Post by lildude8218 on Jun 9, 2024 0:21:54 GMT -5
Let's say Hogan and Andre don't get a Bye into the second round. Who do they face? What two guys would fit into that slot of the 15th and 16th contender for the World title?
Immediately I looked at the lineup for the Battle Royal and said, "Oh, it's gotta be JYD and Harley Race," but I started to look at some other options.
Hercules could have fit in that opening round vs Hogan match perfectly but then we lose his match with Warrior, who definitely needed to be shined here and should NOT have been in the tournament because any kind of loss would just hurt him. Same goes for Bad News Brown, he HAS to win that battle royal.
Ron Bass is one guy who never had any kind of conflict with Hogan during the WWF. It would have been a fresh matchup, we'd seen Hogan/Hercules and Hogan/Harley on SNME already. They were familiar with each other from their early days in the 70s.
Ken Patera had worked with Andre in the early 80s as a heel so he knew what was needed. Also on the tail end of his career so a loss wasn't going to make a difference. Similar to the JYD idea.
The only other one I could think of was Koko B. Ware. Bulldogs in a handicap match against The Islanders and Heenan could have still been interesting. Having such a small guy try to "survive" against Andre could have been an interesting dynamic for a quick PPV match.
Sam Houston, Danny Davis, Sika, Hillbilly Jim, and George Steele were probably not believable enough to be considered contenders for the title at this point. Neither would be a singles participant pulled from any of the tag teams.
What do you think?
Immediately I looked at the lineup for the Battle Royal and said, "Oh, it's gotta be JYD and Harley Race," but I started to look at some other options.
Hercules could have fit in that opening round vs Hogan match perfectly but then we lose his match with Warrior, who definitely needed to be shined here and should NOT have been in the tournament because any kind of loss would just hurt him. Same goes for Bad News Brown, he HAS to win that battle royal.
Ron Bass is one guy who never had any kind of conflict with Hogan during the WWF. It would have been a fresh matchup, we'd seen Hogan/Hercules and Hogan/Harley on SNME already. They were familiar with each other from their early days in the 70s.
Ken Patera had worked with Andre in the early 80s as a heel so he knew what was needed. Also on the tail end of his career so a loss wasn't going to make a difference. Similar to the JYD idea.
The only other one I could think of was Koko B. Ware. Bulldogs in a handicap match against The Islanders and Heenan could have still been interesting. Having such a small guy try to "survive" against Andre could have been an interesting dynamic for a quick PPV match.
Sam Houston, Danny Davis, Sika, Hillbilly Jim, and George Steele were probably not believable enough to be considered contenders for the title at this point. Neither would be a singles participant pulled from any of the tag teams.
What do you think?