10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 1991

3. Him?!

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Sgt. Slaughter, to huge controversy, was repackaged as an Iraqi sympathiser in 1991.

The idea was to whip up a patriotic fervour amongst the public, who would get behind Hulk Hogan in huge numbers as he restored justice. You see, a wrestling match is a means of settling a complex and harrowing geopolitical conflict. America won when Hogan dropped the leg.

The theme of the match was a total farce, almost kitsch looking back on it now, but it was somehow almost worse.

Now, Bruce Prichard is what you call an "unreliable narrator". A trash-mouthed carny, he has defended the dirt-worst WWE booking and has a selective memory of his involvement in it. He once claimed that Vince McMahon devised the Muhammad Hassan character because he was saddened by the plight facing Arab-Americans following 9/11 - which is funny, since Vince failed to put his red pen through the line - "I see sand people" uttered by babyface Steve Austin.

Prichard claimed on his 'Something To Wrestle' pod that Tugboat was discussed internally to play the role of American turncoat and work Hogan in the main event of WrestleMania VII. Better yet - though this must have been a rib - Bruce contended that he would be named 'Sheik Tugboat'.

How.

How was that going to be the name.

An anthropomorphic boat that hated America nearly headlined WrestleMania.

Still would have better than Triple H Vs. Randy Orton at 25.

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