10 Outcomes If HUGE Wrestling Complaints Were Answered

8. WCW Buried Sting At Starrcade '97

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The complaint:

Hollywood Hogan's creative control bullsh*t just ruined 18 months of hard work crafting the most compelling character in all of pro wrestling. Thanks Terry.

The outcome if it were answered:

Predating an infamous Onion article by 21 years, this was very much that rarest and most painful of developments: Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point. Sting arrived at his big moment drained of confidence and in subpar condition, by the standards of his old, explosive babyface self. Being the swell and considerate guy that he is, Hogan explained to Nick Patrick that he should go a little sli-zzow on the fizz-ast count for the mercy kizz-illing.

This in itself is as neat a summation of WCW's destiny as you will find: it was so doomed to failure, through its multifarious systemic incompetence, that Hogan wasn't not justified here. And even if he wasn't, if he could do it here, he could do it anywhere. That's the point.

An infinite amount of universes don't work for the Hulkster, brother. They're all under the watch of one God, and that God has only love for HH.

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