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** Long before that in a 1997 backstage segment, the Undertaker visits his kayfabe parents' graves to talk to them; Mark Calaway's real life father died in 2003.
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* Look up a Wrestling/MickFoley match and you'll get the commentary team makes several jokes at how many concussions Foley had gotten and how many brain cells of his are dead. Now that Foley has talked about his memory issues due to his career it's hard to laugh.
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* Look up a Wrestling/MickFoley match and you'll get the commentary team makes making several jokes at about how many concussions Foley had gotten and how many brain cells of his are dead. Now that Foley has talked about his memory issues due to his career career, it's hard to laugh.
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** During their match at Wrestling/{{No Way Out|WWE}} 2004, Wrestling/BrockLesnar tells Eddie to "just die". It is extremely uncomfortable to hear to say the least.
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** During their match at Wrestling/{{No Way Out|WWE}} 2004, Wrestling/BrockLesnar tells Eddie to "just die". It is extremely uncomfortable to hear hear, to say the least.
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* Even back in 1999, Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi wasn't on board with Wrestling/KatsuyoriShibata's extreme dedication to "strong style" wrestling. While Shibata would stall on the independent circuit (Big Mouth Loud), fail in kick-boxing (K-1) and only find middling success in mixed martial arts promotions (DREAM, DEEP, IGF, etc.), Tanahashi would return from Wrestling/{{CMLL}} a new man whose charisma was so strong it forced "[[Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura The King Of Strong Style]]" himself to undergo a similar makeover and stress his own charisma. Still, Shibata stuck his course, eventually got booked by Wrestling/{{New Japan|ProWrestling}} again, and ''eventually'' got pushed by New Japan again in spite of Tanahashi's disapproval always being just beneath the surface at best. Then Shibata paralyzed half of his own body headbutting Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada, making Tanahashi sound right.
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* Even back in 1999, Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi wasn't on board with Wrestling/KatsuyoriShibata's extreme dedication to "strong style" wrestling. While Shibata would stall on the independent circuit (Big Mouth Loud), fail in kick-boxing (K-1) (K-1), and only find middling success in mixed martial arts promotions (DREAM, DEEP, IGF, etc.), Tanahashi would return from Wrestling/{{CMLL}} a new man whose charisma was so strong it forced "[[Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura The King Of Strong Style]]" himself to undergo a similar makeover and stress his own charisma. Still, Shibata stuck his course, eventually got booked by Wrestling/{{New Japan|ProWrestling}} again, and ''eventually'' got pushed by New Japan again in spite of Tanahashi's disapproval always being just beneath the surface at best. Then Shibata paralyzed half of his own body headbutting Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada, making Tanahashi sound right.
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* in 2011, Wrestling/CMPunk gave the blistering [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OS9wZGb_3g "Pipebomb" promo]], wherein he lambasted WWE, saying that the WWE Creative were wasting very skilled talent like himself, The Rock being in the main event vs. John Cena (despite the former not being an active wrestler), and that he was leaving over it. This promo actually got him a push and he stayed in WWE for a few more years... until the night after the 2014 Royal Rumble. The reasons he gave for leaving? The WWE was wasting very skilled talent (in this case Daniel Bryan), and that The Rock was pushed into the main event at [=WrestleMania=] vs Cena, despite not being an active wrestler... again.
* At the first ''Wrestling/{{ECW}} One Night Stand'' in 2005, Wrestling/MikeAwesome wrestled Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, and Wrestling/JoeyStyles took the opportunity to basically bury Awesome for abruptly signing up with Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 2000 while still ECW World Champion.[[note]]This actually caused ECW to ask WWE (whom they were on somewhat friendly terms with despite being competition) to briefly bring Wrestling/{{Tazz}} back so that Awesome could drop the title to him so in turn Tazz could later drop it a few days later, resulting in the odd situation of a WCW-contracted wrestler losing a ECW title to a WWE-contracted wrestler.[[/note]] When Awesome does a Suicide Dive onto Tanaka, Styles said "It's a damn shame he didn't really take his own life!" A few years later, Awesome killed himself.
* When Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and his family were found dead the morning of a scheduled 3-hour episode of Raw, the show was scrapped and replaced with a special episode dedicated to his past wrestling career. It was found out very soon after the episode aired that he was likely to have murdered his own family, then committed suicide.
* At the first ''Wrestling/{{ECW}} One Night Stand'' in 2005, Wrestling/MikeAwesome wrestled Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, and Wrestling/JoeyStyles took the opportunity to basically bury Awesome for abruptly signing up with Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 2000 while still ECW World Champion.[[note]]This actually caused ECW to ask WWE (whom they were on somewhat friendly terms with despite being competition) to briefly bring Wrestling/{{Tazz}} back so that Awesome could drop the title to him so in turn Tazz could later drop it a few days later, resulting in the odd situation of a WCW-contracted wrestler losing a ECW title to a WWE-contracted wrestler.[[/note]] When Awesome does a Suicide Dive onto Tanaka, Styles said "It's a damn shame he didn't really take his own life!" A few years later, Awesome killed himself.
* When Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and his family were found dead the morning of a scheduled 3-hour episode of Raw, the show was scrapped and replaced with a special episode dedicated to his past wrestling career. It was found out very soon after the episode aired that he was likely to have murdered his own family, then committed suicide.
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* in 2011, Wrestling/CMPunk gave the blistering [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OS9wZGb_3g "Pipebomb" promo]], wherein he lambasted WWE, saying that the WWE Creative were was wasting very skilled talent like himself, The Rock being in the main event vs. John Cena (despite the former not being an active wrestler), and that he was leaving over it. This promo actually got him a push and he stayed in WWE for a few more years... until the night after the 2014 Royal Rumble. The reasons he gave for leaving? The WWE was wasting very skilled talent (in this case Daniel Bryan), and that The Rock was pushed into the main event at [=WrestleMania=] vs Cena, Cena despite not being an active wrestler... again.
