10 Wrestlers Who REFUSED To Do The Job

[@taffysaur]

“Piper argues that if he had lost even once, he’d be finished as a top heel as Hogan would simply move on to the next guy.” I actually don’t think this is unreasonable. How many times did we see exactly this scenario play out in the following years?

[@dh1040]

Roddy was right.

[@keegan9470]

"This isn't gonna work 4 me brother " -HOGAN 3:16

[@thelightskinhokage7118]

I wouldn't want to job to Hogan either damn it cause he would just bury him afterwards with backstage politics anyway

[@michaelmartinez5217]

Hogan couldn't sell a long term feud he only had 5 lines if that he wouldn't be who he is today cus ppl would have gotten tired of him back then needed a new person to say what ya gunna do, to. Kind of like the first Goldberg

[@batmanbegins05]

I lived through this entire era of wwf/wwe and trust me Piper was right. Hogan always won and just moved onto the next heel. Each one would always get buried after for the most part as well.

[@Slick5150]

When I saw this title Immediately thought 90% Hogan & 10% Shawn Michaels

[@9797berat]

What about Ultimate Warrior?

[@Slick5150]

@Bry Robinson not exactly cuz aside from the nexus, you never really hear about John Cena refusing to lose. He was just always booked to win, so in that sense he was just doing his job rather than refusing like others

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

Daveyboy11 That was what I was thinking.

[@talonthehand]

I was hoping for the Hogan/Michaels example oddly enough. Because it made their one match from something that would be fine into something that would became legendary.

[@CCGdude09]

Don’t forget Brett lol

[@bigcaesar314]

#1 - Triple H refusing to lose to the entire 2002-2004 RAW roster

[@DJPrince2032]

I actually agree with Stone Cold. Sure he should have lost, but build it up! Make it mean something! We're not talking about a mid-card talent here. They could have drawn some numbers and made more money. Yes I know this was long after he was white hot, but it's still Stone Cold Steve Austin.

[@universe-ie2mk]

the way rock put him over and win the title at summerslam was exactly how to do it. not some stupid qualifying match for a tournament stone cold already won.

[@jasondyrkacz8270]

@@universe-ie2mk It would've kept Austin relatively happy.

[@BillOLDbergSucks]

Yeah Steve didn't care about losing he just thought there should have had a build to it and make money because a match like that should make a lot of money on a PPV and house shows. It was absolutely nonsensical to just do it in a nothing qualifying match on TV.

[@wiredforstereo]

Exactly. It's not about wins and losses. It's about the show.

[@therks8409]

Honorable Mention, Goldberg against the Fiend.

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

@@Dave_ja_vu That's one of the reasons why.

[@franklingoodwin]

@@thealjohnsonshow2188 And the only one that was really important to Vince

[@RingsideCinema]

Part of it was to take heat off Roman, yes. Ultimately though Bill refused to lose to The Fiend. Reports said that Bill saw his character as a Superhero, and losing to the Fiend would destroy his credibility with younger fans. Goldberg got a lot of heat for that, but also foolish for WWE to go through with it after he refused.

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

Perhaps if The Fiend didn't wear those pink and black circus tent pants he would have lost clean.

[@dhenderson1810]

@Lujack Shaw Actually, I heard that Bray Wyatt actually chose to lose it to someone like Goldberg. He said that he thought that it was more realistic for the Fiend to lose it to a "superhero" (like a guy who once had a massive winning streak), and he didn't want to drop the belt to Roman.

[@gigantesygo2196]

Imagine having the ego to say Bret Hart isn't in your league, I mean I guess Hogan is right because Hart is a far better wrestler than Hogan

[@bsslayer4771]

@Lujack Shaw, stop liking your own comments! You're the definition of a hater!

[@randybradley4151]

He wasn't in his league. Even being from Canada Hogan was a far bigger draw and was the reason for selling out arenas.

[@DoofusChungus]

All of you are technically right. In terms of pure wrestling, Bret has Hogan beat. In terms of star power, Hogan by far. If you want great matches pick Bret (this isnt saying Hogan didnt have some excellent matches) and if you want sales and money, pick Hogan (this isnt saying Bret cant sell tickets).

