10 Wrestlers Who Hulk Hogan Refused To Lose Against
6. Jeff Jarrett
J-E-Double F-Ha-Ha-J-E-Double R-E-Double T. Now the whole Hulk Hogan and Jeff Jarrett issue is all a little uncertain. What is known, though, is that things all came to a head at Bash at the Beach 2000. The initial story that appeared was that Vince Russo wanted The Chosen One Jeff Jarrett to retain his WCW Title against Hogan. Whilst Hogan had agreed to the loss, it was claimed that on the day of the PPV he decided to pull his creative control card and change the result to him going over Jarrett and taking the gold. As such, when it actually came to the match taking place, Jarrett walked to the ring, lay down in the ring (at Russos orders) and let Hogan pin him, leading to the Hulkster cutting a shoot promo trashing the company. This was then followed later by a Vince Russo shoot slating Hulk Hogan and exposing exactly what had gone down throughout that day and how Hogan had essentially refused to lose to Jarrett. Russo would also strip Hogan of the belt and schedule a new World Title match for later that night, which would see Booker T defeat Jarrett. Part of the reasoning for Hogans change of mind is believed to be down to his WCW contract expiring and so he feared that without the big gold belt then he wouldnt be used on as many big shows as hed like. And we all know that big shows equate to big dollars. All of the above was believed for years, and the promos from Hogan and Russo on the night certainly felt very real. Since then, Russo has actually changed his story a little, instead saying that he and Hogan had actually both got together earlier on the day of Bash at the Beach and decided for things to play out exactly as they did, with Jeff Jarrett and the rest of the locker room totally in the dark on the real plan. As ever when Vince Russo or Hulk Hogan is involved, its hard to know what to believe is true. What did prove to be true, though, is that Hulk Hogan didnt end up losing to Jeff Jarrett. And we all know thats the main thing for Hulk, right? Later on down the line, Hogan was in talks to join TNA in 2004 after becoming annoyed that the WWE main event picture was focussing on younger talent (how dare they?!). All was looking good for a deal being signed with TNA until one point came up: Hulk would have to put over Jeff Jarrett. Coincidentally Hogan suddenly cited a "knee injury" and pulled out of the deal before returning back to the WWE.
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