50 Absolute Worst Things WWE Has Done In The 21st Century
19. Mae Young Gives Birth To A Hand (2000)
Hope nobody's eating a nice big bowl of jelly whilst reading this.
The 28 February 2000 Raw will forever be remembered as the night when Mae Young gave birth to a human hand. Mark Henry's face told the full story. 'Sexual Chocolate' couldn't believe how gross the ordeal was, but he really should've been wondering how he managed to impregnate a prosthetic hand into Mae. Yes, that is a real sentence and there's no going back now.
Being honest, the romance between Mark and Mae had some comedic value. Not much, but some. It was an undercard story designed to push Henry's 'anyone will do' approach in the bedroom. That's fine and dandy, but did anybody really need to see Young squeeze out a jelly-covered hand as the poor extra enlisted to play doctor tried his best not to gag?
Over on the other channel, WCW ran matches like The Stro vs. The Cat and Sid Vicious retaining the World Title over Tank Abbott. They could've put on a rematch between Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat. It didn't matter. The promotion was cooked, so Nitro was still blasted in the Monday night ratings by Mae's slapstick pregnancy.
Seeing it live was a bit disgusting though. This writer remembers convincing his parents to let him use the main TV to watch Raw, then being embarrassed when the then-WWF committed this segment to tape. That came hot on the heels of his dad recording Royal Rumble 2000 and flicking over just in time to see Mae enter the 'Miss. Rumble 2000' bikini contest.
Fun times?