[@rahemejones9769]

@Lujack Shaw everytime I see Brett I always say the wrong kid die LOL 🤣

[@tommygilliam8890]

Brett Hart, to this day is still my all time fav.

[@Trialwolf]

As a joke you should do a top 10 Cultaholic lists that don't feature or reference the Montreal Screwjob.

[@Nobody-bp5wh]

Are you sure we can find 10 of those?

[@relser187]

Y’know, I read this comment and thought nothing of it...then I watched another list and the Screw Job was referenced at number 1 of the other list so I came back to give you a like

[@roodypoochrisw]

Stone Cold was very justified in refusing to job to Lesnar on free tv with no build

[@ShadowknightEX]

Considering he still brings ratings and puts asses in seats for special guest appearances, yeah. In at least a few interviews I’ve heard him talk about it, and he basically admitted that were he to have to put Brock over on a Pay Per View, he’d be OK with it. But not on a nothing match on a smackdown basically. Ironically, Brock beating a former King of the Ring Winner to become the king of the ring actually would be a pretty good story.

[@dhenderson1810]

@@ShadowknightEX Austin also didn't want to fight Brock, because Brock is careless, and has legit injured other wrestlers in the ring, and Austin didn't want Brock to screw up the F5 and drop him on his neck. However, Austin acted like a child walking out. He denied his fans his presence. He should have politiked for a better solution, and Vince wouldn't fire Austin for refusing to do it, since it would be a PR disaster Vince would lose. Austin himself admitted years later on his podcast that he acted wrong walking out, and said that he was stubborn and refused to not have his own way back then, something he regrets now.

[@pumpkinsdontcry]

It was the beginning of wrestling making no sense

[@judydavis7078]

@@ShadowknightEX ?

[@taffysaur]

AAAnderson055 No talent..? You must be trolling.

[@getpumped87]

It's funny that Bret said he would job to Taker, Taker said he would be a transitional champ to job to Shawn, but in the end Vince went with the underhanded tactic of screwing Bret.

[@antgannon8032]

Bret didnt do the job. The job did Bret instead

[@jeremygeesmothers6379]

@@antgannon8032 Michaels did a different kind of job to Vince....

[@grammysworld5449]

@Lujack Shaw which Bret tried to do.. he was even with it at first. But you're the same guy who says Bret should've died so I expect nothing less

[@oriondx72]

and the birth of Vince's character!

[@thaiboypsp3000]

Bro it happened 23 years ago it’s too late to complain about that.

[@talonthehand]

I wonder who had the most world championship match losses? Whether that’s dropping the belt or failing to win it from another champion.

[@kenaslalson7626]

I don't know for sure but I think it might be Ziggler or Miz. I KNOW for a fact that they have the most losses(only surpassed by Kane) and given how Kane doesnt compete in an awful lot of championship matches perhaps it's one of those two. also fun fact: Kane and Big Show both can be found in a list of most losses and most wins. Is anyone surprised...................

[@BrendorTheEndor]

I bet it would be someone that was having like 3 title matches a week on house show loops and stuff. But if you were only to count televised losses, then I'd imagine it would be someone from the upper midcard/lower uppercard from the past decade or so (like Ziggler or Miz, like the other guy said)

[@socialistbatman1211]

Dark Knight it might actually be John Cena

[@talonthehand]

@@socialistbatman1211 Did John Cena typically lose title matches on house shows? I haven't been to any, but I would have figured he'd win the last match to send the crowd home happy, rather than have a title match against whoever the champion at the time was.

[@malabizzness]

pretty sure its dolph

[@himanshurajdev2412]

If WWE wants to protect a wrestler , they should make sure that the wrestler is not in the main event picture for most of the period. For example, people never got bored of the Undertaker but they got bored of Cena and Reigns because they were mostly in the main event scene whereas Taker was relatively less.

[@randybradley4151]

Don't forget Edge.

[@guilhermezonta775]

The thing is, Cena is way more famous than Taker in and outside the wrestling world and the same may happen with Reigns. People believe that having haters is an awful thing but it really isn't, sometimes haters are more invested on talking about you than actual fans lol

[@insomniacbritgaming1632]

@@guilhermezonta775 Cena is not bigger inside wrestling than Taker...

