10 Most CONTROVERSIAL WWE Attitude Era Storylines

From Road Warrior Hawk's alcoholism being turned into a storyline to Vince McMahon making Trish Stratus bark like a dog, these are the 10 Most CONTROVERSIAL WWE Attitude Era Storylines.
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[@jimbo_1312]

Ngl I'm low-key impressed you managed to whittle it down to 10

[@tmoney1209]

I’m impressed that The Katie Vick storyline wasn’t on here at all. Thought for sure it would be number 1.

[@nasirthesenatejohnson6935]

@@tmoney1209 Don't worry, there's plenty of time to go over the Ruthless Aggression era

[@billwe5772]

@@tmoney1209 wow you thought that was the attitude era?

[@creoleDJ]

Right! 😂😂

[@finsfan90]

@@tmoney1209 That didnt happen in the Attitude Era.

[@CyborgNinja86]

The hand that Mae Young gave birth to grew up to become the giant FIST in the old Smackdown set

[@Al7249]

Ya know what.......... I'd believe that

[@Lol-ik8xm]

69 likes. Nice.

[@SAMEntalhealth]

Lmaoo good one. Or in the words of the Rock, Great One lmaoo

[@g2991_]

you won everything

[@homelessjesse9453]

That's...the most brilliant comment I've ever read. You win the internet.

[@dylanogg347]

Fun Fact: While Chaz was being accused of domestic abuse and pummelled by fellow roster members week in and week out, Jeff Jarrett was regularly insulting and assaulting women on camera with no consequences.

[@Al7249]

Lol yeah. Putting them in the figurefour. Smashing them with guitars

[@martynodonnell8467]

Yeah only in the ridiculous world of “sports entertainment” would this stuff fly.

[@JuanTomlinson472]

@@martynodonnell8467 20 years ago

[@martynodonnell8467]

@@JuanTomlinson472 it still happened though, whether it be now or 20 years ago.

[@blackcomicnerd3657]

That's why I love professional wrestling LOL!

[@Kwert]

I can’t believe you talked about Val/KaiEnTai without specifically mentioning “choppy choppy…”

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

*mouth moves* Indeeeeeed.

[@aj2766]

Before watching the video I have to say it's not controversial but in bad taste when Vince interviewed Brian Pillmans wife after his death. Just wrong man.....

[@jimbo_1312]

Yeah sadly vince has never been against using grieving widows for ratings

[@antoniocenteno1483]

@matt allen And to Kane when Katie Vick died... kind of, Ok it was hunter

[@dennett316]

@matt allen Antonio was joking matt...you really didn't need to explain that.

[@jimbo_1312]

@matt allen exactly, and yeah it worked out well in the end with Vicki because honestly name a heel manager who can garner so much heat just by saying 2 words. But that doesn't change vince using that cash cow for his own gains off the back of Eddie's death.

[@martynodonnell8467]

Makes you wonder if somewhere in Vince’s mind when one of his superstars die, is his first thought “great now to exploit this to make some money”.

[@dominickdarpino5584]

Vince Russo when he hears "on a pole": THATS IT. MY GREATEST IDEA

[@danielmiller3596]

Keep him away from Jeff Dunham

[@martynodonnell8467]

Or Judy Bagwell on a forklift

[@Ralphanthonybianscomusic]

I wonder what happened in Vince Russo’s life that made him so angry against women? Literally every angle he booked has a woman “swerve” the innocent wrestler to try to make him look bad, when he was actually the victim.

[@Rand0mHero713]

His mother never loved him (probably cus his first word out the womb was "bro") or he got his heart broken by an ex bad enough to in his mind warrant that writing.

[@jimbo_1312]

Because "WoMaN bAd"

[@blueprint7]

he loved women. he pushed Chyna harder then anyone else

[@kyleerrington8004]

Good point. He sure does have them lacking in loyalty and just looking to do whatever to climb the ladder

[@kalen2465]

I can't believe Russo got away with that miscarriage storyline with Marlena.

[@NcWcN1]

0:27 - "and too much was never enough" I know that this is a controversial storyline video, but this was a missed opportunity to make reference to Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor's tag team before it became Too Cool...

[@thespongemonkey]

I didn't know that lita wasn't the first time WWE ran a miscarriage storyline.

