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From Feb. 1 2010 Observer Newsletter. Written by Dave Melter.
MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC
1. PIGGY JAMES ANGLE 166 votes (Sidenote: this was when WWE management, displeased with with Mickie's (slight) weight gain, created a story where her opponent Michelle would call her a pig to shame/embarrass her into losing weight. A work/shoot thing.)
2. Vickie Guerrero being called a pig 109 votes (another work/shoot, it was reported Vince was mad she was leaving after all the company had done for her, so he got WWE writers to spitefully script a segement where she was called a pig)
3. Using the death of Jeff Hardy’s dog in the Hardy Boys angle 46 votes
4. WWE not acknowledging the death of Umaga on TV 19 votes
PREVIOUS WINNERS: 1981 - LeBelle promotions usage of The Monster claiming he was built in a laboratory; 1982 - Bob Backlund as WWF champion; 1983 - WWF pretending Eddie Gilbert had re-broken his neck after original legit injury in an auto accident; 1984 - Blackjack Mulligan fake heart attack by Championship Wrestling from Florida; 1985 - Usage of Mike Von Erich's near fatal illness to sell Cotton Bowl tickets by World Class; 1986 - Equating an angle of Chris Adams' blindness with the real death of Gino Hernandez; 1987 - World Class' handling of the death of Mike Von Erich; 1988 - Fritz Von Erich's fake brush with death; 1989 - Jose Gonzalez's babyface push by WWC; 1990 - Atsushi Onita stabbing angle with Jose Gonzalez; 1991 - WWF exploiting the Persian Gulf war; 1992 - WCW push of Erik Watts; 1993 - WCW Cactus Jack amnesia angle; 1994 - WCW retiring Ric Flair; 1995 - WCW Gene Okerlund 900 line come-ons and lies; 1996 - WWF teases and usage of fake Razor Ramon, Diesel and Double J; 1997 - WWF Melanie Pillman interview on Raw the day after Brian's death; 1998 - WCW exploiting Scott Hall's drinking problems for angles; 1999 - WWF continuing Over the Edge PPV after the death of Owen Hart; 2000 - WCW making David Arquette world champion; 2001 - Stephanie McMahon interview on 9/13 TV equating the bombing of the World Trade Center to her father's steroid trial; 2002 - WWE Katie Vick necrophilia angle; 2003 - McMahon family all over television; 2004 - Kane/Lita pregnancy/wedding/miscarriage angle; 2005 - WWE not editing off the show its terrorists angle the day of bombing in England; 2006 - WWE exploiting the death of Eddy Guerrero; 2007 - TNA signing Pacman Jones and having him do the Making it Rain on television when his doing that at a strip club led to the paralysis of a wrestler; 2007 - WWE teasing a Jeff Hardy drug overdose on the Internet to try and garner late interest in a PPV show.
The Jeff Hardy tease was particularly bad because he has a history of drug problems, and it got a lot of people worried. Stephanie McMahon's 9/11 comments are legendary in wrestling (gist of it is: "if we survived my dad getting put on trial for steroid charges, America can survive 9/11" Check it out youtube.)
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