Hogan probably said “brother, you couldn’t even lace my boots”. TBF these guys at this point were bullet proof, their careers cemented, it seems pathetic they both needed to politic their way into the match.
@@freebachelor5060 HBK was never triing to get round the leg drop, it's that Hogan kept changing things,1st it was meant to be face vs face who's better and it was meant to be Hogan wins the 1st match, HBK wins the 2nd and Hogan wins the 3rd but Hogan nixed this to just the one match and HBK turn heel.
That parody skit where HBK acted like Hogan on Larry King and saying "brother" like every other word is still one of the funniest damn things I've ever seen.
It was and I think his comment when saying when the cameras in I’m a great guy but when the cameras off brother. it’s a different story brother must of hit too close to home for hogan 😂
im from quebec city... and that was one of the best promos he's done. especially since when he came back in 02 he was always the babyface so i loved when he would go back to heel for a little bit.
@@tomvu1470 he carried wcw too also made nWo work trust me nWo with sting would of sucked ... people love to bury hogan as selfish but with out him demanding the ridiculous shit he did wrestlers would still be getting 50$ a main event
Why cares why it happened? All that matters is that is never should have happened. Hulk Hogan should never have been apart of a meaningful wrestling match beyond 1998.
More Hogan benefitted his show. The ratings of his show were good for VH1 but well below what Raw did at the time. And his show doing well benefits WWE to have potential projects outside of their normal because they can point to the success of this.
I am in complete awe at how many god damn commercials there are in this video. Holy shit. I keep having to stop what I'm doing and skip fucking commercials.
Shawn doing a Hogan match from 20 years ago my ass, Shawn was pissed about Hogan getting what he wanted so he decided to show Hogan up by taking the piss out of him during the match itself
I think Shawn was right to be pissed. From his side he and Hogan were gonna have a trilogy which Hogan would win 2-1. But Hogan refused to cooperate and wouldn't even give Shawn the first match. So he lost out on two more matches that could have been a lot of money for him. But hey at least Hogan didn't have to do a job.
It’s cool that you were in the locker room back then and know all the personal details and thoughts for 2 of the biggest stars ever. I wish I was you #smark
Yep more proof that Hogan was right in not wanting to put Austins and Hbks selfish egomaniac characters over. Both were good but not Hogan good so didnt deserve it.
I really enjoy the match, and according to Scott Hall and X-Pac, Shawn was paying tribute to somebody, and personally I think it was Mr. Perfect who was an honorary member of The Kliq and who taught them much of their ring psychology. If you look at a few Hogan/Perfect matches, Perfect does some very similar sells, and I think it was Shawn paying tribute it him while at the same time trying to out perfect Perfect.
One of my favorite matches of all time. When Hogan looks at his fist after sending Michaels flying is epic. It's almost like Hogan is looking at his fist to see if he has a hand grenade strapped to his fist. Michaels greatest performance. Greatest over sell performance on the grand scale of all time
Samuel Gates well then you don’t understand when a pro wrestler is being unprofessional & doesn’t care about performing at his best and is using the match to make his opponent look bad. Settle it outside the ring.
All the things people complain that Hogan does, Shawn Michaels did the same thing with one exception. Hogan drew more money and brought more asses to seats. Sorry you Shawn Michaels marks, Hogan is the GOAT.
Conrod did not finish Hulk Hogan's words completely. Hogan said literally (I have lost more than I have won in the last 15 years) meaning from his stint in WCW to his return to WWE. And yes, he was honest, his losses were more than his victory in WCW and his return to WWE. So make sure of your information before you judge and appear as fools and liars in front of everyone
@@dantecarroll2435 wow son please . Conrod did not finish Hulk Hogan's words completely. Hogan said literally (I have lost more than I have won in the last 15 years) meaning from his stint in WCW to his return to WWE. And yes, he was honest, his losses were more than his victory in WCW and his return to WWE. So make sure of your information before you judge and appear as fools and liars in front of everyone
I think the two parts that sinks Bruce’s Shawn was just telling a story in there argument is when Shawn slaps him across the face when hogan blocks his head going into the turnbuckle towards the beginning and Shawn looks like come on man really gonna give me nothing? then there was another later on, on the ropes where Shawn really slaps him again and hogan turns around and comes back with a real punch. There was 100% animosity and tension in that ring and it wasn’t just done to parody an 80s hulk match. Not buying it for this one brother
There was so much buzz online back then about Bret possibly returning during the Hogan vs HBK program. I remember someone suggesting a storyline where Summerslam comes, Hogan vs Shawn have their match, and towards the end of the match, Bret’s music hits, Bret comes out, gets a chair, looks like he’s going to strike Shawn…and then strikes Hogan instead, as revenge for the REAL low point of his WWF career: Wrestlemania IX. :P
I’d rather re-watch this match than the Shawn v Flair match. As Jericho himself has stated, it was exactly what you wanted from this match. Shawn’s over-selling was a fun nod to Mr. Perfect.
No, it was disrespectful and fans were robbed of their hard earned money because Shawn Michaels was a big baby. Shawn Michaels v. Ric Flair gave the people their money’s worth.
@@kingluigi7 no. He was not. He never did what HBK did. He actually has creative control in his contract. He exercised it when he felt it was necessary. He never went out to intentionally ruin a match like HBK did.
@@Bobbywoodhogan actually Hogan showed what type of professional and man who keeps his word is....I was gonna type more until I noticed your name. You copy his name I wonder if you copy everything else about him,You know being racist using power to bury other coworkers.
He's reading this stuff from wade keller as if its gospel and asking Bruce to explain it. Bruce didn't write it, why does he have to respond to it? Just interview him about his recollection of it.
