Bonnie Hammer’s WWE Role, Hulk Done Wrestling? WWE Manila Incident
- For those unsure of USA’s Bonnie Hammer and her influence over the WWE product, Newsweek published the following:
“Unlike the network’s boss at the time, Hammer fashioned a warm working relationship with WWE owner Vince McMahon. She also approached the wrestling franchise like any other show, offering notes on how to improve plotlines and story arcs. Hammer even persuaded McMahon to hire soap-opera and comedy writers, and used cross-promotion by casting wrestlers in USA shows. She arbitrated some of WWE’s less tasteful tendencies: for one live episode, in which one wrestler used a machete to attempt to castrate an opponent, Hammer stayed on the phone with the cameraman while watching from home, instructing him on precisely when to pull the camera away. WWE’s ratings, already high, soared further, helping push USA toward the top of the cable rankings.”
The article is of course referring to and Attitude Era skit where Vale Venis his “pee pee choppy choppy” by Kaientai.
- Hulk Hogan told The Chicago Tribune that he is pretty much done with in-ring wrestling for the time being:
“About every third person was saying, ‘When are you going to get in the ring again?’ They don’t realize that, even though I look the same way I looked 30 years ago—kind of—my body is pretty beat up. It’s kind of hard to explain to them. The hip replacements, the back surgeries, the elbow surgeries, the shoulder surgeries…I never like to say never, but right now I’m on the rebuild and rewind process.”
- WWE caused quite a ruckus at their live event in Manila, Philippines.
Like a lot of overseas countries that haven’t been traditionally exposed to wrestling over the years, many take it far more seriously than the West.
Apparently CM Punk fans and Jeff Hardy fans were picking fights, and the arena owner was upset by a promo cut by Chris Jericho.
Still, at least there are no old school riots or stabbings!
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i for one is glad hogan is done wrestling he really had no wrestling skills what a boot then a leg drop WOW DONT OVER DUE IT!
“They don’t realize that, even though I look the same way I looked 30 years ago—kind of…”
Um, no.
What is worse? Hogan continuing to wrestle…or Hogan continuing to do interviews?
At least he is still vaguely entertaining while constantly jamming both feet in his mouth.
Haha…lol at the manila incident.
I live here in the Philippines, and I have to say that majority of the wrestling fans here are either kids, or teenagers who thinks that the wwe and tna are the only wrestling promotions in the world.
While the rest of us “smarks” miss the old WWF days, and pre PG rating days, don’t really pay that much attention in the WWE now.
The first time I’ve watched a wwe event here is, believe it or not, when Yokozuna, Bret Hart, etc. came to Manila in 1992.
That was classic, then the WWE came back last 2005, I think.
The WWF was quite BIG here during the 90’s, then the WWF was replaced by WCW, which we didn’t like at all, because STAR SPORTS ended their contract with the WWF, then WCW was taken off the air because of bad ratings, that was i think in late 2000.
So we missed the whole Two Man Power Trip and the wrestlecrap angle of the year, I think, THE INVASION!
Then the WWE was shown again in 2002 during the evolution days, but not much hype UNTIL 2005 or 2006 I think when they started selling WWE merchandise here in the Philippines then it just took off and us TRUE WRESTLING FANS were turned off by the kids who chant for john cena’s name. I”m proud to be a filipino, sorry for the long comment!
ECW was also shown back then, at channel 93 I think! Haha! Too much violence for philippine television, only a select few knows that channel! God, I miss the attitude era!