* At the first ''Wrestling/{{ECW}} One Night Stand'' in 2005, Wrestling/MikeAwesome wrestled Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, and Wrestling/JoeyStyles took the opportunity to basically bury Awesome for abruptly signing up with Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 2000 while still ECW World Champion.[[note]]This actually caused ECW to ask WWE (whom they were on somewhat friendly terms with despite being competition) to briefly bring Wrestling/{{Tazz}} back so that Awesome could drop the title to himso so, in turn turn, Tazz could later drop it a few days later, resulting in the odd situation of a WCW-contracted wrestler losing a an ECW title to a WWE-contracted wrestler.[[/note]] When Awesome does a Suicide Dive onto Tanaka, Styles said "It's a damn shame he didn't really take his own life!" A few years later, Awesome killed himself.
* When Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and his family were found dead the morning of a scheduled 3-hour episode of Raw, the show was scrapped and replaced with a special episode dedicated to his past wrestling career. It was found out very soon after the episode aired that he was likely to have murdered his ownfamily, family and then committed suicide.
* At the first ''Wrestling/{{ECW}} One Night Stand'' in 2005, Wrestling/MikeAwesome wrestled Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, and Wrestling/JoeyStyles took the opportunity to basically bury Awesome for abruptly signing up with Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 2000 while still ECW World Champion.[[note]]This actually caused ECW to ask WWE (whom they were on somewhat friendly terms with despite being competition) to briefly bring Wrestling/{{Tazz}} back so that Awesome could drop the title to him
* When Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and his family were found dead the morning of a scheduled 3-hour episode of Raw, the show was scrapped and replaced with a special episode dedicated to his past wrestling career. It was found out very soon after the episode aired that he was likely to have murdered his own
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** For that matter try watching any Benoit match where commentary talk about him being a future hall of famer or how respected Benoit is.
* Just like ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' has its Madden Curse, WWE has its Undertaker curse, where, in the ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames SmackDown vs. Raw]]'' series, the wrestler feuding with the Undertaker ends up dying in real life. It first happened with Eddie Guerrero in ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw 2006'', in which it ends in a Casket Match. Guerrero died 2 days later. It got worse in the following year in a feud with Chris Benoit. The creepiest part? Undertaker says to him, "If you insist on making this mistake, your grieving family will have no one to blame but you when the inevitable occurs." Brrrr.
* Just like ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' has its Madden Curse, WWE has its Undertaker curse, where, in the ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames SmackDown vs. Raw]]'' series, the wrestler feuding with the Undertaker ends up dying in real life. It first happened with Eddie Guerrero in ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw 2006'', in which it ends in a Casket Match. Guerrero died 2 days later. It got worse in the following year in a feud with Chris Benoit. The creepiest part? Undertaker says to him, "If you insist on making this mistake, your grieving family will have no one to blame but you when the inevitable occurs." Brrrr.
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** For that matter try watching any Benoit match where commentary talk talks about him being a future hall Hall of famer Famer or how respected Benoit is.
* Just like ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' has its Madden Curse, WWE has its Undertaker curse, where, in the ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames SmackDown vs. Raw]]'' series, the wrestler feuding with the Undertaker ends up dying in real life. It first happened with Eddie Guerrero in ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw 2006'',in which it ends ended in a Casket Match. Guerrero died 2 days later. It got worse in the following year in a feud with Chris Benoit. The creepiest part? Undertaker says to him, "If you insist on making this mistake, your grieving family will have no one to blame but you when the inevitable occurs." Brrrr.
* Just like ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' has its Madden Curse, WWE has its Undertaker curse, where, in the ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames SmackDown vs. Raw]]'' series, the wrestler feuding with the Undertaker ends up dying in real life. It first happened with Eddie Guerrero in ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw 2006'',
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** A milder variant happens with ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw 2008''; Undertaker happened to feud with Wrestling/JeffHardy, who suffered a house fire (which killed his dog Jack) and Wellness Policy violation in the same month (March 2008). In addition, WWE also exploited his demons to write him off out of a Survivor Series title match that year.
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** A milder variant happens with ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw 2008''; Undertaker happened to feud with Wrestling/JeffHardy, who suffered a house fire (which killed his dog Jack) and Wellness Policy violation in the same month (March 2008). In addition, WWE also exploited his demons to write him off out of a Survivor Series title match that year.
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* After Wrestling/JerryLawler suffered a thankfully non-lethal heart attack, it makes some of his jokes about José Lothario (Wrestling/ShawnMichaels' mentor) a bit hard to listen to, especially the one about Lothorio's heart being clogged with a jalapeno in the aorta. Lothario isn't the only one, either: other subjects of the King's heart attack/heart problem jokes over the years include Brother Love (Wrestling/BrucePrichard) and even Lawler himself. Even after recovering from his own heart attack he continues doing it, which may mitigates this somewhat, but bears to wonder how.
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* After Wrestling/JerryLawler suffered a thankfully non-lethal heart attack, it makes some of his jokes about José Lothario (Wrestling/ShawnMichaels' (Wrestling/ShawnMichaels's mentor) a bit hard to listen to, especially the one about Lothorio's heart being clogged with a jalapeno jalapeño in the aorta. Lothario isn't the only one, either: other subjects of the King's heart attack/heart problem jokes over the years include Brother Love (Wrestling/BrucePrichard) and even Lawler himself. Even after recovering from his own heart attack attack, he continues doing it, which may mitigates mitigate this somewhat, somewhat but bears to wonder how.
