10 Superstars Who Burned WWE Bridges… But Still Returned
8. Hulk Hogan
In the world of bridge-burning, making a bunch of racist comments should be enough to torch even the biggest of bridges to the ground. Hulk Hogan found that out the hard way, after he was privately recorded making some classless, disgusting, outright racist comments.
As a result of this, WWE made The Hulkster persona non grata and banished him from the company. Hogan’s Legends deal was ripped up, he was banished from the WWE Hall of Fame, and this multiple-time World Champion was kept well away from the wrestling world.
Not only did Hulk burn bridges with WWE, he also burnt bridges with the majority of wrestling fans. Even for those who idolised Hogan in the ‘80s and ‘90s, there was no way back for Hulkamania.
Only there was, for WWE slowly, slyly reintroduced Hogan back into the fold. Using the blood money-soaked Saudi Arabia shows to ease Hulk back into the WWE product, any notion of bridges being burned were tossed aside.
Making all of this worse, Hogan’s backstage apology to the WWE locker room wasn’t one where he was apologising for making racist comments. No, Hulk was basically warning WWE talents about the dangers of being caught on camera making offensive comments.
And here we are in 2019, with Hulk Hogan now well and truly back on the WWE payroll, brother.