I’m surprised how the promos haven’t touched on Hogan being the leader of NWO & Shawn being the leader of DX. Maybe if their feud went longer they would’ve tapped into that. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤔🤔🤔
@@davidgraham8299 true. Now that you mentioned it…I don’t know how they could have promoted the nwo/dx connection when they were operating solo in their characters at that time. It wouldn’t make sense to mention it
Jesus Christ Bruce..... Shawn taking a leg and getting up running around is not a "Representation of what Hulk's matches were back in the day." Bullish
@@bdot187um Yeah, people also watched at a 3.7 rating when Vince Russo was wcw champ. Doesn't mean anything. People will watch anything,but going to buy tickets consistently over time is what counts. For 84 weeks y'all won the battle, but wwe won the war. He who laughs last, laughs loudest. 💯
@@asoncalledvoonch2210 Get your facts straight, nitro never hit the 3.0 mark after russo booked himself to win the strap, you said nobody cared & I countered your argument with the fact that wcw was still doing great business & ratings wise were very competitive with the wwf, consistency is key no doubt but to insinuate that wcw weren't selling out arenas + dome shows on the regular at that time would be very misleading.
Personally, I love this.......***advertisement***......match. It was brilliant.....***advertisement***.....satire of the corny 80’s match. It......***advertisement***....was better this way than.......***advertisement***....it would’ve been......*advertisement***....as a regular.......***advertisement***........Hogan.....***advertisement***.....match.
It’s hilarious that Bruce acts like Hulk wasn’t 2-3 times the mega star that Shawn was😂😂 Shawn was a Star in wresting Hogan was a mainstream star. It’s like Rock coming back to wrestle Punk lol you know who is winning that lol
Yeah, but that screws the person that has to show up the following night. Their being so willing to go for instant gratification money wise is why they’re in the position they’re in now.
No one is moaning concerning the result. It's the result of the process which Hogan obviously muddled and Shawn was pissed off on. With regards to Owen he was a great great wrestler but in mind there was no way that he was going WWF Champion post Montreal which I assume is your timeline. The plans were Austin to be the man at Wrestlemania 14 and he facing the best challenger possible and that was the other face of the New Generation Era and the only man who could pass the torch who is Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart was the other face but had gone. Owen was never the face of the company which if you would ask me should have been 1994 where truly felt like a main event.
Mark Eric Mark Eric no Owen wouldn’t have won the belt but he wasn’t even willing to work a proper program with him. It’s well known that Owen was meant to get a push by working with Shawn of course he wasn’t going to win the belt but he could have pushed himself into the main event scene if Shawn wasn’t such a prick.
@@Bobbywoodhogan I see your point there. I don't think many people say it as you do. I have seen many people argue for Owen to win a match at that period which I couldn't see it being logical because between Montreal and Mania 14 was really short 4 months. But I have always been curious why the next paperview Shawn faced Shamrock instead of Owen and Owen interfered in the match. Then Michael's faced Taker at the Rumble. I think the Rumble would have been great. I think they faced on a Raw episode and Shawn was afraid of Owen going into business for himself and that may have been the reason why there was a decent program. Don't get me wrong I'm a huge Shawn fan and he is my favourite but I can't excuse him for his behaviour especially in 97. Without question he is one of the sure fire GOATs but he should never have been this much of a prick considering just how naturally good he was.
Mark Eric yesh even Shawn himself had admits how bad he was. In a way his back injury was a blessing for himself really I truly believe had he not gotten out of the business when he did he’d have wound up dead. Instead he was able to get himself straight and make on hell of a comeback years later.
Is it me or does it seem like Bruce is trying to avoid actually saying Hogan was trying to pull strings to get a one and done? He was stammering and trying to evade the question. Hell Shawn has admitted to pushing back against Hogan as well as admitting he regrets screwing up the match itself.
Shawn hit the crowd with one of the most hilarious, smartassed, in character promos on Hogan ever, and while fans were falling out of their chair laughing, a few tight asses decided that was the "unprofessional" thing to dwell on.. really? With these two particular people in the ring.. THIS is the unprofessional bit? Shawn put on the comedy wrestling performance of a lifetime. He followed with a comedic promo... he was turned heel prior so..... it all fit. Was it overdone? Sure.. but compared to many, many other things these two have been involved in? Nah, this was a comedic show... and if He took two steps back, Hogan would see it that way too. Now, if there was to be a follow up match, then this would have been extremely unprofessional.... but because of the previous decision to nix the follow up match... they could easily have gone with a clean win for either, but then we'd have angry fans to this day talking about how the other should have won. This way, Shawn was the clear ass, the "Hero" got the win, and the story, for the most part, was closed. In the end, it worked out. There was a time in both these men's career that the quote so famously said by Shawn was true... "If I go down, you're all coming with me". To be that big in the biz, there's going to be egos.... in the end we got what most want out of it.. good guy won, bad guy lost and came off as an asshole.
@@donbrewer3904 Not my fault people today refuse to read. My generation had encyclopedias, and it didn't have a text to speech option. Though, as an author, I have been out of the game since I was 11 years old, when I helped write a kids book.
@@donbrewer3904 I shall entertain your trolling once more. Yes, yes it did, because the song says the spider never gave up. By that logic, yes it did. However, that wasn't the book I helped write. That book, was written and condensed for kids long before my birth.
Lol as funny as I thought it was with Shawn's over-selling I think Hulk got the last laugh. After the leg drop Hulk took a good 5 or more seconds to pin Shawn. I heard that's like a "slow-roll" in the poker world. A No, No
Man I would've loved to see hollywood hogan back in 2005, unfortunately I believe that hogan didn't wanna retire or have his last program as a heel that's why his last match with the wwe was in the red & yellow. SN: Let's not talk about his tna run..the less said about it the better.
Would have been the best way to turn Shawn 100% heel. nWo vs DX. the night before ppv….Kliq vs Hogan. Hhh hall Nash pac all join Shawn and gang up on the Hulkster. Hogan gets the impossible win against the numbers
And of course Michaels gets to the match, makes complete full of himself. By flopping around like a fish, and over selling everything. But hulk stays as cool as a cucumber, the whole time.
@@andrewgreenberg9204 He set out to make Hogan look foolish. The result depends on if you are inclined to mark for Hogan or mark for Michaels. Objectively, who wins that contest?