[@MM-hf6om]

@@guilhermezonta775 people didn't get tired of taker because the gap between when he was on top card the first and second time is wide. It wasn't till mania 97when they decided to bump him back to top card spot

[@naturalborndylla]

That doesn't work for me brother

[@mrkipling2201]

I’m not surprised that Bret didn’t want to drop the belt to Michaels, seeing how much Michaels had disrespected him in the previous few months.

[@marcus813]

Michaels wasn't the most professional guy at that time and I think Hart was willing to drop the title as late as early December if it could've been worked out.

[@mrkipling2201]

marcus813 I think you’re right.

[@dhenderson1810]

Except that Bret constantly criticized Shawn playing politics, but in the end, he did exactly the same thing, making him a hypocrite. Bret could have just no-showed, or kicked out of the Sharpshooter, since Vince couldn't sack him, as he was leaving anyway.

[@williammatthews693]

Hulk Hogan basically said, "Bret Hart isn't in my league." Whew, you got that right brother! He's miles and miles elevated from your league.

[@fritzguldenpfennig2486]

Honestly, Austin had sense. He presumably would have put Lesnar over with a build on a PPV.

[@EXTIINCT_]

Man, never heard of that one in the number one spot before. Y'all should feature it more on the channel 😉

[@getpumped87]

Did you ever hear that JBL and The Blue Meanie had a shoot fight on TV? Wait, that was more of a [name redacted] reference.

[@EternallyEve]

@@getpumped87 ahhhh good ol' [name redacted]

[@mrkipling2201]

I think that sometimes it’s actually the right thing to do. For example with the Steve Austin v Brock Lesnar match in 2002. Putting a match like that on raw, as an almost throw away bout with no build. He knew it was a PPV match and acted accordingly.

[@dhenderson1810]

He didn't need to walk out, though.

[@EDH10]

Kinda ironic that Mysterio didn’t want to drop the IC title to Ziggler back then, and as of now Ziggler is a _six time_ IC Champion.

[@joshschneider9766]

It wasn't ziggler. It was the fact that rey was livid his world title run was cut short. Rightly imho.

[@EternallyEve]

@@joshschneider9766 did you miss the part where they said it was due to him only just winning the title? lol

[@titanhades4331]

Meaningless in the end anyway since the IC title has been worthless for at least a decade and a half now.

[@rdxgaming8595]

Cultaholic with another banging video!

[@Wulfman317]

Shawn Michaels in the 90s and Hulk Hogan, well, forever.

[@randybradley4151]

He agreed to lost to the Ultimate Warrior. So not forever.

[@hhtptai]

Hulk Hogan thinking Bret Hart isn't in his league is fucking laughable.

[@RickGamesNow]

Your next video should be Top 70 times Hulk Hogan refused to do the Job. 😂

[@The1uptriforce]

Wow I can't believe Rey refused to job but hey if any wrestler deserve s to refuse to job it's Rey Mysterio.

[@babayagaslobbedaknobba]

"Hey, I'm pinning you clean after a jackknife power bomb." Hahahahaa!

[@goderking1]

Next video idea should be who has the best win/lose percentage in title matches

[@lyric_tenor5210]

I DIED, at "Jerry Lawler's cousin"! 😂😂😂😂

[@titanhades4331]

Hart was understandable. He was more then willing to drop it to Michael's at first. Would it have killed HBK to show at least a little bit of respect by saying he would do the same?

[@insomniacbritgaming1632]

He was willing to drop the belt... just not in Canada

[@jeremywilliams5141]

What about John Cena refusing the lose to the Nexus at Summerslam 2010?

[@BrianHenson95]

I've heard conflicting reports about if cena was ok losing and vince said no

[@dhenderson1810]

I have heard another reason Austin refused to lose to Brock Lesnar. Austin actually didn't want to fight Brock Lesnar at all. The reason is because Brock is known to be careless in the ring, and has injured people in the past. Austin was paranoid about re-injuring his neck, and thought that Brock would drop him during an F5, and paralyze him. This is also why Austin fought the Rock so often at Wrestlemania, not just because of the star power, but Austin considered the Rock the safest man in the ring, and was confident that the Rock wouldn't drop him on his head, or do anything which re-injured Austin's neck.

