Posts Tagged ‘Hulk Hogan’
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Hey Scott,
I had a quick question about the Yokozuna/Hogan title match from King of the Ring 1993 and wanted to get your opinion on it. Opinion says that Vince was finally sick of Hogan's crap and decided to take the belt off of him by having him drop it to Yokozuna. But instead of a legitimate squash, a protective finish for Hogan was booked where that cameraman (who only appeared once and was never explained, to my knowledge) blinded Hogan and allowed Yokozuna to get the victory.
Why didn't Vince bury Hogan instead of booking this type of finish? Was this the only way Hogan would agree to drop the belt to Yokozuna? Or was Vince still open to the idea of Hogan returning, perhaps half a year or a year later, and wanted to protect that potential investment while still taking the belt off of him?
Great work as always.
I don’t know that I’d call it much of a protected finish. Yokozuna beat the shit out of him and pinned him with his own finisher. There really wasn’t much more he could have done to make it definitive.
Tags: Hulk Hogan, King of the Ring, WWE, Yokozuna
Posted in Rants | 44 Comments »
Friday, July 16th, 2010
The Princess Rant for Summerslam Main Events: Summerslam ‘90
From The Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA on August 27, 1990
Hosted by Vince McMahon and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
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Tags: Avalanche, Bobby Heenan, Bubba Rogers, Daniel Bryan, Dead Wrestlers, Dino Bravo, Earthquake, Hulk Hogan, Plain Old John Tenta, Ray Traylor, Rick Rude, Shark, The Big Boss Man, The Boss, The Guardian Angel, The Man, The Ultimate Warrior
Posted in Rants | 40 Comments »
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
The Princess Rant for Summerslam Main Events: Summerslam ‘89
From The Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, N.J.
Hosted by Tony Schiavone and Jesse “The Body” Ventura
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Tags: Arn Anderson, Bobby Heenan, Bret Hart, Brutus Beefcake, Daniel Bryan, Elizabeth, Hulk Hogan, jesse ventura, Jim Neidhart, Randy Savage, Scary Sherri, Sensational Sherri, Sherri Martel, Summerslam, Tully Blanchard, Z Gangsta, Zeus
Posted in Rants | 43 Comments »
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
I start off this project with a doozy. Remember a few months back where I was openly (jokingly) talked about doing a Hogan vs. Savage book…although no one buys books anymore. It would probably be a documentary.
Anyway I found a guy at my gym, name will be withheld, that worked for the WWF during a bit of this period and we were chatting on the stair master when I asked him some questions about the Hogan-Savage relationship.
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Tags: Andre the Giant, Daniel Bryan, Elizabeth, Hogan v. Savage, Hulk Hogan, jesse ventura, Jesse Ventura Hates Hulk Hogan, Main Events, Randy Savage, Summerslam, Ted DiBiase Sr.
Posted in Rants | 57 Comments »
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
MICHAEL'S IMPACT REVIEW #20
MAY 20, 2010
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - THE IMPACT ZONE
- I hope this doesn't come a day short, but I wanted to at least get the report out there. Blackhawks are looking real good; a little too good. Let's cross the line.
- We start with a Sacrifice recap video.
"10 CARD STUD"
- Your hosts are Mike Tenay and Taz.
- Tonight we find out the top 10 rankings. Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff have a huge announcement concerning the main event for tonight. Plus, Kurt Angle returns to Impact.
