10 of the Most Controversial Incidents in Pro Wrestling History

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5. Million Dollar Man buys a slave

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After failing to buy the WWE championship, the Million Dollar Man set his sights on a new goal. He teased for weeks that he would be buying something that wars had been fought over, and that men had chased after since the dawn of time.

What, you might ask, was he talking about? It turns out he wanted to engage in human trafficking with Bobby Heenan, because Dibiase wanted to buy a slave!

The distasteful angle was made worse when they chose a person of color--in this case the Latino Hercules Hernandez--to be the slave. While the whole thing was designed to get Hercules over as a babyface after years of being a heel, fans were offended and couldn't really become emotionally invested in the product. Those fans who weren't offended found the whole concept ludicrous, as slavery has been outlawed all over the world for a century.

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