10 Disturbing WWE Storylines That Got Way Too Dark

As far as dark, disturbing, and depressing WWE storylines go, it doesn’t get any worse than Katie Vick. It is comfortably the most distasteful thing that WWE have ever done, and frankly, it’s a miracle either participant was able to enjoy a successful career in the aftermath.

The year was 2002, and Kane had just started feuding with Triple H. The duo were set to meet at No Mercy with both Kane’s Intercontinental Championship and Triple H’s World Heavyweight Title on the line, and it should have been a relatively easy sell. They were both among WWE’s biggest stars at the time, and their professional rivalry should have been enough basis for a solid series of matches.

Instead, WWE decided to bring necrophilia into the equation.

In the run-up to No Mercy, The Game suggested that Kane had embarked on an unrequited relationship with a woman named Katie Vick a few years prior. Claiming that Kane had defiled Vick’s corpse after she’d died in a car crash, Triple H threatened Kane with footage of the act. While this obviously never aired, what WWE presented in its place was almost as bad.

Triple H dressed himself up as Kane, walked into a funeral parlour, and simulated sex with a mannequin in a casket. WWE faced an immediate backlash for the angle, but fortunately responded appropriately. They toned everything down ahead of No Mercy, and there was barely a mention of Katie Vick’s name in the aftermath - but the story remains the biggest “what on Earth were they thinking?!” moment in WWE history.