WWF kicked off its "Shotgun Saturday Night" show in a raunchy way, with the "Original Diva" Sunny getting hot and heavy with another popular television star. That star, however, was children's show character Elmo, the puppet. On the show's debut episode, Sunny declared she was going to air her "sex tape" the following week, to upstage Marlena. The entire next episode of "Shotgun Saturday Night" seemed to air around just who Sunny's partner was in her home movie, but what fans saw in the R-rated segment was slightly disturbing and very cringey.
AdvertisementThe clip started off with Sunny in bed with a Tickle Me Elmo doll, the popular children's toy at the time. Sunny called in her lover, who ended up being the toy's "big, strong, bad" older brother, someone dressed head-to-toe in an Elmo costume, who even spoke using the character's voice. "Fondle Me Elmo" got into bed with Sunny, the lights went off, and ridiculous sound effects rang out. The implied sex and the cringey aspect of the segment is something WWE has not repeated since on any of the networks its programming has aired on, and it's a segment the company would likely want fans to forget.