10 Things You Didn't Know About Scott Hall

10. He Was The AWA's Hulk Hogan Replacement

When Hulk Hogan departed the AWA and headed to the World Wrestling Federation in late-1983, part of the reason for that was that Hogan had become disillusioned with Verne Gagne and Verne's refusal to put the AWA World Title on the Hulkster. Regardless of how fans clamoured for it, Gagne would always tease the big title win for Hogan, then ultimately pull back on it due to Verne's feelings on Hulk not having a legitimate amateur wrestling background.

Eventually realising the error of his ways once Hogan became the biggest name in the business, Verne decided to go all-in on someone he viewed as having the same appeal as Hulk Hogan: 'Big' Scott Hall.

Upon landing in the AWA in 1985, Hall was slowly groomed to be that next huge babyface star, with Gagne having Big Scott mimic certain Hulkster mannerisms as he gradually worked his way up the card, from the tag ranks paired with Curt Hennig, to eventually getting a shot at the AWA World Championship.

Despite Verne deciding that he wanted to strap the rocket to Scott Hall, make him the AWA World Champ and position him as the promotion's Hogan, it was down to Scott that this ultimately didn't come to pass. Becoming tired of the bitterly cold winters of the Minneapolis area - and seeing that the AWA was falling further behind the WWF and JCP/WCW - Hall decided to leave the territory in early-1989 rather than stay and become the AWA's top star.