40 Years Of Fascinating WWE WrestleMania Facts (Part 1)
4. 'Mania VII - Surely Not
Disclaimer: Bruce Prichard talks a lot of absolute nonsense on his podcast, and if that reads as no good Meltzer mark talk, you hear?, consider that Bruce claims that there was no racism in the Triple H Vs. Booker T storyline and that Triple H only said "people like you" because he meant "people who came from WCW".
Triple H himself came from WCW, and Goldberg was never told that he was there to dance for him.
It's possible, then, that Bruce Prichard was talking his usual carny podcast waffle when claiming, incredibly, that Hulk Hogan's original WrestleMania VII opponent was Tugboat.
Tugboat.
The thing is, if that's a rib, it's too funny for Bruce Prichard. Have you seen the absolute state of the comedy segments he presided over for decades?
It doesn't track. He must have been telling the truth.
Bruce claimed on his podcast that the original Iraq sympathiser was meant to be Tugboat, but they weren't going to call him that, obviously. He had to have a different name reflecting his new character. That name?
SHEIK TUGBOAT.
An anthropomorphic boat that hated America sounds too stupid even for WWE - until you consider that they workshopped the Gobbledy Gooker around the same time.