Hulk Hogans Legends of Wrestling Shows 1&2 up. Future is now

Having Big Bossman in this really raises questions of how much you actually know about these guys.

It would be good to know the background of the Mod, what actually happened differently to real life. Obviously Bosman never died and Lawler has left WWE. Is this a mod from somewhere?

It's interesting is all I can say so far.

Many people considered 2001 to be the end of maybe the biggest era in wrestling, and a major slump for wrestling was soon to follow. AOL/Time Warner sold off WCW with Eric Bischoff and a group of investors from Panda Energy buying the company. They struggled for months to find a solid television deal, and WCW as we know it was almost completely dead. Eventually they signed a deal with Spike TV and became one of the big two again.

Meanwhile in the WWF things were a bit rocky for a little while, but with Triple H having more input, and the decision by Vince to push more youthful talent, the "New Era" has seen business pick back up for the worldwide leader of Sports Entertainment. They use Dusty Rhodes Florida Championship Wrestling for their future stars to learn the craft.

After TNN broke its contract with ECW Paul Heyman sued the current Spike TV, winning is what helped him keep the company afloat for a few years til it was making enough of a profit on its own. It is now undoubtedly the number 3 promotion, and closing in fast on WCW. While a business relationship with the WWE doesn't hurt either, they currently run on the sister station of USA, Syfy. They have even saved the former CZW by making it their development territory and rebranding in Extreme Combat Zone

When Flair had enough of WCW and refused a paycut he sat at home waiting for his contract to run out, once it did he decided to try and bring the NWA to prominence again by going back to Charlotte where it all began and reviving the slowly dying body of promoters. Though it hasn't made many ripples in the wrestling pool, it has developed some future stars. Several prominent territories have been added to the NWA as well as Jeff Jarrett and Vince Russo run NWA-TNW and Harley Races NWA-WLW

In Canada Bret Hart has restarted his father's once dominant Stampede Wrestling back up, while his brother Owen who was paralyzed during a freak accident in 1999 runs their development known as Dungeon Wrestling. Many of the Hart children make up the rosters of both.

Hogan feeling as though he did not have the clout he once did in WCW, and thinking Vince would gladly take him back decided to let his contract run out, though he did make a one off appearance at Wrestlemania 20 Vince has had little interest since, leaving Hogan to try other ventures, including a reality TV show about his family which met with huge rating success, and a reality show where he trained celebrities to become wrestlers, which did not. While having dinner with Jimmy Hart and Brian Knobbs they talked about the golden days of wrestling, and how much they are missed. This was enough to get the ball rolling in Hogans head who wanted to do a tour with the Legends of Wrestling to generate a little revenue and have a little fun. It was a huge success all over the world, which led Hogan to doing another tour a year later, this time crowning champions, finishing off with a huge show at Madison Square Garden. When they saw how profitable the legends could be they started searching for a TV deal, which they eventually found. Though Bright House Sports Network is not a major network, only available in a small area, it is a step in the right direction Hogan believes, and plans on seeing the company continues into the future. The only debate is rather to integrate younger talent into the roster as suggested by Jimmy Hart, or continue with a strictly Legends format......