50 Greatest WWE Raw Moments Ever
35. Bubba Ray Dudley Powerbombs Mae Young (March 13th, 2000)
The majority of truly great Raw moments are not just fantastic as standalone segments, but superlative checkpoints in wider creative arcs. The vast, vast majority on this list alone don't resonate without a deep-rooted investment in the characters involved and/or the stories they were doing an excellent job of telling.
Could that be applied to the coming together of two of Bubba Ray Dudley's favourite hobbies in March 2000? With deranged frequency, he'd grown to love putting women through tables and abusing the 77-year-old Mae Young. Thus, the above insanity manifested. But really, is there any requirement to remotely contextualise one of the most maniacal visuals the company ever managed to craft?
It was a moment that could only happen in professional wrestling, which is a compliment to the industry and the world outside of it. Ray soared through the air from the Raw stage, scissored by Mae's legs as she crumpled in a heap through multiple tables. A septuagenarian suffering a fate a trained stunt performer would take a couple of closer looks at, with a post-carnage close-up on the perpetrator's orgasmic reaction, all on live television. The only thing as crazy was how the incredible scene expedited a babyface turn for Bubba & D-Von.