cwoy2j Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Jimmy Hart selling out Hogan for the DoD is up there for dumb move. Short-term it was a good move though. He got The Giant the title through a ridiculous loophole. He didn't know they'd strip the guy of the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Also Link. Hart got Link too. Why the hell did Jimmy Hart agree to trade away King Kong Bundy to Heenan? According to cagematch.net Adrian Adonis got 12 title fights with Hogan. So it wasn't a total bust. You're a scholar and a gentleman for looking that up. How many title matches did Bundy get though? One could argue that Bundy's WMII prime main event slot was worth more than Adonis getting random shots at house shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I have no clue what Bundy pulled down that night, but I'm guessing signifigantly more than the requisite $5-10K a night (depending on the building, the crowd and Vince's mood that week) Hogan's opponents made at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I mean....yeah....Bundy had like 22 Title Fights plus a Mania Main event. Wasn't Heenan getting Bundy just to kill Andre? He probably threw in a big load of cash, a former tag team champion(speaking Hart's language) and The Missing Link as a possible psycho prospect. I'm betting Hart didn't know Adonis would put on a billion pounds and start putting on makeup, but he rolled with it and got some title fights out of it. I'm not saying it was a good deal or anything. I would have hung on to Bundy - or at least looked for better prospects. Slick was wanting to unload Hercules, so I think I would have gone for that over Adonis. Both answers would have been wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Bundy might not have been in that spot without Heenan though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 You could look at it like that. Heenan pushed Bundy on Andre and broke the big guy's sternum, which put Bundy in Hulk's class instantly. Then again, Bundy was a big mother fucker and when you're that big all roads lead to the Hulkster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Hart didn't get a guy into a big show main event until Summerslam 90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Reposting it for those who don't visit the Japan section of the board: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-FFdYoq2r8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Terry Funk (with Hart) worked with Hogan on 2 out of 3 SNMEs at a stretch if you want to split hairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Yeah, but look at all the tag title bonuses he collected before SummerSlam 90. And I think him hanging onto Earthquake was a direct response to that Bundy fail. And really - Earthquake I think was a bigger threat to usurping Hogan than Bundy was. So it works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Gorilla always made a big deal out of the fact that the brain never had any titles until 1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 And in the end, Jimmy got Hogan's contract and led him to the sweet, sweet trough of Ted Turner money. Ultimate win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Speaking of bad wrestling choices, if your buddy ends up in the hospital GO VISIT HIM. It will save you so much hassle later on. Visit twice. Buy him a get well card and an oversized, mylar balloon. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Or at least call. As my grandmother would say, nothing good comes from doing nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Speaking of bad wrestling choices, if your buddy ends up in the hospital GO VISIT HIM. It will save you so much hassle later on. Visit twice. Buy him a get well card and an oversized, mylar balloon. And for God's sake, don't ever be too busy training to pick up the phone when your friend calls you on live tv! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Invest in a AAA membership. Never know when you might get FOUR flat tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Or a wire disconnected from a thing.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 AAA membership - good AAA booking you - bad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I feel like Slick was an underrated manager. The Twin Towers gave the fucking Mega Powers fits. I don't remember them receiving a tag title shot though which is absurd because they beat everyone of note? I guess Bossman receiving world title matches against Hulk makes up for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 They went around the horn with Demolition right before they dropped the belts to Tully/Arn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 They had a run with Demolition but the most visible of that was when the Brainbusters had the titles. Yeah, what Josh said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Oh, I don't remember those. Anything high profile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 IIRC it headlined the B Loop for a couple of months. Put it this way: it was a feature at Miami Arena in 1989 for a show Hogan wasn't on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 It's a really good series. A Toronto match, a couple of Boston matches, a MSG match, I think. Some of the blowoffs had Ronnie Garvin as the ref. Obviously Summerslam 89 which was the six man with Andre and Duggan. I like the series a lot. It really shows Demolition's versatility as they're able to play FIP far better than the Road Warriors ever did and Ax was an amazing hot tag for it, unleashed and slamming people and what not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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