10 More Insane Lies Told On Video Game Box Art

Hulk Hogan's Main Event, a 2011 game for the Xbox 360 was...well, it was a game that exists, and that's probably the most charitable thing that can be said about it. The Kinect-centric title was lambasted for its poorly implemented motion controls, which could barely register many of the movements required to make it, its ugly visual style and poor voice work, and has ranked on countless "Worst Games Ever" lists.

But hey, at least we got to play as everyone's favourite, totally-not-over-the-hill-even-in-2011 wrestler Hulk Hogan right? Or rather got to attempt to play as him whilst battling the barely-usable motion controls? After all, there he is on the box, taking up half the frame with his trademark do-rag and horseshoe moustache, doing that thing that he does where he wastes another tank-top.

However it turns out that no, players weren't treated to the thrill of playing as the leather-skinned, card-carrying racist tosser that the game is named after. The player instead creates their own (incredibly forgettable) wrestling personality and is merely mentored by Hogan in putting on a show, winning over the crowd and presumably being openly and unapologetically bigoted.

Far from being the main event, Hogan is, appropriately enough, a sideshow gimmick.