Hogans Starrcade 1994 Opponent

[The Blue Nova]

Who Should Hulks Starrade 1994 Opponent I was thinking either Ron Simmons have him attack Hogan and build it to starcade 1994. Go with the original rumor of Perfect and have him wrestle Hulk or Vader

[Arrogance_Personified]

How about a Fatal four way of Hogan V's Vader V's Mr Perfect V's Ron Simmons

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Moved thread, as it's not a game. More eyes on it in this section, at any rate.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Brother Bruti. The best weedcarrier of all time!

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

All I know is that his 1995 Starrcade opponent should have been the Yeti. It is a crime against the sport that we never got to see this encounter.

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Vader was probably your best bet but really there wasn't anybody who was going to work because Flair was the only guy at that level and WCW had already beaten that match-up into the ground.

[thecrusherwi]

I don’t know why they didn’t use Tenta. As a kid I always thought that was crap. Hogan recruits his friends like Sting to matchup with the Three Faces of Fear to settle his personal scores and they agree. Then when it comes time for Starrcade, Hogan d’s up on the weakling Beefcake and leaves poor Sting to take the Avalanche.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Here's another possibility, Terry Funk. While Terry had been in the midcard a bit, it wouldn't have taken much to build him back up.

Just pay to keep him around another couple of months and you have a fresh match between 2 legends.

[wrestlingrecap]

I would have gone with Avalanche.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Nov 9, 2018 9:36:41 GMT -5 Futureraven: Beelzebruv said:

Here's another possibility, Terry Funk. While Terry had been in the midcard a bit, it wouldn't have taken much to build him back up.

Just pay to keep him around another couple of months and you have a fresh match between 2 legends.

It wouldn't have taken much to build him up at all, really. Funk was already super hot from feuding with the Rhodes clan, just say Dusty's out of town on a random Clash or Saturday night, have Funk and The Stud Stable giving Dustin a vicious shoeing, Hogan and...oh, let's say Sting, make the save for a bloodied Dustin, then later on that night or next week,  you have Funk cut a promo on "That no good, egg-sucking, carpetbagging dog Hulk Hogan", and boom, you're set for a nasty Starrcade 94  main event.

[sfvega]

I just watched the Clash where Hulk got attacked last night. The Perfect rumor at the time would have been fun, as Perfect was still likely in his prime but just not wrestling for the insurance policy. Brutus made sense storyline-wise, especially with him going to the hospital with Hogan right after. It was well done, just nobody cared about Brutus in 1994. It would have been awesome to see Vader kill Hogan then them feud with Hogan winning ultimately, but of course that doesn't work for Terry, brother.

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looking at the solie.org roster page for 1994 I would go with Vader

[Wieners=$$$]

Nov 9, 2018 3:33:19 GMT -5 Non Banjoble Tokens said:

All I know is that his 1995 Starrcade opponent should have been the Yeti. It is a crime against the sport that we never got to see this encounter.

The Yeti was a crime against the sport from the start.

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I think Vader should have faced Duggan at the show, but he should’ve destroyed Hacksaw. Simmons would have been good but he’d need a lot of build up. Have him wreck be the attacker and have Hogan do the spasm sell after numerous spinebusters.

[Heeltown, USA]

Nov 9, 2018 0:26:54 GMT -5 Arrogance_Personified said:

How about a Fatal four way of Hogan V's Vader V's Mr Perfect V's Ron Simmons

Fatal four ways were yet a thing in 94.

[BlackoutCreature]

Ron Simmons would've been an interesting choice, although he had left the company in September of that year and I think was already working for ECW by the time Starrcade happened. But hey, maybe he would've stuck around if they offered him a program with Hogan. But he had not appeared on a WCW PPV for more then a year at this point, so it would've taken a LOT to rebuild him as a legit World Title threat.

As for Terry Funk, I think it would've taken more then WCW was willing to do for him to legitimately come off as a main event contender at this point. Maybe if they did full-on crazy Terry Funk with him attacking Hogan with a flaming branding iron or trying to suffocate him with a garbage bag it would've made him look like a real threat to Hogan. But just having Funk cut an "egg sucking dog" promo and challenging him? No, that's not gonna cut it.

Vader was easily their best choice and they were stupid for not pulling the trigger on it in time.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Nov 9, 2018 3:33:19 GMT -5 Non Banjoble Tokens said:

All I know is that his 1995 Starrcade opponent should have been the Yeti. It is a crime against the sport that we never got to see this encounter.

That was the plan unfortunately. Sigh Hogan wanted to work with Giant Gonzalez and that’s why the Yethay gimmick was created, then about two weeks before his debut, Gonzalez got injured or sick. Ron Reis was the backup plan.

[chazraps]

Now hear me out...after a heel turn...MR. T.!

[OGBoardPoster2005]

Nov 11, 2018 0:52:16 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

Ron Simmons would've been an interesting choice, although he had left the company in September of that year and I think was already working for ECW by the time Starrcade happened. But hey, maybe he would've stuck around if they offered him a program with Hogan. But he had not appeared on a WCW PPV for more then a year at this point, so it would've taken a LOT to rebuild him as a legit World Title threat.

As for Terry Funk, I think it would've taken more then WCW was willing to do for him to legitimately come off as a main event contender at this point. Maybe if they did full-on crazy Terry Funk with him attacking Hogan with a flaming branding iron or trying to suffocate him with a garbage bag it would've made him look like a real threat to Hogan. But just having Funk cut an "egg sucking dog" promo and challenging him? No, that's not gonna cut it.

Vader was easily their best choice and they were stupid for not pulling the trigger on it in time.

It's Terry Funk...have him give Hogan a beating worse than he gave Flair in 1989 and have an NWA-esqe Main Event between those two at Starrcade.

I wish Hogan was willing to adapt to the changes of the 90s and adjust his style and character earlier than 1996, it could have been great seeing Hogan do an old school NWA Main Event.

[jason1980s]

Brutus made sense as much as anything. Fans from WWF knew the friendship with Hulk and for him to betray Hulk as he did, it made a feud. Fans from WWF also knew Earthquake and Hulk feuded years earlier and other than the original angle that started the fued, it really wasn't that great. Avalanche might have been a good second choice but Brutus was probably the only choice to go with. They probably should have given the feud a few more months to play on TV before a big PPV match, though. Vader would need to wait a few more months. If he had wrestled Hulk at Starrcade, the match probably would've seen a non pin finish.