My Top 5 Times When Pro Wrestling Tried To Tackle Serious Issues.

Intro.

In the realm of Pro Wrestling, the term serious issues is something that back in the 90's would get laughed at. I would like to think that in our year of 2025 this is a thing of the past, but we live in times when if you make a post, things can be relived, for the good and the bad.

5. MJF Anti Semitism.

This shocked me. In a Segment from October 2023. MJF was physically, and verbally assaulted by Jay White, and the rest of this Bang Bang Gang. Max stood by the story, as it shone a nasty light on just how Jewish people are treated.

4. Hangman Adam Page Alcoholism And Mental Health.

As 2020 was developing under awful circumstances. AEW managed to shine a light on what it was like to be an alcoholic with mental health issues. As the build to an overarching ancor of a story, that led to Hangman Adam Page eventually beating his tormentor Kenny Omega, this made for excellent TV, whilst acting as a reminder that if you're going through issues, then remember it's ok, to not be ok, and to talk.

3. Misogyny. Various Promotions.

Misogyny in Pro Wrestling isn't new, it's been a thing since the days of Randy Savage silencing his valet Ms Elizabeth, and since the mid eighties this became the norm in this industry, fast forward to 1998-2002, that we were treated to an old man mounting a woman in WCW. Sexual Humiliation in the year 2000 on WWF TV, things got worse in 2002 when HHH screamed in Stephanie Mcmahons face, and even in the pressent day in AEW we got the many comments of one Dan Lambert. I don't think this industry learned from past times.

2. Death.

Who remembers the Big Shows Dad's funeral? ( Patrick stop laughing ) Oh just me then. This is not how you deal with death.

1. Alcoholism.

When I watched this back. It made me feel like the 1996 that i remember was a distant memory, and i'm right because there's no way that Jake Roberts addiction issues would be made fun of today. I remember hearing Josh Schwartz the creator of The OC once say, that if you don't put sensitive topics on TV, then no one talks about them, and I believe that there's some truth to that, but this was bad. Vince Mcmahon even tried at one point to defend Jerry Lawlers bullying of on his Roberts Pick Your Poison DVD released back 2006, as an educational message for Children who have parents that are addicts, and all I have to say is this. Yeah right. Issues like this need to be worn with cotton gloves, and handled with care.