[1999-08-09-WCW-Nitro] Interview: Hulk Hogan

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Hogan is coming out for an interview when he gets laid out by Sid, Nash and Rick Steiner behind the curtain. More annoying and unexplained camera presence. The heels drag Hogan to the ring. Hogan is already clean-shaven, which should have been a giveaway to what was coming later. Nash is about to lay Hogan out with a powerbomb when Sting and Goldberg make the save, setting up a six-man tag main event for the night. Hogan agrees to put his career on the line if he can't beat Nash at Road Wild. Sting wants Nash to follow Hogan's lead and also put his own career on the line, which Nash agrees to do. I'm going to say this one more time: WCW was taking a back-to-basics approach to stop the bleeding, which was a great idea, but they were also running the same tired faces on top that they always had, so they still didn't get it.

[Tim Evans]

Rick Steiner just sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the other 5. I remember this build up well I was a big Goldberg guy and seeing him wasted on Steiner was sad. Nash is Nash but he was already stale.

[soup23]

Im going to defend this. Sure, there was opportunity to present other talent on top at this point but after the atrocious stuff we have seen in June and July, it at least is refreshing to see something new with Hogan being a face again and it getting a proper reaction. The retirement stips feel tacked on for Road Wild though.

[PeteF3]

Adding the retirement stip to Road Wild with 5 days to spare is a little much. As a workmanlike segment to set up a TV main event this is fine, but seeing Rick Steiner in this spot makes me break out in hives.