@@chubbycatfish4573 Also, when you look at things like the Vader scenario, curtain call, and losing his smile, it's pretty easy to throw this log into that fire. For those who might say HH is the ultimate politciker for whom "that doesn't work for me brother", he kept that stuff behind the cameras. Much as it may shock some...internet wrestling fans are not actually part of the show. If it didn't happen in front of the audience, then it didn't happen in the canon.
Shawn turned that Hogan match into a clown show. It blows my mind how anyone can call him the best when he's perfectly happy to fuc k fans out of money like he did here and in 97 when he left a show and started a riot. His biggest claim to fame is being the top guy at a time when the company was about as popular as crotch rot and he was only too for two years before taking his ball and going home. He came back 4 years later and all of a sudden he's being called the greatest champion in company history and "Me Wrestlemania", what complete bullshit
In all fairness, I think most people would rather watch a shawn michaels match than a hulk hogan match. Michaels was 100x the in ring performer that hulk hogan was.
I thought I heard that he did that, cause it was supposed to be a series of 3 matches. And then, with hogans physical health in 2005 wasn’t all there, so it was narrowed down to 1 and Shawn was beyond pissed so he basically said “fuck this.” Again, something I heard. I could be wrong
It should be the person in charge deciding the matches on who wins and if they don't like it tough they should be sent home no pay for not doing the match your way
And he STILL drew more money than HBK ever could. Only pansy snarks like you worry about how great they can work. The best stars in the business prove it isnt who the best worker was. Unless you are (as I suspect) a bret smark that talk about workrate and shit like that. The equivalent to breaking down a fight in a tv show or movie blow by blow.
A great spot in this match would have been: elbow drop from HBK, kick out at one into hulking up, Hogan points the finger and gives him the YOU! and right when he does that, he gets caught with sweet chin music. If it's a one-off, he can kick out and they can go into another finishing sequence. If it's a 3-match series, that could have been a way to get a flash pin in match one or two.
I am a Shawn Michaels fan and I never was a Hulk Hogan fan. So, this is not in any way a defense of Hogan. BUT for Prichard to even suggest that Michaels was putting on a entertaining match instead of the OBVIOUS MOCKERY he was making of said match and out of Hogan is absurd. Now either Prichard is ignorant or attempting to shed good light, very poorly I might add, on the situation. Any other entertainer that didn't go by the name of HBK or Triple H in the WWE would have surely been fired on the spot for such a unprofessional , spoiled brat display.
I hate it when I see someone like you claiming to be a real fan and believing all of Dave Meltzer's lies. Hogan lost to Kidman, Vampiro, The Wall, The Rock, Kurt Angle, and Goldberg, and didn't take anything from them. There was nothing in return or down the line Mr Real Fan . I hate fools, liars who think they are smart
Bruce is so full of bullcrap, he'd make a great politician. He's tip toeing around hard questions so he doesn't talk shit about Hogan or Shawn. Shawn showed his ass and made the match a joke because Hogan got his way. Hogan didn't want to put over the "small" guy Shawn, same as with Bret.
Only retards blame Legends like HBK, Undertaker, and Bret Hart. Those 3 were the 3 biggest stars of the mid 90's while the rest of the WWF were silly gimmicks. HBK in reality was a huge draw. In 1999 as WWF Commissioner, he was the main part of the Highest Rated Episode of Monday Night Raw of all time. When he returned to action in 2002, he was the top face/most over/most popular guy in the WWE all the way until he retired.
Because he always had the best match at WrestleMania simple as that. That doesn't mean he was a draw. He didn't bring crowds in for the Austin match, Austin did. Bret was the draw in their feud.
Hogan had already put over the guy that was "supposed" to be his heir-apparent (The Rock) in his first Wrestlemania-match in 9 years. Then The Rock went to Hollywood.........O_0 I don't blame Hogan for not doing the job here. In this *one-case,* this doesn't work for him brother. HBK losing this match didn't hurt anything as he went on to have some of if not THE best-matches of his career after this. If Hogan had jobbed to HBK here, there would have been no use for him. Had he of jobbed a year-later to Orton there REALLY would be no use for him. Of course we know that Hogan is the master-politician and he was trying to position-himself for a possible match against Austin. Love him or hate him, *NO ONE* in the business knows more about how to market themselves better than Hulk. It's like Tony Atlas said. Not only are wrestlers independent-contractors, they are their own brand. They are all selling the same product (wrestling,) but it is up to them to position themselves to make the most money. You have to invest in your brand. Your physical-fitness, your diet, your mic-skills, your in-ring skills, your character, how you are viewed by your peers and how you are viewed by management. Being a pro-wrestler you actually are an entrepreneur.
How would winning a best of three matches by 2-1 make him useless lol. If the original is plan is Shawn wins one and Hogan wins two, he comes out strong, Shawn gets a win, and they both can go their separate ways. Both dudes have done dickhead things like this so there's no real dog to back, but to say Hogan was making sense is just folly. Going 2-1 over HBK would have done nothing to him, and he'd have worked with Orton just fine.
The difference is the rock is already over having beat Hogan didn't do anything to the rock legacy or push. It was Hogan that needed the spot light with the Rock
You guys lost three viewers today with your greed. Do we really need an ad every five minutes? You guys are rich enough. Damn shame too cuz it was the favorite podcast For all three of us to listen to. Word to the advertisers here, there are so many ads that no one is NOT going skip every single one. Invest your advertising money elsewhere.
Bruce is delusional to think Shaun would have sold like that if there would have been more than one match like Shaun wanted. He was absolutely making fun of Hogan.
I feel like Vince was playing both sides off each other hoping to make some magic and it backfired. Vince decides not to do 3 but tells Shawn it was Hogan but tells Hogan nothing. Hogan still thinks they're doing 3 and hears the promo amd gets angry and calls Vince to "call it off". Or Hogan is a known power player and notoriously full of shit ...
I agree that Vince was playing both sides all along...but your acting like shawn isn't a politician in his own right plus vince's boytoy whose been a diva since day one...so don't act like hbg did play his part in this.
