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Post by cordless2016 on May 10, 2015 10:26:17 GMT -5
I was watching the November 20th, 1995 episode of Nitro yesterday and was wondering if this was Hogan and Sting's first televised 1v1 match? I can't remember if they faced off before this. Of course WCW gave this match away on free TV (like WWE did with Reigns/Rollins last fall but hey, that's WWE and not WCW so nothing wrong). I remember bits of this match from seeing it as a kid but after watching it in full after years I'm not surprised to see it following the Starrcade 1997 formula; Hogan dominates and Sting maybe gets 2 or 3 moves in the whole match.
Anyway just wondering if this was there first match and if any of there other matches from WCW pitted them more evenly?
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Post by mikey1974 on May 10, 2015 12:01:03 GMT -5
yeah,this was their first ever match. LOL, the Phantom of the Opera Hogan!
they wouldn't meet again til Starrcade 1997, unless you count Fall Brawl 96, when the real Sting came out and took out most everyone before walking away.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on May 10, 2015 12:03:54 GMT -5
That was the pre-NWO days of Hogan, yet he was 'walking on the dark side' as I believe is what he said.
I am not entirely sure if they were testing the waters then with a heel Hogan, or what. It was an interesting time for WCW. A lot of faces and heels weren't really faces or heels. One week Lex Luger was facing Savage or Hogan, the next week Lex was tagging with Sting to face two heels. Hogan would be facing Sting, the next week be tagging with Sting. It was a cool time for WCW for a pre-NWO era.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2015 14:14:52 GMT -5
yeah,this was their first ever match. LOL, the Phantom of the Opera Hogan! they wouldn't meet again til Starrcade 1997, unless you count Fall Brawl 96, when the real Sting came out and took out most everyone before walking away."IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU RIGHT THERE?! IS THAT PROOF ENOUGH?!" Such a good storyline in those earlier days. |
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Post by mikey1974 on May 10, 2015 14:20:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2015 11:50:23 GMT -5
wasn't this a real life experiment with heel Hogan for the masses?
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on May 11, 2015 13:01:17 GMT -5
wasn't this a real life experiment with heel Hogan for the masses? I like to think it was. According to what Hulk Hogan mentioned on Talk Is Jericho, Hogan wanted to have a heel run in the WWF in 1989-1990. I guess Hogan never forgot about that. When Hogan went to WCW, it allowed him to do what he wanted. Turning heel was one of those freedoms Hogan was allowed to have in WCW. Hogan's stuff from the latter part of 1995 goes undetected by many people. I would assume Hogan going all dark was a sign of what was to come in 1996. To go back to cordless2016,'s post, said match was Hogan and Sting's first singles encounter. |
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Post by cordless2016 on May 11, 2015 17:40:35 GMT -5
Hogan in late 1995 was definatly interesting but would he have still gone heel in 1996 had Hall and Nash not jumped? Interesting "what if."
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on May 11, 2015 17:48:13 GMT -5
Hogan in late 1995 was definatly interesting but would he have still gone heel in 1996 had Hall and Nash not jumped? Interesting "what if." I don't think Hulk Hogan would have turned heel at all. Scott Hall & Kevin Nash jumping ship gave Hogan a reason to turn heel. Everybody has to remember, Hall & Nash were just fresh out of their stint in the WWF and long time fans always kept Hogan on their radar. On the flipside, had Hogan went heel without Hall & Nash, it wouldn't have had the immediate impact that it did. Looking back, Hall & Nash going back to WCW was meant to happen. Had they not, the industry would have looked much different than it did towards the latter part of the '90's. |
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Post by mikey1974 on May 11, 2015 17:52:32 GMT -5
I don't know if I'd necessarily call it a test for Hogan going heel, or at least full heel, per se. this was right after Jimmy Hart betrayed him, Luger attacked him, and the Dungeon of Doom shaved off his mustache. so it came across to me as more of a Don't trust anybody / Do whatever I need to do type of character. he still talked about the Hulkamaniacs and Little Hulksters and such while wanting to behead people and dressing all in black. so I just took it more as a still face Hogan who now had a darker edge to him.
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