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This Hulk Hogan obit from Meltzer has lots of interesting tidbits in it, Hogan was already getting NWA title shots in 1979, only his second year in The Business, and he actually won his very first one by beating Harley Race by DQ in Dothan, Alabama on June 22, 1979
They actually changed the rules for NWA title matches in St Louis because Hogan refused to be pinned in the 1st fall of a 2 outta 3 falls title match in 1981, so they switched to a single fall title match even though 2 outta 3 falls matches were the tradition going back to the 50's
The story about him and Terry Funk secretly wrestling against each other in South Africa, because they were working for different Japanese promotions, and then Hogan double crossing Terry by telling all the Japanese reporters about the match and Terry going to fight Hogan in a hotel is great, classic Hogan, never heard that before or if i did I forgot
They actually changed the rules for NWA title matches in St Louis because Hogan refused to be pinned in the 1st fall of a 2 outta 3 falls title match in 1981, so they switched to a single fall title match even though 2 outta 3 falls matches were the tradition going back to the 50's
The story about him and Terry Funk secretly wrestling against each other in South Africa, because they were working for different Japanese promotions, and then Hogan double crossing Terry by telling all the Japanese reporters about the match and Terry going to fight Hogan in a hotel is great, classic Hogan, never heard that before or if i did I forgot