10 Disturbing Times WWE Flirted With Romance Angles

3. Basically Everything Vince McMahon Did Throughout The 2000s

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Vince McMahon went mad with power when he formally took over the wrestling world in 2001.

With total domination on the precipice, he started to evolve into a grotesque caricature by booking himself to have an affair with Trish Stratus, as part of which he necked on with her. When there was nowhere else to work, pointedly, he did this sort of thing far more often.

He got off with Torrie Wilson. And, later, Sable. Also Candice Michelle. He abused his power to - and this is cynical and presumptuous, since he's never outright said it - do the things he wanted to do. He was hardly going to main event WrestleMania with a Playboy model. He technically did this to build his megalomaniacal character and drive storylines in which his wife and daughter were the babyfaces, but the man did say on the Pat McAfee Show that he's never worked a day in his life.

So why was it disturbing?

The women obviously couldn't turn down the pitch. This was a gross onscreen power dynamic that was even more warped in real life.

Also: did you see him kiss these women?

More jacked than ever before, and as a result exponentially more sweaty and red, he looked like a Rottweiler with two cacks eating a hot bag of chips.

 
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