BlazeKinser posted:

Probably, but I'm also betting that it was the only way they could get Hogan to sign up with them. I also doubt they were very clued in to him being a huge primadonna backstage or just didn't realize how powerful giving someone complete control of their character can be, and just thought "hey this guy is really popular let's sign him up and people will watch our show!"

Granted it was a benefit in the short term, but still handing over that much power to anyone is a big risk at best.


It might have been in theory, but in practice it really wasn't. They never really built anyone up as a strong enough challenger to take the belt from him, and whenever someone did start to gain steam eventually Hogan's ego pushed them back into the midcard where they were discredited. It wasn't a case of the rightful contender being screwed and cheated out of his chance to take the belt off Hogan month after month, it was the nWo stomping all over everyone to the point where 75% of the roster ended up being in an nWo splinter faction just so they would actually get some TV time that didn't involve jobbing out.