PoD: July 19th, 1986
After double-crossing Hogan and clotheslining him, Paul Orndorff sets Hulk Hogan up for his piledriver. However, during the process, something goes wrong, and Orndorff accidentally injures Hogan in similar kind of way that Owen Hart would hurt Steve Austin over 11 years later. However, unlike Austin, Hogan's injury is enough to end his career (though he still recovers his ability to walk).
Effects, anyone? Who becomes the standard-bearer of WWF now that Hogan's gone? (On a side note, Orndorff suffered his neck injury that shortened his career during his feud with Hogan, and this is butterflied away ITTL, probably. And, yes, this was inspired by Rise of the Dragon to some degree.)