83 Weeks - Dungeon of Doom [Show Notes] (Patreon)

This week on 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff…as you said on Twitter…this one is going to leave scar tissue…

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Oh boy it’s the Dungeon of Doom episode Eric.

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10:30

Did WCW have a drug testing policy?

11:00

I suppose we need to start with how we began… with just the 3 Faces of Fear - Kevin Sullivan, John Tenta as AVALANCHE and Ed Leslie, Brother Bruti rechristened as THE BUTCHER.

How…did you allow Kevin Sullivan to do this? Or was it someone else’s idea?

15:30

John Tenta

They are of course here to stop Hulkamania running wild through WCW - but they are unsuccessful. Hogan pinned Butcher as the main event of Starrcade 94.

17:35

I…I know we’ve talked about this before…but I just want to hit you with the recap of the match again from Dave Meltzer…

“7. Hulk Hogan pinned Butcher (Ed "Brutus Beefcake" Leslie) in 12:07 after a legdrop to retain the WWF, er WCW title. This wasn't as bad as I'd expected with Butcher in there. Butcher chopped and choked Hogan and went to use a chair. Jimmy Hart got the chair from him and Hogan used it on him twice. Butcher regained the advantage and used a long nerve hold. At this point there was a fight in the stands and you could see nobody was watching the ring and unfortunately it was the match climax with Butcher holding the sleeper. Hogan was about to do a comeback and smartly realized the crowd wasn't watching and stopped. Hogan then "played possum" acting like he was out. Butcher dropped the hold and celebrated as if he won. Hogan made the superman comeback. Sullivan and Avalanche did a run-in (run being a business term and not a description of what Avalanche was actually doing), but Hogan punched them both, hit the legdrop and 1-2-3. After the match Randy Savage ran in and shook hands with the Faces of Fear, acting like they were going to ambush Hogan, but instead he turned on the heels and helped Hogan and they shook hands and did the posing routine together in the ring. 3/4*”

This was the main event for a Starrcade. In the long legacy of Harley vs. Ric, Dusty vs. Ric, Ric vs. Luger and Sting - and even Sting vs. The Black Scorpion - THIS…THIS…is the main event…

20:00

Keeping Hulk Hogan happy

21:18

Then at the Clash Of Champions a month later, the Monster-Maniacs - Hogan and Randy Savage defeated Sullivan and The Butcher with Hogan pinning Butcher again.

Was Hogan a fan of this creative and working with guys like Sullivan - I mean we know he loved working with Brutus the fucking barber Beefcake…but what was his thoughts on working with Sullivan?

22:52

Let’s be honest…Hogan has worked with monsters all his career up until that point…and Sullivan is - a mythical monster you can say. Playing the psychological mind games instead of being the monster to be slayed…was this a path Hulk enjoyed?

24:11

BREAK MANSCAPED

29:56

Sullivan & Butcher lose again to the Mega Powers on an episode of WCW Worldwide, a short while later, Sullivan attacks Butcher and gives him a piledriver on the stage at the Disney MGM Studios after they lose a match to Stars & Stripes.

This piledriver was so devastating that Butcher began to suffer from AMNESIA and would now be known creatively as “The Man With No Name”.

THE MAN WITH NO NAME ERIC…can you lay claim right here right now - that WCW had drug testing of its creative members?

31:40

Well, The Man With No Name would go on to lose to Sullivan at Slamboree 95 in May. After the match as Sullivan is announced the victor, a mysterious figure appears on the video wall, telling Sullivan to “come forth my son”. Sullivan leaves through the crowd seemingly to find this mysterious guy, who appears to be in some gloomy cave setting.

The man is of course the former King Curtis Iaukea - now known as THE MASTER.

Why was Curtis Iaukea chosen for this role?  Who’s idea was this? WHY DID THIS EVEN HAPPEN?

35:21

He obviously has the unique look, but hadn’t been involved in wrestling since last managing Kamala and Sika back in 1987 in the WWF.