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* Wrestling/BraunStrowman, on a 2017 episode of ''Wrestling/WWERaw'', claiming that the next time he and Wrestling/RomanReigns met in the ring, "It will be Roman Reigns's funeral." [[note]](Background: Strowman and Reigns had started feuding shortly after [=WrestleMania=] 33, and a week before Strowman made those remarks, he brutally attacked Reigns several times throughout the evening, eventually rendering him so badly injured he needed to be taken to the hospital. As the ambulance was taking him to the hospital, however, Strowman blocked the ambulance and pushed it over using his bare strength. Strowman's later remarks, then, implied that Reigns was weak and that a future meeting between the two would result in injuries so severe Reigns would at least be permanently injured.)[[/note]] On the same night those remarks were made, Reigns's real-life brother, Rosey (Matt Anoa'i) was found dead of an apparent heart attack (similar to how Roman's uncle Eddie (Rosey's 3-Minute Warning buddy Jamal, later repackaged as Umaga) died eight years prior) ... and in real life Reigns was helping to plan a funeral.
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* Wrestling/BraunStrowman, on a 2017 episode of ''Wrestling/WWERaw'', claiming that the next time he and Wrestling/RomanReigns met in the ring, "It will be Roman Reigns's funeral." [[note]](Background: Strowman and Reigns had started feuding shortly after [=WrestleMania=] 33, and a week before Strowman made those remarks, he brutally attacked Reigns several times throughout the evening, eventually rendering him so badly injured he needed to be taken to the hospital. As the ambulance was taking him to the hospital, however, Strowman blocked the ambulance and pushed it over using his bare strength. Strowman's later remarks, then, implied that Reigns was weak and that a future meeting between the two would result in injuries so severe Reigns would at least be permanently injured.)[[/note]] On the same night those remarks were made, Reigns's real-life brother, Rosey (Matt Anoa'i) was found dead of an apparent heart attack (similar to how Roman's uncle Eddie (Rosey's 3-Minute Warning buddy Jamal, later repackaged as Umaga) died eight years prior) ... and in real life life, Reigns was helping to plan a funeral.
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* The pilot episode of ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'' featured not only the Blue Blazer, but also a match between Wrestling/DLoBrown and Droz, which led to Droz's career-ending injury during their rematch several months later on a ''[=SmackDown=]'' taping.
* On the ''Raw'' fallout show to ''Wrestling/HellInACell 2018'', Strowman and Roman Reigns were discussing about Reigns's Universal Championship until Wrestling/BaronCorbin announced that a triple-threat match between Strowman, Reigns, and Wrestling/BrockLesnar would take place at a newly announced event known as ''Crown Jewel''. Strowman, then a heel, dismissed the show, the city, the title, and his opponents, saying all of them suck. Considering [[Horrible/{{WWE}} the outcome]] of ''Crown Jewel'' itself, which won [[MedalOfDishonor the 2018 Gooker Award]] from ''Website/WrestleCrap'' by quite the landslide and not without reason, Strowman's words take a new, accidentally prophetic, meaning.
* On the ''Raw'' fallout show to ''Wrestling/HellInACell 2018'', Strowman and Roman Reigns were discussing about Reigns's Universal Championship until Wrestling/BaronCorbin announced that a triple-threat match between Strowman, Reigns, and Wrestling/BrockLesnar would take place at a newly announced event known as ''Crown Jewel''. Strowman, then a heel, dismissed the show, the city, the title, and his opponents, saying all of them suck. Considering [[Horrible/{{WWE}} the outcome]] of ''Crown Jewel'' itself, which won [[MedalOfDishonor the 2018 Gooker Award]] from ''Website/WrestleCrap'' by quite the landslide and not without reason, Strowman's words take a new, accidentally prophetic, meaning.
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* The pilot episode of ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'' featured not only the Blue Blazer, Blazer but also a match between Wrestling/DLoBrown and Droz, which led to Droz's career-ending injury during their rematch several months later on a ''[=SmackDown=]'' taping.
* On the ''Raw'' fallout show to ''Wrestling/HellInACell 2018'', Strowman and Roman Reigns were discussingabout Reigns's Universal Championship until Wrestling/BaronCorbin announced that a triple-threat match between Strowman, Reigns, and Wrestling/BrockLesnar would take place at a newly announced event known as ''Crown Jewel''. Strowman, then a heel, dismissed the show, the city, the title, and his opponents, saying all of them suck. Considering [[Horrible/{{WWE}} the outcome]] of ''Crown Jewel'' itself, which won [[MedalOfDishonor the 2018 Gooker Award]] from ''Website/WrestleCrap'' by quite the landslide and not without reason, Strowman's words take a new, accidentally prophetic, meaning.
* On the ''Raw'' fallout show to ''Wrestling/HellInACell 2018'', Strowman and Roman Reigns were discussing
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** During his burial and after a humiliating loss, Jimmy Hart, in-ring, wiped the face paint from Renegade's face and yelled at him "You’re nothing! You’re not a Renegade! You’re just plain old Rick! A nobody!" Those words become very uncomfortable given the mindset a suicidal person.
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** During his burial and after a humiliating loss, Jimmy Hart, in-ring, wiped the face paint from Renegade's face and yelled at him "You’re nothing! You’re not a Renegade! You’re just plain old Rick! A nobody!" Those words become very uncomfortable given the mindset of a suicidal person.
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** There is also a old promo where Mean Gene refers to the Twin Towers acts as "continuing their terroristic attacks" and likewise on the same show there is promo where Hogan and Savage talk about "demolishing the twin towers" and making sure "they collapse"
* Part of Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin's FaceHeelTurn in 2001 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syUz3kd9DRk included him mistreating his wife and manager,]] Wrestling/{{Debra|Marshall}}. This happened little more than a year before Stone Cold was arrested for domestically abusing her.
* Part of Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin's FaceHeelTurn in 2001 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syUz3kd9DRk included him mistreating his wife and manager,]] Wrestling/{{Debra|Marshall}}. This happened little more than a year before Stone Cold was arrested for domestically abusing her.
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* Part of Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin's FaceHeelTurn in 2001 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syUz3kd9DRk included him mistreating his wife and manager,]] Wrestling/{{Debra|Marshall}}. This happened a little more than a year before Stone Cold was arrested for domestically abusing her.
