10 Most Controversial Wrestling Shows Of All Time
10. Great American Bash 2006
In June 2007, WWE's underwrought wellness policy was placed under enormous scrutiny when Chris Benoit killed himself and his family and police investigating his Atlanta home discovered a drug prescription sheet as long his arms were short.
It set the second half of the company's year into a tailspin as fines and suspensions were dished out to try and make good for the bad that had already occurred. WWE, as has often been the case, should have been more in front of it beforehand.
A year earlier, the policy went largely ignored after coming to life in the wake of Eddie Guerrero's November 2005 death. All until Great American Bash time, in which half the card seemed to go missing with an otherwise unheard of ailment. The Great Khali, Super Crazy and Bobby Lashley were all pulled from the show late with "Elevated Liver Enzymes". Though never outwardly confirmed (especially when WWE didn't even need to), most made assumptions about steroids that were anecdotally hard to argue.
The cloud over the show grew larger when an injury to Mark Henry resulted in a fourth match being changed before showtime. It was a challenging evening from a promotional standpoint, but the catastrophic events it eerily foreshadowed cast an even greater shadow.