35:30

The quest to end Hulkamania is not over, oh no! We’re just getting started…

A couple of weeks later on the 6/3 edition of WCW Saturday Night, we’re shown a vignette of Sullivan running through the woods, in just his wrestling trunks and boots, as he is following the voice of The Master. Sullivan then disappears when he seemingly finds The Master’s silhouette in the clouds…..”Parts Unknown” if you will…

36:20

This…this is something Eric. Are you watching this and thinking…this is how we’re gonna take down Vince McMahon?

41:25

Does every wrestler pay attention to the business?

43:03

A week later and Sullivan has found the cave - The Dungeon of Doom if you will - as The Master had enlisted the evil of Sullivan to end Hulkamania, and that is it etched in stone!

44:15

The following week on 6/17, and The Master encourages Sullivan to take “the final step”. Sullivan then enters a separate room of the Dungeon and comes back out calling The Master “father”, while The Master christens Sullivan as The Taskmaster - who is now wearing a red and yellow outfit and with what appears to be horns painted on his face.

And they laugh with evil intentions that they will end Hulkamania.

By the way kids out there, we’re not making any of this shit up, all of this really happened. This is by far the biggest push in Sullivan’s career and as we discussed two weeks ago…here he is opposite of the Hulkster…

45:15?

Who’s idea was the upcoming cast of characters? Did Sullivan pitch people? Was Hulk?

46:31

BREAK HENSON SHAVING

52:27

Next week on 6/24 and The Master has the first surprise for his Taskmaster - why it’s the Ugandan Giant, the mighty Kamala! He appears through a plume of smoke, slapping his belly as Sullivan laughs in his evilness. You understand now why so many people look back at this time in WCW and say that Hulk was just bringing people in for him to beat that he felt comfortable working with…right?

53:20

On July 1st, we’re back in the Dungeon, and Vader seemingly refuses the offer to join the Dungeon of Doom, or does he?

Kevin Sullivan and the Master are discussing Vader, with the Master saying Vader could be an ally. Vader then appeared, with Sullivan saying they were sending Vader on a Road Kill Tour to prove what he has, on his way to facing Hogan at Bash at the Beach. Vader then said he feared nothing and walked off, with Sullivan later laughing after saying Vader would have to get the job done against Hogan alone.

Was there ever talk of putting Vader in the Dungeon of Doom?

54:36

Next week another new member enters the Dungeon. And it’s not even a human being Eric, it’s a large fish. That’s right a SHARK ATTACK has arrived, who is of course the former Avalanche John Tenta.

In fact he has arrived here on a tidal wave from the South China Sea to Waikiki, and his JAWS have been watering to get a taste of Hulkamania.

Because it’s etched in stone Eric, as we zoom out to a statue of Hogan - actually etched in stone.

By the way, Tenta had a tiger tattooed on his arm - and actually got it covered over with you guessed it - a shark! And this was actually his own suggestion, what a commitment to the new gimmick…

Eric - I just…yeah.

56:28

A day later on WCW Main Event, Vader returns to the Dungeon, wearing his old Big Van Vader armor helmet, and vows to win the WCW Title and destroy Hulkamania at Bash at the Beach as the two Masters wickedly laugh. Vader is essentially a hired hitman for the Dungeon and not an official member.

Oh boy. And things are only gonna get better as on July 15 - the ZODIAC has arrived.

That’s right the former Man With No Name, Former Butcher, Former Brother Brutu, Former Brutus The Fucking Barber Beefcake.

So Eric, what is a Zodiac?

57:45

Vader ends up losing to Hogan in a cage match at Bash at the Beach the following night.

The Taskmaster and Zodiac do attempt to interfere at one point but are stopped by Hogan’s corner man for the night, Dennis Rodman. It’s surprising to me that this appearance by Dennis is not well remembered…do you think it was just because of the growth of WCW by the time he joined the nWo?

58:25

The next week on WCW Saturday Night, Hogan is going to enter the Dungeon of Doom himself to confront the Taskmaster.

Hulk Hogan meets the Dungeon of Doom

Hulk’s acting is incredible, here. First he trips up as enters through the smoke in the mysterious cave.

“Where am I?! There’s no Hulkamaniacs here!

I’ve never been here before!”

Hulk then touches the water fountain, and yells

“Ah! It’s not hot!” “What is this place!”

Sullivan then confronts Hogan, saying this is where evil lives - and that Hogan’s demise is etched in stone.

