10 Reasons Why JBL Is WWE's Most Controversial Figure
4. The Jim McGreevey Incident
JBL fought and defeated The Undertaker in a successful WWE Championship defence at No Mercy 2004, but made bigger waves after the show had gone off the air. Two months after causing a stir by flashing Nazi salutes in Germany, Bradshaw grabbed a microphone, then cut a promo on New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, announcing that the state was "only known for one thing - a governor who likes little boys."
It was another terrible attempt at garnering heel heat, made worse by the circumstances surrounding McGreevey at the time. Jim had recently come out as a homosexual, and without any evidence whatsoever, JBL decided that this was grounds to infer that he was a paedophile. In-character or not, it's a revolting remark, and one that he definitely should've been punished for.
On top of this, Rene Dupree has previously accused JBL of tormenting him with homophobic slurs, while Edge claims to have been sexually harassed by JBL in a locker-room shower. There's no outside evidence to back these two stories up, but the McGreevey incident reflects incredibly poorly on on JBL, particularly as it came so soon after what happened in Germany.