* Part of Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin's FaceHeelTurn in 2001 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syUz3kd9DRk included him mistreating his wife and manager,]] Wrestling/{{Debra|Marshall}}. This happened a little more than a year before Stone Cold was arrested for domestically abusing her.
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* For the Gooker Award induction for "NXT 2.0," Art O'Donnell, while discussing WWE's new policy of only hiring female talent 25 years or younger, notes how Wrestling/MandyRose is an exception since she's attractive, which WWE cares about more than age. Mandy would be released from the company the following year due to selling explicit material via a website. [[note]] Though to be fair, it's likely WWE knew about this and didn't see it as a problem, and only gave her the axe as Mattel essentially intimidated them into it. [[/note]]
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* For the Gooker Award induction for "NXT 2.0," Art O'Donnell, while discussing WWE's new policy of only hiring female talent 25 years or younger, notes how Wrestling/MandyRose is an exception since she's attractive, which WWE cares about more than age. Mandy would be released from the company the following year due to selling explicit material via a website. [[note]] Though to be fair, it's likely WWE knew about this and didn't see it as a problem, problem and only gave her the axe as Mattel essentially intimidated them into it. [[/note]]
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* After Wrestling/JerryLawler suffered a thankfully non-lethal heart attack, it makes some of his jokes about José Lothario (Wrestling/ShawnMichaels's mentor) a bit hard to listen to, especially the one about Lothorio's heart being clogged with a jalapeno in the aorta. Lothario isn't the only one, either: other subjects of the King's heart attack/heart problem jokes over the years include Brother Love (Wrestling/BrucePrichard) and even Lawler himself. Even after recovering from his own heart attack he continues doing it, which may mitigates this somewhat, but bears to wonder how.
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* After Wrestling/JerryLawler suffered a thankfully non-lethal heart attack, it makes some of his jokes about José Lothario (Wrestling/ShawnMichaels's (Wrestling/ShawnMichaels' mentor) a bit hard to listen to, especially the one about Lothorio's heart being clogged with a jalapeno in the aorta. Lothario isn't the only one, either: other subjects of the King's heart attack/heart problem jokes over the years include Brother Love (Wrestling/BrucePrichard) and even Lawler himself. Even after recovering from his own heart attack he continues doing it, which may mitigates this somewhat, but bears to wonder how.
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* It came out in the last episode of the ''Undertaker: The Last Ride'' documentary series that the very day before WWE filmed Taker's Boneyard Match against Wrestling/AJStyles for ''[=WrestleMania=] 36'' (a Buried Alive match done in a cinematic style), Mark Callaway's real-life older brother Timothy had passed away (and it happened on Mark's 55th birthday, too!).
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* Hana Kimura's theme music in Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom was Music/KnifeParty's "Internet Friends", which includes the line "You blocked me on Facebook, and now you're going to die." In 2020, she committed suicide due to cyberbullying.
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* Hana Kimura's Wrestling/HanaKimura's theme music in Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom was Music/KnifeParty's "Internet Friends", which includes the line "You blocked me on Facebook, and now you're going to die." In 2020, she committed suicide due to cyberbullying.
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** One of the [[{{Kayfabe}} paid advertisements]] that the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder ran on ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' saw Wrestling/{{Sting}}'s entrance parodied by having someone cut the wire and having an action figure fall into a toy ring. As the video ended, the Sting doll was placed into a casket. The video aired in late 1997 to build towards the ''Starrcade'' main event with Sting and Wrestling/HulkHogan. However, this uncomfortably mirrored the Wrestling/OwenHart tragedy that took place about a year and a half later.
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* Speaking of Warrior, he last appeared on April 7, 2014 (The night after Wrestling/WrestleMania XXX, and ''one day'' before his death) talking about how one's spirit can become immortal. ''Ouch''. This could be HilariousInHindsight to some haters due to how much of a homophobic {{Jerkass}} he was.
* One of the [[{{Kayfabe}} paid advertisements]] that the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder ran on ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' saw Wrestling/{{Sting}}'s entrance parodied by having someone cut the wire and having an action figure fall into a toy ring. As the video ended, the Sting doll was placed into a casket. The video aired in late 1997 to build towards the ''Starrcade'' main event with Sting and Wrestling/HulkHogan. However, this uncomfortably mirrored the Wrestling/OwenHart tragedy that took place about a year and a half later.
* One of the [[{{Kayfabe}} paid advertisements]] that the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder ran on ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' saw Wrestling/{{Sting}}'s entrance parodied by having someone cut the wire and having an action figure fall into a toy ring. As the video ended, the Sting doll was placed into a casket. The video aired in late 1997 to build towards the ''Starrcade'' main event with Sting and Wrestling/HulkHogan. However, this uncomfortably mirrored the Wrestling/OwenHart tragedy that took place about a year and a half later.
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* Speaking of Warrior, he last appeared on April 7, 2014 (The night after Wrestling/WrestleMania XXX, and ''one day'' before his death) talking about how one's spirit can become immortal. ''Ouch''. This could be HilariousInHindsight to some haters due to how much of Just a homophobic {{Jerkass}} day later, he was.
* One of the [[{{Kayfabe}} paid advertisements]] that the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder ran on ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' saw Wrestling/{{Sting}}'s entrance parodied by having someone cut the wire and having an action figure fall into a toy ring. As the video ended, the Sting doll was placed into a casket. The video aired in late 1997 to build towards the ''Starrcade'' main event with Sting and Wrestling/HulkHogan. However, this uncomfortably mirrored the Wrestling/OwenHart tragedy that took place about a year and a half later.passed away.
* One of the [[{{Kayfabe}} paid advertisements]] that the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder ran on ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' saw Wrestling/{{Sting}}'s entrance parodied by having someone cut the wire and having an action figure fall into a toy ring. As the video ended, the Sting doll was placed into a casket. The video aired in late 1997 to build towards the ''Starrcade'' main event with Sting and Wrestling/HulkHogan. However, this uncomfortably mirrored the Wrestling/OwenHart tragedy that took place about a year and a half later.
