10 INSANE WWE International Incidents

5. Bullsh*t You Can't Smell

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Hulk Hogan caused two furores in the east in 1993; firstly by referring to Yokozuna as “the J*p, brother!” at WrestleMania IX, and then by burying the WWF World Title as a “trinket” on New Japan Pro Wrestling television.

“This belt…is just a toy, it’s like a trinket on a Christmas tree, like an ornament. The belt I want is the one the Great Muta has: the IWGP belt.”

Hogan went on to say that he wanted to “wrestle”, and not “bullsh*t”, mere months before faffing about on speedboats in horrifically cheesy beach-based action flicks. The Hogan vehicle ‘Mr. Nanny’ was also released in 1993. Funnily enough, Hogan didn’t bury Jurassic Park on the press circuit; he knew his place as a sub-Schwarzenegger, and soon heard wrestling’s siren call once more. But in WCW, he wrestled. He didn’t bullsh*t. Apart from that time he was resuscitated by Randy Savage's finisher (!), and then fought off eight heels alongside him.

Hogan, of course, went on to hold that trinket once more, in 2002, after his WCW run faded badly—and after his hopes of holding Emmy or Oscar gold never materialised because it turned out he was as bad at acting as he was apologising.

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