#6 Sid humiliates Hogan (Part 2)
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Despite being a rather tame looking finishing move, Hulk Hogan’s leg drop was one of the most protected finishers in all of the wrestling back in the 1980s and early 90s. In fact, most of the move-set Hogan would use to defeat his opponent was pretty silly.
First, he would ‘hulk-up’ which basically involved making a dramatic recovery and gaining so much energy that he would be immune to the other man’s offence. Then he would fling you into the ropes, stick out a big boot and half-heartedly jump on you with one leg outstretched. But in kayfabe terms, if not in reality, nobody could survive it.
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There had been some instances of people kicking out of the leg drop, but these were incredibly rare. When Hogan met Psycho Sid in the main event of WrestleMania 8, the original plans were certainly not to break this habit. Instead, a rather unfortunate series of events led up to the infamous leg drop losing a certain amount of respectability.
The plan for the finish of the match was for Hogan to attempt a leg-drop, only for Papa Shango to come out and make the save for Sid. The two men would then proceed to beat Hogan down until the returning Ultimate Warrior would emerge and rescue his former adversary.
Instead, for whatever reason, Shango missed his cue and Hogan and Sid were forced to improvise so as not to ruin the ending of the show. Sid, therefore, had no choice but to do what Andre the Giant, Randy Savage and countless others had failed to do and kick out of Hogan’s move.
Shango would eventually make an appearance, and the beatdown went ahead as planned. This led to Warrior’s save and the show ending with the two men posing and flexing their muscles in front of the audience, just how Vince would have liked it.
