8 Times Wrestlers Were Rewarded For Bad Behaviour
3. D-Generation X - After Being Told Not To, Going Too Far Leads To Success
After routinely going back and forth with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon when it came to exactly what they could get away with on television upon forming the controversial unit of D-Generation X in 1997, real-life pals Triple H and Shawn Michaels faced their biggest telling off yet in the form of a letter written by the USA network. Within this document, the network complained about the pair's antics and explicitly stated what the team could and, more importantly, could not do on TV.
Yet, instead of reading the stars the riot act, McMahon allowed the pair to read USA's letter of complaint aloud during the now-infamous State of the Union on Raw. Far from derail the group, their constant pushing of the envelope and their luck was rewarded with more air-time and various pushes as the squad transitioned from 'HBK' to 'The Game' as its leader.
Very few stars could get away with either disobeying the boss' orders or stepping over the line in quite the way DX did during their '90s prime. But, without their frequently controversial behaviour, would WWE have been able to come out on top in the Monday Night Wars?