniel Radcliffe? he said he was a fan of wwe when he was a kid. Or Steven Amell from arrow? he said it himself he wants to guest host raw.

 

[Navi]

why cant we have real celebrities like Leonardo dicaprio or brad pitt or Jennifer Lawrence? why not Daniel Radcliffe? he said he was a fan of wwe when he was a kid. Or Steven Amell from arrow? he said it himself he wants to guest host raw.

Why can't we have these people, because they wouldn't be caught dead on a WWE show. Besides why have Brad Pitt, when we can have Grumpy Cat or those two silly bitches from the morning show, I've conveniently forgotten the name of.

The only real celebrities I've seen on RAW are Hugh Jackman who did a great job, and the Rock, who always does wonderfully. The rest are pretty much forgettable.

 

[enviousdominous]

And I asked myself "What would Jesus do?" in an effort to deal with soul crippling boredom.

Grumpy Cat obviously does not appeal to our finer tastes in entertainment. Give us five hours of John Cena's shit eating grin while he belches out shoddy limericks and we spontaneously combust with excitement.

This is a show where great matches are treated like useless filler. When Grumpy Cat appears on the show, the saddest aspect is that we're all putting on our Grumpy Cat faces as a reaction. I doubt the cat will be calling any spots, so this is obviously to bait some tweeners and nothing more.

 

[FlairFan2003]

An actual Cat hosting Monday Night RAW. A fucking Cat!

WWE is REALLY trying SO hard to be relevant within today's pop culture its actually pathetic. I hope this show sucks and gets the lowest ratings ever.

Talk about a desperate attempt to hit TMZ. Scraping the barrel!!!!

This is the same company that has had employed Liberace and Mike Tyson in order to get ratings, not too mention the disgraced Pete Rose. Seriously, is any actual WWE fan really surprised by this ? have you watched this company since 1984 ?

 

[FlairFan2003]

I'd love to see Rowan and Harper kidnap the cat and kill it in one of their vignettes. Maybe even roast it on the grill. The reaction to this will be awesome. Social media and TV channels will go crazy!

Like most established stars, Im sure Grumpy Cat has an extremely detailed contract that specifies what he will and will not be involved with content wise.

If they want to subject someone to that level of ridiculousness they should bring back Pete Rose, that guy will literally do anything for a pay day!

Im pretty sure a Kardashian would also be wiling to REALLY lower themselves for the free TV Time, particularly the mom or Rob.

Sarah Palin loves getting herself on TV, plus we've already seen her entire family in a drunken brawl so she would have some fighting cred, not too mention she's as hot as most of the divas.

 

[TWJC: The Beginning]

This is actually one of the more relevant pop culture guests they've had. Wrestling is ridiculous. People watch it because it's ridiculous. I don't see a problem with this. It's no more ridiculous than a man getting his ass kicked for 20 minutes then making a strong comeback and not being bloody or bruised the next week (which has been every match ever since it began).

Just my opinion.

 

[HBKistheHOF]

I was never a fan of the guest host concept to begin with. & while I completely understand it, I've never been a fan of celebrities in the wrestling world in general (with Andy Kaufman of course being the exception).

But all I can say is WOW!!! What's next?!?! They'll have a damn laptop running Monday Night RAW... -_-

 

[stingray11214]

I'd love to see Rowan and Harper kidnap the cat and kill it in one of their vignettes. Maybe even roast it on the grill. The reaction to this will be awesome. Social media and TV channels will go crazy!

I would pay good money to see that! And they serve it in a noodle soup consumed by KENT, er, Hideo Itami. Seriously, the WWE listens to NBC too much. This is WRESTLING, not SNL. And there is ZERO need for it UNLESS you are going to cause a to do. Grumpy Cat is not going to do that. If it does anything, it'll go over like a lead balloon and cause a massive backlash.