The Complete History of the WWE Championship - Part 3

Hulk Hogan (December 3, 1991 - December 4, 1991)

Hulk Hogan: Terminated The Undertaker's six day reign as WWE Champion

Hulk Hogan received an immediate rematch with The Undertaker, who had defeated him (with a little help from Ric Flair and a steel chair) at the 1991 Survivor Series.

This Tuesday in Texas took place six days after the super-card and was an experiment to see whether Tuesday night would work as a wrestling pay per view night, with limited promotion (the card had not been announced until the Survivor Series broadcast). It wasn't successful and WWE would not promote another pay per view event on a Tuesday night until October 2004 (that also didn't work out).

Hogan won a record extending fourth WWE Championship in controversial fashion, after he uemptied the contents of Paul Bearer's urn and threw them into The Undertaker's face, before delivering his patented Legdrop for the victory.

However, WWE President, Jack Tunney was so dismayed by Hogan's tainted win that he stripped the champion of the title the following day and announced that the winner of the 1992 Royal Rumble would be declared the new WWE Champion.

Part 4 is coming soon, and we'll look at the winner of that Royal Rumble plus the rise of a brand new star.