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Tags: AJ Styles, Cross the Line, Hulk Hogan, Impact, Ric Flair, RVD, TNA, TNA Sucks, Vince Russo
Posted in Rants | 18 Comments »
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
The King's Recap: WWF Smackdown 1.06.2000
written by Adam King
WWF SMACKDOWN
Thursday, January 6th, 2000
Taped (1/4) from the Arena in Orlando, FL
List of WWF Champions at the time:
WWF World Heavyweight Champion: Triple H (1/03/2000)
WWF Intercontinental Co-Champions: Chris Jericho & Chyna (12/30/1999)
WWF World Tag Team Champions: The New Age Outlaws (11/08/1999)
WWF European Champion: Val Venis (12/12/1999)
WWF Hardcore Champion: The Big Bossman (10/14/1999)
WWF Women’s Champion: The Kat (12/12/1999)
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Tags: 2000, Adam King, Back to the Future, Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, Edge, House, Hulk Hogan, Jeff Hardy, Lost, Michael Cole, Rants, RAW, Royal Rumble, Sacrifice, Smackdown, Steve Austin, The Rock, Vader, WWF
Posted in Rants | 24 Comments »
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Hey Scott,
Been reading your board in regards to what everyone blames the death of WCW on, and wanted to connect to the man himself (you) for my thoughts. People like to blame Starcade 97 & the Finger Poke of Doom, and they are right, those things definately killed interest. But isn't just the lousy, arrogent, booking of Nitro the real thing to blame. I mean somewhere in 97 they got very over-confident and began airing never-ending Hogan masturbation promos w/ no real storytelling, just biding their time till Sting vs Hogan. Then in 98 there was some solid (questionable) effort. I mean they took a risk & split up the NWO & began building up Goldberg, with the DDP/Raven feud in the undercard. But then that summer the programming got really bad. The Warrior w/ his magic smoke & mirrors? Jay Leno/NWO Night Cap w/ Bischoff? And then after the poke of doom came the worst of all...The No Limit Soldiers. I mean instead of blaming one stupid incident, shouldn't we just blame it on years of bad TV?
There are a million things you can blame it on. The years of bad TV certainly contributed as much as anything else, but TV is easy to turn around in a few weeks. Killing PPV off? That’s tough to come back from.
Tags: DDP, Fingerpoke of Doom, Goldberg, Hulk Hogan, Nitro, No Limit Soldiers, NWO, Orange Goblin, Raven, Starrcade, Sting, TV, WCW, WCW Sucks
Posted in Rants | 68 Comments »
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
Scott, just got done watching WCW Starrcade 97, and here is my question that I thought might make for good blog discussion. I have read several times from several people who pinpoint the "fingerpoke of doom" Nitro as the start of the downfall of WCW. What about Starrcade 97? I know it did a huge buyrate and made tons of money for the company, but it was also a chance for tons of people to see a truly disasterous PPV. All the wrong people went over in terrible matches and then came the main event. How do more people not talk about, or acknowledge how badly Hulk Hogan (or whoever was behind the "fast count" against Sting) screwed over Sting, and therefore WCW???? I mean in one night after a terrible ppv, WCW or Hogan or whoever made Sting, and Bret Hart look like complete and total failures. Do you think that this PPV should be given more credit for starting a downfall of WCW that it gets???
I certainly give Starrcade its fair share of blame for WCW’s downfall!
Tags: Bret Hart, Edge, Fingerpoke of Doom, Hulk Hogan, Nitro, Starrcade, Sting, WCW, WCW Sucks
Posted in Rants | 122 Comments »
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
MICHAEL'S IMPACT REVIEW #19
MAY 13, 2010
THE IMPACT ZONE - ORLANDO, FLORIDA
- Wow, two recaps in one week? I guess it's the high I am coming off of from Tuesday night's win by Chicago. I think this team may have a shot. No, really. I do. Let's cross the line.
Scott says: Suck it, Blackhawks.
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Tags: AJ Styles, Attitude, Desmond, Hulk Hogan, Impact, Jeff Hardy, Jeff Jarrett, Michael Bradley, Ric Flair, Rob Van Dam, RVD, Sacrifice, Sting, TNA, TNA Sucks, TV, WWE
Posted in Rants | 37 Comments »
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
MICHAEL'S IMPACT REVIEW #18
MAY 3, 2010
THE IMPACT ZONE - ORLANDO, FLORIDA
- Bubba the Love Sponge gets fired from TNA for calling Awesome Kong, "black". That is racially insensitive according to Total Nonstop Action. The same people who have a wrestler named the Black Pope. **sigh** Let's cross the line.
- We start with a video package from last week's show.
"HOGAN/STING - THE SUMMIT"
(Is this anything like the Savage/Crush Summit?)
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Tags: AJ Styles, Chris Jericho, Desmond, Dusty Rhodes, House, Hulk Hogan, Impact, Jeff Hardy, Jeff Jarrett, Locke, Nitro, RAW, Ric Flair, Rob Van Dam, RVD, Sacrifice, Spike TV, Sting, TNA, TV, WCW, WWF
Posted in Rants | 93 Comments »
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