WWE History: 5 Attitude Era segments that went too far
The famed attitude era was a time when wrestling was extremely hot and cool, and one key factor that allowed this was that WWE was pushing beyond the envelope with edgy angles which bordered on reality.
There was a lot of fantastic angles during this time which contributed to its success along with focusing on the entire roster.
However, not every idea was great, and some went far beyond any form of enjoyable taste. So below are 5 of the most horrific angles ever devised from the attitude era that defaced an otherwise terrific era.
#5 Big Boss Man feeds Al Snow his dog
The Attitude Era was home to a lot of tasteless or offensive storylines, but this one always sticks out the most to me.
It's simply explained, Al Snow replaced Head with a chihuahua named Pepper. Big Boss Man later kidnapped the dog Pepper, and the two had a match in which if Snow won, Pepper would be returned to him.
Snow lost, but Big Boss Man invited Snow to have dinner with him in his hotel. The dinner, as you guessed it, turned out to be Pepper, the dog.
The whole idea was horrific especially in Western culture after Al Snow ate his dog, Boss Man and Al Snow fought in a horrendous Kennel From Hell match at WWE Unforgiven 1999.
The match consisted of a steel enclosure, with the ring surrounded by “vicious” dogs, let's just say it was horrific.
Nobody cared about either of these guys before, during, or after this angle, and when you consider the immense level of talent on the roster and how wrestling was about to hit its true boom period, it's probably best to forget a storyline like this ever happened.