What If: Bret Hart Went Through Savage, Warrior and Hogan?

Warrior vs Bret wouldve made sense as the World Title match at the Rumble if he stayed.Kayfabe wise Warrior can say how he's owed a rematch stemming from the SSlam finish.

Now yeah I highly doubt Warrior taps out to em so we would probably get either a roll up or a DQ finish via interference.

As far as Razor goes he'd be in the Rumble match itself.Its crazy to think he was never in one.

Absolutely man. Hogan was the most popular guy in the 1992 Rumble....yes as you say he wasn't quite as popular? but he was still mega popular.


I remember watching the RR92 a few years back with great interest after hearing on here about all the negative reactions Hogan got during it......as I ay he was the most popular guy in it.

True, Hogan was still over. The only negative reaction he got that night was after he helped Flair eliminate Sid from the rumble and he and Sid were nose to nose in the ring, you can hear the fans thoroughly behind Sid, even chanting his name. Also, when Sid gives Hogan the double thumbs down when Hogan was calling to the crowd (putting his hand to his ear toward the crowd) the crowd really boos Hogan, you can even see Hogan look to the crowd in confusion. It really depends on the tape you are watching, I had the original taping of the PPV when it happened and you can really hear the boo-birds toward Hogan. However, the WWF made changes to the crowds reaction to the tape that they released on coliseum home video. I also believe the crowd reaction on the anthology DVDs they released this century was the changed reaction not the original reaction that booed Hogan. Plus, for whatever reason, Sid always got a great reaction from the NY crowd, he was pretty popular there. Even years later, when he was the heel (mostly) against HBK at Survivor Series 96, he was the overwhelming favorite by the crowd. 

Also, if you go back to the Survivor Series 91 match with Undertaker, you can hear more boos than normal for Hogan. I would still say the crowd was mostly behind Hogan but you can hear some of the boos. Just a rough estimate, I would say the crowd was about 80% behind Hogan and 20% for Taker. 

You are correct that Hogan got a great response at WM8, other than the Warrior returning, I don't think anyone came close to that reaction. However, they had already announced that this may very well be Hogan's retirement match so, that may have played a part in the crowd reaction. And, they had already done the turn on Sid at the previous SNME, so I think the fans sort of reverted back to Hogan because of Sid's actions afterward. He definitely wasn't as popular as he was a year before.

The thing with Hogan at Rumble 92 was that the crowd cheered his elimination during the live feed and boos were heard when he pulled Sid out. They had Monsoon rerecord commentary lines that are not on the live feed. It's out there.

As for Bret, the thing is he got over on his own. I love Bret but his promos weren't great at this time so really it was his ring work that did the job along with his look.

I could see Savage doing the job but not the other two. And I think if he went through them all the crowd would still love Bret Hart.

I will say that I love Bret but it always felt like he was a transitional champion. The company never seemed to really back him except for 94 until Vince had Diesel.

Sadly I’d even argue that Vince booked Bret as a transitional champ in 1994 (Diesel had a rocket strapped to his back right after WM10). I think it’s a testament to how great Bret was despite him never being allowed to truly “run with the ball.” By 1997 he had established this “legend aura” despite the up and down booking he’d received from 1992-1997.