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* On a 1989 episode of ''Saturday Night's Main Event'', the Blue Blazer said he would (paraphrasing) "jump from the rafters" if he needed to, to defeat Wrestling/TedDiBiase. The Blue Blazer, of course, was Wrestling/OwenHart.
** Any segment featuring the Blue Blazer is this, especially the harness stunt he did at the ''Sunday Night Heat'' episode before the 1998 Wrestling/SurvivorSeries.
** Any segment featuring the Blue Blazer is this, especially the harness stunt he did at the ''Sunday Night Heat'' episode before the 1998 Wrestling/SurvivorSeries.
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** On a 1989 episode of ''Saturday Night's Main Event'',the Blue Blazer he said he would (paraphrasing) "jump from the rafters" if he needed to, to defeat Wrestling/TedDiBiase. Wrestling/TedDiBiase.
%% (ZCE) ** TheBlue Blazer, of course, was Wrestling/OwenHart.
** Any segment featuring the Blue Blazer is this, especially theharness stunt he did at the ''Sunday Night Heat'' episode before the 1998 Wrestling/SurvivorSeries.
** On a 1989 episode of ''Saturday Night's Main Event'',
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** Any segment featuring the Blue Blazer is this, especially the
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* For the Gooker Award induction for "NXT 2.0," RD Reynolds, while discussing WWE's new policy of only hiring female talent 25 years or younger, notes how Wrestling/MandyRose is an exception since she has something WWE values more than youth- "hotness." Mandy would be released from the company the following year due to selling explicit material via a website. [[note]] Though to be fair, it's likely WWE knew about this and didn't see it as a problem, and only gave her the axe as Mattel essentially intimidated them into it. [[/note]]
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* For the Gooker Award induction for "NXT 2.0," RD Reynolds, Art O'Donnell, while discussing WWE's new policy of only hiring female talent 25 years or younger, notes how Wrestling/MandyRose is an exception since she has something she's attractive, which WWE values cares about more than youth- "hotness." age. Mandy would be released from the company the following year due to selling explicit material via a website. [[note]] Though to be fair, it's likely WWE knew about this and didn't see it as a problem, and only gave her the axe as Mattel essentially intimidated them into it. [[/note]]
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* During the Wrestling/{{Kane}} vs Wrestling/MattHardy "'Til Death Do Us Part" match for Wrestling/{{Lita}} at [=SummerSlam=] 2004, a sign can be seen in the crowd reading "Lita is a Dirty Slut." Less than a year later, the scandal in which Amy "Lita" Dumas cheated on real-life boyfriend Hardy with married man Adam "Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}" Copeland would break out, resulting in Lita becoming one of the most-hated Divas in the WWE and resulting in her leaving the company in disgrace in November 2006.
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* During the Wrestling/{{Kane}} vs Wrestling/MattHardy "'Til Death Do Us Part" match for Wrestling/{{Lita}} at [=SummerSlam=] 2004, a sign can be seen in the crowd reading "Lita is a Dirty Slut." Less than a year later, the scandal in which Amy "Lita" Dumas cheated on real-life boyfriend Hardy with married man Adam "Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}" Copeland would break out, resulting in Lita becoming one of the most-hated Divas in the WWE and resulting in her leaving the company in disgrace in November 2006. [[note]] Though things ended up working out well for her, as she eventually returned to the company, got inducted into the Hall of Fame, and the previous animosity towards her by the fans is gone [[/note]]
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* No Not long after their debut Wrestling/TheShield became one of the most popular stables in WWE history. Fast forward several years later, and [[Wrestling/RomanReigns two]] [[Wrestling/SethRollins members]] of the stable have gone on to be two of the most hated men in pro wrestling, both on-screen & off. [[note]] Though more of the latter case for Rollins, smarks hate Reigns for a variety of reasons even his improved heel character can't fix. Oh, and the third member, [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]]? Left for AEW in 2019. [[/note]]
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* When MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) the former Rascalz, won their first NXT Tag Team titles it was due to the titles being vacated.[[note]] As then-champion Danny Burch suffered a shoulder injury that made him unable to defend the belts.[[/note]] Their second reign ended for the same reason.[[note]] Since Carter had been let go due to "multiple allegations" against him.[[/note]]
* For the Gooker Award induction for "NXT 2.0," RD Reynolds, while discussing WWE's new policy of only hiring female talent 25 years or younger, notes how Wrestling/MandyRose is an exception since she has something WWE values more than youth- "hotness." Mandy would be released from the company the following year due to selling explicit material via a website. [[note]] Though to be fair, it's likely WWE knew about this and didn't see it as a problem, and only gave her the axe as Mattel essentially intimidated them into it. [[/note]]
* For the Gooker Award induction for "NXT 2.0," RD Reynolds, while discussing WWE's new policy of only hiring female talent 25 years or younger, notes how Wrestling/MandyRose is an exception since she has something WWE values more than youth- "hotness." Mandy would be released from the company the following year due to selling explicit material via a website. [[note]] Though to be fair, it's likely WWE knew about this and didn't see it as a problem, and only gave her the axe as Mattel essentially intimidated them into it. [[/note]]
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* In 2019, WWE had a Raw Reunion show in which Wrestling/JohnCena made light of Wrestling/TheUsos [[https://youtu.be/timC22aBQtA?t=145 DUI arrest]]. [[https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/25/wwes-jimmy-uso-arrested-for-dui-in-florida/ That same week on Thursday, Jimmy Uso was arrested for DUI.]]
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* In 2019, WWE had a Raw Reunion show in which Wrestling/JohnCena made light of Wrestling/TheUsos Wrestling/TheUsos' [[https://youtu.be/timC22aBQtA?t=145 DUI arrest]]. [[https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/25/wwes-jimmy-uso-arrested-for-dui-in-florida/ That same week on Thursday, Jimmy Uso was arrested for DUI.]]
