WWE Was Banned from Filming at Cemetery After Controversial Attitude Era Segment

During The Attitude Era, WWE often filmed segments outside the arena to keep fans entertained, featuring memorable moments like the supermarket brawl between Steve Austin and Booker T and a Hardcore Championship brawl at Funtime USA. However, not every segment was well-received, especially one that took place in a graveyard.

While The Undertaker’s cemetery segments were generally accepted because they were filmed at night, a controversial moment happened when The Big Boss Man crashed the funeral of The Big Show’s father, who had died in the storyline. The Big Boss Man arrived in a car, using a loudspeaker to mock the situation and then attached the casket to his car, driving away with The Big Show on top.

To make matters worse, there was a real funeral happening at the cemetery, and families were there grieving. It’s no surprise that this segment upset many people who managed the graveyard.

Gerald Brisco talked about this incident on Sportskeeda’s What Were They Thinking podcast, explaining that after the Big Boss Man segment, WWE was banned from filming at that cemetery again. He mentioned that they had used the location for graveyard matches with The Undertaker before, but after this incident, they were never allowed to return.

“They had used the cemetery for some of the graveyard matches that we used to have. Where The Undertaker was out digging a hole in the ground for a graveyard match. But after this deal with the Big Boss Man, they were never asked to come back, they were never given permission to go back again.”

Big Boss Man also never became the WWE Champion due to the fact that there was simply too many big names during his run in the company. Regardless, the segment will always remain one of the most infamous segments in WWE history and that’s never going to change.

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