10 Times WWE Went Too Far
Necrophilia, miscarriages, racism, and other uplifting topics...
Just when you thought 2018 couldn't get any weirder, WWE decided to use their controversial Crown Jewel pay-per-view to usher self-admitted racist Hulk Hogan back into their Universe, heaping further fuel on the garbage fire the show became months prior to its airing.
This isn't the first time WWE have crossed the lines of taste and decency, and it won't be the last. WWE's creative department is good at a lot of things, but dealing with difficult and potentially controversial topics isn't one of them, and they'll keep broaching subjects that should never be touched on a wrestling show ad infinitum.
It's all fantasy, and it's important not to good too carried away, but the company should absolutely be called out when they inflict such horrors on their viewership, particularly in the supposedly family-friendly PG era.
Honourable mentions are legion. Big Boss Man hijacking Big Show's father's funeral, Kurt Angle forcing himself on Sharmell, Kaientai choppy-choppying Val Venis' pee-pee, f*cking Eugene: each could easily have found their way onto our list, and WWE history is full of similarly gross examples.
These crimes against wrestling are just the tip of the iceberg...
10. Dr. Hiney
A cherished wrestling institution and sacred cow he may be, but poor ol' Jim Ross was one of Vince McMahon's favourite whipping boys throughout his full-time run with the company, and often the butt of the Chairman's jokes. In this case, literally.
The 24 October 2005 episode of Raw saw McMahon deck himself out in doctor's garb, ready to perform surgery on a rubbery representation of what was supposed to be JR's arse. 'Dr. Hiney' was accompanied by 'Nurse Slobberknockers,' because of course he was, and dived into the colonoscopy, pulling out BBQ sauce, an Oklahoma football helmet, and a bunch of other silly bullsh*t from Ross' balloon knot, accompanied by boatloads of JR quotes and fart noises. If you've never seen it, it was every bit as dumb as it sounds.
The reason for this? Ross had just taken time off from WWE to undergo real-life colon surgery, and the ever-classy Vince thought it'd be a grand idea to rib him with this brutal seven-minute TV segment. Great.
A crass moment, and a real career lowlight for Ross, but far from surprising. It was only four years prior that McMahon had made him join the 'Kiss My Ass Club' in his home state, after all...