lovingway
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Post by lovingway on Dec 29, 2008 13:53:51 GMT -5
I just watched the first King of the Ring PPV and noticed how weird it was that the Hulk-Yoko match was in the middle of the card. The 8 man tag with the Smoking Gunns and Headshrinkers and the Crush-Shawn Michaels match was after it which was weird. I know the belief was that but still couldn't they have just had one of the match go on between the finals and the world title match?
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mattperiolat
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Post by mattperiolat on Dec 29, 2008 16:34:27 GMT -5
I just watched the first King of the Ring PPV and noticed how weird it was that the Hulk-Yoko match was in the middle of the card. The 8 man tag with the Smoking Gunns and Headshrinkers and the Crush-Shawn Michaels match was after it which was weird. I know the belief was that but still couldn't they have just had one of the match go on between the finals and the world title match? Hogan and his team couldn't have been pushed out the door fast enough, hence the low placement on the card and the beginning of the rehabilitation of Bret Hart that would wind up getting Bret the title back once the Lex Luger experiment died a dog's death or Luger couldn't keep his mouth shut, depending on who you ask. In other words, Hogan was headed out, even though no one knew it at the time and basically all Vince had to save his ass at the time was Bret. Hence Bret needed to close the PPV.
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repomark
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Post by repomark on Dec 30, 2008 20:17:29 GMT -5
No, Hogan defeated Sid Justice by Disqualification in that match.Actually, the dome was closed on the Hoosier Dome during Wrestlemania VIII. Sid kicked out of the dreaded leg drop of doom because Papa Shango missed his cue. Thus, Hogan wound up getting disqualified because Harvey Whippleman interfered. The rumor that I heard for the longest time was that the real reason behind Sid kicking out was because he was going to get fired for failing a drug test (and had "nothing else to lose"). No - Hogan won definitely won the match by disqualification. It is announced by the Fink at the end of the match - watch it back. Gorilla Monsoon also says on commentary Hogan won by way of a disqualification due to the intervention of Papa Shango - although the bell had already rang by that stage following Harvey Wipplemans intervention so either Gino got mixed up on the reasons for the DQ or as you say there was some form of botch with Papa Shango missing his cue. Either way - Hogan definitely won the match. Back on the topic of the thread - I have to agree that having the big matches spaced across a PPV gives it a much better flow. One of the reasons I had thought that the Flair v Savage match was scheduled in the middle was as is my understanding, Flair was originally scheduled to retain but the plans were changed when Savage insisted on going over (this is in Flair's book). At the time Wrestlemania never would end with a heel victory so it would make sense to have this in the middle of the card and end on a high with Hogan winning and Warrior returning. However - this is just a theory. More likely is just that Hogan v Sid was a bigger match given Hogan was meant to be retiring as has been said. Also - was Sid leaving after WM8 not more to do with him not wanting to job to the Warrior rather than anything else? He certainly worked the UK tour against the Undertaker (and won by count out if I recall correctly) so there must have still been plans for Sid. Not familiar with the whole Sid leaving in 1992 story but it was a shame as I liked his character then. Warrior sited this in a shoot interview as the reason Sid left. Good God - did I just take something the Warrior said as a reliable source and quote it? I retract my statement and apologize to everyone concerned.
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dizzy
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Post by dizzy on Dec 30, 2008 21:16:55 GMT -5
Gorilla Monsoon also says on commentary Hogan won by way of a disqualification due to the intervention of Papa Shango - although the bell had already rang by that stage following Harvey Wipplemans intervention so either Gino got mixed up on the reasons for the DQ or as you say there was some form of botch with Papa Shango missing his cue. Yeah, I've read about Papa Shango being late for his cue. Shango was supposed to break up the pin and get Sid disqualified that way. But since he wasn't there, Sid kicked out, and Wippleman interfered instead, which resulted in Sid's DQ. So the DQ was technically because of Harvey's interference, but Gorilla called it as it was supposed to have happened. Kind of like Wrestlemania IX when Howard Fink announces that Tatanka defeated Shawn Michael by countout (which was the plan), when in fact Shawn made it back into the ring (mistakenly) and improvised by pulling the ref out of the ring, resulting in a DQ. Correctamundo.
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