10 Times WWE SmackDown Went Too Far
8. 7/7 Hassan Attacks
A dated and horribly-timed segment with The Undertaker that ultimately went so far that it brought his p*ss-weak story with Muhammad Hassan to an abrupt halt, this wasn't just SmackDown going too far but WWE going too stupid then going too far in letting it air.
To reset; Hassan had bitten off more than he could chew with The Undertaker, as was obvious to all at the time. To try and balance the books, he led a gang of masked associates in an assault of 'The Deadman' on a SmackDown episode taped on July 4th. The group garrotted him with piano wire before carrying "martyr" and manager Daivari out on their shoulders.
America's birthday, cheapest heat, jingoism, you get it. But you never should have.
The segment inexplicably aired in full on international (though not British) broadcasts on July 8th despite the London 7/7 bombings killing 56 and injured hundreds more. Hassan's WWE career (in real and storyline terms) was appropriately laid to rest by the former 'American Badass' at the Great American Bash later that month. It was the only possible (and failed) way to try and walk back one of the grossest run-ins ever.