"Hulk looked at me and said, 'Not today,'" Bischoff said.

"If you're going to beat me when I have this type of momentum, this is about making money," Hogan said. "Whenever you beat somebody, you beat them in a way that they're better off after they're beat than they were before. And Eric really wasn't sure where we were going with this thing."

The situation was made even crazier because, according to Bischoff, this is the first time Hogan, who had full creative control in his contract with WCW, had ever used it in this sort of way.

"It was like, yeah, it's there, but it's not," Bischoff said regarding the clause. "Except for that night, and because Hulk wasn't feeling it, he called an audible, and it was a mad scramble."

As Bischoff explained, Hogan's decision not to put Sting over that night led to some pretty iffy moments prior to the match. So iffy, that Hogan claims to have ultimately relented, leading to what fans eventually saw.

"It got to the point where there was too much tension," Hogan said. "I said, 'Okay brother, I'll put him over. No big deal. We'll figure it out.'"