https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxPeBobiSo One of the most maligned bits of WrestleCrap churned out by WCW took place during the Hollywood Hogan-Ultimate Warrior feud. Backstage in his locker room, Hogan suddenly noticed that Warrior had appeared in the mirror. He spun around -- but Warrior wasn't there! Still, his image remained in the mirror. Eric Bischoff, who was with Hogan, couldn't see Warrior, but like the ghost of King Hamlet, there he was, driving Hogan mad. The problem, of course, is that wrestling isn't theater, and suspension of disbelief only goes so far. We fans could see Warrior in the mirror, so apparently, his powers were limited to making his reflection invisible to Eric Bischoff. It was head-shakingly illogical. Seven years later, with the benefit of lots of hindsight, WWE ran a similar angle. On that fateful episode of Smackdown, Randy Orton played Hollywood Hogan and The Undertaker's reflection played Warrior's. This time there was no befuddled third person in the room so the logic gap was filled but it was still a brave (or foolish) move by WWE's writers to evoke such a hated WCW skit.
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
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