10 Disturbing WWE SmackDown Moments You Totally Don't Remember
8. Latino Heat
More Eddie Guerrero madness from the mid-2000s, as WWE elected to use his tragic passing as an opportunity to promote a big night out for Rey Mysterio. 'Latino Heat's cadaver was practically still warm, but they just wouldn't let it lie.
And if his corpse was lukewarm, his low-rider was bloody boiling. Literally on fire in fact, after Randy Orton used it in his second act of attempted murder on The Undertaker in as many months.
The saccharinity and psychopathy eventually dovetailed in February 2006, less than four months removed from Eddie's death. Mysterio was off to WrestleMania by virtue of his Royal Rumble victory, but the callous 'Legend Killer' (erk) talked him into a scrap over the title shot by screaming in his face that his best bud was now rotting in hell.
Unfathomable? Yes. Uncomfortable? Yes too. Unnecessary? Yes again. There is no twist or punchline answer. It was unequivocally rotten.
Frankly, it was a minor miracle WWE had managed to draw an emotional response either way merely by mentioning his name. Guerrero hadn't been afforded as much television time when he was alive than when after he passed, as the company frantically grappled with paying respect whilst hurriedly dividing a drug-heavy 'Wellness Policy' built on the foundations of his demise.