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“You just lost your smile? That doesn’t work for me brother!”
🤣🤣🤣
Hogan jokes like this never stop being funny lol
I just love how HBK the master politician he is couldn't out politician the ultimate politician Hulk Hogan.
I mean if Hunter had to go down to the leg drop I don't know why Shawn thought he'd be able to get around it lol
I’m glad somebody said it !!
Ya I hate hogan and love HBK but it was a bitch off. Who could be the biggest T W A T!
And hogan won!
Hogan probably said “brother, you couldn’t even lace my boots”. TBF these guys at this point were bullet proof, their careers cemented, it seems pathetic they both needed to politic their way into the match.
@@freebachelor5060 HBK was never triing to get round the leg drop, it's that Hogan kept changing things,1st it was meant to be face vs face who's better and it was meant to be Hogan wins the 1st match, HBK wins the 2nd and Hogan wins the 3rd but Hogan nixed this to just the one match and HBK turn heel.
That parody skit where HBK acted like Hogan on Larry King and saying "brother" like every other word is still one of the funniest damn things I've ever seen.
Oh it is BROTHER!!! 🤣🤣🤣
It never fails to make me laugh and you know Shawn was legitimately making fun of Hogan that was no angle 🤣🤣🤣
It was and I think his comment when saying when the cameras in I’m a great guy but when the cameras off brother. it’s a different story brother must of hit too close to home for hogan 😂
Shawn's bumping in that match was funny as hell hogan knew no chance of getting him fired.
Prichard’s face imposed on Shawn’s looks like Chris Jericho 😂
Haha i thought it was Jericho!
Chris Jericho vs. Horace Hogan
Like Chris Jericho and Al Snow had a baby
@@Floatillyboats As did i.
You fuckin beat me to it!!! I thought the same thing. He looks like the picture he took for "Talk is Jericho"!!! 😂🤣😂🤣
Shawn in Montreal is one of the five best wrestling promos of this century. If you've never seen it, seek it out now.
im from quebec city... and that was one of the best promos he's done. especially since when he came back in 02 he was always the babyface so i loved when he would go back to heel for a little bit.
IT SURE WAS!! His delivery on Hogan was decades overdue!!
shawn sold it perfectly when bret music hit , he almost shit his pants it seemed, I actually thought Bret was coming out that night .
Oh Canadaaaaa
I'm gonna kick Hulk Hogan
Right in the faaaaace
Anyone know the date on this so I can look it up on WWE Network?
I literally can’t get any work done because I listen to this show all day.
F... Work
Let’s see how many questions Bruce can evade this time
Guy moves like a matrix agent
Why would he cover for hogan
The Larry King thing was the highlight of the feud the match was ridiculous.
Agreed BROTHERRRRR oh brotherrrr BROTHERRRR
Never saw it.
@@conniecarroll7222 really you should it’s very funny
Holy crap, Bruce's face over Shawn looks like modern Jericho.
That's an absurd amount of ads.
Yeah every 2 minutes is ridiculous!
Phuckn crazy
If you skip to the end and restart. No more ads
Get youtube premium, no ads at all, if you watch alot of longer things on youtube like i do its worth it.
I love that Shawn clowned Hogan. In my opinion he deserved to be treated as a clown. Hogan’s way way long gone at this point.
Of all the shit hogan did behind the scenes in the 80s. This was booked as the battle of the egos
Not like the Kliq ruined careers lol.
@@greatomeister675 And at least Hogan carried the WWE/WWF on his back for a long time. He drew money in his prime. LOTS of money.
@@tomvu1470 exactly
@@tomvu1470 he carried wcw too also made nWo work trust me nWo with sting would of sucked ... people love to bury hogan as selfish but with out him demanding the ridiculous shit he did wrestlers would still be getting 50$ a main event
The picture on my screen is bugging me tf out lol
Yea is that supposed to be Bruce as Shawn???
Junior Sanchez So a current Jericho? 😂
Lmfao...these comments 😆
I thought it was supposed to be Nash
I always thought the Hogan run in '05 was, for Hogan, to help promote his VH1 show and, for WWE, to capitalize off of his VH1 show.
Exactly
Why cares why it happened? All that matters is that is never should have happened. Hulk Hogan should never have been apart of a meaningful wrestling match beyond 1998.
More Hogan benefitted his show. The ratings of his show were good for VH1 but well below what Raw did at the time. And his show doing well benefits WWE to have potential projects outside of their normal because they can point to the success of this.
@@brutusb8004so their wasnt an attraction in Hogan vs Rock or vs McMahon their was still money in Hogan he's an attraction even at that time.
@@imdikonps4396 I mean, thats true to a certain extent BUT the money in hogan wasnt with him having any kind of real 'run' in a promotion.
Hogans first reaction to Shawn over selling was priceless 🤣🤣🤣
It is embarassing. What a mess. Michaels ruined the whole thing
@@cjones3710 I only saw highlights of this supposedly infamous match. What was Hogan's 1st reaction to the over selling?
@@cjones3710Made it entertaining and was a deserved mockery on account of hogan’s bs politicing
@@cjones3710 i love every moment of it, not sure what you watched lol
Yeah, but we all know it didn't matter to Hogan, as long as he gets to drop the leg for the 1,2,3 BROTHER!
I wish we got this interview before Bruce went back to work for WWE
TeddyBlues2000 you think maybe that’s why he’s sort of being “nice” lol. Like he doesn’t want to tell the truth and stuff.
Evading like every question lol
I am in complete awe at how many god damn commercials there are in this video. Holy shit. I keep having to stop what I'm doing and skip fucking commercials.
You can always tell when the "dirt sheets" are right by Bruce's reaction
Right whenever he starts getting snarky
@@dantecarroll2435 I love snarky bruce lol
Shawn doing a Hogan match from 20 years ago my ass, Shawn was pissed about Hogan getting what he wanted so he decided to show Hogan up by taking the piss out of him during the match itself
Exactly which is why it is so funny
@bill gates Wrestling smarks think Hogan cares about Shawn Michaels overselling in a fake fight that he got paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for.
