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Old 04-12-2008, 10:50 PM   #4563 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BrooklynBomber View Post
Flair got the book taken away just a few months before Hogan came in.

Bischoff, Harvey Schiller, and EVERYONE in power at WCW/Turner knew that the Hogan investment needed to make WCW all about Hogan.

Hence why they brought in many familiar faces to the lockerroom (Duggan, Bossman, Honkytonk, Brutus, Kamala, etc etc), and immediately put the belt on Hogan and de-emphasized Flair.

They were right. It should've been about Hogan, it just took them 2 years to do it the right way.

Congrats Flo.
They were milking Hulkamania for all it was worth. Can't say I blame them to be honest. They took too long in getting him to turn heel though. He'd needed to for ages.
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