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Originally Posted by Rob Side with Hogan. He should have done the job just like Bret Hart should have in Montreal but, just like Hart, he had an agreed creative control card and thus could pick his own finishes. It's stupid but WCW should have never given him that right but at the end of the day, he had it so he was in the right.

I have to disagree with you there.

The Bret Hart/Vince McMahon and Hulk Hogan/Vince Russo situations were completely different. Bret was leaving the WWF for WCW and Vince wanted him to drop the belt in his home country. Hogan and Russo were merely arguing over who got to get the belt: Hogan or Jarrett. Obviously Russo wanted to keep the title on the younger, more entertaining Jeff Jarrett, and Hogan wanted the belt for himself.

Bret was being reasonable, opting to drop the title the next night on RAW (which could have been a great moment in WWF history, and would've left the doors open for Bret to return later on). Hogan was, as usual, pushing for himself to win the World Title, which went completely against Russo's booking plans to upgrade the younger guys.

I don't care how big an ass Russo is, I believe that he was in the right. It was thanks to Russo that Hogan left the company and Booker T won the World Heavyweight Championship later that night.

I personally don't blame Russo for the downfall of WCW. The ship was already sinking when he jumped aboard, and he atleast came up with a dynamic plan to save them, although it ultimately failed.