10 Wrestlers Who Knew They Were On The Way Out
4. Hulk Hogan (WWE King Of The Ring 1993)
For a change, this won't be about WrestleMania XI, nor the negelctful months afterwards, nor an infamous promo in New Japan Pro Wrestling that referred to the WWE Championship as a "toy" and a "trinket". Those should have been clues that Hulk Hogan was on his way out, but the reality didn't arrive until June.
Ironically, it was 'The Hulkster's aversion to ever putting people over that made it so apparent that this King Of The Ring loss really was drawing under a line under the first iteration of Hulkamania once and for all.
Most discussions on Hogan in 1993 centre around what a rotten sh*te he was as relates to Bret Hart and Yokozuna, and Vince McMahon's desperation to recapture what was evidently long gone. In one amazing night, Hart stole the show, Yoko reclaimed the gold and suddenly the conversation at long last changed. It'd be nine long years before it changed back.