5 Lurid WWE Hotel Room Angles

5. Dean Malenko: Ladies' Man

Dean Malenko was one of the finest technical wrestlers of all time; as smooth mechanically as he was learned in the submission realm, his matches were incredibly easy to believe in.

Since all three of those enviable attributes mattered little to the WWF in the year 2000, Malenko was transitioned away from his acclaimed 'Man of 1,000 Holds' persona. He became 'Double Ho Seven' - James Bond, only with a bottle of Rohypnol in his hand rather than a glass of Martini. Malenko was so enamoured with Lita, in particular, that he decided to join her in the shower late in that year. He was met, mercifully, with a Hardy Boyz-sized beatdown.

You might say that this was the WWF at its most socially progressive - early supporters of the consent awareness culture pervasive in 2016. Then again, Jerry Lawler on commentary demanded that the camera remained trained on an obviously-distressed Lita. Also, Heidrenreich practically raped Michael Cole in 2003 in an angle mostly played for laughs. See, it was funny because Michael Cole was much weaker, and clearly wanted no part of it!

Not content with mere voyeurism, Malenko offered Lita a match on the December 4, 2000 RAW. If she lost, she would be forced to go on a date with him. Is there anything more romantic than evident duress?

The date was played for coarse laughs, but Malenko's dead-eyed delivery of lines like "I'm everything in a man you want, so don't even try to hide it any longer" imbued proceedings with a decidedly sinister undertone. Luckily for Lita, and the portion of the fanbase with taste, she resisted Malenko's hotel room advances, and his insistence that she "take care of Mr. Rockefeller", by setting up an ambush from brothers Matt and Jeff.