[@Junketsuadidas]

Piper is more than just Brets friend, he was also a relative...

[@catisreckless4647]

Wait, Honky Tonk is Jerry's cousin? Damn, they do kinda resemble each other too. Had no idea though.

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

The fist drop off the second turnbuckle is a good indicator of the blood between them as well.

[@dhenderson1810]

Wayne Farris (aka Honky Tonk Man) was also tight with the Harts and Hulk Hogan, giving him a lot of influential people in his corner to push his cause.

[@dhenderson1810]

I didn't have a problem with the Shield not losing for a while, as they were meant to be a faction who dominated all before them, and they were trying to get over three possible future susperstars.

[@haydendivine8412]

I remember when explaining his point of view on the HBK match when Hogan said "I probably lost more matches than I won" dude only had like 20 - 30 L's throughout his career in WWE

[@andrewmoore7927]

4 hour video of Hogan in WCW

[@6Wheelz]

You can make the whole list with Triple H, Hogan, Cena and Shawn Michaels

[@cjcni]

Could have had a whole list on Hogan tbh

[@andrewsd.r.7180]

too easy

[@firststagegaming1483]

I REALLY wish Stunning Steve Austin had refused getting squashed for the U.S. title by Jim Duggan in WCW. Also wish Arn Anderson had refused jobbing to the blatant Ultimate Warrior rip-off, Renegade. I do however wish Flair had done the job for Luger for the world title at The Great American Bash 1988 so he could win it back at Starrcade 1988. It's an absolute shame that Hogan never put The Macho Man over and never really let him enjoy a world title run for very long without trying to hog some of Savage's limelight.. .

[@boss9660]

cultaholic can u do best smackdown matches list

[@christiancarrillo6830]

"Estoy Bien Gracias" why is no one talking about that. That was funny as hell.

[@SamoIsKing]

Surprised Jim Duggan didnt make the list, you can count the number of times he was pinned cleanly on one hand

[@mrkipling2201]

Same with Brutus Beefcake. Another one of Hogan’s friends. I’m noticing a pattern here??? 😂😂

[@SamoIsKing]

Alex ...maybe. Brawl to the back, double count out or a No ContestUUU

[@spookerredmenace3950]

Stone Cold was right about not wanting to job to Brock in 2002 or 3 , not a ppv, no build up. nothing

[@najeea.8983]

Rock and Hogan put Lesnar over but not Austin. Strange right?

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

Najee A. And Hogan did it on Smackdown with no build.

[@almightycinder]

When you're at the end of your career, that's what you do. It's no longer about you, it's about the future. Austin basically gave a big "fuck you" to all the ones who did it for him.

[@rickyrosay33977]

I'm surprised that not all 10 entries are hogan

[@wiredforstereo]

Flair, says no one time, we respect you sir. So many guys who thought they couldnt be over without winning, all need to be fired. Hogan, Piper, Goldberg, etc. Guys like Hall and Nash who wanted to get others over because it meant they made more money, are the true professionals.

[@360whiplash]

I'm surprised HHH wasn't on the list.

[@insomniacbritgaming1632]

His W/L ratio was close to 50/50 and he was known for the doing the job...

[@krystallovesclassics508]

All logic, objectivity and good old fashioned common sense dictates the "Montreal Screwjob" was one giant work.

[@0maxk_]

Hulk Hogan?! Refusing to do the job?! Never would have thought.

[@trentonflipse9984]

Big Van Vader would beat Shawn Michaels in a real fight in about 1 minutes

[@barryfields2964]

The Honky-tonk man knew more about wrestling than the entire writing staff of WWE at that time. And the Macho man should have given him half is salary for that next year.

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

So glad Ferris (Honky Tonk) never put over Beefcake (Leslie) for the IC title and instead waited for the Warrior squash. That routine got old, but went over big at Summer Slam.

