9 Most Anticlimactic Unmaskings In Wrestling History

8. Mr. America

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Even though this was meant to be anti-climactic, since there was literally not a person in the world dumb enough to believe Mr. America was anyone else other than The Hulkster, it still deserves a spot on this list for the awful way the whole thing played out.

Stemming from a storyline that found Hulk Hogan forced to sit out the remainder of his contract with the company, Mr. America suddenly emerged using Hogan's "Real American" entrance music, using Hogan's move set and post-match flex routine, and most obviously, using Hogan's face under the mask.

It was stupid. But for once, it was supposed to be stupid. Vince McMahon outed Mr. America right away, with the masked wrestler adamantly disagreeing, saying "I am not Hulk Hogan, brother!" (Wink wink, nudge nudge.)

Unfortunately, the week after Hogan lifted his mask for a Smackdown crowd after the show had already gone off the air, he quit the company for real. Suddenly, the angle went from stupid to desperate, as they were then forced to show a clip of the unmasking that week and tell audiences he'd been fired for officially revealing himself as Hulk Hogan. Because they couldn't fire Hogan before? For obviously using a mask to break the stipulations of his contract?

It was just as dumb as it sounds.

 
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