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Post by icansleep on Mar 28, 2011 12:06:00 GMT -5
Combing through some old Wrestling Observer's got me wondering about the Ultimate Warrior's return to the WWF at Wrestlemania VIII. How long was it known for that he was coming back?
Given how the booking of the show seemed to take place in the span of a month (the change from a Hogan/Flair main event to Hogan/Justice and Flair/Savage), he conceivably could've been brought back as a mystery opponent for Jake Roberts (which the fans should've easily surmised the opponent's identity), likely increasing the buyrate for the show.
I've yet to read anything from back then that hinted at his return, making me wonder if it wasn't a last minute decision to bring him back into the fold.
Anyone read otherwise?
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Post by johnnyk9 on Mar 28, 2011 12:08:54 GMT -5
According to Vince, he simply forgave for what happened at Summer Slam 1991, I guess once they got him into a new contract, they saw that moment at WM 8 the perfect oppertunity to let him reermge, it's almost like he ran out on Hogan at Summer Slam and he came back out to save him 8 months later
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Post by icansleep on Mar 28, 2011 12:23:47 GMT -5
What I'm interested in reading about is when it was known (if it known at all) to the Meltzer types. It would be surprising to know if Vince on a whim decided to just bring him back at the last minute.
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Post by Disaster Report on Mar 28, 2011 13:45:31 GMT -5
I'd say probably a month or more, at least. Which isn't to say anyone other than Vince and Warrior knew until the day of the match.
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Mar 28, 2011 14:48:41 GMT -5
According to Vince, he simply forgave for what happened at Summer Slam 1991, I guess once they got him into a new contract, they saw that moment at WM 8 the perfect oppertunity to let him reermge, it's almost like he ran out on Hogan at Summer Slam and he came back out to save him 8 months later "Thanks for coming back brother! You were gone so long that when Sid and I were in the ring for so long that he got bored and turned heel" |
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Post by chunkylover53 on Mar 28, 2011 15:09:51 GMT -5
According to Vince, he simply forgave for what happened at Summer Slam 1991, I guess once they got him into a new contract, they saw that moment at WM 8 the perfect oppertunity to let him reermge, it's almost like he ran out on Hogan at Summer Slam and he came back out to save him 8 months later Thats all poppycock, we all know the whole time he was busy chasing General Adnan and The Iron Sheik back to the Middle East. |
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