August 26, 201411 yr Author comment_5621398 Savage wants Hogan in the ring tonight. That was the match they ran the week after RAW broke their ratings streak and they drew an impressive 6.5 quarter off of the main event. So they went back to it and this time it didn't work. Even though WCW needed to push new stars, prostituting such a marquee match for ratings instead of saving it for something special is silly. They acted like the sky was falling because suddenly the WWF was competitive in the ratings instead of just re-thinking their approach and slowly moving in a new direction.
September 3, 201411 yr comment_5622559 It no longer felt like a marquee match at all, which I'm sure they couldn't grasp inside their bubble. The motivations were so muddy, and neither guys had done anything interesting in the ring in months. Who the hell would choose to watch this over Austin-McMahon?
September 6, 201411 yr comment_5623003 Agreed that it was one too many times to the well for this match. Savage tries to justify why the match needs to happen in this promo but it doesn't work even though the crowd live is jacked as could be.
May 28, 20169 yr comment_5755028 Fuck, I didn't want to see Hogan vs. Savage again the *last* time they were pushing it--I know that put me in the minority compared to the 1998 audience, but enough already.
August 30, 20169 yr comment_5765870 Good promo by Savage, but I'd rather watch Val Venis vignettes than this match.
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