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* [[John Bradshaw Layfield|Bradshaw]] (of APA fame) ran afoul of this while performing at a WWE show in Germany in 2004. He jokingly made a Nazi salute (arm pointed diagonally forward with palm rigid). In the United States, [[Cheap Heat|this is a funny (if tasteless) bit of whimsy]]; in Germany, it's ''illegal'' (see more at [[No Swastikas]]). WWE came under fire for this incident, and they promptly disciplined Bradshaw by....[[Karma Houdini|booking him to win the WWE Championship]] at ''The Great American Bash''. |
* [[John Bradshaw Layfield|Bradshaw]] (of APA fame) ran afoul of this while performing at a WWE show in Germany in 2004. He jokingly made a Nazi salute (arm pointed diagonally forward with palm rigid). In the United States, [[Cheap Heat|this is a funny (if tasteless) bit of whimsy]]; in Germany, it's ''illegal'' (see more at [[No Swastikas]]). WWE came under fire for this incident, and they promptly disciplined Bradshaw by....[[Karma Houdini|booking him to win the WWE Championship]] at ''The Great American Bash''. |
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* It can be pretty offensive watching WWE's heel Divas go about their slutty antics. But older or conservative viewers are liable to get a dissonant feeling while watching ''face'' Divas behave the exact same way. Candice Michelle was particularly guilty of this: even as a face, she would sometimes plant a pseudo-lesbian kiss on other face Divas such as Torrie Wilson, deeply troubling some viewers [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|while inevitably delighting others]]. |
* It can be pretty offensive watching WWE's heel Divas go about their slutty antics. But older or conservative viewers are liable to get a dissonant feeling while watching ''face'' Divas behave the exact same way. Candice Michelle was particularly guilty of this: even as a face, she would sometimes plant a pseudo-lesbian kiss on other face Divas such as Torrie Wilson, deeply troubling some viewers [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|while inevitably delighting others]]. |
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* Mocked during [[Jeff Jarrett]]'s heel phase in the late '90s, where he became outrageously sexist and kept shouting at women to literally [[Stay in |
* Mocked during [[Jeff Jarrett]]'s heel phase in the late '90s, where he became outrageously sexist and kept shouting at women to literally [[Stay in the Kitchen]], "barefoot and pregnant." It eventually led to a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] when the entire female roster ran out and kicked his ass. |
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* A well-known incident happened between Jimmy Snuka and Roddy Piper during one of the latter's "Piper's Pit" segments, where Piper tried to make Snuka "feel at home" by offering him coconuts and bananas (Snuka, born James Reiher, is of mixed Melanesian and European descent) and calling him a "monkey." It's been referenced many times over the years to the point where the WWE can now comfortably parody it without causing any offence. |
* A well-known incident happened between Jimmy Snuka and Roddy Piper during one of the latter's "Piper's Pit" segments, where Piper tried to make Snuka "feel at home" by offering him coconuts and bananas (Snuka, born James Reiher, is of mixed Melanesian and European descent) and calling him a "monkey." It's been referenced many times over the years to the point where the WWE can now comfortably parody it without causing any offence. |
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** This is an in-story rather than straight example, since the point of Piper making anti-Melanesian comments was to reinforce the fact that he was a heel. |
** This is an in-story rather than straight example, since the point of Piper making anti-Melanesian comments was to reinforce the fact that he was a heel. |
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