11 Wrestlers Who Would Rather Do Nothing Than Work For WWE
8. Bruno Sammartino
Bruno Sammartino's long vendetta with Vince McMahon wasn't the relationship the Chairman envisaged with his father's biggest star back when the two parted ways in 1988.
The ultra-dignified Sammartino hated Vince's vision, and made no secret of his disdain during various public appearances following the explosion of controversy around WWE in the early-1990s. 'The Living Legend' could have been a valuable link to the organisation's past during those tumultuous times, but instead shunned McMahon and his crumbling empire as the worst variation of what pro wrestling had become by then.
When Hulk Hogan blazed a new trail as a heel for WCW in 1996, McMahon was without both his mammoth stars from bygone eras, inadvertently forcing him to make new history with his now-lionised Attitude Era. He made chicken salad from the chicken sh*t he'd been left, but one of the era's most gripping pieces remains a then-to-now video featuring the likes of Freddie Blassie and Gorilla Monsoon expressing their awe at the fire and athleticism of the likes of Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Bruno's own presence on such a spot would have elevated it - and by default, WWE - amongst the elite when a shove was still required.