10 of WCW's dirtiest scandals.

Scandal #2: Hiring a man with an unsavory past.

BeetleJuice clone The Juicer was played by Art Barr, a man with skeletons in his closet.

In recent years, professional athletes have increasingly been held accountable for their actions. While their wealth and prestige might still protect them somewhat, if you get caught on camera laying out your wife with a right hook you don't get to play in the NFL anymore.

However, at one time most professional athletes had little to fear for their misbehavior. The exception to this rule was pro boxers and pro wrestlers. Mike Tyson was convicted of rape and sent to prison, and veteran pro grappler Art Barr narrowly avoided a similar fate after being accused of the same crime.

It was thanks to some dicey testimony by the victim, who seemed confused as to whether she wanted to press charges or not. Despite the fact that he avoided a lengthy prison sentence, the crime was enough to get pro wrestling completely banned from Oregon, the state where the crime took place.

After this incident, Art Barr had a hard time finding work--until WCW hired him. Barr was best known as the tag team partner of Eddie Guerrero, but WCW tried to hide his true identity under the make-up and powder wig of the Juicer character, a blatant Beetlejuice rip-off. This was in the days before the internet, so Art Barr's identity and crime were relatively unknown to a majority of fans, so WCW avoided controversy until years after Barr no longer worked for the company.