It's well proven that the WWE didn't ever really care for the limits of common decency, or blurring the lines between the moral and the deranged and debauched - up until the 2007 death of Chris Benoit, the Grim Reaper was a big part of some key storylines, including the notorious Katie Vick incident that included simulated necrophilia (revealed of course to be the love of a man and a mannequin). So it's not at all surprising that some of the gimmicks and storylines that have shaped wrestling history would have undoubtedly lead to genuine police intervention if they weren't kayfabe. Stars like Brian Pillman pulled guns on each other, pushed each other off bridges and generally flaunted every fire safety regulation every drawn up in public arenas in the name of entertaining fans and putting up big house and PPV numbers, and the line that delineated common decency was crossed with increasingly reckless abandon - especially during the Attitude Era when pretty much anything went. Now though, the WWE has cleaned up its act considerably, and tends to shy away from using sex and death to sell gimmicks - unsurprisingly - but no matter how much work is done to distance the brand from its seedier, occasionally criminal past, it's hard to forget some of these more morally repugnant storylines that should probably have seen talents ritually thrown into the slammer for extended stays at the government's pleasure...
