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Originally Posted by KayfabeMan
Just to clarify, I'm not about to defend Hogan here - just making a statement from a booking standpoint. I would take into account what Pepsi said above, about Hogan being the fresh guy, and Yokozuna being involved in a bout just seconds before (he was already in a bad way anyhow, leading to Fuji jumping in). Plus, you have to remember that he was a fat fatty (God Bless him), who understandably could not be in the ring that long.
So it didn't make Yokozuna look weak, especially when he picked up the win over Hogan later on anyway - and was given credit for ending Hogan's WWF career, which further helped him get over as a heel. I so wish he was alive 
Plus, he went on to have a year long run with the belt (Yoko), before giving it back to Hart - who didn't look too weak either. Hogan coming down to the ring (we are going storyline and viewer wise here, not "smark" - I hate the term - standpoint) had no impact on Hart, who was already out of the bout at that point.
I don't think Yoko defeating Bret and going on a year long Title run (at that point) would've given him as much heat as beating Hogan did, so they wound up even. Hogan got the belt, Yokozuna got established, and Bret went on to four more Title runs. |
To me, it made Bret Hart look very weak and Yokozuna look weak as well. Here's the almighty Hulk Hogan coming down to ringside after he had a match earlier in the night mind you. Bret and Yoko went about let's say 20 minutes. Bret couldn't beat Yoko in 20 minutes. K, got that out of the way. Yoko just won his very first Title and was booked to dominate everyone before that.
Here comes Hogan. We see Bret asking Hogan to go get him because to me watching at home, Bret couldn't handle it himself. Hogan doesn't get hit by the salt, while Bret did. Hogan looked a little smarter to me there. Then Hogan goes on to beat Yoko in like 12 seconds. So we have Bret Hart with salt in his eyes, looking injured, just losing to Yoko after 20 minutes and we have the guy that dominated the WWF in the past year both taking a back seat to another Hogan Title win. Ridiculous. How do you sqash the champion right after he won the belt, after he's been built strong the whole year? And the thing is, Hulk wasn't a draw at all in 1993
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Hogan WAS suppossed to work with Hart next and put him over, but the Hulkster threw a fit and said no. He said Bret wasn't even in his league. So Vince and Hogan argued, Vince got pissed and had Yoko take the Title from him real quick. Yea, maybe Yoko and Hart got established again after that, but if Hogan stuck around and didn't leave, god knows what would of happened.