Subhuman Yeti wrote:We used to get PPVs free back then and that Russo, Jarrett, Hogan PPV fucking stupidity just made us laugh and made us think Hogan was an even bigger mark for himself hasbeen asshole then before
It was obviously a shoot and looked fucking bad for the entire industry on live PPV
It was a work. Russo described it in detail in his latest book:
Second host asks about the book - is there anything that they cannot get into on air. Russo says no and that he's up for anything. Host asks about "Bash At The Beach 2000" and says Russo revealed that Hogan/Bischoff were in on everything except Jeff Jarrett - Russo had to work Jeff Jarrett. Host says that Russo never followed-up on calling Hogan and asks Russo to follow-up on it. Russo says there really isn't enough time to go over everything because it's a long story but he can say that if they want some insight, news, scoop that he has never spoken of before. Before January 4, 2010 - he, Eric, Hulk had to sit down. He said he had spoken to Eric on a few occasions before January 4 came and it was going okay, smooth, cool, but he knew he had to have a face-to-face with Hulk before January 4 as it was something he wanted very very much. He wasn't running from it and he looked forward to it because 10 years after the fact, so much was said, reported, spoken about. He said Bash At The Beach was the last time he ever saw and had contact with Hulk outside of lawyer depositions. He was looking forward to meeting Hulk Hogan; when he sat with Hulk and Bischoff in a room in Tampa, he was able to get his side of the story out and hear their side of the story for the first time in 10 years.
He said what it came down to was Russo thought he agreed to do things one way and they agreed to do things one way. It was a major major miscommunication. After that night, all parties never spoke again. He said it took him 10 years to really understand and really know what happened that night and he didn't know that until he had the chance to sit with Hulk/Eric. After they heard each others' sides, it came down to a huge misunderstanding as to what was supposed to take place that night.
http://www.pwinsider.com/article/44768/ ... e.html?p=1