A giant figure then breaks through the etched in stone statue of Hogan and chokes him out. He calls himself the true real immortal and the greatest giant on this earth.

Yes, The Giant Paul Wight is now in the Dungeon of Doom.

Wight had made a few sporadic appearances prior to this, including stalking and throwing a shirt at Hogan at the pregame show before Bash at the Beach. But this was his first physical role.

The Giant is also dressed to look like Andre with the same wrestling outfit.

59:40

Meltzer wrote about the segment:

“The 7/22 Saturday Night show had perhaps the all-time most poorly-acted and dumbest

skit in history. Hulk Hogan visited the Dungeon of Doom. Anyway, they're on the set and Hogan is beamed into the Dungeon by saying, "Where is this? Where am I?" obviously showing he has the good sense not to waste his time watching his own television show.

He and Kevin Sullivan then got in an argument when the really tall guy, who I believe was called The New Warrior (Paul Wight), came through the wall, dressed up like Andre with a new afro and an Andre ring outfit and gave Hogan the legendary Zeus choke and Hogan went right out. To make matters worse, for the rest of the show the announcers never acknowledged what happened, probably due to personal embarrassment, but you were left with the idea Hogan was dead.

Anyway, they've got Dungeon of Doom segments booked on the Saturday show at least through October, which should make the Saturday show a shoo-in for several Emmy Awards by the end of the year.”

The next week on 7/29, we see Hogan doing a 5-minute sit-down promo, all mellow and with tears as he talks about the memory of Andre the Giant and how he misses him and discussing Andre’s funeral. He also brought up the match with Andre at the Pontiac Silverdome.

Hogan says the strength of this new giant was hereditary from Andre, and he felt Andre’s presence when he was being choked down the week before. He knew then that the rumors of Andre having a son were true.

Hogan concludes by saying that the time has come to rise and face the challenge of the Giant again and to do so he will have to fight through the entire Dungeon of Doom - starting next week on The Main Event.

1:01:20

THE GIANT IS THE SON OF ANDRE. Yup. Listen out of all the things WCW did wrong with the Dungeon of Doom…this is probably the best thing to come out of it.

TSHIRT IDEA: “I Didn’t Dig it”

TSHIRT IDEA “I’M the SON of Andre”

1:02:30

The 8/6 Main Event is a special live episode before that evening’s Clash of Champions special:

“Hulk Hogan beat Kamala via DQ in a non-title match in 4:36. Technically pretty bad but the match had heat because of Hogan and it was fast paced because of how short it lasted. Same storyline as always. Hogan started out fast. Kamala took over when Kevin Sullivan interfered. Hogan kicked out of the big splash and made the superman comeback, finishing with a foot-to-the-face that looked like crap and a legdrop. At this point Sullivan was on the top rope and Hogan slammed him to the mat, and Zodiac and Shark did a run-in for the DQ until Sting and Randy Savage made the save. *”

Putting Hogan on the Main Event is a hell of a way to draw an audience to the Clash - but Kamala - Hulk in 1995 is…it’s something.

1:04:20

Later during the Clash itself:

“Hogan returns to the Dungeon of Doom after first doing an interview at this point talking about how the Irish people like the O'Reilly's and the Hogan's and the McMahon's were all shaking in their boots or something because of the power of Hulkamania. I'm sure there have been moments when they were, but I hardly think at this point on this show it was one of them.

The Giant ripped off his cross, which was exactly what Andre the Giant did in 1987 and started choking him while Shark, Zodiac and Sullivan all attacked Hogan. Vader, Sting and Savage showed up with Vader cleaning house on the heels with forearms except The Giant wasn't even phased by his forearms. The faces dragged Hogan out and pulled Vader away as he did a stare-down with The Giant, who they are saying is the son of Andre.”

Look it’s a vehicle to get over one of the young homegrown stars of WCW…and it fits…but don’t sit there and tell me Eric this was the original plan…

1:05:20

The following week, Hogan confronted Vader wanting to know the deal with him saving him, and as they both have a common enemy in the Dungeon of Doom, Hogan convinces Vader to join him for War Games at Fall Brawl in September to take down the Dungeon. Vader agrees as long as he gets a future title shot.

