2. HLA
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxzee9_eric-bischoff-hla-3-minute-warning_sport This is a little bit of a weird one. It started OK. The idea was that Eric Bischoff, sleazy as hell and desperate to increase ratings, decided to program Raw as a total trash TV show. His latest "innovation" was what he called HLA: "Hot Lesbian Action." It was really funny at first, from the girls' (they were independent wrestlers) locker room having a "THE LESBIANS" sign on the door to Bischoff being a delightful creep. It came crashing down when the girls stripped down. Before anything happened, Bischoff said they had been out on TV about three minutes too long, and his goons, Three Minute Warning, hit the ring. They beat the hell out of "the lesbians," who suffered legitimate injuries in the process. It was weird, gross, and offensive in a number of ways. Even though Bischoff was a heel, it was so prurient and unnecessarily violent that it was a huge turnoff.
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