10 Weird Times TV Shows Had Wrestling Storylines

10. South Park

An irritating missed opportunity. If only Trey Parker had conducted research beyond keying "What is the owner of WWE called?" on Google.

The Vince McMahon of 'WTF' is a basic template of simply "a male person". Imagine the real South Park version of Vince McMahon, fleshed out by Parker at his warped genius best. His strutting arms and legs would fly around the screen and touch all corners like hyper-sonic versions of the scrolling DVD icon. He would present Mr. Slave in front of GLAAD with no irony. He would blow actual chunks of ham from his mouth in a constant, puce rage.

Instead, Parker phoned in a whole load of "Wrestling is gay and you are a moron for enjoying it" bullsh*t, and it was something of a self-own. He was daft not to do any research and draw meaningful satire from an industry that badly needs its power to elevate the social conscience. South Park excels at this.Normally.

But in WTF, there are no grotesquely brilliant sight gags of the elementary school kids injecting themselves with steroids. Kenny McCormick doesn't die from a soma overdose, bringing into focus just how many wrestlers have died so young, but instead via rocket launcher.

The episode wasn't without its moments.

The gay jokes are handled with more winning absurdity than ugliness - "Whoa-oh! The f*ck is this?" - the target of which isn't wrestling, but the hilarious hick bar regulars in a typically great commentary on rural America.

Still, Parker aimed for the easiest target and missed.