10 Controversial WWE Attitude Era Moments You Totally Forgot About

1. "Pakistani Extraction"

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unchecked, not nice people will do not nice things.

America got hand prints; the UK, at Capital Carnage, got full nipple.

America got a lot of "ass"; the UK, at Rebellion '99, got the full 'F' bomb.

America got "the continent of Asia"; the UK got...

At the aforementioned Capital Carnage, Mr. McMahon cut a heel promo localised to the British audience. Shane McMahon had just wondered aloud if celeb import Vinnie Jones was "George Michael's boyfriend". Jesus Christ did they like that patter. They also liked to prey on "evil foreigners" and, despairingly, given the state the UK finds itself in now, they did know where the heat was.

Forecasting the future of Great Britain, McMahon claimed it would become a "cesspool of decadence and debauchery," "a cesspool in all likelihood governed by a Prime Minister of Pakistani extraction".

"Winston Churchill will be flipping in his grave!" said Jerry Lawler.

You were jacking in your chair when Jacqueline's top fell off, so pipe down.

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