10 Moments WWE Wish They Could Take Back
WWE history is littered with questionable moments
There have been no shortage of controversial moments in WWE over the years, both inside and outside of the ring.
Most of them the company doesn’t really pay much heed to and, rather than harming them or anything, have predominantly been used to their advantage.
There are some angles, comments and moments caused by real life events, however, that WWE wish they could take back and have tried to distance themselves from, if not erase them outright.
These are 10 Moments WWE Wish They Could Take Back.
10. Post 9/11 SmackDown Comments
WWE were the first company to hold a mass public assembly following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, when they held a live SmackDown taping in Texas just two days later.
Tensions and emotions were, understandably, running high that night, something which became apparent when WWE wrestlers and crew members directly addressed the camera and viewers at home.
A lot was said that night and (most of it) was passionate but fine.
Two comments stood out, however, and they came from two people with significant backstage pull.
The first was Bradshaw threatening vengeance and claiming that the United States was going to turn ‘whatever country was responsible’ for the attacks into a ‘stinking parking lot’.
The second was Stephanie McMahon likening the deaths of nearly 3,000 innocent civilians to her father being indicted and put on trial by the federal government for distributing steroids years earlier.
As we said, emotions were running high and people were speaking what they were thinking, but their use of words and analogy were really rather bad and have since been widely derided.
