• Original Plan For Hulk Hogan At WrestleMania 23
WrestleMania 23 in 2007 was an incredibly successful pay-per-view for WWE.
The event drew 1.2 million pay-per-view buys, the 2nd highest in WWE history (only behind WrestleMania 28).
Since this PPV marked the 20th anniversary of the legendary WrestleMania 3, WWE wanted to use Hulk Hogan at this event.
The original plan was to recreate the Hulk bodyslamming Andre the Giant moment 20 years later, with Hogan slamming Big Show this time.
However, Big Show declined this offer from WWE.
Here’s what Jim Ross said on his podcast:
“Other than (Big Show’s) back being problematic, he didn’t want to job for Hogan. I’m sure Big Show thought ‘it’s my time for Hogan to put me over’. And that was never in consideration quite frankly.”
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• ON THIS DAY IN WCW HISTORY (October 15, 1994) – WCW Saturday Night
On this day in 1994, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WCW Saturday Night’.
It was broadcasted from the Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia and featured pre-taped matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WCW Halloween Havoc 1994’ PPV.
The card of the show can be found here:
– Highlights Of Hulk Hogan/Dave Sullivan vs. Ric Flair/Masked Man From Last Weeks Main Event
– Alex Wright vs. Rip Rogers
– Pretty Wonderful vs. Brian Armstrong/Todd Morton
– Flyin’ Brian vs. Frankie Lancaster
– Halloween Havoc Control Center
– Jim Duggan vs. Ron Oakes
– Steve Austin vs. Mark Starr
– Interview w/ Steve Austin
– Guardian Angel vs. Tony Vincent
– Interview w/ Guardian Angel
– Highlights Of Hulk Hogan/Dave Sullivan vs. Ric Flair/Masked Man From Last Weeks Main Event
– Promo By Kevin Sullivan
– Dave Sullivan vs. The Gambler
– Highlight Video On Ric Flair
– Sting vs. Vader
– Interview w/ Vader And Harley Race
