10 Most Offensive WWE Moments Ever
6. Hawk's Addictions
With realism the endless agenda of Vince Russo as his vision of professional wrestling took over WWE's product in 1998, the very real drug and alcohol dependencies of Road Warrior Hawk were rather cruelly exploited for a cheap and relatively meaningless storyline.
With the Legion of Doom slipping down the card following comprehensive losses to the New Age Outlaws and Disciples of Apocalypse in the summer, Hawk was asked to portray a drunk version of himself on-screen to accentuate the duo's sad descent.
Stumbling over during their entrance, being too intoxicated to tag, and slurring words on guest commentary, the sad portrayal of the former tag team great was too near-the-knuckle to be entertaining, and did nothing to promote the tag team or sell a match or storyline with their likeness on.
The payoff (using the term loosely) was Droz shoving a suicidal Hawk off the TitanTron structure to imply he was the 'pusher', enabling Hawk's problems to steal his spot in the team.
That element of the angle was abruptly shelved, as was anything further with the characters, but the damage was done.
L.O.D briefly reunited in a losing effort during a WrestleMania pre-show battle royal, before exiting the company in disgust with their position weeks later.