9 Real-life feuds between Vince McMahon and WWE legends

#3 Hulk Hogan

Vince McMahon and Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan put pro wrestling and WWE on the map in the 80s and Hulkamania ran wild all around the world! But, his relationship with Vince McMahon and WWE began to sour in the early 90s.

Hogan revealed in an interview that he and McMahon had differing opinions on where to go with the Hogan character.

Vince [McMahon] and I had parted ways a couple of years before, he had an opinion about Hulk Hogan and his longevity and I had a totally different opinion.

Bruce Prichard, who was backstage then, revealed that the relationship became strained when Hogan decided to do the TV show Thunder in Paradise and used WCW talent for it.

"I don't think there was much of a relationship at that point.I think the end of 1993 when Vince McMahon had resigned himself that Hogan wanted to go off and do Thunder in Paradise. The fact that Hulk was using talent from WCW that was doing tapings I believe in Disney in Orlando, Florida, that was kind of a statement by Hulk Hogan. He didn't reach out from anybody at the WWF side to say that he would like to use some of our guys to get some exposure from the show, so the writing was on the wall pretty much and that relationship between Vince McMahon and Hulk Hogan was strained."

Hogan then joined WCW, playing a prominent role in the company till its very end. He returned to WWE in 2002 but left a year later due to some disputes regarding payoffs.