8 People You Won't Believe ALMOST Became A Wrestling Champion
6. Zeus
Vince McMahon had no reason to doubt his instincts in 1989 as he transposed Zeus from his batsh*t Hulk Hogan hollywood vehicle into 'The Hulkster's WWE orbit.
Business was booming following the money-sh*tting Hogan/Savage programme that main evented WrestleMania V, and it wasn't known at the time if upcoming feature No Holds Barred would be a tinseltown rocket-strapper for the WWE Champion or the fondly-remembered turkey it eventually came to be. Was the Chairman even capable of a dozy misstep at this point?!
Alas, through rose tinted glasses, the red flags just look like flags.
Zeus was capable of hardly anything between the ropes (not his fault, he was an actor expanding on his acting portfolio, not a wrestler making his way in the industry), but McMahon's assumption that this co-promotion was going to be a two-pronged mainstream home run had the cinematic heel penciled in to wrestle (and possibly dethrone) Hogan at WrestleMania VI.
The wind was already blowing the way of the Ultimate Warrior by push-coming-to-shove time, but Zeus' inability beyond choking and...a push and a shove, made the organisation's eventual decision even easier.