10 Moments Legendary WWE Careers Almost Died

10. Hulk Hogan's Japanese Dojo Break-In

Hulk Hogan's spouted enough bullsh*t over his career to fill a bathtub all the way to the taps, but one of the few tales from his past that sounds the tallest was actually true. Falling on his a*se a few hundred times a year didn't catch up with him until much later in life, but the toil of his first injury almost sent him scarpering from the industry outright.

Entering a Japanese training camp with legendary Far East figure Hiro Matsuda after being encouraged to enter the wrestling business on size and charisma alone rather than prior athletic endeavour, 'The Hulkster' had his leg broken following one of the notoriously difficult training sessions designed to test a potential performer's mettle rather than his ability.

Hogan's return was predictably protracted, but when he returned to the training camp healed up (or at very least, recovered enough to engage in whatever torturous methods came his way next), he'd earned enough respect to be broken in without having to sacrifice his bones in the process.