Loss Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted January 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 The Giant is out with Jimmy Hart and Kevin Sullivan with the WCW title. Jimmy Hart, who signed the contract for Havoc on Hogan's behalf, revealed that there was a clause that Hogan would lose the title if he was DQd, and Hart got him intentionally DQd, so therefore, Giant is champ. Give Jimmy Hart something to talk about -- no matter how convoluted -- and he shows just how underutilized he was for so many years. Nick Lambrose interrupts to say that Giant is not the champ. Nick Bockwinkel and the Board of Directors (Why not the Championship Committee since this is a championship matter?) release a statement declaring the belt vacant, with a new champion to be crowned at World War 3. Then Gene Okerlund says "You heard that statement from the Championship Committee" ... I give up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 You're surprised that even in kayfabe WCW has a convoluted and confusing bureaucracy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackToBionic Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 I thought Jimmy Hart, Sullivan and The Giant were all good here, given the material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Yeah, Jimmy Hart is very good here. All those years playing Hogan's cheerleader really were a waste of his talents. Anyway, this was a way for Hogan to lose the belt without losing the belt and make WWIII a huge PPV. On paper that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenjo Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 At least the Giant here got to hang onto the World Title for a few more hours than his father. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Oh my God, the old Jimmy Hart is almost back! "While Hogan was makin' all those B-grade movies that wound up in a video store before they wound up on a silver screen..." Awesome. Hart, having power of attorney over Hogan's contract, inserted a waiver for the DQ rule into the Halloween Havoc contract. Okerlund brings out a member of WCW legal (and stunningly, does not refer to Lambrose as a "longtime personal friend"). Oh my God, Lambrose has the most hilarious voice of all-time. He sounds like someone doing a close but slightly overexaggerated impersonation of Kermit the Frog. Due to the "dubious nature" of the disqualification, the title has been held up to be determined at World War 3. Hart throws a fit. Okerlund: "Why don't you take this contract to the men's room? It won't do you any more good than that." This storyline doesn't make total sense and is a pretty shallow recreation of the Tuesday in Texas/Royal Rumble deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstar Sleeze Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Jimmy Hart was certainly a wasted commodity in WCW and I think even in WWF too, but I am not as familiar with WWF TV in the 80s. He was really good in this segment. Holy shit, I thought the lawyer sounded like Kermit too! Definitely a recreation of Hogan/Taker with Hogan/Giant. It would have been funny if Flair won the title at WWIII too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrzfn Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Glad others noticed the distinctly Kermit-esque voice of the WCW exec. I never noticed before just how slavishly this storyline follows the 'Mania IV storyline. Giant (Andre or otherwise) wins the title from longtime holder Hulk Hogan in a screwjob scenario. The title ends up vacant, then Randy Savage wins it in a big tournament style match where Hogan is never technically defeated. It's almost shot for shot at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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