But... Katie Vick? And Triple H fucking a corpse? What? Are these things related or different incidents? And please tell me it's "disturbing angles that Vince ran for a laugh", and not "backstage scandals".
They're disturbing angles Vince ran for a laugh. Every modern-era wrestling fan should know about this--much like if you read Cerebus the Aardvark you need to know about Sims' raging misogyny, because it's so stupid and shameful.
Basically, back in 2003 HHH and Kane were having a feud. HHH tried to play mind games with... you know what? I
have the Wrestlecrap book, why don't I just paste you the relevant section?
(fucking Adobe Digital Editions, can't let a motherfucker copy shit hang on)
Wrestlecrap: The Very Worst of Professional Wrestling wrote:
There was just one thing these angles were missing, though, and McMahon knew exactly what it was: necrophilia. "When he came up with the idea, it was all he could talk about," claimed a former WWE employee who requested anonymity. "He just kept yelling out the punchline to the skit then laughing uncontrollaby. It was very uncomfortable."
The angle came about because Triple H was having a problem finding credible opponents. It wasn't so much the case that they couldn't find opponents, but rather that he and Steph were having a tough time finding opponents who wouldn't overshadow him. They therefore allowed Kane, a character who had been floating in the midcard for years, to become the top contender to Hunter's title. However, since Kane had done nothing of note to explain his number-one contendership, a story line was concocted that would push him up the rankings.
Hunter accused Kane of murdering his [Kane's] high school sweetheart, Katie Vick. Since the words 'Katie Vick' had never been muttered on WWE television before, fans had no idea who Hunter was talking about. An elaborate backstory was created in which Kane and cheerleader Katie were friends who had been out at a party late one rainy evening some ten years before. [ED: since Glen Jacobs would've been 26 years old at the time... yeah.] Kane claimed he was unfamiliar with a stick shift, which caused him to swerve off of the road and ram into a tree, killing Katie instantly. Hunter didn't believe this, claiming that Kane had intentionally killed Katie after she had spurned one of his sexual advances. It got much worse, as Hnter alleged that during the autospy the coroner had discovered traces of Kane's semen in Katie's body. Hunter continued needling Kane, asking, "On that night, did you force Katie Vick to have sex with you while she was alive, or did you wait and do it to her after she was dead?"
All this would have been disgusting enough but Hunter went further, producing footage of the night Kane did the dirty deed. A videotape, with the date "10/09/92" in the corner, displayed a casket decorated with pom-poms and flowers. Quietly, a familiar figure entered the room.
It was Kane; or rather, it was Hunter disguised as Kane. He began talking to Katie (actually a mannequin) as though she were still alive, which would have been creepy enough. However, he began to 'hear' her, and she was making it very clear that she wanted him. She wanted him in a sexual manner. The shot pixilated as he groped her breasts [and] then pulled off her panties, stopping to take a whiff. He then stripped buck nekked [sic], hopped in the casket, spread her legs, and banged her gong. Following this, he proclaimed some weird type of carnal victory, screaming, "I did it. I really did it! I screwed your brains out!" He then grabbed a fistful of noodles and threw them at the screen.
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