The Hogan Goldberg TV match was a sheer panic move, that backfired so badly if I remember. First of all, Bishop started losing his mind because the ratings had shifted on him and WWE was starting to win again. So they gave away a match that could have powered a huge PPV number. Second it gave Hogan huge political power because he made his losing conditional on Goldberg losing to him. Third of all they did the match at the Georgia Dome (I think), there was no fanfare or promotion so it was a poor house.
The oldest saying in wrestling is how can we make money. They failed on that side. The World Title Win eventually destroyed Goldberg as well.
Yeah, it wasn't Bish, It was Schivone with the asses in seats comments around Foley winning on that Raw. WCW was the biggest promoter on that match as 3/4 of their TV audience changed the channel as soon as he said that.
Foley phoned Tony after he heard about that comment because it legitimately hurt him that a friend would say that, and Schivone took the call in tears.
It was a huge backfire.
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