10 Times Wrestlers Cried And Made Everybody Feel Really Awkward
1. Triple H & Vince McMahon (Monday Night Raw, 18th July 2011)
One of the more sickening efforts in over-indulgence from the McMahon clan, Triple H's tearful removal of Vince McMahon as an on-screen authority figure in 2011 remains one of the most tone-deaf conclusions to a Monday Night Raw episode in the show's history.
The story called for Vince's removal after CM Punk's WWE Title victory at Money In The Bank a night earlier had plunged the company into chaos. He'd tried and failed to take the title from him on the night itself, but had already done the damage in pushing Punk from the company in the first place. His attempt to fire John Cena was a step too far.
As Triple H droned on and on and on about The Board of Directors, injunctions of no confidence and other fragments of WWE's inane administrative hierarchy, McMahon became increasingly more nervous as it became apparent he was getting the boot from his own company. He then went the long way around announcing to the world that he'd be taking Vince's place.
Gripped with emotion, Triple H could barely get the words out before trembling over his words due the abject sadness of it all, and it wasn't long before Vince himself was tearing up at his impending dismissal. A festival of wet-faced back-slapping, it couldn't have been further away from the original dynamism of the jaw-dropping Punk pipebomb.