10 Moments WWE Don't Want You To Find On The Network
For when the broken search function isn't a bug, but a feature.
WWE's product has perhaps never been quite so disposable, and the August 3rd 2020 edition of Monday Night Raw made this point abundantly clear to a head-spinning degree.
Earlier in the day, news broke online that the taping schedule had apparently been thrown into chaos thanks to a string of last minute changes that included but were not limited to the return of Shane McMahon and the introduction of a brand new stable. WWE went as far as tweeting confirmation of both from their official account, making the developments canon for the good of the story rather than just to further comparisons between the current product and latter-day WCW.
The show itself was even wilder than the speculation could have mustered, with McMahon revealing an underground fight club behind a door in the Performance Center, said new group attempting to firebomb the building and other bizarre happenings such as Montez Ford getting poisoned and Nia Jax being indefinitely suspended just a week after a programme with Shayna Baszler was seemingly set up for SummerSlam.
It was sort of unforgettable all in one go, but then sort of not. Nobody really got over and nothing mattered, but a lot of stuff happened and some of it might spike the ratings this week. A very WWE-in-2020 show, in that regard.
Buzz yes, Network rewatches no. An event they'll be glad to see disappear into the archives, much like some of these hidden horrors...
10. Paul Orndorff Goes Down The Racist Route
Where to find it: Tuesday Night Titans, November 27th 1984
There's a fair bit of institutional sexism and racism in this list, and yes bigotry from 2003 and 1999 is worse than 1984 in how it fails to acknowledge constantly shifting societal attitudes, but that doesn't make the older footage any less worthy of scorn and consternation.
An ugly aside from Paul Orndorff in this pre-WrestleMania 1 edition of Tuesday Night Titans finds 'Mr Wonderful' charged with having to discuss Tony Atlas after 'Mr USA' featured in the first part of the broadcast sharing his artwork as well as his remarkable physique.
Orndorff has an angle for his return fire the second he sits down, and wastes no time getting to it. In a grim rant, he calls Atlas a "souped up spider monkey" before discussing a gorilla called Willy B at Atlanta zoo that apparently has a more refined skillset than Atlas himself.
There's been much debate about what to do with dated old offensive footage that includes dated old offensive insights such as these on otherwise-beloved comedies and movies. Does anybody give enough of a toss about this nothing Tuesday Night Titans to keep it around and active?