I think Shawn was right to be pissed. From his side he and Hogan were gonna have a trilogy which Hogan would win 2-1. But Hogan refused to cooperate and wouldn't even give Shawn the first match. So he lost out on two more matches that could have been a lot of money for him. But hey at least Hogan didn't have to do a job.
And iam pretty sure it was going to happen right up to the event then hogan said he was only doing one probably let yo Shawn over doing it
It’s cool that you were in the locker room back then and know all the personal details and thoughts for 2 of the biggest stars ever. I wish I was you #smark
Been waiting for this one.
Yep more proof that Hogan was right in not wanting to put Austins and Hbks selfish egomaniac characters over. Both were good but not Hogan good so didnt deserve it.
I really enjoy the match, and according to Scott Hall and X-Pac, Shawn was paying tribute to somebody, and personally I think it was Mr. Perfect who was an honorary member of The Kliq and who taught them much of their ring psychology. If you look at a few Hogan/Perfect matches, Perfect does some very similar sells, and I think it was Shawn paying tribute it him while at the same time trying to out perfect Perfect.
One of my favorite matches of all time. When Hogan looks at his fist after sending Michaels flying is epic. It's almost like Hogan is looking at his fist to see if he has a hand grenade strapped to his fist. Michaels greatest performance. Greatest over sell performance on the grand scale of all time
It was unprofessional and disrespectful.
@@brianezell5790 where's your sense of humor? That match is epic, HBK's ego and ring skills at its finest.
Samuel Gates that match was trash. It was insulting to fans who spent their hard earned money to see a real pro wrestling match.
@@brianezell5790 I see it as top notch entertainment
Samuel Gates well then you don’t understand when a pro wrestler is being unprofessional & doesn’t care about performing at his best and is using the match to make his opponent look bad. Settle it outside the ring.
Don't know where I saw it, but some other channel called this match the "Clash of the Politicians".
23:20 “hogan has his reality show to push and his daughters career to *fertilize and hoe*”
Lmaooooooooooooooooo
Very nice Wade. VERY nice.
All the things people complain that Hogan does, Shawn Michaels did the same thing with one exception. Hogan drew more money and brought more asses to seats. Sorry you Shawn Michaels marks, Hogan is the GOAT.
This 👍
Exactly Hogan was larger than life.
Facts!!
@Tim you obviously wanna be poor.
@Tim
Youre a mark
Hogan claiming he lost more matches then won is complete bullshit 101
You can’t believe anything that nimrod claims
Conrod did not finish Hulk Hogan's words completely. Hogan said literally (I have lost more than I have won in the last 15 years) meaning from his stint in WCW to his return to WWE. And yes, he was honest, his losses were more than his victory in WCW and his return to WWE. So make sure of your information before you judge and appear as fools and liars in front of everyone
@@dantecarroll2435 wow son please . Conrod did not finish Hulk Hogan's words completely. Hogan said literally (I have lost more than I have won in the last 15 years) meaning from his stint in WCW to his return to WWE. And yes, he was honest, his losses were more than his victory in WCW and his return to WWE. So make sure of your information before you judge and appear as fools and liars in front of everyone
Shawn Pearl Harboring Hogan with the stab in the back Superkick was honestly the last time I was truly excited about Professional Wrestling.
I think the two parts that sinks Bruce’s Shawn was just telling a story in there argument is when Shawn slaps him across the face when hogan blocks his head going into the turnbuckle towards the beginning and Shawn looks like come on man really gonna give me nothing? then there was another later on, on the ropes where Shawn really slaps him again and hogan turns around and comes back with a real punch. There was 100% animosity and tension in that ring and it wasn’t just done to parody an 80s hulk match. Not buying it for this one brother
Wow why does the graphic of Bruce and Shawn's face blended together look like Jericho's new AEW promo pic? That's rather disturbing 😂
I loved this match. Don't care why it happened this way.
There was so much buzz online back then about Bret possibly returning during the Hogan vs HBK program. I remember someone suggesting a storyline where Summerslam comes, Hogan vs Shawn have their match, and towards the end of the match, Bret’s music hits, Bret comes out, gets a chair, looks like he’s going to strike Shawn…and then strikes Hogan instead, as revenge for the REAL low point of his WWF career: Wrestlemania IX. :P
Jesus Christ, Conrad. You're ribbing me with these ads
13:52 lol Conrad please look up WCW World War 96 Jericho vs Patrick the 5 star classic!!
Shawn is incredible
I’d rather re-watch this match than the Shawn v Flair match. As Jericho himself has stated, it was exactly what you wanted from this match. Shawn’s over-selling was a fun nod to Mr. Perfect.
No, it was disrespectful and fans were robbed of their hard earned money because Shawn Michaels was a big baby. Shawn Michaels v. Ric Flair gave the people their money’s worth.
@@brianezell5790 Wrong. Hogan was the biggest baby of all time.
@@kingluigi7 no. He was not. He never did what HBK did. He actually has creative control in his contract. He exercised it when he felt it was necessary. He never went out to intentionally ruin a match like HBK did.
@@brianezell5790the fans were on their feet cheering after the match. Everyone loved it.
@@kingluigi7 no. It was unprofessional regardless of what you think of Hulk Hogan.
This Photoshop job doesn't work for me brother
I loved this match
Simply put...Shawn lost his one and only political power play to the master of the practice, and he threw a tantrum
lol shawn humilated hogan
@@cats362 honestly for the casual fan they didn't notice.
jlh j actLly Shawn humiliated himself and showed he is an unprofessional douche bag
@@Bobbywoodhogan actually Hogan showed what type of professional and man who keeps his word is....I was gonna type more until I noticed your name. You copy his name I wonder if you copy everything else about him,You know being racist using power to bury other coworkers.
Brooklyn's Finest yawn!
Great video guys
The crowd wasn’t 50/50 lol. Hogan did heelish things but the fans felt it was justified based on how much heat the heels had
The feud was memorable. What more could you ask for?
