Ok, so this entry would never fully materialise, but it was a major idea Vince Russo had for WCW when he came on board in the late-90's. Feeling that both Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair had lost a lost of their remarkable draw with fans, Russo envisioned pressing the reset button on both men, helping them regain some of their lost magic. It cannot be denied that hardly anyone was over in WCW by the time Russo was drafted in. The company was pretty much a mess by this point, and nobody was really drawing money for the promotion, regardless of how much dough they'd pulled in over the years. Apparently, both Flair and Hogan felt Russo was going to put them out to pasture, but his idea was to leave them off television for a while, making fans miss them and yearn to see them once again. Hindsight makes it simple to guess what may have happened, but the fact is people wanted to like these stars, yet WCW weren't giving them any reason to. Russo tried to change that, but - especially in the case of Hogan - it'd go horribly wrong.
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
