WWE And TNA: 7 Worst Moments Of The Week (Jan 22)

1. Too Much

Jimmy Snuka was a part of WWE history. I get that. He was a top star in the WWF when Vince McMahon took over, and he probably felt loyal to him after all these years. I get that too. However, I can’t comprehend why the company felt it was necessary to air a tribute video to him on Raw.

Not long ago, WWE removed Snuka's Hall of Fame page on their website. He was suspended from his legends contract in Sept. of 2015. This is so they could distance themselves from him as much as possible. Why? Because he charged with third-degree murder. That’s not very family friendly.

You could say they were fine to celebrate him because he was never convicted of a crime. Ok. Fine. That’s technically true. But if you read up on the case, the investigation was abysmal and possibly corrupt. Also, Snuka was about to go to trial for Nancy Argentino’s murder if he hadn't been so sick. This is because there was plenty of evidence against him. He should have stood trial decades ago. He even lost a civil case against her family, but much like O.J. Simpson, he never paid up. Some of the top management figures in WWE believed he killed someone and got away from it. And even through all of that, they kept on bringing him back until it looked too bad on their end.

Airing a brief graphic on him to open Raw would have been fine. For many, even that would have been too much. But showing that long video package was one of the tackiest things they’d done in years. Even the live crowd seemed to have no idea how to react. Cheer for the man who may have killed a woman and got away with it? There wasn’t a great option for WWE to go with in this situation, but the extended feature doing nothing but making him look like a saint was about the worst possible one.

Time to kick out.