10 Wrestlers Who Nearly Defected During The Monday Night Wars
10. Yokozuna
By the time the Monday Night Wars were in full swing, Yokozuna was on the downswing of his WWF career. But that doesnt mean that the former champion didnt have some value to the competitor. At that time, Vince McMahon and Eric Bischoff would have been gleeful at poaching any former world champion, if only for bragging rights. With Yokozuna, the possibility of a rematch with Hulk Hogan loomed. The possible defection was described by former WCW star Konnan, who was friends with Yoko. He spoke about how the former champ loved K-Doggs character in the nWo and the idea was to have Yokozuna come in as a Samoan gangster and have my back. However, things never came to fruition, as Konnan said that Scott Hall tried to quickly facilitate a negotiation between Yoko and Bischoff, which offended Yokozuna. He got offended and he never came in, Konnan said. Its a shame Yokozuna never got that one last chance to prove himself. Instead, he last appeared at 1999s horrific Heroes of Wrestling PPV before passing away a year later.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
