LU and WM5

First off, I binged 65 episodes of LU on Netflix and I loved it as a legitimately fun alternative to WWE’s tired and LONG products. Even Ultima Lucha is divided into 3 shows instead 1 6-hour come-inducer. Keep up the reviews!


Was just watching a video on WM 5 and I know it’s true Savage was selling out arenas as heel champ. Was the thought ever conceived to have him retain? I know hogan’s ego but hulk likes money more and a chase till SummerSlam would’ve drawn so much! Was No Holds Barred done for Zeus to have interfered at Mania… or any convo of a DQ finish with Savage running as crazy heel champ and hulk celebrating as DQ winner at end???

​Meltzer was certainly campaigning for Savage to retain and to this day says it would have been a better idea for long-term business, but really Hulk winning at Wrestlemania was the only result that was going to happen. And I mean, they actually tried that same tactic years later at WM2000, with super-hot heel HHH retaining over the Rock, and although it worked out business-wise and drew a shitload of buys for Backlash, people to this day bitch about it as a finish for Wrestlemania. So I can see both sides.

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