This day in wrestling history is one of the stranger things that happened in WCW as The Giant (Paul Wight) won his first world championship in his first ever match by disqualification per stipulation.
We warned you.
This was a convoluted match that not everyone was a backer off, yet WCW pulled it off on October 29, 1995 and it was interesting.
It gets weirder
Paul Wight spoke about it in an Uproxx interview, and we want to give special thanks to @awrestlinghistorian for the transcript.
“That was my first match. I was green as grass. At one point, I looked over at Hogan in the corner, he was standing in the corner and I was just eating him up or had just cut him off or something, and I didn’t have any corner offense yet! I really didn’t. I didn’t throw elbows,
“I didn’t throw knees, I didn’t throw anything. I remember Hogan grabbed my hand and started choking himself, and he goes ‘Oh no, brother, don’t choke me!’
“I was like ‘Oh yeah, I can do that.’ Because I didn’t remember. Everything was fine, Hogan was just absolutely insane to take that chance with me, on that big of a pay-per-view, as big and young as I was, as strong as I was. If I’d have freaked out or panicked, I could’ve really hurt him. I mean, for real. For him to have that faith in me shows the vision and the character that he had.
“And then when The Yeti came out, I remember Lex Luger came out and said, “DEAR GOD, STOP HUMPING HIM! LET HIM GO!” – Paul Wight, Uproxx interview July 12, 2016
It doesn’t end there
@awrestling historian also noted that Kevin Sullivan hated this match because it was a deal Erick Bischoff made to get new wrestling fans.
This resulted in Sullivan ignored the Giant falling to his near death.
To add insult to injury, Jimmy Hart turned on Hogan because he thought the Giant was the future. Wight went on to become the youngest world champion in WCW at 23 years old in his debut match.
This would bump Randy Orton down a slot, but the WWE owns everything that was WCW and they rewrite their own history.
One good thing came out of this match was the Giant was shown to be a powerhouse mainly through Hogan’s actions, and that counters the claim Hogan never put others over.
Yes, he was looking out for himself, but he also knew what was best for the business and the two often aligned perfectly.
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