10 Wrestlers Who Piggybacked Their Way To Success

2. Brooke Hogan

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Like Garrett, Brooke Hogan might belong on a different list, but she certainly didn't belong in pro wrestling. She piggybacked her way into it, and the tanning lotion applied to her buttocks by her father did not cause her to slip; she actually appeared in a major capacity on Impact Wrestling's TV show.

Brooke Hogan performed for the crowd with an air of complete disdain towards them...in a babyface role.

And as furiously as Hulk tried to rub his talents off onto his daughter, by way of her ass cheeks, this, sadly, did not happen. Brooke's line deliveries were wooden, reflecting the mahogany of the tanning lotion applied to her behind by her father, and her reaction shots were almost eerily artificial. She couldn't act at all, which was funny, because poor Mike Tenay was instructed to put her debut over as a Lady Gaga-esque polymath or, more accurately, the second coming of f*cking Christ.

"Take a bow: from television personality, to recording artist, to movie roles, Brooke Hogan has accomplished so much in the entertainment business, at such a young age," he said. "Brooke looks beautiful, as usual," Tazz said, sweating bullets in the face of the gun aimed at his temple.

Hogan Knows Best how to torpedo a once-promising wrestling company.

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