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Post by auph10imitated on Jan 10, 2019 7:08:03 GMT -5
Triple H vs "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania 17?
I dont recall Hogan ever being asked? I thought he was under contract to Time Warner?
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Jan 10, 2019 7:17:56 GMT -5
I've heard about this, but not sure how far the talks got. Hogan was still under contract, I believe, so it would have been a fairly substantial buyout on top convincing Hogan to do it.
I think it worked out for the best though with the respective Wrestlemania matches that we got.
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Post by auph10imitated on Jan 10, 2019 7:25:24 GMT -5
I am guessing Hogan was being asked to job if he turned it down.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 10, 2019 8:03:43 GMT -5
Not sure how Hulk thought he could be a star without losing to Triple H.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jan 10, 2019 8:05:22 GMT -5
Ray Lewis!? I had never heard that before.
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Jan 10, 2019 8:18:03 GMT -5
Ray Lewis!? I had never heard that before. The promo wars between those two would have been hilariously terrible. And you know they would have snuck what Ray was accused of in there too. HHH had plot angle armor by then. |
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Post by cjh on Jan 10, 2019 8:20:19 GMT -5
Hogan may have still been under contract to WCW (the "Hogan was under contract to Turner/TW" thing is a myth), but he did get out of early at some point because he supposed to be under that deal until May 2002.
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Post by abjordans on Jan 10, 2019 8:45:31 GMT -5
Hogan may have still been under contract to WCW (the "Hogan was under contract to Turner/TW" thing is a myth), but he did get out of early at some point because he supposed to be under that deal until May 2002. Why do you say this is a myth? It is well known Hogan’s contract was always on Turner’s books from day 1 in 94. |
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Post by blissified on Jan 10, 2019 8:57:19 GMT -5
Ray Lewis!? I had never heard that before. Ray definitely should have taken a stab at it. |
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Post by cjh on Jan 10, 2019 9:36:31 GMT -5
Hogan may have still been under contract to WCW (the "Hogan was under contract to Turner/TW" thing is a myth), but he did get out of early at some point because he supposed to be under that deal until May 2002. Why do you say this is a myth? It is well known Hogan’s contract was always on Turner’s books from day 1 in 94.  This lines up with Bischoff's recent statement that Hogan was under contract to WCW and his salary came out of WCW's budget. |
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jan 10, 2019 9:40:47 GMT -5
I've heard about this, but not sure how far the talks got. Hogan was still under contract, I believe, so it would have been a fairly substantial buyout on top convincing Hogan to do it. I think it worked out for the best though with the respective Wrestlemania matches that we got. I believe Hogan was still actively involved in a lawsuit against WCW and Russo in early 2001, which kept him from wrestling for a while as part of his claim was his market value was diminished by what Russo said. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 10:02:40 GMT -5
They missed a golden opportunity to do HHH vs. HHH a few years ago.  |
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Post by government mule on Jan 10, 2019 10:29:44 GMT -5
The unmovable object vs the unmovable object.
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Post by Jacy Jayne Atomic Dog AMV on Jan 10, 2019 12:03:01 GMT -5
And yet they didn't repurpose the Ray Lewis build where the lights went out and a different audience member turned up dead every week for Taker.
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Post by sportatorium on Jan 10, 2019 12:03:22 GMT -5
I wish this had happened. 15 minutes of no selling before the double countout.
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Post by auph10imitated on Jan 10, 2019 12:09:02 GMT -5
I think they bought Hogan's contract out in January 2002, so they would have done so, but would Vince really have spent that amount of money to buy Hogan out? (March 2001-May 2002) that's a lot of money. I doubt he would.
Ive heard the Ray Lewis rumours but WWE.COM put on thier website that it was Mike Tyson he was supposed to face.
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Post by abjordans on Jan 10, 2019 12:22:35 GMT -5
Why do you say this is a myth? It is well known Hogan’s contract was always on Turner’s books from day 1 in 94. This lines up with Bischoff's recent statement that Hogan was under contract to WCW and his salary came out of WCW's budget. Oh you know what, you are right, that is what Bischoff has been saying and I was wrong. Got confused, my bad. |
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Post by alexwrightspackage on Jan 10, 2019 13:07:50 GMT -5
But was Hunter going over!?
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jan 10, 2019 16:56:35 GMT -5
Why do you say this is a myth? It is well known Hogan’s contract was always on Turner’s books from day 1 in 94. This lines up with Bischoff's recent statement that Hogan was under contract to WCW and his salary came out of WCW's budget. Good god that contract. The PPV bonuses are insane. |
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Post by DSR on Jan 10, 2019 16:59:02 GMT -5
We DID eventually get the match: Backlash 2002.
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