A proposed plan for a feud between Hulk Hogan and Jake The Snake Roberts was reportedly scrapped and Roberts has revealed the rationale was as a consequence of him having a stronger fan response than Hogan.
In an interview with WrestlingNewsCo, Roberts revealed {that a} Snake Pit phase was filmed in Tucson, Arizona, the place he carried out his ending transfer, the DDT, on Hulk Hogan. The expectation was for the viewers to get behind Hogan for revenge. Nevertheless, to everybody within the again’s shock, when Hogan received to his ft, the group started to chant “DDT! DDT!” as an alternative of displaying assist for Hogan.
This flip of occasions compelled Vince McMahon to scrap the proposed program between Hogan and Roberts, because the WWE didn’t need the heel Roberts to obtain a stronger babyface response than Hogan.
Roberts defined the scenario within the interview, stating:
It was filmed in Tucson, Arizona. And we did it on the snake pit. However the crowd wouldn’t cooperate. As a result of after I’d DDT’d him, we went again to the again to listen to him come as much as his ft rip his shirt off, beat his chest, and are available in search of Jake The Snake. However the folks began chanting DDT, DDT, and Vince mentioned, we will’t have that. So, due to this fact, it was nixed.
Roberts went on to elucidate that they aired the phase in two completely different markets, and people exhibits offered out in consequence. Nevertheless, because of the 50/50 break up between Hogan and Roberts on crowd reactions, McMahon refused to proceed with this system.
We truly confirmed that in two markets, one market being Windfall, Rhode Island, and the opposite one being in Montreal, and we offered out each locations. However the followers have been break up 50/50. And Vince couldn’t have that.
Jake The Snake Roberts on Why Hulk Hogan Did not Need to Wrestle Him on TV pic.twitter.com/MqylqVUkcY
— Wrestling Information (@WrestlingNewsCo) November 13, 2023
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