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Old 03-11-2004, 01:39 AM   #1
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Why didn't...
The WWF have Flair vs. Hogan for the WWF Title at WM8...I don't get it...it was SO DAMN OBVIOUS....

which means there's backstage politics involved..

KayfabeMang? Rob? anyone?

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Old 03-12-2004, 05:34 PM   #2
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Old 03-12-2004, 07:46 PM   #3
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From what I understand,Hogan was set to retire after that WM.

He (Hogan) didn't want to lose to Flair at the show, but instead
wanted to retire with the belt (similar to the Bret Hart deal years
later),and McMahon was against that.

So,he (Vince) set up a double main event for Wrestlemania instead.

Hope that that helps somewhat
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Old 03-12-2004, 08:26 PM   #4
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haha what was that..Hogan's 8th retirement?
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Old 03-12-2004, 08:41 PM   #5
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Yeah, it was wierd, I remember they had the press conference where Tunney announced that Hogan was going to challenge Flair, only to have the match changed to Flair vs Savage.

And once again, who can blame Vince for not wanting to let someone basically abscond with the WWF title?
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Old 03-12-2004, 08:58 PM   #6
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On the subject of strange WrestleMania main events... if Stone Cold Steve Austin won the 1997 Royal Rumble, why did the Undertaker challenge Sid for the title at Mania instad?
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Old 03-12-2004, 09:25 PM   #7
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Shawn Michaels was supposed to lose the 'WWF Title' to Bret
Hart at WM13,but did not want to.So they set up an angle to
where Shawn forfeited the title, and they had a 4-way match
with Vader,Bret Hart,Undertaker and (I think) Austin - for it.

Bret (IIRC) won that four-way, but on RAW lost the title to Sid
Vicious; which set up Sid and The Undertaker @ WM13, and led
to Hart-Austin with Shamrock as referee. Hope that that helped
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Old 03-12-2004, 09:35 PM   #8
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Shawn Michaels was supposed to lose the 'WWF Title' to Bret
Hart at WM13,but did not want to.So they set up an angle to
where Shawn forfeited the title, and they had a 4-way match
with Vader,Bret Hart,Undertaker and (I think) Austin - for it.

Bret (IIRC) won that four-way, but on RAW lost the title to Sid
Vicious; which set up Sid and The Undertaker @ WM13, and led
to Hart-Austin with Shamrock as referee. Hope that that helped
OK, thanks... I assume the whole "Lost my Smile" shit, was the very same forfeit.
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Old 03-12-2004, 09:40 PM   #9
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What does IIRC stand for? It's not exactly obvious to me, for whatever reason.
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Old 03-12-2004, 09:42 PM   #10
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What does IIRC stand for? It's not exactly obvious to me, for whatever reason.
IIRC, it's "If I Remember/Recall Correctly."
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Old 03-12-2004, 10:06 PM   #11
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As for Flair vs. Hogan. I don't know if Vince ever planned for that match to happen but Hogan and Flair had been doing house show feuds since Flair came in and they had burnt out the box office so they didn't think it would draw at Mania.
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Old 03-12-2004, 10:11 PM   #12
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ya it should have been Hogan/Flair but Savage/Flair was just fine
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Old 03-12-2004, 10:19 PM   #13
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At the end of the day, you got a better match plus you got to see Sid kick out of the legdrop like it was nothing which was hilarious!
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Old 03-12-2004, 10:28 PM   #14
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IIRC, it's "If I Remember/Recall Correctly."
Thanks for fielding that one for me
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Old 03-13-2004, 02:39 AM   #15
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At the end of the day, you got a better match plus you got to see Sid kick out of the legdrop like it was nothing which was hilarious!

hogan/Flair would have been the bigger draw, but Savage/Flair was the better wrestling match, like you said...its a shame they didnt put it on the Flair DVD.
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Old 03-13-2004, 07:59 AM   #16
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That's the whole arguement. Would it have been a better draw? Most Americans who had attended house shows for the previous 7 months had seen that match to death.
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Old 03-13-2004, 08:59 AM   #17
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Shut up Rob, nobody kicks out of the legdrop.
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Old 03-13-2004, 03:45 PM   #18
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Shut up Rob, nobody kicks out of the legdrop.
Yeah. Besides,you have no proof
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Old 03-14-2004, 08:48 AM   #19
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Didn't Goldberg kick out of it too? And The Rock?
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Old 03-14-2004, 11:19 AM   #20
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And lesnar.

Goldberg kicked out of about 3 of them actually, that match when it zooms to hennig coming up the aisle you can hear the sound of another hitting and when it goes back to the ring hes hitting the third.
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