10 Times wrestling fans were totally surprised

Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar prepares to F5 Undertaker at Wrestlemania

4. Vince hires his greatest rival

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The Monday Night war still evokes strong emotions in those fans who lived through it. Mired in controversy, alliance switching, and dirty politics, the ratings war between WCW and WWE mixed reality and kayfabe in ways it had never done before.

Vince was furious in real life with Eric Bischoff because Bischoff was so ruthless. He did things like announce the results of taped Raw shows (He (HBK) beats the big guy (Sid Vicious) with three superkicks) and had Madusa dump the WWE women's title belt in the trash on Monday Nitro. Fans believed that Bischoff would never, in a million years, be hired by the man he nearly put out of business.

Then this happened...

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