Larry Zbyszko on Hulk Hogan's WCW Run + Greg Gagne's Claims Hogan Was "Jumping to AWA in 1990"
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- Larry Zbyszko on Hulk Hogan's WCW Run + Greg Gagne's Claims Hogan Was "Jumping to AWA in 1990"
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Gotta love Larry Z. Just got a condo on the beach and living out the golden years
Plus he worked smart & never suffered too many injuries from what bumps he did back then.
Charisma, charisma! I loved his announcing
i love how he calls him The Hulk
In 1990 Verne wasn't even able to pay the few wrestlers he still had, and their salaries were pretty small. Verne couldn't have come up with even ONE million to dangle in front of Hogan, much less four million. Not to mention that Hogan hated the Gagne's.
And Larry took Greg's sister off the trade table
1990 Hogan in the awa? Not a chance not a snowball chance in hell.
@Frank Burjan she ring announced matches in 89
@@harshtruth5003 😂😂
@Purorasslin' TV
Verne had ZERO chance of getting the backing to pay for Hogan at that point
Interviewer - "I saw an interview with Greg Gagne"
Larry - "I'm sorry"
Me - LMAO
Hogan returning to the AWA would have been interesting, but I can't help but think that they would have needed someone other than Verne pulling the strings.
Are you seriously implying that 1990 AWA was “interesting”? A company that....didn’t exist anymore? 😳 what’re you talking about?
@@joemayo4078 With Hogan in it? Yes, that would be interesting!
Greg gagne was running the business in most of the 80s... Verne was around but day to day was Greg.
I like this interviewer a lot! Smart, and allows the guest to get out his points.
I was wondering why Larry was in the AWA back then, but he also is a World Heavy Weight Champ for being there at that time.
He was married to Vernes daughter. Verne tried to get other wrestlers to marry her before but guys said she was to ugly. Larry saw it as a chance to climb the ladder fast. Then he beat on her. Thus ending his time at awa. He then went to wcw and it was more profitable for him
He married Kathy, the cute daughter. Donna was the one who looked like Greg but had a great body.
HA HA HA HA! Larry - *"...I don't know. Could just be Greg(Gagne)saying stuff."* Yup. They definitely *are* brother-in-laws.
😂🤣
Larry divorced the daughter by this time... Fyi
@@SuperMirer - Good to know but clearly he really does *know* what Greg is all about. I'm sure there are in-laws moments Larry can't even share publicly.
@@CARTOONIVERSE1 oh he knows as well as anyone no doubt
Larry Z and Ric Flair were over for twenty years,1990 was when the trouble was in WWF, perhaps Hogan might have been going to AWA, Hogan had a big run in WCW and WCW made a mistake the trouble with Hulk, as long as they had Hulk and Flair they still had good cards. Larry Z a classic and real-life good guy.
😳what are we reading? What is this comment?
Losing Hulk hurt WCW, that is what you are reading.
He almost made it an entire minute without dropping Bruno's name. That's pretty good for him.
Well Bruno started mentoring him when he was like 12 and was a father figure to him and Bruno is one of the biggest ever who drew more than anyone so yeah he has a reason to bring up Bruno so does every wrestler and fan who knows history.
Besides that Larry doesn’t bring up Bruno to get himself over he got over on his own for years.
Don’t mess with Larry maannn jk but I’m just making a point that I think the guy is great.
The amount that I was able to see him was limited, but what I saw made me a great fan. When I saw him he was champion and he was up against wrestlers who were "better" than him, but he always managed to win or lose by disqualification. It was great. He is probably my favourite wrestler.
I remember Greg saying that the idea was to create an AWA and an NWA within WCW to create hot matches and bring the house shows back up. Obviously the AWA wasn't coming back.
"...could be Greg saying stuff..." LOL
Hogan was still announced at 275 - 285 (believably) during his WCW run. Down from the announced 300 - 305 in WWF wasn't that big of a drop, especially with his aging & the injuries.
I remember 302 pounds from Venice, CA.
@@99somerville More often than not, that was usually his announced weight in WWF.
He said he was 250 when he started in WCW. Put on more muscle a couple years later.
@@darlinbood3991I don't even think he even weighed quite 250 when he first came to WCW. It was a shock to me when I saw that Hogan was not that much bigger than Ric Flair. Of course I really hadn't watched WWF since I was ten years old at that point in time and all I really remembered seeing him as, was this towering, bloated behemoth from a kids perspective where everyone seems much bigger!