He's reading this stuff from wade keller as if its gospel and asking Bruce to explain it. Bruce didn't write it, why does he have to respond to it? Just interview him about his recollection of it.
I’m surprised how the promos haven’t touched on Hogan being the leader of NWO & Shawn being the leader of DX. Maybe if their feud went longer they would’ve tapped into that. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤔🤔🤔
Why does that surprise you? Neither was remotely relevant.
@@davidgraham8299 true. Now that you mentioned it…I don’t know how they could have promoted the nwo/dx connection when they were operating solo in their characters at that time. It wouldn’t make sense to mention it
it's an awesome idea
25 minutes in, 17 ad breaks. All these ads dont work for me, brother
@Louis Louis Apparantly. Which is cool, just to many to close together
Jesus Christ Bruce..... Shawn taking a leg and getting up running around is not a "Representation of what Hulk's matches were back in the day." Bullish
For sure, he’s totally lying through his teeth. Literally no defense of that spot
...I wish there was a version of these podcasts without the Conrad guy...
He’s the best part of it
I always thought that it was weird that Hogan Refused to wrestle Bret but Not Shawn.
He did wrestle bret hart.
@@bdot187um
In wcw when nobody cared
I'm talking about early 1990's wwf/e.
And he 100% didn't.
@@asoncalledvoonch2210 yeah right "nobody cared" that's why they managed to do a 4.6 beating raw in the process.
@@bdot187um
Yeah, people also watched at a 3.7 rating when Vince Russo was wcw champ.
Doesn't mean anything.
People will watch anything,but going to buy tickets consistently over time is what counts.
For 84 weeks y'all won the battle, but wwe won the war.
He who laughs last, laughs loudest.
💯
@@asoncalledvoonch2210 Get your facts straight, nitro never hit the 3.0 mark after russo booked himself to win the strap, you said nobody cared & I countered your argument with the fact that wcw was still doing great business & ratings wise were very competitive with the wwf, consistency is key no doubt but to insinuate that wcw weren't selling out arenas + dome shows on the regular at that time would be very misleading.
“I’ll show you backstage politics brother”
Having nick take a super kick would have been awesome
Multiple Superkicks
No fucking way I have 2 blunts left and this just posted! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Shawns selling was hilarious
I remember when I had my first beer
Always will be!🤣🤣
He went to the henig school of selling and he over sold to prove a point
Especially that big boot lol
who are these photos of, Im just asking
Personally, I love this.......***advertisement***......match. It was brilliant.....***advertisement***.....satire of the corny 80’s match. It......***advertisement***....was better this way than.......***advertisement***....it would’ve been......*advertisement***....as a regular.......***advertisement***........Hogan.....***advertisement***.....match.
Conrad LOVES $.
He may be 1 of the most greedy people on RUclips
Is that Jericho in the picture?
Idk why but Bruce as HBK looks like 2020 Y2J in my eyes
It’s hilarious that Bruce acts like Hulk wasn’t 2-3 times the mega star that Shawn was😂😂 Shawn was a Star in wresting Hogan was a mainstream star. It’s like Rock coming back to wrestle Punk lol you know who is winning that lol
His love for HHH and shawn is crazy. A company man through and through
Yeah, but that screws the person that has to show up the following night. Their being so willing to go for instant gratification money wise is why they’re in the position they’re in now.
Thumbnail Bruce Pritchard + Shawn Michaels = 2022 Chris Jericho
Typical fans moaning about Hogan not putting Shawn over like Shawn has never refused to put anyone over (e.g. Owen Hart)
No one is moaning concerning the result. It's the result of the process which Hogan obviously muddled and Shawn was pissed off on. With regards to Owen he was a great great wrestler but in mind there was no way that he was going WWF Champion post Montreal which I assume is your timeline. The plans were Austin to be the man at Wrestlemania 14 and he facing the best challenger possible and that was the other face of the New Generation Era and the only man who could pass the torch who is Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart was the other face but had gone. Owen was never the face of the company which if you would ask me should have been 1994 where truly felt like a main event.
Mark Eric Mark Eric no Owen wouldn’t have won the belt but he wasn’t even willing to work a proper program with him. It’s well known that Owen was meant to get a push by working with Shawn of course he wasn’t going to win the belt but he could have pushed himself into the main event scene if Shawn wasn’t such a prick.
@@Bobbywoodhogan I see your point there. I don't think many people say it as you do. I have seen many people argue for Owen to win a match at that period which I couldn't see it being logical because between Montreal and Mania 14 was really short 4 months. But I have always been curious why the next paperview Shawn faced Shamrock instead of Owen and Owen interfered in the match. Then Michael's faced Taker at the Rumble. I think the Rumble would have been great. I think they faced on a Raw episode and Shawn was afraid of Owen going into business for himself and that may have been the reason why there was a decent program. Don't get me wrong I'm a huge Shawn fan and he is my favourite but I can't excuse him for his behaviour especially in 97. Without question he is one of the sure fire GOATs but he should never have been this much of a prick considering just how naturally good he was.
Mark Eric yesh even Shawn himself had admits how bad he was. In a way his back injury was a blessing for himself really I truly believe had he not gotten out of the business when he did he’d have wound up dead. Instead he was able to get himself straight and make on hell of a comeback years later.
Shawn didn’t deserve to go over
Is it me or does it seem like Bruce is trying to avoid actually saying Hogan was trying to pull strings to get a one and done? He was stammering and trying to evade the question. Hell Shawn has admitted to pushing back against Hogan as well as admitting he regrets screwing up the match itself.
Oh Bruce, because Hogan was so well known for doing what was best for business wasn't he?
Oh like the boytoy was so well known for doing what's best for business right?
Hulkster probably saw himself as the business, so yeah
Nobody saw last call with Scott hall when he watched this match with kid. Hall broke it down what was really going on
That's because workers actually know what's going on in a match, but yes I agree.
Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels. Total wrestling magic.