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* During the Wrestling/{{Kane}} vs Wrestling/MattHardy "'Til Death Do Us Part" match for Wrestling/{{Lita}} at [=SummerSlam=] 2004, a sign can be seen in the crowd reading "Lita is a Dirty Slut." Less than a year later, the scandal in which Amy "Lita" Dumas cheated on real-life boyfriend Hardy with married man Adam "Wrestling/{{Edge}}" Copeland would break out, resulting in Lita becoming one of the most-hated Divas in the WWE and resulting in her leaving the company in disgrace in November 2006.
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* During the Wrestling/{{Kane}} vs Wrestling/MattHardy "'Til Death Do Us Part" match for Wrestling/{{Lita}} at [=SummerSlam=] 2004, a sign can be seen in the crowd reading "Lita is a Dirty Slut." Less than a year later, the scandal in which Amy "Lita" Dumas cheated on real-life boyfriend Hardy with married man Adam "Wrestling/{{Edge}}" "Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}" Copeland would break out, resulting in Lita becoming one of the most-hated Divas in the WWE and resulting in her leaving the company in disgrace in November 2006.
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* Early 2012, the writers started a storyline where Cena kisses Wrestling/EveTorres, who Cena's "friend" Wrestling/ZackRyder was in love with. The storyline was quickly aborted with Eve being rejected by Cena but The Rock (who was feuding with Cena) pointed out that Cena was a married man kissing another woman. Several months later, Cena got divorced and former WWE wrestler Kenny Dykstra (of the Spirit Squad infamy) claimed that not only was he fired from WWE because Cena stole his fiancée Wrestling/MickieJames but that WWE then proceeded to fire James several months later because Cena was engaged at the time and James supposedly gave him the ultimatum to choice between women. It should be noted, however, that this story [[UnreliableNarrator was later debunked]] by Cena, the company, and James herself, who maintains the two of them are still friends.[[note]]James states that, like Wrestling/JohnMorrison, she decided to pursue other interests rather than resign, and once she was ready, WWE's women's division was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork underappreciated and underserved]], thus she decided to go to [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]. Also, Dykstra has been very vocal and vindictive toward the company, sniping at everyone from the [=McMahons=] to Wrestling/RandyOrton to Wrestling/TripleH to even James herself.[[/note]]
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* Early 2012, the writers started a storyline where Cena kisses Wrestling/EveTorres, who Cena's "friend" Wrestling/ZackRyder was in love with. The storyline was quickly aborted with Eve being rejected by Cena but The Rock (who was feuding with Cena) pointed out that Cena was a married man kissing another woman. Several months later, Cena got divorced and former WWE wrestler Kenny Dykstra (of the Spirit Squad infamy) claimed that not only was he fired from WWE because Cena stole his fiancée Wrestling/MickieJames but that WWE then proceeded to fire James several months later because Cena was engaged at the time and James supposedly gave him the ultimatum to choice chose between women. It should be noted, however, that this story [[UnreliableNarrator was later debunked]] by Cena, the company, and James herself, who maintains the two of them are still friends.[[note]]James states that, like Wrestling/JohnMorrison, she decided to pursue other interests rather than resign, and once she was ready, WWE's women's division was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork underappreciated and underserved]], thus she decided to go to [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]. Also, Dykstra has been very vocal and vindictive toward the company, sniping at everyone from the [=McMahons=] to Wrestling/RandyOrton to Wrestling/TripleH to even James herself.[[/note]]
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* When MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) the former Rascalz, won their first NXT Tag Team titles it was due to the titles being vacated[[note]] vacated.[[note]] As then-champion Danny Burch suffered a shoulder injury that made him unable to defend the belts. belts.[[/note]] Their second reign ended for the same reason reason.[[note]] Since Carter had been let go due to "multiple allegations" against him. him.[[/note]]
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* In 2019, WWE had a Raw Reunion show in which Wrestling/JohnCena made light of Wrestling/TheUsos [[https://youtu.be/timC22aBQtA?t=146 DUI arrest]]. [[https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/25/wwes-jimmy-uso-arrested-for-dui-in-florida/ That same week on Thursday, Jimmy Uso was arrested for DUI.]]
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* In 2019, WWE had a Raw Reunion show in which Wrestling/JohnCena made light of Wrestling/TheUsos [[https://youtu.be/timC22aBQtA?t=146 be/timC22aBQtA?t=145 DUI arrest]]. [[https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/25/wwes-jimmy-uso-arrested-for-dui-in-florida/ That same week on Thursday, Jimmy Uso was arrested for DUI.]]
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** During their match at Wrestling/{{No Way Out|Wrestling}} 2004, Wrestling/BrockLesnar tells Eddie to "just die". It is extremely uncomfortable to hear to say the least.
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** During their match at Wrestling/{{No Way Out|Wrestling}} Out|WWE}} 2004, Wrestling/BrockLesnar tells Eddie to "just die". It is extremely uncomfortable to hear to say the least.
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* No long after their debut Wrestling/TheShield became one of the most popular stables in WWE history. Fast forward several years later, and [[Wrestling/RomanReigns two]] [[Wrestling/SethRollins members]] of the stable have gone on to be two of the most hated men in pro wrestling, both on-screen & off. [[note]] Though more of the latter case for Rollins, smarks hate Reigns for a variety of reasons even his improved heel character can't fix. [[/note]]
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* No long after their debut Wrestling/TheShield became one of the most popular stables in WWE history. Fast forward several years later, and [[Wrestling/RomanReigns two]] [[Wrestling/SethRollins members]] of the stable have gone on to be two of the most hated men in pro wrestling, both on-screen & off. [[note]] Though more of the latter case for Rollins, smarks hate Reigns for a variety of reasons even his improved heel character can't fix. Oh, and the third member, [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]]? Left for AEW in 2019. [[/note]]
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* In 2019, WWE had a Raw Reunion show in which Wrestling/JohnCena made light of Wrestling/TheUsos [[https://youtu.be/timC22aBQtA?t=146 DUI arrest]]. [[https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/25/wwes-jimmy-uso-arrested-for-dui-in-florida/ That same week on Thursday, Jimmy Uso was arrested for DUI.]]