Of course we don’t get to see Vader being part of Team Hogan as Vader is gonna be out of WCW within the next few weeks following his backstage fight with Paul Orndorff on 8/30.

Vader vs. the Yeti is a main event anywhere in the country right?

1:06:08

The balance of power is about to shift drastically as the Dungeon ups the ante on 8/19 with another new member - MENG! Meng is brought into the Dungeon cave wearing what appears to be a dragon’s head and has a golden spike on his thumb.

At the first Nitro on 9/4, Hogan defeated Big Bubba, and after the bout we have the amazing sight of Kamala, the Zodiac, Shark and Meng running through the Mall of America to attack Hogan.

Luger makes the save which next week leads to him ending up on Hogan’s team to take on the Dungeon at War Games.

On the pre-game show however we have this:

1:08:00

Observer:

“The Main Event show opened with a poorly-acted angle where Hogan showed up at the building with the motorcycle given to him in Los Angeles surrounded by a dozen people paid to act like his fans. The Giant then showed up driving a Dungeon of Doom monster truck and ran over the motorcycle. This is to set up a monster truck battle at Halloween Havoc where the Dungeon of Doom monster truck faces the Hulk Hogan monster truck.

I'm not making this up.”

I know the WWF gets a lot of flack for the cartoon nature of their product - but what do we say about this?

1:14:20?

BREAK MIRACLE BRAND

Miracle ad

1:18:20

Onto War Games and let’s say it’s not like the Four Horsemen vs. Dusty’s crew War Games of old:

“6. Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage & Sting & Lex Luger won the War Games over Zodiac & Shark & Kamala & Meng in 18:47. Sting opened with Shark with the highlights being Sting diving from one ring to the other and doing a bodyslam. Shark tried to dive from ring-to-ring but ended up caught in the middle like a beached whale. Shark was in need of oxygen before the 5:00 period was up. Zodiac was in next, followed by Savage, Kamala, Luger, Meng and finally Hogan. When Luger came in, they teased a Savage-Luger split when they bumped into each other and went after each other but Sting settled them down. Actually there was more intrigue going into the match on whether or not Savage or Luger would turn than on the match itself. When Hogan came in he threw powder at Kamala, Zodiac and Meng and then beat Zodiac with the camel clutch for the win.

After the match Kevin Sullivan ran away, but he was brought back in for his five minutes. After 2:30 of almost no heat because nobody cares about Sullivan,

The Giant did the run-in and choked Hogan and twisted his neck. Hogan sold it as if he had been maimed and they went off the air wondering if Hogan would ever wrestle again. *¼”

My goodness Eric…this is some good shit for WrestleCrap isn’t it?

1:20:40

Next we’re setting up Halloween Havoc and The Giant’s first in-ring match which will be challenging Hogan for the WCW World Title. Plus of course the Monster Truck Challenge.

There’s all sorts of nonsense on the early Nitros to hype all this up:

Hogan appears on the 10/2 Nitro wearing a neck brace. This is where Sullivan comes through the crowd dressed as an old woman, Giant attacks Hogan, and Sullivan shaves Hogan’s legendary mustache.

That’s heat brotha!

1:21:50

The next week:

Mean Gene interviews Hulk Hogan, dressed in all black, with Jimmy Hart in which Okerlund said the chorus of boos directed at Hogan were due to his uncharacteristic black attire; during the interview, Okerlund said the Giant was barred from the building as a result of a restraining order and Hogan said the "promoter up north" was choking on his own ego since Hogan and his pals left; moments later, footage was shown of the Giant arriving to the parking lot in his monster truck, with Kevin Sullivan and the Zodiac also appearing in the truck; the truck wasn't allowed inside and was blocked off by police; Hogan then said since the Giant wouldn’t be allowed in the arena, he would meet him outside.

You & Conrad have talked about when Hogan moved to the dark side…but the way he would mention Vince randomly while building this feud…why was this a part of it?

1:23:28

The go-home Nitro included a segment in which the lights went out and the Master appeared in his throne on the big screen and discussed his "insurance policy" for Kevin Sullivan; moments later, a giant block of ice appeared in the arena as the Master discussed Sullivan's plans for Hogan at Halloween Havoc.

