10 Pay-Per-View Main Events WWE Could Actually Call The Worst EVER

7. Hulk Hogan Vs Yokozuna (WrestleMania IX)

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"At least it was short" busts this match out of jail in comparison to some of the other shockers on this list, not least because they went nearly three times longer than Brock Lesnar and Kofi Kingston on SmackDown's Fox debut.

What was as bad as the aforementioned squash was what this immediately eroded. Bret Hart had worked hard to establish Yokozuna as a legitimate threat and future Champion before and during their worthy WrestleMania Championship clash, and was made to suffer fitting heartbreak in defeat. All, unfortunately, for this.

Hulk Hogan's "friend til the end" horsesh*t was with Brutus Beefcake was one thing, but the imagined kinship with 'The Hitman' that resulted in him stealing a last-minute title match against new Yoko was about as believable as his victory seconds later.

This was - in every sense of the word - sad. Vince McMahon presumably regretted this decision within weeks once he'd gotten wind of 'The Hulkster' bantering off the belt in Japan with a plan to f*ck off entirely in June. P*ssed punters in the Las Vegas car park that night appeared to have fun, but the same couldn't be said for Bret Hart and the colleagues left to make towns in Hulk's absence.

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