Post by ronsimmons on Jan 25, 2007 15:39:02 GMT -5
hemmeorrhage said:
Man, some of the incidents you all are recalling are reingniting my hatred for Hogan. I loved WCW as a kid. I merely liked the WWF. When Hogan came to WCW in 1994, I was older but not yet a smark. However, I was wise enough to see that Hogans arrival could be trouble. I was hoping that WCW was going to have pride in their histrory. Sure, they weren't going to give Hogan a boatload of money to be a jobber, however, letting him own everyone would make the company look second rate compared to the WWF right? I said that if they let Hogan beat Flair clean, they just said "The WWF was always better than us". Well not only did Hogan win the first match clean, but he won a retirement match clean. He won that ridiculous doomsday match clean, after weeks of making all four horseman beg on their knees in a corner. As a wrestling fan, I love Ric Flair. However, sometimes he could get me so aggravated. Stand up for yourself Ric. Stand up for Arn and Pillman. As much as it hurts, stand up for Mongo. An ex football player with the world champ Chicago Bears should not be begging Hogan for mercy when his 3 partners in crime are next to him. The only time Ric Flair said no his whole career was when they wanted to put a toga on him, call him Sparticus, and have him drop the belt to Rick Steiner in 30 seconds. He did walk out when WCW gave Bret Hart 3 million dollars a year while Flair made less than 1 million. I am sure Flair remembered that he was the one that dropped the WWF belt to Hart, setting him on the path to greatness that would eventually lead Bret Hart to a salary three times that of Flair. The only problem was that Bret didn't build WCW,. Flair built WCW. So, they show their gratitude by giving an outsider who was a marginal draw at best as champ a contract worth way more than Flairs.P.S. I voted no, WCW would have jobbed Pillman out. It would have been great if Pillman would have started shooting in a match with Hogan. However, it probably would have hurt his career. The stuff he pulled with the contract might have been amusing to other promoters. However, when you mislead the promoters into thinking you will do the job in a main event caliber match, other promoters will take notice.
Hogan made WCW appalling throughout 94.