10 Raw Moments WWE Wants You To Forget

8. Mae Young And The Hand

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The importance of over-the-top silliness cannot be overlooked when it comes to the Attitude Era. It was part of its charm, in the same way that Michael Cole encouraging viewers to head on over to WWE.com to get their free Network trial every five minutes is part of today's.

There has to be a line somewhere, though, and most - even those who regard the years 1998 to 2001 as the wrestling equivalent of the Roman Empire - tend to agree that Mae Young giving birth to a Mark Henry-fathered hand crossed that line.

Apart from being utterly bizarre, it was also more than a little damaging to the career of Mark Henry, who was - at the time - seen as one of the company's biggest prospects, evidenced by the multi-year contract they awarded him when he first signed in the late-'90s.

As for the kid, chances are we won't ever see a wrestler wearing a full-length hand costume pop up in NXT, claiming to be the offspring of a pair of former wrestling legends (unless it's a much-loved indie darling, just to troll us) - which means precisely no stars were made as a result of this angle.

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