10 Worst Sacrifices In WWE

2. Vince McMahon Picks Hulk Hogan Over Yokozuna & Bret Hart

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It was all he'd known.

Well, not all he'd known, but enough of Vince McMahon's fortune had come from pushing Hulk Hogan that he felt it worth a gamble yet again in 1993, even if it came at the expense of two brand new headliners in one go.

WrestleMania IX's disastrous conclusion has been covered at length over the years, but what gets a little less attention is just how much of a sh*tbag Hogan was after the fact. McMahon sacrificed Yokozuna's first pinfall loss and Bret Hart (general) over the course of about three minutes, and it took Hogan about as long to disgrace the belt he'd won during the farce.

Taking it with him to New Japan Pro Wrestling to try and milk a money deal there, he referred to the WWE Championship as a "trinket" compared to an IWGP prize he now allegedly desired. As if to prove the point, he neglected to appear once in front of a live televised crowd with the belt until his King Of The Ring make-good loss (to Yokozuna, not Bret Hart) in June.

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