10 Wrestlers Who Quit WCW Over Angles

5. Hulk Hogan - The Bash At The Beach Worked Shoot

At Bash at the Beach 2000, the infamously controversial angle between head writer Vince Russo and Hollywood Hogan happened. An angle which resulted in Hogan never stepping in a WCW ring again.

Russo had dictated that Hogan was going to lose to reigning World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett. Hogan vetoed this with a creative control clause, as he wasn’t happy with the overall direction of his character. A fed-up Russo booked Jarrett to literally lie down so Hogan could easily pin him in what was meant to be a worked-shoot. Hogan would say to Russo on the mic that night “Is this your deal, Russo? That's why this company's in the damn shape it's in, because of bullsh*t like this!” and would score the win and title by simply placing his foot on Jarrett’s chest for the 1-2-3.

All this was agreed upon beforehand between The Hulkster and Russo, with Hogan scheduled to exit the company for a few months afterwards only to make a triumphant return at Halloween Havoc. That never happened - Russo later returned after Hogan had left the building and publicly chastised the Immortal One. A furious Hogan quit the company shortly afterwards and ended up filing a lawsuit against Russo for defamation of character.