5 WWE Superstars who were accused of backstage politics

#1 WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan

Nobody in the wrestling business has ever been accused of backstage politics more than WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan.

Hogan’s unwillingness to go ahead with certain storyline developments in WWE and WCW can be summed up in six words, “That doesn’t work for me, brother.”

That phrase, which has been attributed to Hogan by the likes of Eric Bischoff and Kevin Nash, has become the stuff of legend over the years – so much so that Becky Lynch even used it in 2019 to respond to a comment from The Hulkster on Twitter.

Yeah, that doesn’t work for me, Brother.

— The Man (@BeckyLynchWWE) July 22, 2019

In a less talked-about example of Hogan getting his own way backstage, WWE icon Bruno Sammartino claimed in an RF Video shoot in 2007 that the six-time WWE Champion politicked his way out of facing him on two occasions in the 1980s.

“Yeah, I think twice. Once I remember for sure… the Civic Center in Wheeling, West Virginia. He didn’t show up. No reason why. He just didn’t show up and Sgt. Slaughter took his place. He knew what kind of shape I was in, even at that age.”

Another famous example of Hogan’s backstage politics came in 1993 when he allegedly refused to drop the WWE Championship to Bret Hart, even though Vince McMahon promised Hart that the title change was going to happen.