10 Perfect So-Bad-They’re-Good Wrestling Moments

9. It's Not Hot!

The Dungeon of Doom was WCW's attempt to stem the tide of resentment engulfing Hulk Hogan for his cartoonish persona...by forming a faction that Vince McMahon, in peak Mantaur mode, would have fake-laughed off as being too cheesy.

The programme reached its nadir - nay, tremendously awful apex - during this 1995 parade of unadulterated hardcore non-sequitur porn.

Hogan tumbled through the walls of the Dungeon itself. He was shocked. "Where am I?" he wondered, before concluding that there weren't, in fact, "any Hulkamaniacs" surrounding him - the implication being that young fans followed him wherever he went. It's a good job that isn't true. Impressionable minds would have been warped forever in Bubba The Love Sponge's wife's bedroom, brother!

"I've never been here before!" he shouted. A simple look of confusion would have sufficed, but then, there was no place for subtlety, let alone Hulkamaniacs, here.

He then reached out to touch a waterfall of cascading water before immediately retracting his hand. "It's not hot!" he cried. What? If he was expecting to boil his hand, why did he want to touch the water in the first place?

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and surefire Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!