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* In 2019, WWE had a Raw Reunion show in which Wrestling/JohnCena made light of Wrestling/TheUsos [[https://youtu.be/timC22aBQtA?t=146 DUI arrest]]. [[https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/25/wwes-jimmy-uso-arrested-for-dui-in-florida/ That same week on Thursday, Jimmy Uso was arrested for DUI.]]]]
* When MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) the former Rascalz, won their first NXT Tag Team titles it was due to the titles being vacated[[note]] As then-champion Danny Burch suffered a shoulder injury that made him unable to defend the belts. [[/note]] Their second reign ended for the same reason [[note]] Since Carter had been let go due to "multiple allegations" against him. [[/note]]
* When MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) the former Rascalz, won their first NXT Tag Team titles it was due to the titles being vacated[[note]] As then-champion Danny Burch suffered a shoulder injury that made him unable to defend the belts. [[/note]] Their second reign ended for the same reason [[note]] Since Carter had been let go due to "multiple allegations" against him. [[/note]]
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** A milder variant happens with ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw 2008''; Undertaker happened to feud with Wrestling/JeffHardy, who suffered a house fire and Wellness Policy violation in the same month (March 2008). In addition, WWE also exploited his demons to write him off out of a Survivor Series title match that year.
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** A milder variant happens with ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw 2008''; Undertaker happened to feud with Wrestling/JeffHardy, who suffered a house fire (which killed his dog Jack) and Wellness Policy violation in the same month (March 2008). In addition, WWE also exploited his demons to write him off out of a Survivor Series title match that year.
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* Wrestling/BraunStrowman, on a 2017 episode of ''Wrestling/WWERaw'', claiming that the next time he and Wrestling/RomanReigns met in the ring, "It will be Roman Reigns's funeral." [[note]](Background: Strowman and Reigns had started feuding shortly after [=WrestleMania=] 33, and a week before Strowman made those remarks, he brutally attacked Reigns several times throughout the evening, eventually rendering him so badly injured he needed to be taken to the hospital. As the ambulance was taking him to the hospital, however, Strowman blocked the ambulance and pushed it over using his bare strength. Strowman's later remarks, then, implied that Reigns was weak and that a future meeting between the two would result in injuries so severe Reigns would at least be permanently injured.)[[/note]] On the same night those remarks were made, Reigns's real-life brother, Rosey (Matt Anoa'i) was found dead of an apparent heart attack ... and in real life Reigns was helping to plan a funeral.
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* Wrestling/BraunStrowman, on a 2017 episode of ''Wrestling/WWERaw'', claiming that the next time he and Wrestling/RomanReigns met in the ring, "It will be Roman Reigns's funeral." [[note]](Background: Strowman and Reigns had started feuding shortly after [=WrestleMania=] 33, and a week before Strowman made those remarks, he brutally attacked Reigns several times throughout the evening, eventually rendering him so badly injured he needed to be taken to the hospital. As the ambulance was taking him to the hospital, however, Strowman blocked the ambulance and pushed it over using his bare strength. Strowman's later remarks, then, implied that Reigns was weak and that a future meeting between the two would result in injuries so severe Reigns would at least be permanently injured.)[[/note]] On the same night those remarks were made, Reigns's real-life brother, Rosey (Matt Anoa'i) was found dead of an apparent heart attack ...attack (similar to how Roman's uncle Eddie (Rosey's 3-Minute Warning buddy Jamal, later repackaged as Umaga) died eight years prior) ... and in real life Reigns was helping to plan a funeral.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNg95xuwuCs Back in 1991]], Wrestling/TheUndertaker locked Wrestling/UltimateWarrior in a casket. Cut to 2014, and, [[http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-wwe-champion-ultimate-warrior-dead-at-54-054718423.html well....]] To twist the knife further, he last appeared on April 7, 2014 (The night after Wrestling/WrestleMania XXX) talking about how one's spirit can become immortal. ''Ouch''. This could be HilariousInHindsight to some haters due to how much of a homophobic {{Jerkass}} he was.
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* Any instance of Wrestling/TheUndertaker locking his opponent in a casket or burying them can become uncomfortable viewing after that opponent dies. Examples include Wrestling/UltimateWarrior [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNg95xuwuCs Back in 1991]], Wrestling/TheUndertaker locked Wrestling/UltimateWarrior and Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} in a casket. Cut to 2014, and, [[http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-wwe-champion-ultimate-warrior-dead-at-54-054718423.html well....]] To twist the knife further, 1994.
* Speaking of Warrior, he last appeared on April 7, 2014 (The night after Wrestling/WrestleManiaXXX) XXX, and ''one day'' before his death) talking about how one's spirit can become immortal. ''Ouch''. This could be HilariousInHindsight to some haters due to how much of a homophobic {{Jerkass}} he was.
* Speaking of Warrior, he last appeared on April 7, 2014 (The night after Wrestling/WrestleMania
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* At ''ECW One Night Stand 2005'' during the Wrestling/MikeAwesome (who was reviled by ECW fans for jumping to WCW without warning, while he was still the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html ECW World Heavyweight Champion]]) vs. Wrestling/MasatoTanaka match, Wrestling/JoeyStyles commented, "Suicide dive by Mike Awesome, and it's a damn shame he didn't succeed in taking his own life!" In February 2007, Mike Awesome died of suicide.
* Wrestling/AJLee SlutShaming Wrestling/{{Paige}}. At the time, it was just typical wrestling TrashTalk, meant to belittle the opposition. Then some pictures ''[[HomePornMovie and a video]]'' of Paige came out...