@@99somerville then 294 against andre, then 303 after that. (he laid off the roids back in '87-88 to get linda pregnant with brooke)
"could be greg making stuff up" yup!
Yeah just like Greg was responsible for Hulk going to WCW and he was supposed to get a piece of Hulk's overseas bookings 🙄
@@FrankieBlueEyes precisely lol.
@@FrankieBlueEyes Don't forget about how the NWO was his idea 😂
Hulk did go to Greg to get booked in the AWA. After all, his Dad ran the business.
And I remember how over the Hulkster was here in theTwin Cities way before he got over nationally.
Had he stayed in the AWA with the ESPN contract there may not have been a WWF.
@@FrankieBlueEyes Hulk left the AWA hi and dry without fulfilling his obligations so yeh, I'd be pissed too
I loved the AWA, but I'm pretty sure that the AWA was well in Hogan's rearview in '90.
Great video thank's
Austin did NOT stay on top for 15 or 18 years.
Dropping the juice helped Hogan drop down to a natural 16 stone plus.
Dropping the size could have been at the insistence of Hollywood execs. That's why The Rock slimmed down for his early movie roles.
@@WSI It's possible, but it also coincides with the steroid scandal, Hogan had lost a lot of bulk in his last WWF run in 1993. Hogan was still yuge in Suburban Commando, but when the scandal hit, one could see him visibly shrink.
Good call. It looked like he'd started stepping off the gas by WM8, then shortly after a lot of the steroid freaks were falling by the wayside. By WM9 he almost had a swimmer's build in comparison.
Hogan always looked wrong to me when he stopped dying his eyebrows though.
By 98 he was huge again though
@@WSI When did he stop dying his eyebrows
This was a very clear fair explanation. Nice.
Where would Verne haven't gotten the money to pay Hulk in 90? AWA was on last legs.
Great videos, and greater interview get with one of wrestling's true stars in Larry Zbyszko. There are a few things I'd like to address stated in this video. One, your observation was right. Hulk Hogan did lose a tremendous amount of weight. Now here's the connection, as you stated you began to watch wrestling around 1993. Nine years after I began watching it. There was a huge trial in 1993 of Superstar Billy Graham (Wayne Coleman) attempting to sue the WWF (now WWE). In that trial, the star witness was "you guessed it" Hulk Hogan and he admitted to steroid use. By that time, he was getting off the stuff and loss a tremendous amount of weight. Number 2, you mentioned AWA attempting to bring back Hulk Hogan in 1991. AWA was nearly out of business by that point and in 1991, Hulk Hogan was facing Sgt. Slaughter for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
LMAO wtf did we just read 😳🤣🤣😂
@@joemayo4078 That's a good question, along with can you read and comprehend? Obviously not if you've asked that question.
@@CTDisqoTeck78 Who cares. Sad thing is I’ll never get the time back after reading this mess of diarrhea.
No, Hogan was never going to go back to the AWA. By 1990 the AWA was all but dead, everybody could see that, that coffin was already built, Hulk wasn't going to waste his time going there
Hulk looked like shit 93-95. He looked great as Hollywood Hogan in 98, even his 02/03 run he looked better than he did in 93.
Larry always loved the game of human chess and he was great at it, always knew how to get under his opponent's skin😀
5:39 Larry said he married Verne's dog.
😂
I hated the "Rock And Wrestling" era. It started when I was 18 years old. My favorite Wrestler, David Von Erich, died around the same time, killing my Wrestling career and the Dallas territory at the same time. I didn't watch Wrestling again until ECW came along.
Before it became children's programming I went to the old Boston Garden every month. When Hulkamania started I felt as though Vince McMahon was saying "Thanks for your loyal patronage but you're not welcome here anymore.
Anybody ever hear a Larry Z interview where he doesn't mention "Bruu-no?"
Hey, he had an idol... lol... catch me talking wrestling and you’ll catch me finding reasons to mention Eddie... lol
Larry's on a roll! Lol. This guy loves to talk about pro wrestling. Lol.
How could he not? He was a legend in Larry’s timeline of success. Bruno was the man in his day like Ric Flair was in the 80s Bruno was in the 60”s - 70s. Makes sense to mention him. Cheers
Larry pulls his prick to Bruu-no
@@martyc909 eddie?
People need to remember Hogan was Just through filming a season of a tv show when he came back to WCW. So he actively tried to lose weight to look more like his character would look
Austin was top for about 3 years. Not on the same level as hogan and sanmartino
Glad that some arent dillusional and gets it. Greg is completely
....pardon?
