10 Best 'Meet The REAL Villain' Moments In Wrestling History
3. Hulk Hogan Is The Third Man
The potentially disastrous nature of Bobby Heenan's "but whose side is he on?" call as Hulk Hogan arrived at the end of WCW's legendary Bash At The Beach 1996 main event has always been grossly overstated.
As noted elsewhere over the years, it was fairly in keeping with 'The Brain's lifetime hatred of 'The Hulkster' for one. But as well, Eric Bischoff later revealed that only a very select few were in on the deal anyway - Heenan was forced to work on the fly and stayed true to himself. Keeping the the talent in the dark can generate issues such as these, but maybe on this singular occasion the secret was just about worth keeping.
There were a million cool things about the shockwave caused by Scott Hall and Kevin Nash's arrivals (and millions more fans that suddenly wanted to see it for themselves), but nobody ever stopped to consider the enormous numerical disadvantage they had for so long. It was two (and then with Hogan, three) vs the world, but the world still felt disadvantaged because the angle was so good.
'The Hulkster' has spent years battling similar odds but now he was doing it for the bad guys, and the message was clear - WCW is f*cked.