Poor Colin Cowherd did not want to be at WrestleMania 39. Unfortunately for him, the Fox Sports host had front row seats right behind WWE’s Spanish announce desk. Every time they cut to a shot of them, the hot-take peddler was visible in the background, almost always with a salty look on his face.
The most notable example of this was when Bad Bunny came out to commentate with the Spanish announcers. Cowherd’s icy, dead-in-the-eyes stare stole the show. Here was some musician he had probably never heard of getting the red carpet treatment while the longtime radio personality was sitting in the crowd like a mark.
Not once did WWE acknowledge Cowherd despite Fox being its broadcast partner. We never got to see his expression during Pat McAfee’s match but it’s possible he walked out in disgust. Wrestling is something that, in his mind, is clearly beneath him. And not even being recognized as a big deal made the experience so much worse.
So, why would Colin Cowherd go to WrestleMania 39 when he clearly didn’t want to be there? Playing weekend divorced dad. No, seriously. He took a kid from his first marriage. And it absolutely explains why his face had the same expression as foreigners in those ISIS hostage videos. Hell, dude might have enjoyed that experience more than being forced to sit through John Cena take on Austin Theory.
Some of you might wonder why he didn’t just give the tickets to his son and stay at home. That is actually classic divorced dad behavior. They feel compelled to tag along in hopes of bonding despite the fact they don’t want to be there, and their kids don’t want them to go.
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Colin Cowherd at WrestleMania 39 is further proof of his fake persona
Colin Cowherd being spotted at WrestleMania 39 is further proof of him being nothing more than a shill. He tries to create this sophisticated, intelligent persona during radio and TV appearances. Ironically, creating a character is something wrestlers do.
In reality, that character is nonsense. One minute, Cowherd talks about eating fancy steaks and staying at five-star resorts. The next, he’s pimping out crappy, direct-to-consumer junk and sitting with the unwashed masses at a WWE event. This schtick has become unbelievable. Sort of like the Deuce and Domino tag team from mid-2000s Smackdown.
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