You have to give it to the WWE and to the man formerly known as LA Knight/Eli Drake/Shaun Ricker, the commitment to Max Dupri and his Maximum Male Models has been honestly pretty impressive.
No matter how much fans boo, social media users make fun of them, and OGs like Jim Cornette ridicule the trio of Dupri, Mansor, and Mace mercilessly, Vince McMahon and company have been oddly unphased by the reactions of the WWE Universe, instead doubling down on the gimmick with a showcase of the group's Tennis Collection despite even Michael Cole being taken aback by the group's desire to “titillate the juices of your guilty pleasures.”
"Titillate the juices of your guilty pleasures"#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/uajr3u8MdL
— WWE (@WWE) July 2, 2022
Real talk, when even Michael Cole is visibly uncomfortable with a segment, you know it's bad; that man has sat through some stuff.
And yet, despite not being booked for SmackDown for the third-straight week, the MMM's did make an appearance via a pre-recorded video package and announced that they would not only be on the next episode of the Friday night show, coming to fans live from sunny Boston, but they would be doing so with the debut of a swimsuit collection and of Maxxine Dupri, the, um, sister of Max.
.@MaxDupri and #MaximumMaleModels will unveil their 2022 Beachwear Collection NEXT WEEK on #SmackDown!
Oh and we will be joined my Max Dupri's sister, Maxxine! pic.twitter.com/dZTCtpk3wG
— WWE (@WWE) July 16, 2022
Oh no, is anyone else getting major Santino/Santina Marella vibes?
Could this gimmick get any more ridiculous? Conventional wisdom would suggest no, but do you know what? The emergence of Maxxine Dupri may just be the big difference maker, a once-in-a-lifetime change of fate that sends an angle that should have been dead on arrival in Week 1 into some truly bizarre territory.
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