Despite the torture pro wrestlers put themselves through to make their fights seem real (and the times their fights actually are ), most people don't take the WWE very seriously . Well, Vince McMahon does. He believes wrestling is the perfect medium through which to tackle complex societal issues, and here are six examples of him trying to do exactly that ... and failing spectacularly.

6 The WWE Stages A Disastrous "Gay Wedding"

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Billy and Chuck were a villainous tag team back in 2002. Over time, they started to act affectionate toward each other. They bleached their hair and started wearing matching red tights. Chuck wore pigtails. They hired a personal stylist. Fans were supposed to laugh at them because of their possible homosexuality. It was this question mark surrounding their sexuality that drove their stories. Sort of a Sam and Diane, "Will they or won't they?" drama, but with luscious abs and dick baskets.

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Subtle by WWE standards.

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But when the characters openly confirmed they were gay, their poncing wasn't really funny anymore. It was more ... what's the word? Mean? Bigoted? Erotic? Whatever it was, it was a bad idea. Especially when Chuck proposed to Billy and they agreed to get married in the ring, in front of thousands of heckling rednecks.

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Your wedding flowers are some ivy wrapped around a wrestling ring like barbed wire?

Are you guys sure you're gay?

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In honor of wrestling's first gay wedding, the WWE teamed up with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. These poor fools had obviously never watched a wrestling show before they endorsed their decision to air Chuck and Billy's marriage. GLAAD thought it would be a groundbreaking event, and consulted with WWE for two months to ensure the ceremony would portray gay relationships positively.