Professional wrestling has never been the most PC sport in the world, and plenty of gigantic cock ups have occurred over the years which have simultaneously and paradoxically lost the WWE credibility, and also afforded them with cult status. Sometimes the organisation has taken a story line too far and sometimes they have been downright sick. There have been numerous incidents of very bad taste in wrestling, but these are the legends that fans remember and discuss among themselves. Wrestling has undergone a bit of a clean up after the dreadful events of the Benoit tragedy, but we still have plenty of past glorious moments of bad taste to trade on. Some of the events that are on this list are in such poor taste, one wonders if the script writers were smoking crack when they came up with these story lines and concepts. I hope that you enjoy my pick of the worst taste moments in pro wrestling. Please add more below.
10. Papa Shango Makes The Ultimate Warrior Barf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6YKICReUCY In 1992, the Ultimate Warrior had a feud going in the WWE with Papa Shango - a rather sinister character whose gimmick was that he dabbled in voodoo and black magic. The feud didn't really go anywhere but on one disgusting occasion, Shango put a 'hex' on the Ultimate Warrior and he began puking his guts up. Now, back when I was a kid watching this farrago unfold on my TV screen, it completely grossed me out. The WWE was fairly anodyne back in those days and someone puking in the ring was an event. What is interesting is how much the fans hated Papa Shango - they didn't hate him for being a heel, they hated him because his character was crap and an embarrassment to the WWE. The Ultimate Warrior got swept up in this ignominy and has had to endure many jokes about vomiting ever since. A nauseating piece of WWE weirdness.
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