[@JH-lk8tm]

Adam's Honky Tonk made my morning.

[@deansmith9914]

No wonder hes cool.. hes cocky and hes not going to let Randy Savage take the IC title away from him... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@srtallio]

11:15 You mean "cousin" 😊

[@WhelmedButReady]

If Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan ain't all 10 of this list, I officially declare it invalid.

[@dhenderson1810]

I'm surprised that Kevin Nash and Bill Goldberg aren't on this list, as they were master politickers. For example, Goldberg refused to turn heel, and when he did in a Vince-Russo run WCW, he walked out on the company in protest.

[@stevegallo8483]

Triple H, especially during his reign of terror.

[@thegarshinator7178]

1.Hulk Hogan 2.Hulk Hogan 3.Hulk Hogan 4.Hulk Hogan 5.Hulk Hogan 6.Hulk Hogan 7.Hulk Hogan 8.Hulk Hogan 9.Hulk Hogan 10.Shawn Michaels

[@knicksprop]

I always find this so interesting that guys refuse to lose. Also, I wonder if there is a similar list for women women wrestlers, probably would be harder to find, but I wonder if it exists.

[@stevegallo8483]

First, a list of wrestlers refusing to do the job could be all Hogan matches, brother! Whenever he was asked to do the job, Hogan would play his "that doesn't work for me, brother" card. Second, Austin was justified in not wanting to do the job for Brock Lesnar on free TV with no build up to the match. He has said he would've done the job if they built a storyline that led to a pay per view match between him and Lesnar.

[@lztrfilms8250]

I thought Mil Mascaras refusing To put anyone over would be no.1 🤣🤣

[@haydendivine8412]

No Yob

[@mrowley7300]

With Austin and Piper I can't really help but agree with them in refusing, it's also funny that with ALL the matches Bret and Shawn had Shawn only beat Bret 3 times.

[@SheriffOutlaw]

Bret and Roddy are First Cousins. Why doesn't WWE Acknowledge this or anyone else?

[@mauricehayden8835]

I was going to say. Listen to the grilling JR podcast on stone cold walking out

[@CeeWorld69]

Wait, what’s the, “Double Cross” that he’s talking about at the end with the #1 spot? What’s that about?

[@SoMineMine]

I wish Kane had gone against his character demolition so much. Even though Glenn's a real employee that listens to his boss and making a great and wonderful job (he never made any problems apparently) I guess a little comment about Kane's gimmick going down would have changed something

[@YourPalGaza]

It makes me so happy to know that The Nexus was beloved by so many people, because I wanted them to lose so badly and when they did I cried sweet tears of joy. I relish in the persistent agony. Nexus was nobodies, outside of Daniel Brian and Ryback I didn't end up liking any of these guys, and Daniel Bryan was the only one with longevity. Horrible stable, John did the right thing.

[@holtender1029]

Why is everyone saying great video when it's been out for like 2 minutes? What if the video is really shit and Pacitti has let us down ?

[@jb888888888]

re #1, I wonder if El Dandy was available in November 1997?

[@psyopticprodigy2427]

*Vince voice* "Hey pal, my performers aren't employee's, they're independent contractors. I don't need to pay for health insurance and they can't work anywhere but my company. That not withstanding when they refuse to do what I want I get upset"

[@the1flym459]

How do you have a video about refusing to put someone over and not mention Triple H?

[@insomniacbritgaming1632]

Because he didn't... His W/L is around 50/50

[@TheLeoSale]

I may be wrong but I thought it was the pay-per-view after Night of Champions which was Summerslam in 2009 that Mysterio refused to let Ziggler beat him for the IC title.

[@krebyrocks77]

The lack of Shawn Michaels refusals to do the job is disappointing. Vince wasn't going to pay Bret the money he was owed in the contract that Vince signed him to. Yeah, Vince maybe had to "overpay" to keep Bret but considering where the fed was when Bret was on top vs. most other champions after him before Bret left for WCW, Bret was actually underpaid.

[@workplacewarriordoctorpepp203]

by the way.....does anyone know why we never see the great malenko in matches on you tube ?

