10 Controversial Wrestling Matches You'll Never See Again

3. Vince McMahon Vs Stephanie McMahon (WWE No Mercy 2003)

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The recent corporate change at WWE's top table has positioned Stephanie McMahon as the interim Chairwoman for (at least) the duration of the company's investigations into misconduct allegations against Vince McMahon.

The move feels more for the benefit of public perception than any kind of professional or philosophical shift, with "interim" being thrown around more in WWE press releases than on AEW television. Regardless, stories of team meetings and togetherness present a new ideal as the company looks to move forward from an ugly story with even uglier ramifications.

Which is why this one is surely getting locked down forever more.

Enjoying a bit of warped wish fulfilment in the name of his own entertainment (and per his own DVD documentary it could have been even grosser), Vince McMahon knocking his real life daughter about within the showbiz squared circle was destined to age horribly long before fresh grim allegations surfaced about what goes on within his autocratic empire.

It's sh*t anyway - surreal in still images, it's indulgent trash in movement. Like McMahon himself, WWE should have gotten rid of this one a long time ago.

 
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