Eric Bischoff Explains Why Hulk Hogan Vs. Mr. Perfect Didn’t Work

On paper, Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. Perfect sounds like it could be a WrestleMania main event in the 80s. However, aside from a match on Saturday Night’s Main Event in 1990, the two rarely faced off.

Now, Eric Bischoff has discussed why he believes matches between them did not work. In short, he thinks that their clash in characters had a part to play in the two not meshing together. Here is the quote from the 83 Weeks podcast, courtesy of Fightful:

“Without having the benefit of looking at the storyline going into that or any of the promotion going into it, I would say that I don’t believe Curt was a believable threat to Hulk Hogan at the time. Curt was a cocky, entertain-y heel, and I don’t think a cocky, entertain-y heel provided a believable enough threat to Hulk Hogan.

Curt was a big dude, by the way. But he didn’t have that larger-than-life persona that Hogan did. Like I said, I think because of the time, that funny, cocky heel was a relatively new thing. You hadn’t seen a lot of that before. You’d see different kinds of heels, but not the funny kind, and not the really cool kind. I think he was just a little too cool for his time and ahead of his time as a character.”

Mr. Perfect and Hulk Hogan would also go on to work together in WCW later in their careers.

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