[1995-11-26-WCW-World War III] Interview: Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage & Sting

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

The famous interview where Hogan burns a copy of the Observer on a pay-per-view. The height of Hogan delusion.

 

"Observe this, brother ... The Internet has got the scoop ..." and so on.

[Tim Evans]

What is the story behind this? Did WCW freak out and just change everything because it got out like at Bash 95? Hogan is such a douche here. I bet he's a Scott Keith fan.

[El-P]

The famous interview where Hogan burns a copy of the Observer on a pay-per-view. The height of Hogan delusion.

 

"Observe this, brother ... The Internet has got the scoop ..." and so on.

This is classic.

 

Sting is a complete doofus here being all joyful when Hogan says he'll be his friend for ever. What a gullible dork Sting was before the nWo angle.

[Dooley]

Apparently Observers are mighty flammable. Good thing Sting was there with the water.

 

What is the story behind this? Did WCW freak out and just change everything because it got out like at Bash 95?

I've wondered this too. Also, what happened at Bash 95?

[Zenjo]

The only slight negative for Melzer is that this wonderful free advertising took place on a PPV rather than Nitro.

[PeteF3]

Hulk sheds the Dark Side of Hogan, brother. Everyone pledges to be BFFs and damned if it isn't getting a little dusty at home right now. Okerlund freaking out over the fire in the face of this lovefest is pretty hilarious. Hogan declares the Macho Man's arm is perfect, and all part of the plan--even though it was a legit injury, and Savage tapped out to a Luger armbar during the PPV itself. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A RAGSHEET, BROTHER. THE INTERNET'S GOT THE SCOOPS. Wow, if only the newspaper industry at large had listened to Hogan.

[Robert S]

This is a "WCW everybody" moment for sure. I think half of the black shirt ends up next to the trash can so when Sting sets fire to the can, the fire gets a bit out of control. And it seems to take forever for someone with a fire extinguisher to turn up. I mean you put up a fire inside a building and you don't have a fire extinguisher nearby? Classic WCW. By the point Hogan threw in the Observer, the fire was already put out.

[Superstar Sleeze]

Hogan sheds the black and returns to red & yellow, brutha. He vows never to return to the dark side, but within an year he would be wearing black & white, brutha. The Observer potshot followed by the internet has the scoops is pretty funny. I wonder if Giant was supposed to win and they switched it to an injured Savage to make a point. Savage was clearly injured at this point, but they make a big deal he is not even though injury plays a big role in his subsequent match with Luger. The whole the Internet has the scoops in 1995 is pretty damn funny. Weird segment. 30 years later Bischoff is still railing against Meltzer.