10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week

2. Hulk Hogan Was Only WCW Star With Complete Creative Control

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WCW is often credited as the company which started dishing out a 'creative control' clause in contracts. Before then, whilst top stars did have some say in what they were doing on TV, they couldn't outright refuse without breaching contract. These new deals changed all that, and it all started with Hulk Hogan.

Joining in 1994, Hogan's contract had a clause stipulating that he was in charge of how his character was portrayed. In addition, Hulk could veto booking suggestions and outright refuse to lose if he didn't want to. This was big news at the time, but it was also reported that the likes of Kevin Nash and Scott Hall had the same kind of contract later.

This week, Eric Bischoff gave a podcast interview during which he stated this as being false. Apparently, Hulk Hogan was the only one who had such a deal. The likes of Hall and Nash did have some sway, but not to the extent Hogan did. This is news to a lot of wrestling fans, who always imagined that the WCW locker room was stacked with these kinds of contracts.

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