Amor fati
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Finesse right there
Hogan’s 1998 WCW contract is the greatest finesse in the history of the business
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MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
And Linda took a large portion of it.
at a Hogan hotline.
at a Hogan hotline.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
El Dandy making 800k to play the background in LWO.Looking at that Hogan contract, Im sure the other WCW stars were making major coins and I think the contract was still honored by AOL/Time Warner when WCW was sold. No wonder none of he big names were in a hurry to join the WWE for the invasion angle
El Dandy making 800k to play the background in LWO.
Who are you to doubt El Dandy?
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
So what was Hogan's guaranteed salary? The $1.35 million PPV advances? Cuz I'm wondering without all that, what Turner was paying him from August 2000-May '02
Hard to say, WCW didn't start really showing signs of a decline until late 99.
Hogan was also out for a lot of time, But so was Sting, Goldberg, Bret, Hall, and Nash. WCW just let mofos do whatever the hell they wanted
Saysumthinfunnymike
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WCW never had a chance. Bischoff had no idea what to do with the nWo after a while. Then they had no idea what to do with Goldberg. They had no idea what to do with HitGOAT and then he got injured. Then you have Bischoff and Russo both booking at various times, two one trick ponies who didn't have shyt for ideas beyond their one main idea and then all the veterans were doing whatever they wanted and Hogan had creative control.
Didn't move the needle just like NWO by that point. Can't really say how much was him/NWO being dead or the company going into free fall since both were going on at the same time
He's Hogan so he'll always get reaction but in 98 he would've been comparatively dead in the water back in the WWF again with the red and yellow. No NWO, with Austin/Rock walking around in their peaks. I don't think his ego would've coped and with Henchman Bischoff around he didn't have to
Hogan was also out for a lot of time, But so was Sting, Goldberg, Bret, Hall, and Nash. WCW just let mofos do whatever the hell they wanted
That's what happens when everybody's on guaranteed contracts. And as much shyt as Vince's got over decades, 90% of that shyt going on wouldn't have if he ran WCW. They walked all over Bischoff and he just became one of the boys himself at the end
Them getting paid through Turner and not WCW was the icing on the cake though. They work for WCW but the gate, ratings, merch, etc nothing mattered. The money was guaranteed whether they were doing peak WCW or 2023 AEW numbers. That shyt is crazy and why they'll never be guaranteed contracts again
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Looking back Hogan was so washed by the end of 1999…that contract was incredible for him but terrible for WCW.
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
WWE does guranteed contracts actually - been that way since Marc Mero in 1996. It was just a downside gurantee with the big money coming from the PPV and attendance payouts. But back in 2021 they eliminated incentive-based contracts entirely and increased the salaries on the guaranteed deals.
Also, Nash debunked the "Paid by Turner but not WCW" thing. WCW itself was just a subsidiary of Turner, not a wrestling company in the traditional sense - all of their revenue went to Turner and Eric Bischoff or whoever else was in that job was simply an executive in charge of running it. When WWF bought them, they didin't buy the actual company, just the licenses, tape library and a few contracts. But WCW as a company actually still existed until 2017, and that's why the holdouts like Nash, Hogan, Hall, Goldber, Sting, and Goldberg were still getting paid their deals.
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Amor fati
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The wrestlers was running shytHard to say, WCW didn't start really showing signs of a decline until late 99.
Hogan was also out for a lot of time, But so was Sting, Goldberg, Bret, Hall, and Nash. WCW just let mofos do whatever the hell they wanted