10 Worst Hulk Hogan Pay-Per-View Matches Ever

5. Vs. Sting - WCW Starrcade 1997

Hogan deservedly got a lot of stick for WCW's creative slump after his arrival, but he should also get plenty of credit for helping to turn the company's fortunes around to the point that they were handily beating WWE in the Monday Night Wars. 

One of the great storylines during a banner 1997 was Hogan's feud with Sting, who had gone all moody and opted to sit in the rafters and repel down from time to time rather than actually wrestle. 

The tension between Sting and the New World Order and its leader grew and grew over the course of the year, culminating in the main event of Starrcade. 

The match should have been an epic and the result a total no-brainer, but the reality was far from it. It was a massive disappointment on all fronts, with a finish that ranks as one of the worst ever. 

Evil referee Nick Patrick was supposed to deliver a fast count and screw Sting over, only for Bret Hart to come out and get the match restarted, then Sting would win with the Scorpion Deathlock. 

Only Patrick delivered a normal three count, so the restart didn't make any sense, as the Stinger fell victim to very real backstage politics, his big moment ruined. 

Hulk won the title back sharpish, anyway, but Sting never fully recovered from the whole episode. This is also one of the moments you can pinpoint as the start of WCW's slow decline.