[@Ezoogie]

WCW also had a miscarriage angle with Miss Hancock/Stacy Kiebler

[@michaelsipes2740]

@@Ezoogie with David Flair right??

[@belchris6019]

@@michaelsipes2740 Yep and it was alluded to be Ric kid as well.

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

There have been far too many miscarriage storylines in wrestling... (Well, even one is too many, but the point is there have been several, and they're always ALWAYS vile.)

[@SAMEntalhealth]

That doesn't even sound common in wwe lmaoo

[@conatser]

How did I not remember JR's tiny desk? I mean it doesn't strike a chord AT ALL.

[@conatser]

I really want to see Taz with a tiny announcer's table now on AEW. That sounds hilarious.

[@Snaffdude]

No lie, I don't remember the Chaz storyline AT ALL! And boy am I glad!

[@michaelsipes2740]

Whats sad is I remember every last 1 of these...I was in middle school and high-school at the time.

[@michaelsipes2740]

I can't lie though I do miss them days lol

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

I remember it! Unfortunately!

[@kylew7180]

Maybe I'm just a piece of shit, but boss man dragging big shows dad's coffin out of a graveyard during a funeral was fucking comedy gold. I laugh hysterically every time I see it lmao

[@BostinBlackCountryVeggie]

You and me both

[@michaelsipes2740]

Me three...and at the time I thought for sure I would be going to hell because of laughing as hard as I did. All my siblings gave me the sideways eye 🤣 🤣 🤣....I can't help the fact its hilarious lmao

[@moonsaves]

Not just that, but Big Show jumping on the coffin and his selling of falling off. So good.

[@BostinBlackCountryVeggie]

A fine example of unintentional comedy imo

[@kylew7180]

@@moonsaves show riding the coffin and getting flung off it what's drives it home.

[@Roflcrabs]

I only got into wrestling when I was like 8 during the Attitude era and I never felt like the Road Warriors were too old or dated. Their gimmick just seemed timeless and their look I felt wouldn't really age so long as they stayed in shape. I kinda just missed out on them but I really wanted to see more.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

+Rafael Crabs I'm forty-three now, so I've been watching them since the '80s, when they were in AWA, but I always thought they looked so fucking cool and badass, even when I was a little kid, because they did! Many of their classic matches can be found for free on YT. I'm assuming since you posted your comment a year ago that you have already sought them out, but if you haven't, I'd HIGHLY recommend it! 👍

[@GraemeCree]

"Controversial" means people disagree about it. A storyline that almost everyone thinks is tacky isn't controversial at all, it's just bad.

[@robertaplotz549]

there's one segment that never gets mentioned, but ultimately might be just as egregious as the Katie Vick angle. in late 98, Kane and Paul bearer dug up the molding caskets of the undertakers parents and brought them into the arena, the segment ended with kane burning his fathers casket, and chock slamming the undertaker through his mothers casket, and they even went as far as to zoom in on the worms crawling on her bones as Taker lay unconscious, literally in his mothers rotting remains.

[@jeffreysmith5230]

I was 14 in 1999 so every week was awesome for like 6 year's. Kane was one of my favorites and I don't see enough of him in these videos. Attitude bro.

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

The Rock & Rikishi storyline was legendary

[@gordonjamescowiest]

I heard that he did it for The Rock but don't quote me on that.

[@gordonjamescowiest]

@matt allen learn how to take a joke.

[@scottmccurdy6493]

I love how Cultaholic just eviscerates Vince Russo at every turn.

[@RoringRiver]

Describe in detail to someone who is unaware of the Attitude Era the Big Show riding his dads coffin storyline. Then, after they shake their head/recoil in horror, drop the bombshell that this only came in at number 10 on Cultaholics most contreversial Attitude Era storylines!

[@LuckyDT]

Mr. Yamaguchi-san would like to have a word with the Department of Reduncancy Department.

[@roylongenecker3456]

Pepper being fed to Al Snow scarred me for life

[@jeruhenderson3950]

Terri really really hated that storyline, same with Jim cornette

[@jessedellross3245]

Yeah the trish dog segment wouldn’t hold up well today. Hell it didn’t hold up back then

[@Ken9284]

The angry feminazis and woke morons had a problem with it. Even though it couldn't have bothered Trish too much or she would have refused.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Eh multiple women of that era have said they were pressured to do stuff they did not want to. I mean Lita hated doing the live sex celebration with Edge. But WWE made both of them do it.

