11 Wrestling Stars We Never Thought Vince McMahon Would Make Up With 

#8. Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan has undermined Vince McMahon more than once.

Hulk Hogan is a bedrock star for WWE. In many ways, Vince McMahon built his original national expansion on Hogan’s back, and there’s a real argument to be made that no wrestler has ever been more over than Hogan was in that original 1980s Hulkamania run.

If there’s one star who has proven to have nine lives when it comes to his WWE career, it’s Hogan. He testified against WWE in its 1990s steroid trial. Moreover, he jumped WCW in one of the key moves that helped WCW become legitimately competitive with WWE (and actually surpass WWE’s numbers for a time). WWE would bring Hogan back after the Monday Night War was over, in a big demonstration of McMahon putting business first. Accordingly, Hogan got very over as a nostalgia act in that era.

The years to follow saw Hogan purportedly create drama over how he would work high profile matches with Shawn Michaels and later Randy Orton. From there, the Hulkster jumped to Impact Wrestling, by all indications intending to help them compete with WWE. As if all that weren’t enough, a recording of Hogan using racial slurs went public, causing WWE to sever ties with him. Still, the two sides ultimately reconciled with Hogan reinstated to the Hall of Fame and charged with hosting the Crown Jewel event.