10 Hulk Hogan WrestleMania Events That Would Have Drawn Huge Money
7. Vs. Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
If Hogan's lack of major feud with Mr Perfect is surprising, the fact that he never came up against Jake 'The Snake' Roberts during the 1980s is truly mind-boggling. Jake was immediately plunged into big-time programmes when he got to the WWF, feuding with the likes of Ricky Steamboat. His dark charisma wasn't about to go unnoticed, however, and the fans eventually forced Jake to turn babyface. It was this popularity that stopped this feud from happening. As the story goes, Jake was to give Hogan the DDT on an episode of the Snake Pit talk show, but when a confrontation between the two was teased, the crowd sided with Roberts. Vince McMahon couldn't risk his top babyface being the second most popular guy in a match, so the whole thing was shelved and Jake never got his 'Hogan run'. Roberts would refer to Hogan on numerous occasions in his promos, but this bout never came into being. In fact, the two only ever had four matches together in total, at house shows. Money left on the table, I'm sure you'll agree.
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