[@stevencitrin4293]

@@michaelsinger4638 Yeah,she said in an interview that she begged her friends, family, & especially her mother to not watch that episode.

[@newageoutlaw]

@@Ken9284 Hahahaha go ahead and refuse to do stuff at your job, let me know how that works out for you.

[@Ken9284]

@@newageoutlaw Refuse to crawl around like a dog so a crowd of people can laugh at me? Id rather have pride then look like a jackass for money.

[@DukesMusic84]

I remember watching the Big Show funeral segment. It was disturbing, it was disrespectful, it was WTF. But somehow you couldn't look away.

[@JoshHatfield]

The Mae Young hand thing didn't make any sense. The hand looked nothing like Mark Henry when he came back as an adult.

[@jb888888888]

Mark Mae and Handy should have all gone on Maury.

[@bobbybalia2253]

moments like these will make you second guess being a wrestling fan

[@person4506]

Hawk looks like the undertaker for some reason in the thumbnail lol

[@leeroy5717]

“Mr wight that’s not wise” 😂😂

[@Mcmacladdie]

The thing with Big Show and Bossman was the first time I was ever really offended by something they did on TV... mainly because it happened not too long after my mother had passed away and the wound was still kind of fresh in my mind :/

[@11mousa]

What I don't understand: I mean the Choppy-Choppy storyline wasn't really good, but they had the potential to comedy gold there, by just don't turn to black but rather let the Samurai sword shatter when hitting Val Venis ... well, you know.

[@hhtptai]

Stuff like this is why I hate the Attitude Era.

[@SmokeEater_]

Choppy Choppy PeePee

[@westnile21]

Probably one of the few segments I’ll never ever forget about the Attitude Era. It was absolutely legendary.

[@SheriffOutlaw]

Yes! We get a Sequel! But wait! Will it morph into a 3quel?

[@InTheCornerDunce]

my brothers and I still, to this day, say "I choppy choppy your peepee" from the Val Venis storyline. Gold.

[@outstretchedwings]

I hated how they messed with Kai en Tai

[@BringSomeNoise]

Bonus Kai en tai controversy: the actress who played Mrs Yamaguchi was only 17 at the time.

[@LiqdPT]

1:07 as you're saying it was derided by fans, isn't that the Rock's mom (Ada Johnson)?

[@tafua_a]

"Mark Henry overcame his sex addiction with the help of the Godfather". Ah yes, just like my dad, who stopped smoking with help from the CEO of Marlboro!

[@thetruej7872]

Sometimes controversy means cash

[@chrisd6954]

where the hell is Austin 3;16 meeting PIllman 9mm???? They had to run a disclaimer the following week to apologize...

[@Masedogg10k]

I feel like those taker storylines were really good

[@Whogrl16]

Russo: bro you’re still talking about these storylines over 20 years later that means they were successful bro ^ that’s what Russo actually believes by the way

[@thesegafan4472]

Well when your drawing 6s and 7s every week unlike aew who can barley break 1million viewers on a consistent bases or modern day wwe who's at 1 million viwers

[@Whogrl16]

@@thesegafan4472 found russos youtube burner account

[@RandoChrisYT]

At least Heel JR gave us him kicking Michael Cole in the balls.

[@cakes3958]

Mr and san have the same meaning, so you should say either Mr. Yamaguchi or Yamaguchi san.

[@mitchcolburn1216]

I hate a lot of the Attitude and early Ruthless Aggression era stuff for this reason. It’s just shock value for the sake of shock value.

[@cjgrinchy1698]

10 most? It was the whole damn Attitude Era

[@tomfisher6422]

And this leaves out the Brawl for All...

[@DuffyJ1111]

I can't remember but I'm assuming the Katie Vick storyline was post Attitude Era? If not then that should be #1

[@vincentvalen72]

Nah that was number 1 on his ruthless aggression era list

[@antoniocenteno1483]

2003 Bud

[@ayushkataria7983]

Lots of love from Amritsar

[@evaninaz1648]

JR the "Full time voice of WWE" even tho he didn't announce on 50% of the weekly shows.

[@nickhall8134]

Stone cold Steve Austin will always be the king of the attitude era!

