In the late '90s and early 2000s, the World Wrestling Federation kicked off a period that fans remember today as the Attitude Era. This was the time when anti-heroes like Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Rock became household names, and when the on-screen storylines were pushing the envelope in every conceivable way and arguably crossing the line into offensive. When Triple H kicked off a feud with Kane in 2002, there was nothing arguable about how offensive things got. The infamous Katie Vick storyline isn't just tasteless, it's probably the single most tasteless thing that's ever been aired on WWE television.
The basic idea was that Triple H had uncovered a shameful secret about Kane's past: a drunk driving accident that had resulted in the death of his high school girlfriend, Katie Vick. It was a weird bit of realism for a character that, up to that point, had been the supernaturally tough, demonic brother of an undead cowboy and occasional Lord of Darkness. Kane's backstory would become infinitely more complicated to the point of having an entire novel written about it as the years went by, but at the time, it was difficult to imagine the character even going to high school, let alone to a party that involved the sinister scourge of underage drinking. Either way, the insinuation that Kane was a murderer was just the tip of the iceberg. On the October 22, 2002, episode of Monday Night Raw, Triple H promised to present "the most graphic and salacious video footage" he'd ever seen, and definitely delivered on that front.
The footage involved Triple H himself, in a Kane mask, providing a "re-enactment" of Katie's funeral, complete with a mannequin in a cheerleader uniform in a coffin. Over the course of seven seemingly eternal minutes, Triple H groped the mannequin, then climbed into the coffin himself, and simulating a sex act that ended when he produced a handful of raw meat to prove he'd literally "screwed her brains out." WWE's modern, TV-PG attempts at being kid-friendly might have its problems, but at least we don't have to worry about this kind of thing anymore.
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