Gene Okerlund then conducted an interview with Sullivan and the Giant about the Master's comments, with Sullivan saying the Master obtained the YETI and the Giant saying he would take Hogan's title; featured Okerlund conducting an interview in the aisle with Hogan, dressed in all black and with Jimmy Hart, in which Hogan discussed Sullivan, the Giant, and the Yeti before calling WCW US Champion Sting, Randy Savage, and Lex Luger "dogs" after his carcass and he would beat all of them.

Later in the show Kevin Sullivan and the Giant came out, with the Giant dropping both Sting and Luger with chokeslams; Randy Savage then ran out and faced off with the Giant, with Hogan soon confronting the Giant, too; Hogan repeatedly punched the Giant, to no effect, before Hogan hulked up; Hogan, with Jimmy Hart at ringside, and Savage then brawled with the Giant, Sullivan, Zodiak, Meng, and Shark until the Dungeon of Doom left the ring; the show then ended just as the YETI broke free of the giant block of ice.

Episodic TV huh Eric?

1:24:40

We should point out at this point, Kamala disappears from WCW so the Dungeon is down a member. Do you remember why Kamala left?

1:25:20

Halloween Havoc:

Observer:

“Next came the sumo monster truck match. This match was actually a compilation of about a 5:00 live match, and several hours worth of taping the previous night. They actually had two monster truck drivers doing the driving and had Hogan and the Giant inside the truck faking like they were driving. If you notice, all the "in the truck" shots were identical and spliced in badly which gave it the Planet Nine look. The Dungeon of Doom truck looked cool. Even Hogan's truck looked like it was on steroids. After the match, Hogan and The Giant argued, and shoved, and punched and eventually The Giant lost his balance on a ledge that was supposed to be overhanging Lake Michigan (although there actually is no part of the roof of Cobo Arena that overhangs the Lake as there is a parking lot totally surrounding the building) and plunged to his death, or so we were led to believe. Angles like this are the reason pro wrestling in this country is in the condition it is in.”

1:28:00?

Alright Eric - I’m sure you’ll love that last line. Have at it.

“8. The Giant beat Hulk Hogan via DQ in 16:57 so Hogan kept the WCW title. Hogan came out first in street clothes explaining that because of what

happened to The Giant, there would be no match. Giant then came out, proving to be

immortal to falling off buildings, but not to legdrops and poorly timed foot to the faces. This was basically the Hogan-Andre match from Pontiac re-done with a different finish except that this Giant is a lot more mobile than Andre was and this Hogan has a lot less charisma than that Hogan did. For a guy in his second pro match (Wight had worked one show more than one year ago for Larry Sharpe in New Jersey), Wight looked real good as far as poise. He didn't do anything impressive athletically. There were only two spots where you could see he was looking lost, which is kind of amazing for a guy under this kind of pressure in such a long match.

After the superman comeback, Hogan hit the legdrop but Jimmy Hart then knocked out ref Randy Anderson with the title belt. Hogan, not seeing it, told Hart to revive the ref, and the moment Hogan turned around, he threw the ref down again. As Hogan was pounding on Giant, Hart hit Hogan with the belt as well but he didn't sell it, but when he went after Hart, he was caught from behind by a deadly bearhug. Luger and Savage then did a run- in, but Hart hit Savage with the belt and Luger began attacking Savage and Hogan.

1:29:09

THE YET-TAY (who turned out to be Ron Reis wrapped up like SMW's Prince Charmin since Giant Gonzalez went AWOL after being hospitalized in mid-week after actually getting into the country to do the angle), who was a good three or four inches taller than our original Giant, combined for a double bearhug on Hogan. At least I hope that's what it was, because it looked more like a kinky sandwich. YET-TAY isn't supposed to be a mummy but is supposed to be an abominable snowman from the Himalayas. They got it half right. Luger then put Hogan in the torture rack. Hogan and Savage were left laying as the Dungeon of Doom left the ring. It started as a great angle but turned into something campy in the worst way when the guy wrapped up in toilet paper showed up and tried to have sex with Hogan. Giant left with the title belt. **

A lot to unpack here - first the YET-TAY!

1:31:08

This is the only time we see Reis as the Yeti as he is repackaged as the Super Giant Ninja immediately afterwards.

