10 Seedy WWE Stories Vince McMahon Wants You To Forget

10. Crown Jewel

The phrase "Sportswashing" was recently coined to describe the ongoing attempts of the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia's efforts to reframe how the world views their culture and practices via the hosting of major sporting events - but WWE's second of 20 shows over the next ten years was the most crucial for them to get through.

Not so much swimming in controversy as they were drowning in it, the company simply buried their heads in the sand as news continued to break on the grisly end journalist Jamal Khashoggi met following his trip to the Saudi consulate just weeks beforehand, in spite of the world's appalled shock.

The show, by the way, was a f*cking piece of sh*t, but no silly Sports Entertainment - even the best kind - was going to clear the grim cloud hanging above it anyway. Shane McMahon winning a tournament to be crowned "Best In The World" was a troll job, whilst Kane's wig fell off in a pathetic main event featuring the depressing return of Shawn Michaels, but WWE's mask had slipped weeks before that.