5 Times WWE had to change storylines due to fans

#1 Lex Luger vs. Yokozuna

Lex Luger was supposed to be the next Hulk Hogan

WWE was going through some major changes in mid-1993. Monday Night Raw had recently launched and Vince McMahon wanted the roster to have a “youth movement”, preferring younger stars like Shawn Michaels to veterans like Randy Savage, while the legendary Hulk Hogan left the company.

With “The Hulkster” gone, Vince earmarked Lex Luger to be his all-American babyface replacement and sent him travelling around America on a red, white and blue bus, aka “The Lex Express”, to greet fans up and down the country.

The expectation at the time was that Luger would win the WWE Championship from Yokozuna at SummerSlam 1993, or at least on another occasion further down the line.

However, the likes of Bret Hart and The Undertaker were getting louder fan reactions during that time, despite Luger’s mega push, so WWE booked the SummerSlam match to end in a no disqualification win for Luger, meaning Yokozuna kept his title, and Yoko retained again at WrestleMania X the following year.