Bash at the Beach
By Scott Keith on 26 January 2023
Hi Scott,
Hindsight being 20/20 and all, what if the Hogan vs. Sting feud had culminated in a match at Bash at the Beach 1997, rather than Starrcade?
By moving up the match by 6 months, you avoid the Luger title change in the summer. You hopefully have a more motivated Sting who, just a few months prior, had made his allegiances clear when he attacked the NWO in dramatic fashion to close the
Uncensored PPV. Lastly, the case could be made that Bash at the Beach was a more important event for WCW than Starrcade by that point (i.e. Hogan vs. Flair in ‘94) and it would have also marked 1 year since the Hogan turn
and formation of the NWO. Thoughts?
Uncensored PPV. Lastly, the case could be made that Bash at the Beach was a more important event for WCW than Starrcade by that point (i.e. Hogan vs. Flair in ‘94) and it would have also marked 1 year since the Hogan turn
and formation of the NWO. Thoughts?
That was the original direction but they delayed it for six months for various reasons. But yes, it was absolutely going to be sooner and it would have been a far better idea that way. They could have even popped a rematch buyrate at Starrcade.