10 Most Shocking Double-Crossings In WWE History
4. André The Giant Turns On Hulk Hogan
For much of the 1980s, Hulk Hogan and André the Giant had
been the best of buds. André had even been there to pour champagne on Hogan
when he’d won his maiden WWF Championship, in what may well have been wrestling’s first proper bromance.
By 1987 though, that was all about to change. Jealousy was starting to corrupt André, especially when Hogan received a massive trophy for his three years as champion, while André himself received a far measlier offering for his whopping 15-year undefeated streak.
That jealousy would eventually see him turn to Hogan’s arch-rival Bobby “the Brain” Heenan. On an episode of Piper’s Pit, André revealed his new alliance with the villainous manager, before telling Hogan that he would be challenging him to a match for the World Wrestling Federation Championship at WrestleMania III.
He wasn’t done there though. In a parting shot, André ripped off Hogan’s shirt and with it the Hulkster’s gold chain, before walking out to leave a remonstrating Hogan in disbelief.
The legacy of this one perhaps benefits from being the
precursor to what remains one of the most iconic moments in wrestling history,
as Hogan bodyslammed André the Giant in their resultant WrestleMania match. And
all of it was made possible by the Heenan-influenced double-cross that André had
pulled on Hogan.