NWO Twenty Years Later: Where Are They Now?
13. Horace Hogan
The fact he was billed as 'Horace Hogan' tells you all you need to know about how Michael Bollea gained his spot in WCW.
Never shy about using his vast political influence to gain jobs for his friends and family, Hulk Hogan extended his nepotistic generosity towards his nephew Michael, earning him a spot in WCW as part of Raven's flock in 1998.
To help add any sort of heat to the drastic Ultimate Warrior-Hogan redo in the fall of the year, The Flock's Horace was unveiled as actually being Hulk's flesh and blood. The dastardly Hulkster then laid a beating on his kin in order to demonstrate to The Warrior the extreme depths he was willing to plunge.
But it was all a ruse, and Horace jumped to his uncle's aide during his Halloween Havoc clash opposite Warrior. Thus was yet another nWo member inducted.
Horace may have earned his position thanks to Hogan, but he clearly wasn't his favourite nephew; when the nWo split in two, the younger Bollea was only given a berth in the B-team.
The relationship had drawbacks as well as benefits. After Hulk's acrimonious departure from WCW following the fallout of Vince Russo's infamous shoot comments at Bash at the Beach 2000, Horace soon lost his own position.
Hulk Hogan returned to the WWF after a near-decade long absence, and Horace wasn't far behind, as he was soon after offered a developmental contract with the company.
Horace didn't make the cut at WWF's Heartland Wrestling territory, and was ultimately released from the company, retiring from the ring to start a new job as a labourer. He now works with his wife for their based in Valrico, Florida.