WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan had been one of the most influential stars in WWE. It seems he played a role in the recruitment of talents back in the day. WWE Chairman Vince McMahon takes the final decisions but certainly listens to his top guys of the company and Hogan had been one of them. Maxx Payne recently claimed that ‘The Hulkster’ advised WWE Chairman Vince McMahon not to hire him.
Mick Foley and Maxx Payne defeated The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) at WCW SuperBrawl IV in 1994. At the start of the match, Knobbs suffered a shoulder injury after he failed to rotate his body following a suplex from Payne. Knobbs blamed Payne for the incident, but the former WCW star maintains to this day that the injury was not his fault.
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Speaking on the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast, Payne went on to discuss the incident He disproved the speculation that he caused the injury on purpose. He also alleged that Hogan told McMahon not to do business with him:
“A lot of it was untrue, just like the Knobbs thing. For him to blame me for him being a f***ing a**hole on that throw… well, Hogan bought it, so what did Hogan do? Went straight to f***ing Vince and said, ‘You better not f***ing deal with this guy.’ Vince did ignore that in the end and let me go there,” said Payne.
Payne competed in his final WCW match in May 1994, two months after Hogan joined the company. In other news concerning Hulk Hogan during a recent edition of The Kurt Angle Show, Kurt Angle was asked if he had any issues with the NWO coming into WWE in 2002. Credit to WrestlingNews.co for the below quote.
“I didn’t have a problem with them. I don’t think anybody had a problem with them. I will tell you this. There was one time when Vince was concerned because I had to make Hogan tap out at the King of the Ring. He wanted to make sure, and he told me Hulk Hogan would talk him out of it, so he wanted me to be in the room with Hulk Hogan when he told Hulk that he was going to tap out to me.”
