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I think it could've worked had they been willing to put more heat on the heels of WCW. Like, try to avoid having DDP job to Mrs. Taker and make Booker T and the rest of the crew more ruthless vicious bastards. Then strongly consider bringing in one or two of the big contract guys a little sooner. I don't think any of those top WCW guys would have been impossible to build back up in relative short order.

Bigelow's TV debut was 09.12.87 Superstars vs Nikolai Volkoff. Starting July 25 were the "Battle for Bam Bam" segments where each manager would say why he should manage Bigelow, and those carried through the summer.

First off, I don't know. This is only a guess: There weren't any heels built up strongly enough after Savage to make anything compelling.

That's why we're ALL here isn't it?

Was he just promised the title to get him to sign in the first place? Ted can't be the only guy Vince promised the belt to and then not deliver.

The timeframe between Feb 5 and the WM tourney getting ironed out was really Tunney's tour de force. Dude was on screen more than any wrestler. The next time Tunney would be featured in every fucking segment on every single show was around the time of Survivor Series 91 and Tuesday in Texas. Constant rulings and proclamations - Jake suspended, reptiles banned, title hold ups, just relentless Tunney.

I've never bought this theory simply based on how the WWF Champ was booked in the 80's. Heel Champs didn't get much if any time with the title, and ending a WrestleMania with a heel winning the title just seems so..."anti-wrestlemania" in that time frame, so to speak. I think the plan was simply executed as it was laid out...Savage comes out with the belt, Hogan endorses his title reign, and Savage runs with it until the next WrestleMania, where Hogan could re-assume his place on top as Champ. I've never really seriously thought any other ending was in play, to be honest. Same here. I never bought the theory that Dibiase was the planned champ coming out of WM IV.

Fred Sanford would have made a great heel coward champion. Epic promos.

Is Steptoe and Son superior to it's American knock-off Sanford and Son?

John Candy for Gorilla Monsoon. Of course to get Candy for the role you'd need a shovel.

My weakness is "everything not mentioned in my last post"

I'd say my strength is scouring the internet for all this youtube footage. That, and smartass comments

We each play to our strengths

If NBC's 1980's Thursday TV lineup and 1920's boxing gates are being used to demonstrate that Hulk Hogan > Undertaker, then I wholeheartedly agree with jdw.

I find that shoe is always incorrect with his analysis.

So is it all settled then that Hogan > Undertaker? Nice work, gentlemen!

I just won a bet

"Bring a pitcher of beer every 5 minutes until someone passes out. Then bring one every 10 minutes"

I think it's cool that Chad has come around to a degree on the Steiners and looks at things so objectively. Steiners have always been a guilty pleasure of mine. In retrospect, at the time they were so over with me in large part due to Jim Ross always talking them up so much on commentary.

Yeah it is, and really nails it too. Probably the first time they've ever been compared as well

Mr. T Gary Coleman hmmm.... Andrew Dice Clay Pee Wee Herman I think Hogan is/was a bigger name than all these guys but is this on the right track?

Same here man, same here. Forever and always.

Hogan = Jordan Brutus Beefcake = Bill Cartwright.