[@wacken718]

No one, absolutely no one. Not even a thought.. Vince: "Let's give the fans what they want. Let's give them HHH vs Sting".

[@Masutora]

I don't think I realized how much Bret didn't like Shawn until I heard he would rather give the title to the Brooklyn Brawler.

[@Ajnexus3000]

Stone Cold also refused to drop the title to Triple H at Summerslam 99.

[@Docwilson91]

Off the bat I’m thinking Hogan, HHH, Michaels, and Austin. Let’s see post video.

[@matthewlane518]

The greatest intercontinetal champion of all dee dimes!! Lol Santino was so good

[@matthewlane518]

@Daniel Henriquez he was more skilled than wwe let him show but as a comedy character i found him funny😌 but to each his own

[@asiankaos3861]

Cheeto skinned walrus man haha

[@metronome8471]

Piper is a better actor than Hollywood Hogan ever became.

[@anthonymaestas4777]

I'm glad Austin did what he did, they gift wrap everything for Lesnar they even gave him Undertaker's streak

[@TakerKaneanite619]

Michaels against Vader, Bret against Michaels, Hogan against Michaels, Cena against the Nexus are my predictions after seeing number 10, outside of Austin/Brock that is on the thumbnail. 50%

[@valencia2488]

1:56 LMFAO!!!!!

[@voxinsox6450]

How did hogan refusing or lose to Shawn, resulting in the greatest sell job of Shawn’s career nor make the list?

[@ems6706]

a whole list dedicated to Shaun Micheals? hell yeah

[@seantheman1886]

Mysterio also didn’t want to drop the title to Ziggler without buildup.

[@themadrapper101]

Props to Austin for not allowing WWE to turn him into a glorified jobber who keeps losing to new guys.. You don't treat a goat like that.. I barely knew Brocks name yet at the time they wanted him to beat Austin clean on a Raw

[@kob2fly]

Austin didn't have a problem doing the job. He just didn't wanna do it on free TV. Which he was right. Austin vs Lesnar is pay-per-view caliber match.

[@dennishammack9457]

Another forgotten incident? Daniel Puder shoots on Kurt Angle. Puder was ran out of the company quicker than the APA destroyed Public Enemy..

[@andrediaz392]

The Brawler should have got the push. His in-ring psychology was ahead of the curve🤔

[@MrDjmcconnell]

Hulk hogan could have a list all to himself.

[@goldstandard8107]

No one is commenting on the bunny ears bandana Shawn Michaels had?

[@SBandy]

I support Austin's decision 100% it just made no sense for him to lose like that. Also although Austin has since came out and said he shouldn't have walked out I think he still 100% believes he did what was right and just wanted to mend bridges so acts apologetic. I would too.

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

I know that it is not a real fight but if you want to look legit when you are high on the card if you are trying to look tough not losing is a good way

[@Bananaboi316]

You could make a top 100 list and probably make it all Hogan and it wouldn't be cheating

[@dhenderson1810]

The Honky Tonk Man got away with calling the shots because he was a friend of Hulk Hogan and the Harts, and Jerry Lawler is his cousin.

[@randallcobb6406]

Intro was true af tho

[@photoc]

I expected a 15 minute video of Hulk Hogan matches

[@thebombspayloadisexposed]

Are you saying that The Brooklyn Brawler could have been the WWF Champion? DAMN YOU, VINCE!

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

He would have lost it to Jim Powers at a house show by accident after he forgot he was the champ.

[@MikeDrayton91]

Hmmmm... rewatching this, I'm noticing a lot of these refusals were late 80s - mid 90s.... insanity

[@elsensei5819]

11:15 they're cousins

[@Aj-wt1sv]

Their should be a separate list of Hulk Hogan not doing the job.

[@workplacewarriordoctorpepp203]

if you want to be more accurate, number one should be .mil mascaras. he would not lose to anyone......ever !!!!!!! just like that bum hogan, both would have been way more popular if they just took one for the team.....but their egos were too big

[@hallowedsword9362]

5:13 you sound like you're faking an english accent when you sing lol

[@slashandbones13]

I think Austin had a good point about no build up.