10 Times A Wrestler Exercised A Creative Control Clause
These wrestlers weren't having any of what creative had planned
1. Hulk Hogan in WCW & WWE
How else could we finish a list about worming out of things without talking about Hulk Hogan?
The Hulkster was reportedly responsible for dozens of squashed pushes, changed finishes, and general career derailments throughout his time in the industry. We don’t have the time to mention all of them here, so let’s focus on one example from both WWE and WCW.
In Ted Turner’s house, Hogan used his status to refuse to lose to Sting at Starrcade 1997. This is according to Eric Bischoff, who, admittedly, also said that this was the only time in the promotion that Hogan used his creative control.
As for his time in WWE, let’s talk about the time he went one-on-one with The Showstopper. A planned three-match series between the two was pared back to a single bout at SummerSlam 2005 after Hogan decided he didn’t want to lose.
Michaels got the last laugh in the end, though, when he proceeded to bump for the Hulkster like he was the reincarnation of, well, a 1980s Hulk Hogan.
