10 DUMB WWE Booking Decisions (We Didn't Want To Admit Were GENIUS!)

Hulk Hogan has become an easy target for several reasons. One of them is that Hulk just doesn't help himself, and spews things that are obviously garbage with each passing interview. He also takes the brunt of the blame for what happened back at WrestleMania IX, but he shouldn't. This was Vince McMahon's call.

It was a logical one.

Yokozuna crushed Bret Hart in the main event to become WWF Champ, then Hogan marched out to defend Bret’s honour. He ended up winning the belt after Mr. Fuji made an impromptu challenge, and Hulkamania was set to run wild on the fed yet again. Loads of fans dump on this, but Vince was only going back to something he knew worked whilst looking for his next hit.

Although true Hulk on top in 1993 wouldn’t work out long term, it's still nowhere near the clanger some claim. In fact, going back to Hogan temporarily whilst trying to build a "new generation" in the background made sense from a business perspective.

McMahon was trying to buy himself time.