Mike Awesome as one of Hogan's relatives

[hassanchop]

Well he is close to kin since he is cousins Horace, could that have worked or helped him back in 2002, like have him either team up with Hulk and be called the Hogan dynsaty or something, or have him betray Hogan and put himself as the newest member of the NWO and claim he should be given the torch. Or have him blame Hogan leaving WCW as he was punished by creative for Bash At The Beach 2000. Would that have worked at all?

[Deleted]

Maybe, probably better than the other gimmicks they gave him. Not sure what kind of window he would have had, as his injuries would have still likely caught up to him, as they did in WWE, unfortunately.

[thegame415]

To me, Awesome is one of those guys that wasn't going to really work anywhere but in ECW.

[Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite]

Apr 24, 2020 12:50:45 GMT -5 thegame415 said:

To me, Awesome is one of those guys that wasn't going to really work anywhere but in ECW.

And FMW

[Mozenrath]

I remember Lance Storm saying that Mike Awesome said he was related to Horace, but not Hulk, at least not directly, but that Lance couldn't remember the specifics. In any case, I don't get the impression they were close or anything.

[johnnyk9]

They’re not blood related but they looked like they were

[Joe Neglia]

Apr 24, 2020 16:27:47 GMT -5 johnnyk9 said:

They’re not blood related but they looked like they were

Funny because to me, Awesome looked like he was closely related to Piper instead.

[hassanchop]

Apr 24, 2020 16:57:11 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Apr 24, 2020 16:27:47 GMT -5 johnnyk9 said:

They’re not blood related but they looked like they were

Funny because to me, Awesome looked like he was closely related to Piper instead.

If Awesome wasn’t released that speaks for itself he’d be in Sean O’Haire’s spot with Piper minus the Devil’s Advocate gimmick and be more who is he related to the most ala Jerry Springer

[Crappler El 0 M]

Apparently he's only related to Horace, not Hulk. Also, supposedly Mike was talking with Hulk about coming to WCW when he started having pay issues with ECW.

[Wieners=$$$]

Apr 24, 2020 16:57:11 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Apr 24, 2020 16:27:47 GMT -5 johnnyk9 said:

They’re not blood related but they looked like they were

Funny because to me, Awesome looked like he was closely related to Piper instead.

Wow, I definitely see it now.

[crowley1986]

Apr 24, 2020 15:28:44 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I remember Lance Storm saying that Mike Awesome said he was related to Horace, but not Hulk, at least not directly, but that Lance couldn't remember the specifics. In any case, I don't get the impression they were close or anything.

It was through Horace's mother - Hogans' brother is Horace's father who iirc got shot and died in the 80's

[Joe Neglia]

Apr 25, 2020 12:46:32 GMT -5 crowley1986 said:

Apr 24, 2020 15:28:44 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I remember Lance Storm saying that Mike Awesome said he was related to Horace, but not Hulk, at least not directly, but that Lance couldn't remember the specifics. In any case, I don't get the impression they were close or anything.

It was through Horace's mother - Hogans' brother is Horace's father who iirc got shot and died in the 80's

They're not questioning the exact relationship between Hulk and Horace; Horace being Hogan's nephew isn't disputed. They're trying to figure out how Awesome is related to Horace but not Hulk - and the answer is one of Awesome's parents is/was the sibling of Horace's mom. Not sure which, though.

[thegatewaydrug]

Apr 24, 2020 16:27:47 GMT -5 johnnyk9 said:

They’re not blood related but they looked like they were

Yep. Mike was in the New Blood, while the Huckster was F.U.N.B.

[hassanchop]

Apr 25, 2020 13:26:29 GMT -5 thegatewaydrug said:

Apr 24, 2020 16:27:47 GMT -5 johnnyk9 said:

They’re not blood related but they looked like they were

Yep. Mike was in the New Blood, while the Huckster was F.U.N.B.

Not knocking Kidman but they should've gone with Awesome. Yeah they did have an encounter but I feel the feud should've been with Awesome.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUno2XGmzhs

[Joe Neglia]

Apr 25, 2020 13:37:59 GMT -5 hassanchop said:

Apr 25, 2020 13:26:29 GMT -5 thegatewaydrug said:

Yep. Mike was in the New Blood, while the Huckster was F.U.N.B.

Not knocking Kidman but they should've gone with Awesome. Yeah they did have a match but I feel the feud should've been with Awesome.

Hogan did not like working with others who didn't work super-light, especially in his later years. One of the (several) reasons he was never interested in working with Rude but loved working with Bossman. Awesome...Awesome did not work light.

[Natural Born Farmer]

Awesome could put on awesome matches when he was with an opponent who was willing to let themselves get brutalised. Those Tanaka matches are still pretty “ohhhhhhhh!” today.

So basically he wasn’t going to make it in WCW.

[Deleted]

I loved Mike Awesome and I definitely think he could've been big in WWE and WCW.

Making him the "Fat Chick Thriller" was such a waste.

He was a genuine boss in ECW. Could watch those matches with Tanaka all day.

[Deleted]

They should've named him Hoagie.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Apr 25, 2020 13:41:04 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Apr 25, 2020 13:37:59 GMT -5 hassanchop said:

Not knocking Kidman but they should've gone with Awesome. Yeah they did have a match but I feel the feud should've been with Awesome.

Hogan did not like working with others who didn't work super-light, especially in his later years. One of the (several) reasons he was never interested in working with Rude but loved working with Bossman. Awesome...Awesome did not work light.

Awesome is one of my favourite wrestlers, but he would have killed Hogan. I can only watch his matches now in hindsight because I feel like not watching them would be even worse when he essentially shortened his own life for it.

[hassanchop]

Even Bischoff calls him Hogan’s nephew here:



Why didn’t he come up with making that his gimmick back then?