10 INSANE Risks WWE Took With Their Biggest Stars

10. Hulk Hogan

In all sports, winners win primarily because they simply hate the feeling of defeat, and the Hulk Hogan character won a lot.

But what an absolute pr*ck he was in defeat.

A weakness in his game even when he was at his absolute peak as monolithic megastar, 'The Hulkster' always looked like a petulant child if he was booked to lose, contradicting much of his pious messaging in the protest. This was especially prevalent in Royal Rumbles, where - likely much to Hogan's chagrin - he simply couldn't win them all.

Despite going back to back as winner in 1990 and 1991, his performances in 1989 and 1992 are just as memorable for how poorly he took the completely fair eliminations. In the first pay-per-view iteration of the classic battle royal, he illegally assaulted The Twin Towers after they'd teamed up to toss him, and to tee up Ric Flair's famous win he pulled Sid Justice to the arena floor having been fairly thrown over seconds earlier.

The second case was so egregious that WWE had to dub in cheers in reruns - the '92 live crowd had no patience for his pet lip and stood firmly behind big Sid when the behmoths stared each other down in the post-match.