10 WWE Moments We Wish We Could Unsee

In early 2001, Vince McMahon was feeling more powerful than ever. He was on the verge of winning the Monday Night War, his company was hot, and his decisions had been vindicated at last. This is perhaps an explanation as to why his on-screen persona went so utterly insane, with its scuzzy cultimation being his kayfabe triste with Trish Stratus.

The former T&A valet was transitioning to active in-ring work, and being linked with the boss was a boon for her prominence. But at its core, we had a weird old man writing scripts that required him to smooch and cavort with a beautiful woman half his age - needless to say, it was creepy stuff.

This peaked on a truly gross episode of Raw, in which McMahon, now tired of his mistress, forced Trish to strip down in the ring and bark like a dog. She duly complied, but rather than the crowd relishing the public humiliation of this young woman, they gained sympathy for Stratus, who would go on to a terrific and massively influential career.

Trish was game for anything and certainly made the most of this weird and distasteful spectacle, but it certainly isn’t a good advert for WWE as an employer.