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Post by tnafan17: The Total Package on Oct 21, 2008 23:54:37 GMT -5
Just curious cause I was a bit younger when watching this PPV, what was the big deal about Sting winning the main event. I remember someone referring to the main event as "the biggest letdown." Just curious.
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Post by Jackson! on Oct 22, 2008 0:12:31 GMT -5
Sting and Hogan finally met at Starrcade for the WCW World Championship, with Sting winning controversially due to a decision by special guest referee Bret Hart when he reversed the decision made by referee Nick Patrick after Hogan pinned Sting after what he believed to be a "fast count." The match was restarted and Sting made Hogan submit to the Scorpion Deathlock. It was heavily rumored that Sting was supposed to get a "clean" victory in the match, but in the days leading up to the match, Terry Bollea (Hogan), invoking his "creative control" clause in his contract, changed his stance on the outcome from a "clean" finish to a tainted finish that didn't weaken his character. The compromise ended up being the controversial ending of the match.
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Post by Kurt Burton: Script Doctor! on Oct 22, 2008 1:07:04 GMT -5
Sting and Hogan finally met at Starrcade for the WCW World Championship, with Sting winning controversially due to a decision by special guest referee Bret Hart when he reversed the decision made by referee Nick Patrick after Hogan pinned Sting after what he believed to be a "fast count." The match was restarted and Sting made Hogan submit to the Scorpion Deathlock. It was heavily rumored that Sting was supposed to get a "clean" victory in the match, but in the days leading up to the match, Terry Bollea (Hogan), invoking his "creative control" clause in his contract, changed his stance on the outcome from a "clean" finish to a tainted finish that didn't weaken his character. The compromise ended up being the controversial ending of the match. In other words, Hogan's a crybaby. |
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on Oct 22, 2008 1:25:53 GMT -5
Add to that the fact that the count was NOT fast, and Hogan dominated the match... A tainted victory would have been bad enough, but to have the year long buildup just completely destroyed like that was really sad.
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Post by DTP. on Oct 22, 2008 7:47:04 GMT -5
It was pretty much Nick Patrick's fault. How can somebody not fast count?
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Post by inrogers29 on Oct 22, 2008 10:51:14 GMT -5
From what ive heard, Hogan was unimpressed with Sting. He had 12 months of build up for this huge match and he came in with no tan and looked a little out of shape so Hogan went to Patrick and got the fast count to nixed.
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Post by raz2005uk on Oct 22, 2008 18:28:02 GMT -5
Well I guess Hogan got the taste of his own medicine when Jarrett and Russo screwed around with him a few years later...lool
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Post by tnafan17: The Total Package on Oct 22, 2008 21:14:15 GMT -5
ok i got it now thanks fellas well i mean it was a good match. i also liked their superbrawl battle as well.
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Post by Too Sweet on Oct 23, 2008 7:01:16 GMT -5
Add to that the fact that the count was NOT fast, and Hogan dominated the match... A tainted victory would have been bad enough, but to have the year long buildup just completely destroyed like that was really sad. Agreed and Sting getting stripped of the Title on Thunder just ruined the Sting bandwagon to be honest, and thats why WCW went under, Hogan and the Veterans having the company wrapped around their finger, Hogan lost clean to Goldberg cause he knew damn well WCW was going to start going on a downfall. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2008 14:38:49 GMT -5
Hogans effin planetoid ego(as stated above)is what killed this outing.
complete effin waste of a year+ buildup
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Post by k5 on Oct 28, 2008 19:02:36 GMT -5
Hogan lost clean to Goldberg cause he knew damn well WCW was going to start going on a downfall. too true. |
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Post by Dwight on Oct 28, 2008 22:28:05 GMT -5
Meh it really has little to do with the match itself being a letdown. But I always hated that they had Bret Hart come in as a referee. He was ref for the Bischoff/Zbyszko match then he out of no where and beat on Nick and then became the ref for the restart or whatever. The match was just such a bust.
And having Bret as a referee, in his first WCW PPV, the biggest PPV of the company...was just stupid. I guess it was just a sign of things to come for him.
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Post by Johnny Wrestling on Oct 28, 2008 22:56:20 GMT -5
You can't tell me that promo wasn't awesome.
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Post by tnafan17: The Total Package on Oct 29, 2008 15:54:19 GMT -5
Wow I haven't seen that video since I was younger man, dag I miss WCW sometimes!
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Post by laufey5 on Oct 31, 2008 21:29:26 GMT -5
it def. was not a good main event
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