1. Bill Goldberg Is Evil Anti-Semitic Santa Claus (Santa's Slay, 2005)
Growing up as a Jewish wrestling fan, there weren't too many wrestlers of the faith whom I could admire. Sure, Raven and Dean Malenko were great, but in terms of pure visibility, nobody beat Bill Goldberg. Not only was he a superstar, but he never made any attempt to hide his heritage, competing under his real name and refusing to wrestle on Yom Kippur. For those reasons and more, fans were surprised when Goldberg starred in 2005's Santa's Slay, playing the titular character. In the film, Santa is an evil being - the son of Satan, in fact - and goes around wreaking havoc to his heart's content. In one memorable scene, Goldberg-Claus passes a group of Orthodox Jews and snarls at them. Anti-Semitism, or a tongue-in-cheek nod to the lead's actual religion? Either way, it's certainly a WTF moment in a film filled with many.
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
*Best Crowd of the Year, 2013
