10 Times WWE Went Too Far

1. Katie Vick

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Destined to live forever as one of (if not the) most bone-headed ideas to ever make it out of a WWE creative meeting, the Katie Vick storyline presented the company's product at its absolute grimmest in 2002.

Kane was set to face Triple H in a bout pitting his Intercontinental belt against Hunter's World Heavyweight Title at No Mercy. The build saw 'The Game' claim his opponent was in a one-sided relationship with Vick, who was tragically killed in a car crash. Kane f*cked the corpse, Triple H reckoned he had footage, and tormented 'The Big Red Machine' for weeks as a result, before finally unveiling the tape on Raw.

What we got was Triple H slipping into a funeral home in a Kane mask, finding a mannequin dressed up as Vick, then simulating sex. "I did it, I screwed your brains out," Hunter said, pulling a handful of gray matter from the casket.

The angle's grotesqueness needs no further extrapolation. It fully deserves its legacy as one of the most embarrassing things this big, dopy company has ever done, and it's a miracle that Kane and Triple H were able to survive it with their careers intact.

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