10 Wrestlers That Made Fans Change The Channel
9. Hulk Hogan (1996)
It was absolutely amazing just how f*cking sick WCW's audience were of Hulk Hogan by the end of 1995.
Amazing because it was high time the insecure old icon got some real-time feedback for his hideously stale act. Amazing because there was literally nothing left to love about a man that was very clearly using and abusing his influence rather making it count. And amazing because WCW were going live with Nitro every week and there was only so much sound-sweetening to quieten some of those boos during his main events.
Going nuts with his booking at the time, Hogan turned to the dark side (a bit) in his war with the Dungeon Of Doom with a series of skits and promos that felt even more out of date than the Billionaire Ted skits portrayed the 'Huckster' as on the other channel.
Far from a slaughter before June 1996, this was a war and Hogan didn't appear to have the heavy artillery for it. Until he turned heel.
An inspired bit of business that still holds up today, Hulk going 'Hollywood' gave fans the cathartic release they'd needed for well over a year in a way that fed the angles, enlivened the broadcasts and got everybody talking. For months, the mere thought of heel Hogan made viewers pine for more of it on the six days Nitro didn't air.
He wasn't alone, of course...