My Top 5 Controversial Wrestling Moments To Ever Air In The UK.
Intro.
Over the years I have been asking myself, just what are the most controversial Wrestling moments to ever air, or in some cases, not air in my country of England, my god their have been plenty over the years. So I thought it was a good time, to go back and take a look at these moments.
5 Mae Young Royal Rumble 2000
I'm not going to go into too much detail here, because I don't want to pay for anyones therapy, but this pissed off Channel 4 here in the UK, and also my mum, who walked with the washing, as this played out.
4 Mohammed Hassan.
Wrestling, when it comes to dealing with sensitive topics, wretling deals with them, with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, and this was no differant. he debuted in and around the same time of when the London Bombings happened, and Sky here in the UK were not happy, which is highly understandable.
3 WCW In 1999.
From Ric Flair in a mental home, to Oklahoma. I'm not going to say it. Making fun of someone, for having a disabilty, is just low. I don't think that the UK media picked up on this at the time, but thanks to the WWE Network, there both here, for all to see.
2 Edge Torments Vicki Guerro.
This. Was heavily edited here in the UK, and given the fact at the time when this aired. Domestic Violence cases had sky rocketed, this hasn't aged well, at all.
1 Trish Barks Like A Dog.
Some people wouls say that this was the attitude era, but to me this is no excuse, because it should never have conceived in the first place. It showed the narrative of power, at it's full exposure, and it was horrible to see. These attitudes are never welcome, and shouldn't have been welcomed then. Sky over here refused to air the offending footage, and it was the right thing to do. Given the fact that Domestic Violence cases at this point had risen, and showed no sign of slowing down. Humiliation isn't funny, it's actually desperate, and unwanted.
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