10 Sleaziest Ever TNA Moments

4. Hiring Bubba The Love Sponge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnqHCvoqVkA When Hulk Hogan initially came to TNA, there was some initial optimism. After all, the company had lacked an identity to that point. Hogan, along with Eric Bischoff, helped bring WCW to new heights. Could history repeat itself? Well, the first troubling sign came the very first show they took over. That night we saw some of Hogan's cronies start to get cushy jobs. First up were Jerry Saggs and Brian Knobbs, The Nasty Boys. Then, radio personality Bubba "The Love Sponge" was hired too. Despite having no history in wrestling, he immediately got on board when his buddy did. Surely there were people more qualified for that role. Everything about Bubba is just sleazy. He's wished for the death of a rival anchor on air, verbally attacked the man's wife and has been caught using racist language on tape. It didn't take long before Bubba got in trouble in TNA when he made disparaging remarks on Twitter about Haiti after the country's horrifying earthquake. Awesome Kong, who was with the company at the time, was offended by this, as she had personally raised money for the cause. The two got into a backstage encounter, and Kong struck him. While it was reported that none of the wrestler's blamed her, Hogan did. He told Bubba that no one would have blamed him had he fought back. Later on, Bubba tricked her onto being on his radio show, and verbally assaulted her with some racially offensive language and challenged her to a fight. Finally, Dixie Carter had enough of him and he was fired. Even Hulk Hogan learned his lesson, and must have regretted ever meeting the man when Bubba allegedly released his sex tape. Just so much sleaze involved, it's hard to take it all in.