10 Astonishing Times Wrestlers Swore On Live TV

2. Shaniqua

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This was outrageous - an incredibly aggressive outburst of swearing that somehow contrived to bury three of the four performers involved in the preceding tag team match.

The fake brothers Basham, Doug and Danny, were genuine stars and prospects in Ohio Valley Wrestling; in WWE, the Such Good Sh*t generator spewed out a - ding ding ding! - bondage gimmick, the premise of which meant they sort of had to be losers. Otherwise, their dominatrix Shaniqua had no reason to go apesh*t at and punish them.

She went absolutely apesh*t at the Tag Team Champions after they lost to Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty on the December 2, 2003 SmackDown. The match was ostensibly designed to put over the imminent challengers as prospective champions, but Shaniqua's fury made an hilarious mockery of Scotty 2 Hotty.

"You're f*cking pathetic!" she screamed at Doug. "I cannot believe this! You f*cking lose to Scotty 2 Hotty?! You don't deserve to be f*ckin' repped by Shaniqua!"

Amazing.

In Shaniqua's mind, it was presumably acceptable to lose to Rikishi. He was a big, scary pro wrestler. But the isolation of Scotty, and the incredulity, could not have made him look more impotent.

"That f*ckin' Attitude Era reject?!"

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