Hogan vs. Andre II at the Main Event.
Seriously, what a dickhead politician Hogan was. He wouldn't even return the job that Andre did for him at WM III. Instead we get twin referees, Andre not getting a clean win and Hogan standing alone in the ring after beating up poor Earl Hebner. They could have just had Andre pin hogan for real and ran the same angle with Tunney vacating the title but no, Hogan had to somehow end up on top.
While the whole twin refs plastic surgery angle was a little too over the top, I thought things were perfect. Having Andre just cleanly pin Hogan would have ruined the entire story they were going for. After four years of being champion, it was clear that no one could defeat Hogan for the belt. This only added to the frustration of Ted DiBiase since from the moment he stepped in the WWE some months earlier, he had been trying to secure the belt. He tried beating Hogan, that failed. He tried buying Hogan off, that failed. Since DiBiase couldn't just buy someone off to beat Hogan and give DiBiase the belt (Remember, no one could beat Hogan), having anyone else do the bidding would have failed too.
This is where DiBiase was really put over as the top heel. First, he buys off the one guy who came closest to beating Hogan - Andre. WM 3 showed us that that wouldn't have been enough, so DiBiase did more evil deeds. He went out and paid a guy to imposter referee, Dave Hebner. Even that wasn't enough so DiBiase made sure that Virgil and himself were at ringside to distract Hogan as often as they could.
It was vital to make the win as dirty as possible to add more and more heel heat to DiBiase. For the fans, all they'd remember is that Hogan was screwed over more than anyone else in history. Hogan had everything going against him and that no good bastard, DiBiase, weaseled his way into being WWE World Champion, not by earning it, but by buying it.
It's an amazing beginning of an angle, but the angle also failed since they didn't conclude it properly. Having Savage win the belt didn't make any sense at the time. The whole story was DiBiase buying the belt and Hogan having to chase after it until the fans got to see what they wanted the most - Hogan beating DiBiase to get back what was truly his. Instead, they just used the start of this angle to begin the awesome Savage/Hogan program.
Having Andre cleanly beat Hogan wouldn't have done anything of real significance.
People say the business was still dangerous back in the 80's... it's a wonder a bunch of WWF stars didn't gang up and jump Hogan after some show. I'm shocked he was able to actually forge friendships with guys like Savage, Warrior, Jimmy Hart, and others given how much of a jackass he was back then. Then again, most of his friends, like The Nasty Boys, Brutus Beefcake, and Warrior also had jackass-ish tendencies, so that may explain a few things.
I'm not sure if this is meant to be a kayfabe joke or if you're talking about a legit backstage fight. Any WWE employee who was stupid enough to have an issue with Hogan is a mark. With Hogan on top, you were making far more money than without him. He may have been a dirty politician, but at least in the 80's, you wanted him to do that as it just meant your wallet was fatter and fatter.
