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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4493818, member: 1969"]
It was a strange call, but it was only like 10 days.   He was a good character (in 1994) as the crazy man in my view - just crazy to use him as the Bret to Diesel gateway.   Imagine how bad the WWE was from 78 to 83 when they had him as a champ for like 5 years.

To be fair once Vince bought the company from his dad in late 1982, he really wanted to get rid of Backlund who was just terribly dry as a champ.  I have recently been listening to this podcast called "Our Vantage point", which has audio of the broadcast and has 2 guys discussing every WWE TV episode starting from 1982.    It was funny, in a hideous way how bad the WWE was when Vince took control of it in 1982.   Vince also appeared to have some contempt for Bob when he would interview him.

I listen to about one episode for each month staring in January 1982.    I'm now up to November 1983, so in one month the Iron Shiek will finally beat Backlund for the title.   And then in January Hogan will take him out.

As an aside, the other wrestler who was very close to being the transition champ for Hogan was the "Masked Superstar" -- he is the one that actually screwed up Backlund's neck in storyline.    The Masked Superstar had some great promos -- he eventually became Ax of Demolition.
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