Warrior
By Scott Keith on 17 June 2019
One of the major reasons his title reign flopped was a lack of major challengers. Earthquake would seem to be a viable challenger but obviously you needed him for the Hogan feud. Why not have Rude injure Hogan and then have Quake feud with Warrior. You can always go back to Rude/warrior later.
Fair question, but apparently Rude and Hogan had heat and Hulk didn't want to work with him for whatever reason. I've never been clear on the exact reason. Also, perhaps if Mr. Perfect hadn't been jobbed out to Hulk and Beefcake in short order, he might have been a viable guy to do a run with Warrior as well.