10 Wrestlers Who HATED Losing

1. Shawn Michaels

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On the subject of which, this was a bizarre and unforgettable update on the old ‘Irresistible Force meets the Immovable Object’ dynamic. Hulk Hogan resisted the idea of jobbing. Shawn Michaels would not be budged from his position, in that he would not job.

So what happened, at SummerSlam 2005, when the Irresistible Force met the Immovable Object?

The Immovable Object decided to take the piss, and take the piss quite brilliantly. To get one over on his opponent, Michaels patronised the f*ck out of him.

“Awww, you don’t wanna lose a fake fight? Well, you can win the fake fight. In fact, because I'm such an upstanding christian, you can win the fakest fight!”

It was an hilarious flex; Michaels bumped as if he was the Pink Panther, but within a performance that was still, somehow, the customary spirited melodrama perfected by the expert craftsman.

Michaels relented here, but it marked an aberration. Michaels was statistically allergic to jobbing: he didn’t drop any of his several WWF belts the traditional, clean way until WrestleMania XIV—nine years into his Titan(ically c*nty) career.

He was nowhere near the star of Hogan’s wattage, either. What an impeccable d*ckhead.

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