* Perhaps the ultimate example of this in wrestling, the WWE only learnt that Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and his family were dead hours before ''Raw'' was meant to air, and quickly turned it into a Chris Benoit tribute show, complete with wrestlers paying homage to the man; the truth of [[PaterFamilicide what really happened]] surfaced before the show had even been completed. To make things even ''more'' bizarre, the WWE had been running a kayfabe storyline in which ''Wrestling/VinceMcMahon'' had been "killed" and that very Raw was going to be a fake tribute to the now dead ''Vince''. And in fact, any Benoit moment has the potential of this ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_k_RSGXaCQ CHRIS BENOIT IS HERE AND HE'S REALLY MAD.]] CHRIS BENOIT IS HERE AND HE'S REALLY ANGRY~!"). Such as seeing him and Wrestling/EddieGuerrero celebrating in the ring at the end of ''[=WrestleMania=] XX'', which is particularly haunting to watch nowadays given both would be dead in three years.
%%* The lower-left hand corner of the cover of the November 1997 issue of ''The Wrestler'' featured a picture of Wrestling/BretHart going for the [[FinishingMove Sharpshooter]] on Wrestling/ShawnMichaels with the words "MESSAGE TO THE Wrestling/{{WW|E}}F: Make Bret and Shawn Wrestle...Or Dump Both." [[Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob Gee, thanks]].
* Wrestling/AJLee SlutShaming Wrestling/{{Paige}}. At the time, it was just typical wrestling TrashTalk, meant to belittle the opposition. Then some pictures ''[[HomePornMovie and a video]]'' of Paige came out...
* Perhaps the ultimate example of this in wrestling, the WWE only learnt that Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and his family were dead hours before ''Raw'' was meant to air, and quickly turned it into a Chris Benoit tribute show, complete with wrestlers paying homage to the man; the truth of [[PaterFamilicide what really happened]] surfaced before the show had even been completed. To make things even ''more'' bizarre, the WWE had been running a kayfabe storyline in which ''Wrestling/VinceMcMahon'' had been "killed" and that very Raw was going to be a fake tribute to the now dead ''Vince''. And in fact, any Benoit moment has the potential of this ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_k_RSGXaCQ CHRIS BENOIT IS HERE AND HE'S REALLY MAD.]] CHRIS BENOIT IS HERE AND HE'S REALLY ANGRY~!"). Such as seeing him and Wrestling/EddieGuerrero celebrating in the ring at the end of ''[=WrestleMania=] XX'', which is particularly haunting to watch nowadays given both would be dead in three years.
%%* The lower-left hand corner of the cover of the November 1997 issue of ''The Wrestler'' featured a picture of Wrestling/BretHart going for the [[FinishingMove Sharpshooter]] on Wrestling/ShawnMichaels with the words "MESSAGE TO THE Wrestling/{{WW|E}}F: Make Bret and Shawn Wrestle...Or Dump Both." [[Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob Gee, thanks]].
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* On Wrestling/ColtCabana's ''Art of Wrestling'' podcast (and his own documentary), Wrestling/NigelMcGuinness tragically predicts that the current generation of wrestlers will become "zombies" with post-concussion syndrome. Then Wrestling/{{Daffney|Unger}} was forced out of the ring due to concussions. Her nickname in TNA was "Zombie Hot", and based on recent interviews, it's becoming more of a fitting name per Nigel's definition.
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* On Wrestling/ColtCabana's ''Art of Wrestling'' podcast (and his own documentary), Wrestling/NigelMcGuinness tragically predicts that the current generation of wrestlers will become "zombies" with post-concussion syndrome. syndrome/CTE. Then Wrestling/{{Daffney|Unger}} was forced out of the ring due to concussions. Her nickname in TNA was "Zombie Hot", concussions, and based on recent interviews, it's becoming more in September 2021, she tragically committed suicide. She specifically requested as part of a fitting name per Nigel's definition.her suicide note that her brain be donated to science to help provide insight into CTE.
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* Perhaps the ultimate FunnyAneurysmMoment in wrestling, the WWE only learnt that Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and his family were dead hours before ''Raw'' was meant to air, and quickly turned it into a Chris Benoit tribute show, complete with wrestlers paying homage to the man; the truth of [[PaterFamilicide what really happened]] surfaced before the show had even been completed. To make things even ''more'' bizarre, the WWE had been running a kayfabe storyline in which ''Wrestling/VinceMcMahon'' had been "killed" and that very Raw was going to be a fake tribute to the now dead ''Vince''. And in fact, any Benoit moment has the potential of this ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_k_RSGXaCQ CHRIS BENOIT IS HERE AND HE'S REALLY MAD.]] CHRIS BENOIT IS HERE AND HE'S REALLY ANGRY~!"). Such as seeing him and Wrestling/EddieGuerrero celebrating in the ring at the end of ''[=WrestleMania=] XX'', which is particularly haunting to watch nowadays given both would be dead in three years.
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* Perhaps the ultimate FunnyAneurysmMoment example of this in wrestling, the WWE only learnt that Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and his family were dead hours before ''Raw'' was meant to air, and quickly turned it into a Chris Benoit tribute show, complete with wrestlers paying homage to the man; the truth of [[PaterFamilicide what really happened]] surfaced before the show had even been completed. To make things even ''more'' bizarre, the WWE had been running a kayfabe storyline in which ''Wrestling/VinceMcMahon'' had been "killed" and that very Raw was going to be a fake tribute to the now dead ''Vince''. And in fact, any Benoit moment has the potential of this ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_k_RSGXaCQ CHRIS BENOIT IS HERE AND HE'S REALLY MAD.]] CHRIS BENOIT IS HERE AND HE'S REALLY ANGRY~!"). Such as seeing him and Wrestling/EddieGuerrero celebrating in the ring at the end of ''[=WrestleMania=] XX'', which is particularly haunting to watch nowadays given both would be dead in three years.
