8. Halloween Havoc 98’: Hulk Hogan Vs. The Ultimate Warrior
They built it like a match of the century, although it ended up perhaps ruining the entire company’s image. This match is exactly what we all hated from Bischoff’s promotion; a match we had seen before, just repacked and recycled in a different way.
It worked in one era, but as we’ve seen time and time again, every match has its place and this one clearly did not any longer. The match was an absolute snooze fest filled with errors. Not to mention it was insanely slow. Hogan ended up winning the match and many people saw it as a way for Hogan to pat himself on the back, avenging his loss to the Warrior from their WrestleMania VI encounter.
The match was not only one of the worst in history, but it also lasted way too long, thus making the main event between Goldberg and DDP cut short and fans not being allowed to see the ending of the match. So ironic that the young stars who had a great match that night were overshadowed by a couple of veterans that were way past their prime. WCW didn’t take the hint and continued to run operations that way, which led to their demise.
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