10 Times Wrestlers Went Totally Off Script

3. HBK Goes Limp On Hogan

Brock Lesnar Hulk Hogan 2014
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Given that any wrestler who steps inside the ring with Hulk Hogan is tasked with making him look like a million bucks, it's possible Shawn Michaels wasn't going off script at SummerSlam 2005 so much as he was following it to an absolute tee.

In reality, you can't really condone the Heartbreak Kid's sulky teenager act. If every WWE employee acted this way when a booking decision - in this case, the feud being reduced to a one-night only affair - went against them, Vince would have to end every match in time limit draw.

But in his defence, Shawn probably made the bout at least 10 times more entertaining than it may otherwise have been by selling Hulkster's punches as though there was a sniper perched up in the rafters.

And buried deep beneath the comedy is the odd moment of WrestleMania X8-style Icon vs. Icon magic too - you just have to dig really, really hard to find it.

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