What on earth was the deal with Renegade? Did Vince ever sue for such a Warrior ripoff? And did the fans shit on him when they realized he wasn't Hellwig? I mean by early 95, it was pretty awful with washed up WWF guys everywhere but to me Renegade takes the cake
Well as to the legality, at some point Vince lost the rights to the whole Warrior gimmick back to Hellwig, so it might have been a case of him not being able to sue in the first place. And yes, fans absolutely shit on Renegade from the moment he debuted, because WCW had essentially been promising Ultimate Warrior. I think Hogan legitimately thought he could build up this clod into a Warrior-type foil and draw money with him, but I'm not in his deranged mind so I couldn't say for sure.
Fiascoes like Renegade are why I wonder if it was truly worth it for WCW to get into bed with Hulk Hogan. He was the focal point of their first (only?) main stream success and money (NWO, Flair vs. Hogan trilogy of 1994 drew well right?) but his contract, control, influence and baggage all seemed like it wasn't worth it in the long run.
ReplyDeletePoor guy. Didn't he kill himself before the end of the 90s?
ReplyDeleteSometime in 98 or 99, I think.
ReplyDeleteThey should have named him The Renegade Warrior. (oh wait...)
ReplyDeleteWcw needed a boss to keep hogan in check. They never ever had that. Hogan delivered the good well enough but there was no front office structure to control his bullshit
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