5. Brian Pillman
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa9627_kevin-sullivan-vs-brian-pillman-str_sport The Loose Cannon character that Brian Pillman created in the mid-1990s was responsible for numerous controversial moments. Whether he was pulling a gun on a live episode of WWE Raw or appearing in an ECW ring and threatening to piss in the center of it, Pillman was quickly earning the reputation of a highly unpredictable, immensely unconventional star whose penchant for shocking fans was as important, if not more so, than anything he accomplished as an in-ring performer. In February 1996, Pillman swerved even those closest to him at the Super Brawl pay-per-view when he grabbed hold of a microphone during what was to be an "I Quit" match against "The Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan. In a moment that should have shocked no one but, for some reason did, Pillman referred to Sullivan as "booker man" and quit, awarding the victory to his rival. The head of creative for WCW at the time, Sullivan looked frazzled and Arn Anderson was left to clean up the mess of a segment. To make matters worse, Pillman's antics around ringside angered legendary manager and commentator Bobby Heenan enough to get him to break character and curse, dropping an F-bomb at a time when WCW was very much family-friendly programming. A pipebomb that elicited an F-bomb? No wonder it ended up this high on the list.
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