WWE’s Top 10 Most Controversial Storylines
By Tim Sherry
wwe.com
A list of the top 10 most controversial storylines in WWE history.
In the name of entertainment, sometimes the envelope needs to be pushed. Shock and awe, if done correctly, can invigorate an audience that gets too comfortable with the given product. Movies, radio, TV shows, and commercials have worked with this formula for years as a way to increase ratings. Sure, certain TV shows upset people. A show like South Park intentionally tries to get under its detractor’s skin because for a show like that, any attention is good attention. But South Park is a cartoon. And most controversial shows are known to be fiction.
Now most people know that pro wrestling is scripted. But it operates under the guise that it’s real and its content is geared towards children as well as adults. So when something very controversial happens there is a reverberation around the wrestling community and it’s interpreted in a number of different ways.
The one thing that seems to be a constant when it comes to controversy in the WWE, it’s rarely successful. The more over the top the angle, the more it is usually met with skepticism, anger, and sometimes outrage. Pro wrestling for a lot of people, is an escape. A way to dive into something and forget about the real world. So throwing questionable material into the everyday wrestling norm is always a gamble and most of the time, a losing one.
Ahead we break down the top 10 most controversial storylines in WWE history.