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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 28, 2017 23:16:19 GMT -5
So I’ve been rewatching old Main Event shows from the 80’s and recently got to Hogan vs Macho King w/ Buster Douglas as the special enforcer. They took a lot of shots at the recently defeated Mike Tyson throughout the show, which got me to start looking into the event more.
Apparently Tyson was originally suppose to be the special enforcer (never knew this since I didn’t start watching until 1994 and only really watched the big PPVs from around 1990). McMahon even had meetings with Tyson and Don King in the weeks leading up to his fight with Douglas regarding Tyson making appearances in the WWF.
Rumors I found were that Tyson would have cost Hogan the title, leading to Hogan/Tyson and Savage/Warrior for the title at WM6. Then Douglas beat Tyson and everything fell apart.
My questions is for those who were watching at this time, do you remember hearing about these rumors? Think there’s any truth to the superfight between Hogan and Tyson? How would it have changed 1990 and going forward in the WWF?
I honestly think this would have been huge for the WWF had Tyson not lost to Douglas, but who would have won? I can’t see Vince having Hogan lose, and I can’t see King agreeing to Tyson losing. I could see this ending in a tie, unless they did multiple rematches. Crazy to think how this could have changed the WWFs history had Tyson not lost to Douglas.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Nov 29, 2017 8:51:20 GMT -5
I was watching then and I can honestly say I never heard of those rumours happening with Hogan vs. Tyson and Savage vs. Warrior.
Then again.... no internet back then either.
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Post by The Brain on Nov 29, 2017 9:09:39 GMT -5
I've heard the Zeus/Hogan WM 6 rumor but never this one. I find it hard to believe though as at the time Savage was feuding with Dusty so I highly doubt they would just drop that feud for him to face Warrior for the belt at Mania.
Hogan/Warrior was the money match at the end of the day.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2017 12:28:47 GMT -5
Mike Johnson of pwinsider answered a question about this years ago on his site. He said no match was planned. They were merely going to do photos together. Boxing heavyweight champion and wrestling heavyweight champion.
Kevin Nash claims WWE was going to have him face Tyson in late 95, but it was dropped when they decided Bret Hart would beat Nash for the title.
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Post by robbutler01 on Nov 29, 2017 14:06:24 GMT -5
There was a story on a hogan v Tyson superstar dream match in one of the apter mags if I remember right so maybe that is where the rumour came from.
Gotta say I don't remember anything about it at the time and think things worked out for the best. Love hogan v warrior
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2017 17:01:35 GMT -5
I've heard the Zeus/Hogan WM 6 rumor but never this one. I find it hard to believe though as at the time Savage was feuding with Dusty so I highly doubt they would just drop that feud for him to face Warrior for the belt at Mania. Hogan/Warrior was the money match at the end of the day. To be fair they just dropped Macho’s feud with Jake for him to face Flair for the belt at Mania when Flair/Hogan was the money match. |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Nov 29, 2017 17:27:50 GMT -5
I've heard the Zeus/Hogan WM 6 rumor but never this one. I find it hard to believe though as at the time Savage was feuding with Dusty so I highly doubt they would just drop that feud for him to face Warrior for the belt at Mania. Hogan/Warrior was the money match at the end of the day. To be fair they just dropped Macho’s feud with Jake for him to face Flair for the belt at Mania when Flair/Hogan was the money match. Macho vs. Jake had run its course anyhow. They already fought at Tuesday in Texas, got at each other in the Royal Rumble, and then on SNME. |
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Post by robbutler01 on Nov 30, 2017 8:20:51 GMT -5
To be fair they just dropped Macho’s feud with Jake for him to face Flair for the belt at Mania when Flair/Hogan was the money match. Macho vs. Jake had run its course anyhow. They already fought at Tuesday in Texas, got at each other in the Royal Rumble, and then on SNME. I don't know, I think I could have got behind one more match at Mania with them both in a Cage if they'd done it |
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Post by jason1980s on Nov 30, 2017 11:59:07 GMT -5
Didn't Bruce Prichard (or someone in the know with WWF) say in an interview (maybe the Conrad show) that there was a plan for Hogan/Tyson. When originally told Tyson wanted no part of it fearing that Hogan would really hurt him. As a lifelong fan, Mike seemed to think that wrestling was not predetermined. I can see him being naïve to think that wrestling matches were real. As much as Bruce's narratives seem to change, I would still believe him over a newsletter or magazine since he is in the known back then.
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Post by K5 on Nov 30, 2017 17:03:26 GMT -5
tyson/hogan is a really weird match to think of how it would go. we'd have the classic celebrity hip toss/wrist lock/clothesline out of tyson, but tyson would be heel? crazy stuff.
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Post by LA Times on Nov 30, 2017 20:15:36 GMT -5
Didn't Bruce Prichard (or someone in the know with WWF) say in an interview (maybe the Conrad show) that there was a plan for Hogan/Tyson. When originally told Tyson wanted no part of it fearing that Hogan would really hurt him. As a lifelong fan, Mike seemed to think that wrestling was not predetermined. I can see him being naïve to think that wrestling matches were real. As much as Bruce's narratives seem to change, I would still believe him over a newsletter or magazine since he is in the known back then. While I sincerely believe that when Hulk Hogan was younger, he knew how to fight or at least use his size and strength advantage, I doubt Mike Tyson was scared of Hogan shooting on him in a match. |
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Post by Artie Kendall on Dec 1, 2017 1:14:12 GMT -5
According to the Observer for around this time a match was just a rumor and it never got serious. Tyson was supposed to be the enforcer role and had filmed stuff for WWF in Tokyo. Once Tyson was beat things changed. Meltzer says that even if Tyson had won the Buster Douglas fight, he doubts McMahon would have changed course for Mania VI because so much money was already put into advertising Warrior-Hogan. You have to remember the seeds for Hogan-Warrior at Rumble 90, which took place January 21st. Tyson lost to Douglas on February 11th.
I think even if Tyson wins against Douglas, he still doesn't get Hogan at Mania. Maybe Tyson-Savage. Hogan was going away so they needed to elevate Warrior. Yeah Tyson-Hogan makes a ton of money for one night but Warrior-Hogan had the potential to make a star out of Warrior that could have lasted years.
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Dec 1, 2017 2:14:49 GMT -5
Didn't Bruce Prichard (or someone in the know with WWF) say in an interview (maybe the Conrad show) that there was a plan for Hogan/Tyson. When originally told Tyson wanted no part of it fearing that Hogan would really hurt him. As a lifelong fan, Mike seemed to think that wrestling was not predetermined. I can see him being naïve to think that wrestling matches were real. As much as Bruce's narratives seem to change, I would still believe him over a newsletter or magazine since he is in the known back then. Tyson still to this day says he didn't know it was predetermined until he met up with the Shawn, Vince, and Austin. |
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