Hulk Hogan's 26 Losses - From Cleanest To Screwiest

Everybody knows that championships need to be defended every thirty days. It's an established part of the rules. lugerIf the champ doesn't defend on television, the promotion can always claim he's been doing it on the live shows, but that's not the route WCW chose to go in 1997. 

Between February and June of 1997, Hulk Hogan just straight-up declined to defend the WCW title, and the championship committee's hands were tied for reasons that were unspecified, but probably "Hulk Hogan."

On a random Nitro in June, though, Lex Luger performed some kind of minor parliamentary miracle before the committee and secured himself a guaranteed NON-TITLE match against Hogan, which he was happy with. Man, you know your title scene is screwed up when it takes half a year and copy of Robert's Rules of Order to get a non-title match out of your champion. 

Luger wins a two minute match via Torture Rack, but it's bookended by the Hulkster literally telling Luger to his face that he's a pathetic garbage Hogan knockoff, and then beating him to death and dropping 46 Big Legs on his carcass. So realistically this segment was 1% Torture Rack and 99% HULK HOGAN IS THE ONLY IMPORTANT PERSON IN THIS COMPANY, BROTHER.

Rating: Definitely Shady