Shawn hit the crowd with one of the most hilarious, smartassed, in character promos on Hogan ever, and while fans were falling out of their chair laughing, a few tight asses decided that was the "unprofessional" thing to dwell on.. really? With these two particular people in the ring.. THIS is the unprofessional bit? Shawn put on the comedy wrestling performance of a lifetime. He followed with a comedic promo... he was turned heel prior so..... it all fit. Was it overdone? Sure.. but compared to many, many other things these two have been involved in? Nah, this was a comedic show... and if He took two steps back, Hogan would see it that way too. Now, if there was to be a follow up match, then this would have been extremely unprofessional.... but because of the previous decision to nix the follow up match... they could easily have gone with a clean win for either, but then we'd have angry fans to this day talking about how the other should have won. This way, Shawn was the clear ass, the "Hero" got the win, and the story, for the most part, was closed. In the end, it worked out. There was a time in both these men's career that the quote so famously said by Shawn was true... "If I go down, you're all coming with me". To be that big in the biz, there's going to be egos.... in the end we got what most want out of it.. good guy won, bad guy lost and came off as an asshole.
How are the book sales going?
@@donbrewer3904 Not my fault people today refuse to read. My generation had encyclopedias, and it didn't have a text to speech option. Though, as an author, I have been out of the game since I was 11 years old, when I helped write a kids book.
Well good for you, so did the spider get back up the rain spout?
@@donbrewer3904 I shall entertain your trolling once more. Yes, yes it did, because the song says the spider never gave up. By that logic, yes it did. However, that wasn't the book I helped write. That book, was written and condensed for kids long before my birth.
@@locoloboxiii Why would I troll a troll?
Lol as funny as I thought it was with Shawn's over-selling I think Hulk got the last laugh. After the leg drop Hulk took a good 5 or more seconds to pin Shawn.
I heard that's like a "slow-roll" in the poker world. A No, No
I'm amazed Shawn didn't blow out his back again carrying this entire feud AND match
I wonder if they were ever going to consider nwo hogan vs dx Shawn had the program continued
Man I would've loved to see hollywood hogan back in 2005, unfortunately I believe that hogan didn't wanna retire or have his last program as a heel that's why his last match with the wwe was in the red & yellow.
SN: Let's not talk about his tna run..the less said about it the better.
Would have been the best way to turn Shawn 100% heel. nWo vs DX. the night before ppv….Kliq vs Hogan. Hhh hall Nash pac all join Shawn and gang up on the Hulkster. Hogan gets the impossible win against the numbers
So I understand they used Conrad as Hulk Hogan - but why did they use Matt Damon for HBK?? 🤣😂😭
Chris Jericho??
Bruce prichard is holding alot back. Hes not telling.
26:23 And that’s one of the reasons things are the way they are now.
Good lord does anyone know how much STW gets for each commercial (advertisement)? If it’s anything substantial Bruce and Conrad must be billionaires.
The pic of Shawn looks like Jericho does now in 2021.
And of course Michaels gets to the match, makes complete full of himself. By flopping around like a fish, and over selling everything. But hulk stays as cool as a cucumber, the whole time.
@Zedrik Allen No he was not.
No, he made Hogan look like the fool, which of course was the entire point.
@@andrewgreenberg9204 He set out to make Hogan look foolish. The result depends on if you are inclined to mark for Hogan or mark for Michaels. Objectively, who wins that contest?
I don't see how that makes Hogan look foolish. Hogan looked like the professional while Shawn threw a hissy fit.
@@chubbycatfish4573 Also, when you look at things like the Vader scenario, curtain call, and losing his smile, it's pretty easy to throw this log into that fire. For those who might say HH is the ultimate politciker for whom "that doesn't work for me brother", he kept that stuff behind the cameras. Much as it may shock some...internet wrestling fans are not actually part of the show. If it didn't happen in front of the audience, then it didn't happen in the canon.
... that isnt supposed to be Shawn Michael's in the thumbnail is it? Cause it look's nothing like him
Shawn turned that Hogan match into a clown show. It blows my mind how anyone can call him the best when he's perfectly happy to fuc k fans out of money like he did here and in 97 when he left a show and started a riot. His biggest claim to fame is being the top guy at a time when the company was about as popular as crotch rot and he was only too for two years before taking his ball and going home. He came back 4 years later and all of a sudden he's being called the greatest champion in company history and "Me Wrestlemania", what complete bullshit
In all fairness, I think most people would rather watch a shawn michaels match than a hulk hogan match. Michaels was 100x the in ring performer that hulk hogan was.
Yea man hogan is the clown show
Kind of hard to feel sorry for HBK when he fucked over ppl over the years. Shane Douglas, Vader, Bret, etc
His story was that this was not a serious match. He made it a joke because he was upset he was losing
I thought I heard that he did that, cause it was supposed to be a series of 3 matches. And then, with hogans physical health in 2005 wasn’t all there, so it was narrowed down to 1 and Shawn was beyond pissed so he basically said “fuck this.” Again, something I heard. I could be wrong
It should be the person in charge deciding the matches on who wins and if they don't like it tough they should be sent home no pay for not doing the match your way
Shawn would out work Hogan everyday twice on Sunday.
Hogan was basically a cripple since the early 2000s. I would hope HBK could out work him, lol
And he STILL drew more money than HBK ever could. Only pansy snarks like you worry about how great they can work. The best stars in the business prove it isnt who the best worker was. Unless you are (as I suspect) a bret smark that talk about workrate and shit like that. The equivalent to breaking down a fight in a tv show or movie blow by blow.
Couldn’t outwork him in ticket sales
Bruce Michaels in the thumbnail looks like Chris Jericho lol.
A great spot in this match would have been: elbow drop from HBK, kick out at one into hulking up, Hogan points the finger and gives him the YOU! and right when he does that, he gets caught with sweet chin music. If it's a one-off, he can kick out and they can go into another finishing sequence. If it's a 3-match series, that could have been a way to get a flash pin in match one or two.
Idc what some dopey wrestling fans think, Hogan was the man & without him there would be no wresting as we know it today.
No worko with Mr. Stiffo
Image looks more like Jericovid than HBK.
