>>8957091He was Horace’s cousin. So not related directly to Hulk at all. More like Hogan and Awesome shared a common relative. Horace got him a backdoor to speak to Bischoff and WCW was throwing money at everyone.
>>8957015All the contracts from 96-2000 have come out in various leaks and lawsuits. Have you seen some of the money Bischoff and to a lesser extent Russo threw around? Ernest Miller was making 350K and then got to sit home the last 2 years making 400 and 450. Rick Rude made 300k to show up a few times and not wrestle. Stevie Ray and Ric Steiner were both making 600k. The big loser was Flair who was under some ancient deal and couldn’t renegotiate until 99 but I’m sure had plenty of creature comforts because Turner loved him. Bischoff had some very creative ways to get the boys paid. Something to do with the Ready to Rumble movie. You didn’t have to be in it, just considered for a role and your contract got marked premium and you got more money. They also had so many favored nations deals where anyone they brought in would set off a chain reaction of half the company getting raises. Total fucking chaos.