[@cbfall]

Oh Hell Yeah!

[@jvstice56]

Kudos to Adam for not saying "Choppy, choppy" during the Val Venis/Kai-En-Tai bit, and let's all universally agree that Vince Russo should stay away from any wrestling promotion becuase of the sheer number of crap he's done. Before seeing them on this list, I remember every single one and wish I could forget. Heel play by play doesn't work if they're portrayed as insufferable. You'd think Vince would learn from both failures, but I'm expecting him to have Cole's replacement (if that happens) become a Heel and be portrayed as insufferable.

[@malcocanedo9061]

Taz in AEW is proof that it can work

[@monarched]

Wouldn't Corey Graves be pretty close to that now?

[@Jeffreynelius]

It’s crazy a guy getting his thing chopped off doesn’t even crack the top 5 of off the wall stuff WWF did back in the day 😂

[@InkedupT-raw]

Yeah there were some shit I look back and go wow if wwe tried that today! They would be cancelled

[@jerransperarman9411]

good video

[@DJDoubleCee]

Mae Young giving birth to a hand. I definitely found that storyline to be disturbing. I was also very disturbed with Big Boss Man cooking Al Snow’s dog and feeding it to him.

[@glencurtis6052]

That story was so ridiculous that I just laughed at it. Same with Val Venus but there are certainly some on here that in hindsight were over the line (bearing in mind I was 18-20 years old watching it all at the time)

[@michaelsinger4638]

Yeah, that Trish scene has NOT aged well.

[@GeronFletcher]

I watched that live as a kid and couldn’t believe it THEN. I kept thinking they’d cut the feed but nope

[@GavinWoods]

Remember No 10 was over the WWF Championship. No wonder they soon gave it back to Trips.

[@denny33]

Geesh when I watched as a teenager I didn’t think it was that bad but now… wow. Anyways it was still a great era

[@SilverAnicore]

D-do people want this sh*t back? Seriously, if fans complain that the current product (anything from 2005 onward, really) is crap, and WWE should go back to the Attitude Era, do they mean THIS? I'm afraid a sizable chunk of them do, and that worries me.

[@greenkoopa]

I was watching wcw circle the drain during the attitude era so stuff like this is how I find out what was going on. Wcw was worse than this though. Except Lance Storm. If we can be serious for a minute...

[@BostinBlackCountryVeggie]

Why does it worry you?

[@GamecubeIsGreat]

I hated Terri's miscarriage angle.

[@lilpoetat]

thanks!

[@stickyglewmusic]

These controversial storylines and larger than life personalities where what the attitude era was all about and why so many watched. It was pure entertainment, great times.

[@cgxrabbit1033]

Useless things

[@Nbflowers1989]

I like this video!

[@officialbrucewayne]

NGL they do have a way to make people remember stuff.

[@davidronne88]

wheres pillmans got a gun?

[@azuletheparakeet]

2001 kiss my ass club was horrible but nothing tops 1997 Brian Pillman pulling a gun on Steve Austin he had to go on air and apologize the next night

[@Theunkownofbelgium]

The Brian Pillman gun incident actually happened in late 1996.. Thus not during the attitude era.

[@TEKKENKING23]

I miss the attitude era

[@martinrubio6357]

I hate domestic abuse

[@antoniocenteno1483]

Chyna getting forced kissed by Mark Henry while the Rock and the nation of domination condone and help doing the act did not age well either

[@anthonyjsgamingchannel7272]

Hawks storyline was sad

[@marionlayton929]

Unpopular opinion : Maybe the writers wrote in Hawk's alcoholism (as well as Jeff Hardy's) to administer tough love. Maybe they want to "punish" them by forcing them to see what they've done &/or could happen if they continue down that road, hoping that it'll open their eyes & seek the help they need.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

+Marion Layton I sincerely hope that was the reason. It's tragic what has happened to so many of these great athletes and entertainers.

[@marionlayton929]

@@Fluoride_Jones Agreed!

[@pauliewalnuts829]

These storylines drew insane ratings. Drew in millions of viewers every week. So they did something right.

[@dennett316]

The product did, the main event did. Terri Runnels faking a miscarriage did fuck all for ratings.

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

No, the stacked roster of amazing talent did, despite these shitty angles.

