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Post by man on Sept 19, 2008 15:18:34 GMT -5
Why did they not have the match at WM8?
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Post by koreygunz on Sept 19, 2008 16:52:48 GMT -5
The planned main events for WM8 were Hogan vs Flair, Savage vs Roberts, and Taker vs Sid. However, Hogan decided he was going to "retire" to pursue movies after Mania, so Vince didnt want to give the belt to Hogan knowing he was leaving, and also didnt want a heel to leave Mania as champion. So the card was rearranged, Sid turned heel to face Hogan in his "last match," Taker turned face to fight Roberts, and Savage got the title match against Flair.
There is also word that Hogan and Flair werent drawing well on the house show circuit either, so plans for Mania were changed.
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Post by spawnsyxx9 on Sept 19, 2008 19:14:43 GMT -5
Exactly that. Though I will say that Hogan was also probably not wanting to job to Flair just like he did in WCW.
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Post by carly1988 on Sept 20, 2008 4:12:48 GMT -5
Im pretty sure its actuall that when Sid signed his WWF contract he did it on basis that he main event WM with Hogan (Notice Justice was put straight into a storyline that dealt with Hogan) Of course at that time Flair wasnt in the WWF. So contractually McMahon had to put Hogan vs Sid as a WM matching leaving Flair to the side only to be placed in a match with Savage. Sid, Pat Patterson and Flair have all said the same thing
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Post by Neverfail Nao on Sept 21, 2008 13:38:51 GMT -5
How many times has Hogan faced Flair?
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Post by man on Sept 22, 2008 14:30:12 GMT -5
 Wow... YouTube is your friend.
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Post by madness1 on Sept 24, 2008 11:30:46 GMT -5
alot of rumors, wow! first untrue rumor is Hogan and Flair not drawing well. No way that's true becuse after Hogan left ratings went down during Flairs, Randy Savage and Brett Harts reigns. That's why Vince let Hogan get the belt during that terrible ending to the Yoko vs Brett match at WM. I highly doubt Syd was able to demand a main event spot at WM 8. The guy wasn't anybody at the time he first came into the wwe so that's just impossible that he could corner Vince with such an outlandish request.
The reason I have read and heard is that Vince was unhappy with Hogan due to leaving so much to do movies and his talk of retirement. Also Ric was originally going to beat Macho(thats one reason they wern't the last match) but weeks before the match Randy bitched to Vince continually about losing again at WM so Vince switched it. (taken from Ric Flairs book)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2008 13:08:33 GMT -5
that a fair point.if that would have happened Savage would have lost at WM3,5,6,7 and 8.a big deal in the 4 PPV a year era I suppose.
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Post by upgrayedd on Sept 26, 2008 17:31:44 GMT -5
The planned main events for WM8 were Hogan vs Flair, Savage vs Roberts, and Taker vs Sid. However, Hogan decided he was going to "retire" to pursue movies after Mania, so Vince didnt want to give the belt to Hogan knowing he was leaving, and also didnt want a heel to leave Mania as champion. So the card was rearranged, Sid turned heel to face Hogan in his "last match," Taker turned face to fight Roberts, and Savage got the title match against Flair. There is also word that Hogan and Flair werent drawing well on the house show circuit either, so plans for Mania were changed. That would have been the greatest WrestleMania EVER. Why wouldn't Sid have turned heel? Though a Sid (face) vs. Undertaker (heel) match would have been very interesting. |
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