Flair bloodies Hogan down in Oz.

[Airfixx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj3OvBjJ1yU&feature=player_embedded

“Wrestling legends Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair got into a fight during a press conference in Australia. The so-called Ric Flair-Hulk Hogan fight left Hogan bleeding profusely from the forehead. The wrestling legends were in Sydney to promote their upcoming Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin Tour when things got out of hand. Ric Flair attacked Hulk Hogan leaving his a bloody mess.

Surprisingly, some Australian media outlets treated the Hulk Hogan-Ric Flair fight as if it were real.
Media were stunned as Hogan's head began bleeding profusely and confusion broke out when the veteran wrestling star was unable to get to his feet.

So was the Hulk Hogan-Ric Flair fight real? Considering this is pro wrestling we're talking about, it's highly unlikely. It's hard to believe that the Hulk Hogan-Ric Flair brawl could be anything but a "work," a staged event planned well ahead of time.”... DAILY TELEGRAPH


Aren't the media meant to be smarter than the wrestling business? ...My newspaper this morning wasn't! LOL





It is a little bit sad really... If, as Bobby Heenan once put it, a midget battle royal is "like a riot in a day-care centre" then this comes off like a 'disturbance' in a pensioners rest home.

 

[JurassicBonez]

The punch seemed a little too weak for it to cause blood-shed, but I think it's good hype ( I think that's the word I'm looking for) for the tour. I mean, isn't Flair/Hogan the main event match of the tour? Good way to show some intensity between the two imo.

 

[Airfixx]

^^^Technically speaking, yeah, but I'm more reacting to the notion that two guys of this age would have beef that cannot be settled any other way but in the squared circle (as the old cliche goes). This reaction was inspired by my first impression when I picked up my paper this morning and saw the pic of the two of them nose-to-nose.

 

[Kizza]

The hype this got was incredible. It got in the paper here, like as a main story. That never happens with anything to do with wrestling.

 

[Airfixx]

That's what suprised me.... UK press doesn't usually cover pro wrestling AT ALL in the news or sports sections. Last time I saw anything about pro-wrestling it was the Benoit incident.

...All this without WWE marketing machine too.

 

[Kizza]

Made page 12 in the local paper here. Unheard of.

Even my dad noticed and read it. Even he knows of Hulk Hogan, and he hates wrestling. It's getting people's attention, and its getting a fuckload more publicity then WWE's upcoming tour, which they're also promoting the hell out of, having Edge and Eve come down on some talk shows. They obviously see Hogan vs Flair as a massive threat.

 

[Wrestling Station]

lol, Hogan developed bigger skull in the past few years!
the hormones babe

 

[1chiban]

That was the weakest punch ever! Hogan's skin getting thinner in his old age.

 

[Airfixx]

You heard of blading, right? ;o]

 

[monkeystyle]

You'd think it would be a lot tougher given how leathery his skin looks.

 

[Airfixx]

lol... Nah, saveloys are easy enough to slice. : P


24inch Pythons & chips.

 

[Great One]

You heard of blading, right? ;o]

Such a fucking obvious blade job, seriously, HE FUCKING SLAPPED HIM. HOW IS THAT SUPPOSE TO DRAW BLOOD?!@!

 

[Kizza]

He made the paper again, on page 7, losing to the female sports minister and a cancer patient in an arm wrestle.

Clean :shifty:

But, I have yet to see a single interview in the paper about WWE. It's amazing.

 

[Great One]

It was pretty cool though, regardless.

 

[NinoBrown]

You'd think it would be a lot tougher given how leathery his skin looks.

Ah yes, Mr. Styles.

You know this makes news when TMZ is reporting about it. It was an open handed slap!