[@garycrowley1745]

@@totz_the_plaid9625 occasionally they may have went to far but mostly everyone nowadays are soft and easily offende. Also the controversial was actually only a small protion of the programming

[@thesegafan4472]

Yep and wwe and aew doesn't get a tenth of that. Yet these people say attitude era was bad

[@optimus2008]

JR turned heel in the Attitude Era? Tf?

[@colbynichols250]

I don't know about number 1 I mean there were a lot worse

[@DecadentDeviant13]

Didn't Show say that the Boss man storyline assisted him in working through some issues of his actual father's death a while prior?

[@RuanAntunes7]

Cultaholic, whatculture & Wrestling with Wregret are the best wrestling channels on KZbin

[@thesegafan4472]

Worst

[@RuanAntunes7]

@@thesegafan4472 if that’s the worst(in your opinion) I don’t want to know what kind of trash you’re watching.

[@joshuahurtado9359]

I like the attitude era

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

ATTITUDE ERA always rocks

[@davidadams5424]

Doing a little bit of casket surfing.. lmfao

[@drakebrady174]

ah yes choppy choppy PP

[@agogobell28]

Steve Austin died for your sins.

[@wolvie667]

Heel JR was a dumb as WCW turning Goldberg Heel

[@johng9361]

WWE and poor taste? No f****** way

[@hooksmalone]

I like this video

[@renataheaden2509]

Wait a minute...those were just any WWE fans, those were WWE royalty. Mama Rock and Baby Rock.

[@martinrubio6357]

Jr was better as a face him as a heel no good

[@blankslate27]

Hello everyone

[@martinrubio6357]

That big show bossman storyline was digusting but it got ratings for wwe

[@glennjoyce7682]

So good that the boys at South Park were like "How can we go bigger with this?!" Lol

[@martinrubio6357]

@@glennjoyce7682 u are funny

[@thatguyfromak5190]

The attitude era was a true product of its time. This stuff might be gross now but back then people couldn’t get enough of it. The thing we should be worried about is people who still haven’t changed with the times.

[@garycrowley1745]

Attitude era wasn't perfect but it was awesome. Occasionally may have went too far but its alot better then the bland boring crappy product of today. Lol Raws ratings are at a alltime low btw.

[@thesegafan4472]

No it made the times. Today's wrestling is behind the times and this video proves that

[@thatSteveSmith]

And yet people want a return to the Attitude Era. God knows why.

[@PrizeJ]

Moral of the video, Vince Russo is horrible and disgusting.

[@donovandelaney3171]

It seems to me that the parents forgot that what they were watching was not real?

[@jeremyriley1238]

That, and they don't understand the TV ratings.

[@josepalomares111]

Ok.. I can't be the only one with the part of "the manager of Kai and Tai" out of "What happened to that wrestler?" immediately play in the head, can I?

[@monarched]

No...it just popped into my head too

[@GavinWoods]

Honestly, play this video to anyone who tells you that the Attitude Era was all golden. A lot of it was crap with the saving grace that it spawned the biggest stars in the business.

[@thesegafan4472]

No that's today's wrestling. No one watches your garbage

[@jackrussell3084]

You saying you cant blame Vince for writing himself into stories with beautiful women has not aged well. You should take this video down.

[@thomasrodriguez8629]

Hi

[@nextgenprowrestlingcenterr9490]

You forgot about the Katie Vick incident or the time Vince wrestled Shawn and God at backlash and used holy water to spit like Triple H

[@Al7249]

That's all in the ruthless aggression era. 2002-2007

[@moffjerjerrod1579]

Basically this is the “Top ten reasons to never hire Vince Russo”. I guess WCW execs never watched this shite.

[@Al7249]

Or TNA. Oh and wasn't he in ROH too

[@broncojuan]

Did I miss Katie Vick on the list? Sorta thought it would be #1.

[@PHDDude13]

Wrong list. That was in the ruthless aggression era

[@broncojuan]

@@PHDDude13 Fair enough. I always thought the Attitude Era ran from 1995 through 2002. Timelines are always messy.

[@PHDDude13]

@@broncojuan I understand. Personally I thought it was late attitude era (seems like it would have been)

[@JustinTyme]

@@PHDDude13 I think a lot of people sort of attribute the end of the Attitude Era to the end of the WCW/ECW Invasion in 2001 or at the latest the brand split in 02.