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March 24, 1996 - The Alliance To End Hulkamania
In one of the worst and funniest matches ever, Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage defeat the Alliance to End Hulkamania in a Doomsday Cage match. The match, high on the list of worst WCW moments ever, is a triple-decker cage attraction. Hogan must clear each area and pin somebody at the bottom.
The Alliance to End Hulkamania consists of no less than eight wrestlers.
There’s Ric Flair, reduced here to the first weak enemy in a side-scrolling beat ‘em-up video game. Arn Anderson, dressed as a ninja (!), is also easily swatted away in the first level. The Barbarian and Meng, a vastly underrated tag team, are spooky caricatures in the rotten Dungeon of Doom faction. Its leader, Kevin Sullivan, is also thwarted. Lex Luger is a magnificently cocky braggart, but can’t get over in this match. Actor Tiny Lister, who played Zeus in the main event of SummerSlam ‘89, is also there for some reason.
Playing the final boss of sorts is Jeep Swenson, a barely trained actor recruited for his preposterously-sized arms. Until WCW is notified that the moniker is horribly offensive to the Jewish population, he is named The Final Solution. He then goes by the Ultimate Solution. Despite having worked just 20 matches - the Doomsday cage being his last - he is the only wrestler Hogan sells for, and he doesn’t do the job. Flair does the job after a closing melee of frying pan attacks.
Incredibly, there was meant to be a ninth Alliance member: Brian Pillman, who per Dave Meltzer is savvy enough to get elective surgery in the weeks ahead of the PPV.
The total lack of self-awareness is staggering. How did Hogan not ask himself if he was taking this a bit too far at any point?
The Alliance does not end Hulk Hogan - there are eight of them, and they still do not win - but this is the informal end of Hogan’s babyface run. Hogan reaches a point of parody that can scarcely be believed.