I’m a bit older than most wrestling fans that remember post WMIII… i didn’t think it was too far fetched to see Hogan return to AWA in 90. In Los Angeles we were getting Lucha Libre on tv with Andre The Giant wrestling in Mexico and a few rare Japan matches. So Hogan returning to a dying territory for more money and less work dates is a no brainer. I remember reading the wrestling magazines at Thrifty’s when AWA was officially closed wondering what wrestlers would appear at what promotion lol
Older...but not smarter...
If you think Hulk going to the Team Challenge Series AWA wasn't too fat fetched, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in buying...
8 back surgeries in 1 year. Hardly
Hogan lost weight because he stopped taking steroids.
Imo the NWO gimmick got old pretty quick when half the roster was on the NWO when I saw Macho man get in I was like this chit over.
they were hot for 3 years. Name any group that did the same in the last 25 years. Rare
I love Seinfeld!
Okay...and?
@B don't lie no you don't don't be lying like that what's the matter with you mind your manners come on now behave yourself act right
God bless the legends!
Is this guy going to start a Patreon or something so I can be an early contributor? (And so we can keep getting solid guests!)
Verne got greedy and wanted Hulk’s merchandise sales and a good bit of his money from wrestling in Japan.
Remember Verne is the guy that STILL hasn’t paid Lawler for his match against Kerry Von Erich for the title unification match.
How can Zbyskzo play dumb here and act like Hogan wasn't on Steroids and obviously stopped using them for a while which caused his size reduction? Come on.
@Lyles music 😳 Er.....wut...? Exactly what?
@Questioning Our Reality are you special needs, by any chance??
@@joemayo4078 Are you some sort of Larry Zbyszkzo shill?
@Lyles music are you special needs as well?
@@QuestioningOurReality 😳🤦🏻♂️ what in gods name are you talking about 😂😂
They did not have 4 million at that time to even offer him that
You can tell this guy is looking for Zbyszko to talk crap about Hogan, but Zbyszko is too classy to engage in that....
The Hulk. Lol
Despite what Arn says I think Larry is pretty smart
What’re you talking about ?
hulk was about half over. even towards the end of 94 (his first year there) he was getting boos. he really needed the NWO angle to give him those extra years and win back the crowd
real respectful of Larry not to bring up the obvious reasons why he was down in weight
Hulk lost the weight mostly due to his filming schedule back in the early 90's which I can say from experience takes a lot out of you and at times can work 17+ hour days. I've done my share of them so far and will see more long days like those in the near future. You just don't have time to work out, or eat the way you want to. Sure we get fed and all, but even the Crafty service takes a toll not having the best foods throughout the day to eat, plus you get run down and tired a lot.
what type acting ya do ?
I heard Larry’s latest match he is fighting with the cap on his medicine bottles. Last year he feuded with a/c setting on his wall
Your point being, what?
Maybe some of the things Greg says are his way of keeping "kayfabe".
Oh and deja vu, I already saw this. and the headline is kayfabe clickbait "jumping to AWA in 1990" my ass!
I'm pretty sure Ric Flair has been relevant for 40 years
Yup but stopped drawing money in the 90's. Everyone praises Ric but Bishoff tells the truth that Ric was not a money earner in the WCW years and he certainly didn't draw in the WWE, the WWE was already exploding at the time with Austin/Rock/Angle, etc. In wrestling it is about selling tickets and merch and Flair is nowhere near HH at all.
If Vern had put the belt on HOGAN and let him have his merchandise , the money from crowds would make up for it . Then feed him bad guys rematches with Nick .B bring in guys say The Body they already had Brain and the main cast Vince used to take over and think we could be watching AWA over WWF really I bet a lot of us wrestling fans watched AWA until HOGAN left and the BRAIN , THE BODY , once they left and I switch one night watching MSG channel the match HOGAN VS THE IRON SHIEK and i was AWA HOGAN from Rocky 3 and after once in a while AWA ROCKERS and back then i knew HBK even though he was still Shawn he had the IT factor but Marty had the ability but not the brain .
Hogan in ecw be funny heyman.write him a check.
Austin wasn’t on top for twenty years Larry.
I think he may have confused Austin with the Undertaker.
@Shawn R more like 2. Steve Austin was a boring mid card nobody for most of his career. He was a true Cinderella story
I think when says on top he means still a name/draw.
I’m actually starting to like Nabisco.
Hulks muscle loss could be explained from going off steroids too.
Flick Rare
Larry , you were seriously one of the dullest wrestlers back in the day.
You must be a fan of the New World Odor