In a current interview, Kevin Nash talked about that again when he and Scott Corridor got here into WCW, they have been the primary individuals to get assured contracts. However WWE Corridor of Famer Hulk Hogan not too long ago claimed that he was the primary to obtain a assured contract.
Whereas talking on The Outbound Life, Hulk Hogan talked about that he had a assured full-time contract in WCW in 1984. Hogan has been identified to magnify the reality or get details unsuitable previously, however he says he had a assured deal lengthy earlier than Kevin Nash confirmed up.
“I don’t know if it was Kevin Nash or anyone stated, ‘there have been by no means any assured contracts till we got here alongside.’ I believe Kevin Nash might need stated it. Once I got here again, January 23, 1984, I received the belt. I used to be again a pair months earlier than then doing TV. I had a assured contract again then. I had a ten-year assured contract then. That was approach earlier than they signed Kevin Nash. That was 20 years earlier than. Vince (McMahon) wished to lock me down as a result of, on the time, I had the gimmick discovered, and I used to be so sizzling. I used to be main the cost on a number of fronts. The assured contract was a relentless.
“On the time, I began making films too. I used to be making a pair films a 12 months. That was extra cash on the facet. There was a 1-900 quantity. 1-900-HULK-HOGAN. It was a hotline that children may name. They’d get their mother or father’s bank card and keep on the telephone all night time speaking to me. It was all pre-recorded messages about coaching and nutritional vitamins and storyline. I made a ton of cash on that 1-900 quantity. I used to be killing it on that. Doing films. My merchandise was promoting like loopy,” stated Hulk Hogan. [H/T Fightful.com]
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