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**BigCrippyZ** · 10-28-2015, 02:15 PM

Does anyone remember how regularly Hogan made appearances on Nitros or Thunders starting in June of 1998? I don't remember him appearing hardly at all on Thunder, especially after 1998, but I also switched primarily to watching WWE starting early in 1999.

The reason I ask is, he got paid 25% of the gate or at least $25k, for appearing on TV even if he didn't wrestle at the TV taping. That does seem like a crazy stupid business decision for WCW to agree to for someone to potentially just appear in a backstage segment and not have to work a match to me, even for someone like Hogan.

Not that I doubt that it happened, just seems crazy dumb to me financially for WCW. Maybe something like 10%/$10k for appearance or 25%/$25k for wrestling would have been a better business decision.

10-28-2015, 02:15 PM	#37
BigCrippyZ Posts: 3,033	Does anyone remember how regularly Hogan made appearances on Nitros or Thunders starting in June of 1998? I don't remember him appearing hardly at all on Thunder, especially after 1998, but I also switched primarily to watching WWE starting early in 1999. The reason I ask is, he got paid 25% of the gate or at least $25k, for appearing on TV even if he didn't wrestle at the TV taping. That does seem like a crazy stupid business decision for WCW to agree to for someone to potentially just appear in a backstage segment and not have to work a match to me, even for someone like Hogan. Not that I doubt that it happened, just seems crazy dumb to me financially for WCW. Maybe something like 10%/$10k for appearance or 25%/$25k for wrestling would have been a better business decision.