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re: Thirty years ago yesterday
Posted on 2/6/18 at 2:43 pm to cleeveclever
Posted on 2/6/18 at 2:43 pm to cleeveclever
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f I remember correctly, Vince wanted Hogan to do a program with Savage and drop the belt but Hogan refused to do a clean job and if they made Savage win in controversial fashion it would hurt Savage's growing popularity with the fans. So Hogan agreed to lose the belt in controversial fashion and then have the belt "held-up" and put in a tournament, so Savage could win it and do a full face turn. Of course, Hogan had to be directly involved in Savage winning by interfering with the Savage/DiBiase final match and even was the one who got the belt, handed it to Savage and raised his hand. Then they slowly turned Savage heel again so he could cleanly drop the belt back to Hogan at WM V.
Actually, this is incorrect. Savage was initially slated to win the IC title from The Honky Tonk Man, and DiBiase was supposed to win the World title at the WM IV tournament. However, HTM refused to job to Savage and threatened to show up on NWA television with the IC belt. To appease Savage, Vince decided to let Savage win the World title instead, promising DiBiase a future title run (which never happened, leading to the creation of the Million-Dollar title).
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