10 Times WWE Rewrote Their Own History
Examples of WWE rewriting the history books
8. Hulk Hogan Slamming Andre The Giant
In the main event of WrestleMania III, the Irresistible Force met the Immovable Object when Hulk Hogan defended his WWE Title against Andre the Giant.
The Hulkster won the match, becoming the first person IN HISTORY to both slam and pin the seven-footer. At least that’s how WWE tells it.
The Hulkster himself will tell it that he slammed Andre as a shoot, brother, tearing every muscle in his back in the process and that the giant passed away just two days later, but that’s another lie for another time.
In actuality, Andre had been slammed multiple times by many different people. Harley Race, Kamala, Stan Hansen and even Hogan himself (among others) had slammed him in the past. And Hogan previously did it on a major WWE show, no less.
Now, Andre taking a slam wasn’t exactly a regular occurrence and most of these happened in other territories or overseas in Japan, but they did happen.
The same goes for the big man losing, even if he did have a healthy win percentage.
Hulk’s feat at ‘Mania 3 is impressive enough in itself, yet WWE feel the need to inflate it, along with the show’s highly disputed attendance figure.