I prefer the Eric Bischoff show with Conrad, he has a more entertaining personality
Conrad have the better questions, better insight
Hogan played politics, he NEVER wanted to lose to Michaels
I am a Shawn Michaels fan and I never was a Hulk Hogan fan. So, this is not in any way a defense of Hogan. BUT for Prichard to even suggest that Michaels was putting on a entertaining match instead of the OBVIOUS MOCKERY he was making of said match and out of Hogan is absurd. Now either Prichard is ignorant or attempting to shed good light, very poorly I might add, on the situation. Any other entertainer that didn't go by the name of HBK or Triple H in the WWE would have surely been fired on the spot for such a unprofessional , spoiled brat display.
We as real fans know hogan is not losing unless there's something in it for him down the line
💯 Hogan lying out of his ass. It’s all he knows how to do. And be racist.
I hate it when I see someone like you claiming to be a real fan and believing all of Dave Meltzer's lies. Hogan lost to Kidman, Vampiro, The Wall, The Rock, Kurt Angle, and Goldberg, and didn't take anything from them. There was nothing in return or down the line Mr Real Fan . I hate fools, liars who think they are smart
Omg Bruce is such an "Artfull Dodger". How can he do that?!. He's a lying sob but I still like him.
Bruce is so full of bullcrap, he'd make a great politician. He's tip toeing around hard questions so he doesn't talk shit about Hogan or Shawn. Shawn showed his ass and made the match a joke because Hogan got his way. Hogan didn't want to put over the "small" guy Shawn, same as with Bret.
then why did he put over small guys like kidman and vampiro mr full of crap ????
Sooooo.... The commercials... I know you need to make money, but a commercial every 3 minutes it's a bit much
Damn Bruce Prichard is ever the company man, isn’t he?
His Mouthwash is Vince's piss.. Total Yes Man
Conrad looks like billy graham
I was told Meltzer gets his info from Bruce himself then Bruce plays it off like he doesn't know who gives Dave info
If the argument against Shawn is that he couldn't draw, why is he referred to as Mr. Wrestlemania? Doesn't make sense.
Only retards blame Legends like HBK, Undertaker, and Bret Hart. Those 3 were the 3 biggest stars of the mid 90's while the rest of the WWF were silly gimmicks. HBK in reality was a huge draw. In 1999 as WWF Commissioner, he was the main part of the Highest Rated Episode of Monday Night Raw of all time. When he returned to action in 2002, he was the top face/most over/most popular guy in the WWE all the way until he retired.
Because he always had the best match at WrestleMania simple as that. That doesn't mean he was a draw. He didn't bring crowds in for the Austin match, Austin did. Bret was the draw in their feud.
@@ChristopherJames1993 You could say that The Rock is a bigger Hollywood draw than Tom Hanks. Love The Rock but who's the better actor?
@@fmthebaron For sure! He really helped WWE out in the 2000s.
Hogan had already put over the guy that was "supposed" to be his heir-apparent (The Rock) in his first Wrestlemania-match in 9 years. Then The Rock went to Hollywood.........O_0
I don't blame Hogan for not doing the job here. In this *one-case,* this doesn't work for him brother. HBK losing this match didn't hurt anything as he went on to have some of if not THE best-matches of his career after this. If Hogan had jobbed to HBK here, there would have been no use for him. Had he of jobbed a year-later to Orton there REALLY would be no use for him.
Of course we know that Hogan is the master-politician and he was trying to position-himself for a possible match against Austin. Love him or hate him, *NO ONE* in the business knows more about how to market themselves better than Hulk. It's like Tony Atlas said. Not only are wrestlers independent-contractors, they are their own brand. They are all selling the same product (wrestling,) but it is up to them to position themselves to make the most money. You have to invest in your brand. Your physical-fitness, your diet, your mic-skills, your in-ring skills, your character, how you are viewed by your peers and how you are viewed by management.
Being a pro-wrestler you actually are an entrepreneur.
How would winning a best of three matches by 2-1 make him useless lol. If the original is plan is Shawn wins one and Hogan wins two, he comes out strong, Shawn gets a win, and they both can go their separate ways. Both dudes have done dickhead things like this so there's no real dog to back, but to say Hogan was making sense is just folly. Going 2-1 over HBK would have done nothing to him, and he'd have worked with Orton just fine.
The difference is the rock is already over having beat Hogan didn't do anything to the rock legacy or push. It was Hogan that needed the spot light with the Rock
@@LongHuynh-bx5ll bingo.
Is that you Brother Bruti?
@just a niceguyoh yes I still lose sleep over a match that happened when I was in high school lmao. Jackass.
You guys lost three viewers today with your greed. Do we really need an ad every five minutes? You guys are rich enough. Damn shame too cuz it was the favorite podcast For all three of us to listen to. Word to the advertisers here, there are so many ads that no one is NOT going skip every single one. Invest your advertising money elsewhere.
Bruce is delusional to think Shaun would have sold like that if there would have been more than one match like Shaun wanted.
He was absolutely making fun of Hogan.
Then I guess Mr. Perfect was making fun of Hogan too because that’s how he sold for him.
@LanceJ. yeah okay. lol
I feel like Vince was playing both sides off each other hoping to make some magic and it backfired. Vince decides not to do 3 but tells Shawn it was Hogan but tells Hogan nothing. Hogan still thinks they're doing 3 and hears the promo amd gets angry and calls Vince to "call it off".
Or Hogan is a known power player and notoriously full of shit ...
I agree that Vince was playing both sides all along...but your acting like shawn isn't a politician in his own right plus vince's boytoy whose been a diva since day one...so don't act like hbg did play his part in this.
The biggest star of the 80s vs the biggest star of the 90s ....in 2005.
was shawn michaels the biggest star of the 90s?
@@bdot187um Very much he was.. Which planet are you from?
@@kunalbose5285 the planet where austin & rock were the main guys of the 90s for the wwf.
HBK must've caught McMahon with a goat behind the barn or something because I've never seen another wrestler "get over" on Mr. McMahon like that.😅😅