50 Absolute Worst Things WWE Has Done In The 21st Century

Angles piggy-backing on someone's death are often defended with statements like, '...but that's what Wrestler A would've wanted'. Sometimes, this is probs true, but nobody will ever know for sure because those workers are no longer around to share their thoughts. This happened when CM Punk interrupted The Undertaker mid-Paul Bearer tribute in 2013, and it had happened before once Eddie Guerrero passed in 2005.

WWE squeezed a lot out of memorialising Eddie. Chavo Guerrero returned from Kerwin White hell to pay tribute, Rey Mysterio honoured his friend whenever he could, and various wrestlers began using trademark Eddie moves during their matches. That was all positive stuff, but everyone should be ashamed of the 3 February 2006 episode of SmackDown.

There, a heel Randy Orton quizzed Mysterio on his fondness for bringing Guerrero up or blowing a kiss towards the sky whenever he appeared onscreen. Fans looked on stunned as Randy then told Rey: "Eddie ain't in heaven. Eddie's down there...in hell". For the record, this happened a mere 82 days after Guerrero had passed away, and it had been even less time since his funeral.

Orton and Mysterio were set to do battle on the upcoming No Way Out pay-per-view, so they needed something spicy to help sell their number one contendership match. Literally anything other than suggesting that a fallen friend who had died months before was in purgatory would've done the trick.

At best, this was too soon. Way, way, way too soon. It caught everyone off guard, then the cries of, '...but Eddie would want it this way' started.