10 Wrestlers Who Were REJECTED For Famous Wrestling Gimmicks
4. Hulk Hogan
By the summer of 1993, Vince McMahon was sick of Hulk Hogan.
For the first time in a long time (and sadly about three months too late), the former WWE chairman had seen through his own biases towards his former cash cow and saw to it that his company needed to set off in a bold new direction. Well, sort of, but more of that in the next entry. The point was, even if the immediate plan was to deck somebody out in the Red, White & Blue in the same vein as Hogan's all-American messaging, 'The Hulkster' himself was no longer the guy to play the part.
Hogan gave less of a sh*t than his boss too. Calling the WWE Championship a "trinket" during a NJPW press conference while still holding the gold, his contempt for his spot had already been made clear by his total absence from television after politicking his way back to the top by WrestleMania IX.
A King Of The Ring swansong in June was inevitable, but WWE's next move wasn't quite so clear...