10 Unexpected Names who were almost fired by WWE

#4 Triple H

The undisputed heir to Vince McMahon's throne?

Talking about infamous moments, the MSG Curtain Call would change pro wrestling forever back in 1996. At a time when kayfabe was religiously followed, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Triple H and Scott Hall broke the cardinal rule of pro wrestling and hugged each other after the main event.

Ramon and Diesel were on their way to WCW and were wrestling their last match at the iconic arena in a show that was main-evented by a steel cage match between Diesel and Michaels. In an unprecedented moment that stunned the fans at MSG, Hunter and Hall would come out after the main event and all four men would share an emotional hug before posing for the fans to end the show.

Michaels was untouchable by virtue of being the WWE Champion at that time while Hall and Nash were on their way out of WWE. The onus of The Kliq's careless actions fell on the young shoulders of the Game and thankfully for him, he survived the wrath of Mr McMahon.

The WWE COO lost almost all of his matches in the remainder of that year and was also dropped as the planned winner of the King of the Ring Tournament, which was eventually won by a certain Stone Cold Steve Austin.

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