10 Cringeworthy Worked Shoots In Wrestling History

And thus we come to the holy grail of poorly-executed worked shoots. We've dumped on Vince Russo and his run in WCW, but nothing quite tops chasing Hulk Hogan out of your company.

Before his match with Jeff Jarrett for the WCW World title, Hogan insisted on winning the title despite Russo's protestations. Backed into a corner, Russo offered a compromise: a worked shoot in which Jarrett would purposefully lie down, Hogan would walk out on the company with the belt in disgust, and return around StarrCade to challenge whomever the new champion would be. From the moment the match began until Hogan walked out, all parties were in cooperation.

However, Russo came out a segment later and cut a promo that hit too close to home for Hogan. Russo told the crowd that Hogan politicked his way into power and refused to do the right thing, saying that he was a "piece of s**t." He finished his tirade by calling Hogan a "big, bald son of a b**ch."

Sure enough, Hogan was legitimately offended by Russo's remarks, and instead of following through with the planned angle, he sued Russo for defamation of character, even though Russo thought it was just a part of the angle.

That's right, folks: Russo literally worked himself into a shoot. He is, as Hulk Hogan would say, a "jabroni mark." Much love -HH.