20 Incredible Images Of Wrestling "Champions" Who Never Were

7. Hulk Hogan - WWE & World Heavyweight Championship

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Sporting the WWE and World Heavyweight Championships during a dark post-Raw celebratory segment with then-Champions John Cena and Batista in 2005, Hulk Hogan looks like a time traveller wearing the belts he was too removed from the regular product to ever realistically win.

Fans couldn't get enough of seeing 'The Hulkster' draped in gold again, but if Vince McMahon was watching backstage, he wasn't getting fooled twice by those piercing pops.

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