Ultra Forces combust
By Scott Keith on October 30, 2022
If the original notion of Dibiase winning the title at WMIV, leading to Hogan winning it back at SummerSlam goes down, I assume they still do the Mega-Powers explosion at WMV, only Hogan defends against Savage's challenge, correct? If that's the case, it's
better that it happened the way it did: it may have been the same match, same angle, same build-up, but there just seems to be more drama in Hogan challenging his former friend who betrayed him one year after winning the title in the same building he won it
in than champ Hogan facing another challenger. Agree? I'll go so far as to say as the show doesn't do as good a buyrate (albeit still really good!) if Hogan is champ instead of challenger.
On another aspect of the show, had they shortened the ENDLESS Piper's Pit segment and maybe not included the Run-DMC performance and used that saved space to give some of the other matches a little more time, might that have improved the show, even just a tad?
Or was the undercard so meaningless that it wasn't salvageable?
better that it happened the way it did: it may have been the same match, same angle, same build-up, but there just seems to be more drama in Hogan challenging his former friend who betrayed him one year after winning the title in the same building he won it
in than champ Hogan facing another challenger. Agree? I'll go so far as to say as the show doesn't do as good a buyrate (albeit still really good!) if Hogan is champ instead of challenger.
On another aspect of the show, had they shortened the ENDLESS Piper's Pit segment and maybe not included the Run-DMC performance and used that saved space to give some of the other matches a little more time, might that have improved the show, even just a tad?
Or was the undercard so meaningless that it wasn't salvageable?
Yeah I don’t think WM5 does the same business with Savage as the challenger. The dynamic is all wrong that way.
And I normally just skip the Pit and Run DMC stuff when I’m rewatching that show. It doesn’t help, trust me.
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