10 Weirdest Wrestling Moments That Were SO CLOSE To Happening

9. Melina Becoming A Drag Queen

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Tasteless angles became a WWE tradition from the mid-to-late-90s onwards. Stirring up controversy was a way of life for the promotion's braintrust, which is presumably why someone thought it'd be neat if promising Diva and MNM valet Melina was 'outed as a man' by Batista.

Hilarious, eh? Or not.

This 2006 guff was reportedly shelved when it crossed the desk of one Stephanie McMahon. She, rightly, perhaps thought that wrecking Melina's career by booking something so crass (being laughed at and joked about for dressing in drag would be a very bad look for WWE in retrospect anyway) was silly and senseless.

Instead, WWE went with a kayfabe allegations that Batista had "forced himself" on the Diva against her will. Yeah, maybe they didn't rescue this situation after all, but it's wild to imagine that Melina could've become a phoney drag act during the formative years of her run in the women's division.

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