Once again, the issue between Michaels and Hogan was completely down to a couple of over inflated egos wanting to get their own way. The pair differed on how they wanted their highly anticipated Icon Vs Legend match at SummerSlam 2005 to play out. HBK wanted a, lets see who is the better man, in a face taking on face encounter. Whilst Hogan wanted the classic babyface versus heel feud, with Michaels being made to play the bad guy; WWE creative evidently agreed with Hogans way of thinking. Michaels responded by overselling everything within the match, almost to a pantomime level of performance. Whilst it is undeniable that this was a childish way for HBK to respond after losing the backstage battle of the egos, it made for hilarious viewing. The following night on Raw, Michaels cut a promo sarcastically praised Hogans great performance within the match, claiming that The Immortal Ones in-ring prowess was far superior to his own and that he therefore simply could not compete. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf4LsjwAWho Hogan later stated that the feud was set up for a possible three match encounter and that he thought the pair was going to draw a lot of money, but Hulk pulled the plug on the feud as soon as he heard Shawn Michaels mocking his victory on Raw.
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