10 Wrestling Matches That Buried Top Stars ON PURPOSE

5. Hulk Hogan Vs. Shawn Michaels - WWE SummerSlam 2005

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One of the funniest professional wrestling matches of all time - *extremely Rainier Wolfcastle voice* - Hulk Hogan Vs. Shawn Michaels at SummerSlam 2005 wasn't meant to be a comedy.

It was meant to be the first in a two-match series but that, naturally, did not work for the Hulkster, brother. He wasn't about to lose to the man who had to bump all over the f*cking place to make his arthritic proto-corpse look like it had any juice left in it whatsoever.

Well, you know [REDACTED], but you get the meaning.

Imagine the state of those negotiations, man.

"You're going to gently shove me for 20 minutes while I take countless bumps. I am to fly myself at great risk in close proximity to my old, worn neck as you slowly just about lift up your leg somewhere in the vicinity of my face."

"And then I go over, right?"

When Hogan refused to return the favour, Michaels refused to take it seriously. He treated Hogan like a big wrinkled orange baby and sold for the baby in the most condescending, over-exaggerated manner imaginable.

Anazing sh*thouse behaviour.

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