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Honkeytonk vs Warrior VS HHH vs Warrior


Judy Bagwell

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Yeah, the Warrior / HTM squash wins and its not close. That is a moment in WWF / Wrestling history that the WM XII wasnt, at all. HTM had that title for a long time and kept sneaking away with it, be it Savage / Steamboat / Beefcake / etc, he kept slinking away by any means he could. When he stands in the ring defiantly and says "bring anyone out here" you just wanted to see him get destroyed...then the music hits, Warrior enters, destroys, and wins...and like that, the HTM's reign is over and his cockiness finally got the best of him as he never even got his jumpsuit off..

 

Plus, Warrior was still really fresh and on his way up, so the full "Ultimate Warrior" push and huge popularity kicked off from there, where at Mania XII, he was back, but it didnt feel like it did 8 years earlier, and HHH hadnt really been close to any level of upper tier start yet, so the squash was just a squash over a mid-card guy and nothing else. Looking back after seeing where HHH would go, the squash looks impressive, but put it in 96 and it really wasnt more than "Warrior is back and lets have him mow down someone that it wont hurt that bad to get the fans behind him again" kind of thing.

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Yeah. In the shoot interviews I've seen him questioned about it - specifically with Kayfabe Commentaries, I believe - Ferris seems totally fine with the idea and even brags a bit about how it was such an easy night for such a huge payday.

 

That's what makes it even more startling that he never took the payoff to let Beefcake shave his head like they'd originally planned. He's admitted to nixing that and offering up Jimmy Hart's hair instead. :lol:

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