10 Most Ridiculous Hulk Hogan Matches Ever
6. Hulk Hogan Vs. Roddy Piper - WCW Halloween Havoc 97
“10 minutes in the two (Piper and Hogan) were sucking wind so bad the first three rows had to be hospitalised for oxygen deprivation"-Jim Cornette on Raw talking about the legends' Halloween Havoc match.
Look at this card for Halloween Havoc 97: Randy Savage vs. DDP, Chris Jericho vs. Gedo, Curt Hennig vs. Ric Flair and Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Eddie Guerrero. What match could possibly follow all of those? None other than Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper in a steel cage!
WCW built this bad boy as the match of the century. And they were correct in a way...because it was arguably the worst match of the century! It has affectionately become known as "Age in the Cage".
Everything about it was ridiculous. Everything. Neither man felt like bumping that night in a f***ing cage match (Piper was largely unable to with his artificial hip), Savage came in to interfere, but instead of going through the obviously open door, he climbed the cage. A fan jumped the barricade and got in the ring, and was pounded. It was an embarrassment on basically every conceivable level. A magical masterpiece of crap.
The reviews were also brutal, with The Pro Wrestling Torch awarding it a negative two stars. The Wrestling Observer likely would have given it worst match of the year...had Hogan vs. Piper at SuperBrawl not won it instead.
Oh, and Piper bit Hogan's ass in the match. HE BIT HIS ASS!
However, this wasn’t the only time that Hogan created a nightmare at Halloween Havoc.