5 WWE Superstars' rejected pitches that Vince McMahon should have accepted

#1. Vince McMahon rejected Hulk Hogan's game-changing pitch

Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior

Long before Vince McMahon refused to turn John Cena heel, he did the same to Hulk Hogan. One of the biggest icons in WWE history, Hogan had a passing of the torch match against The Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VI - a Champion vs. Champion bout that coronated the latter as the new face of WWE.

Unfortunately, it didn't work out, and Warrior never became the Hulk Hogan successor that Vince McMahon wanted him to be. While that was for several reasons, it might have happened if McMahon had gone with Hogan's pitch.

Hulk Hogan told Corey Graves on After The Bell that he had no issues putting The Ultimate Warrior over at WrestleMania 37, but he sensed that there wasn't a long-term plan.

In an attempt to turn the wrestling industry upside down, Hogan pitched the idea of turning heel and becoming "Hollywood Hulk Hogan" - a character that would only come to fruition five years later. However, Vince McMahon rejected his pitch:

"I said, 'Well, how about this. When I put him over and hand him the belt and everybody's cheering for him, I get halfway down the aisle. How about I just... turn around and just grind him? Just drop him and just drag him around the ring. And I want to be 'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan!' I said, 'I want to be HHH: Hollywood Hulk Hogan. The ultimate bad guy,'" said Hogan.

While all the other pitches on this list would have resulted in great storylines, this was a game-changing idea that would have sent shockwaves to the wrestling industry.

It would have been a move ahead of its time, but Vince McMahon didn't see it that way.