1:33:05?

Paul White is champion on Match #2

1:34:00?

How LARGE is Paul White?

HE TRIED TO HAVE SEX WITH HOGAN!

Also we’ve got Lex Luger now technically part of the Dungeon, and longtime manager of Hogan, Jimmy Hart is now gonna be the manager of the Dungeon of Doom.

Jimmy Hart announced a week later he had put a secret clause in the contract that Hogan could lose the WCW title in the Halloween Havoc match via DQ. So in his first match, The Giant is the WCW Champion!

But due to the controversy at the finish of the match, the title is held up and will go to the winner of the World War 3 - three-ring battle royal.

1:36:40

EDIT CUT

1:40:30

BREAK LUCY AD

1:42:28 The moment Eric realized his produce needed to change

It’s crazy that in almost exactly 8 months - the nWo is going to come through all this as the top heel stable while we got Yeti’s and Giant’s…

1:50:13

Next on the November 13 Nitro, we see Hogan entering even more into his dark side, appearing in his own type of cave wearing some kind of a Lone Ranger costume, waving a sword around.

He says the Macho Man is gonna bring Meng’s head on a silver platter to them as the first man on the Dungeon of Doom destruction list.

Hogan also questions whose side Sting is on, as he is still associating with Dungeon member Lex Luger.

1:50:51

On November 18, Kevin Sullivan says he is bringing The Master something he has never had before - some laughter. Sullivan brings into the cave, the man from the isle of nowhere, Hugh Morrus.

Is this Sullivan’s idea to bring in Bill Demott? He had the perfect look for the Dungeon at least right?

1:52:12

The day before the World War 3 PPV, it’s time to add another new member as we see The One Man Gang return to WCW and enter the Dungeon of Doom.

1:53:50

This would be the final time we see King Curtis Iaukea as The Master and also the Dungeon of Doom cave. Was it time to move on? Was it an issue with him?

1:54:20

Into 1996 and the Barbarian was added to the mix, and he and Meng became The Faces of Fear. I mean I’ve lost track at this point for the amount of people in the Dungeon of Doom…could this had been a warning on how to expand the nWo? I mean when you look back at it…if there’s anything you could learn about heel stables was this an example you could’ve learned from?

TSHIRT IDEA: “I Was in the Dungeon of Doom… And All I got was this T Shirt”

1:56:00

We also see a new planned foil for Hogan in the form of the Loch Ness Monster - better known as Giant Haystacks as a big star in British wrestling in the 70s and 80s.

He hadn’t wrestled for years and was 49 years old here in 1996 but his run was short lived as he was diagnosed with lymphoma and had to go back home to the UK.

Eric - are you signing off on all these guys?

1:59:30

During the early part of 1996, the Dungeon of Doom joined forces with the Horsemen to form the Alliance To End Hulkamania.

2:00:00

They also enlisted the services of Z-GANGSTA (the former Zeus) and Ultimate Solution. This led to the horrid Doomsday Cage Match at Uncensored 96 where Hogan and Savage defeated 8 men thanks to some help from the former Zodiac - now The Booty Man, who it was now revealed had been basically a spy in the Dungeon all along for Hogan.

All makes total sense right?

2:00:55

With Hogan disappearing and then returning to be in the nWo, the Dungeon’s main focus is now turned to feuding with the Horsemen.

The Shark is also kicked out of the Dungeon and has half of his head shaved. The next week he does a promo about how he’s not a fish, not an avalanche, he’s a man damn it!

And he’s not shaving the other half of his head so he can relive the embarrassment. Come on Eric why hasn’t a bullet been put in the head of this concept at this point?

2:04:45

We have more members added too - Konnan briefly, Maxx Muscle, Big Bubba and BRAUN THE LEPRECHAUN!

Braun is the former Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker of the State Patrol tag team. Talk about bad casting?

2:05:35

BREAK ROCKET MONEY

There’s a ridiculous skit in Gotham City aired in August 1996 with Sullivan saying they are being attacked from within by the Horsemen, and from the outside by the nWo - and if people had listened to him about Hogan earlier then we would have this nWo problem. He does have a point right Eric?

2:11:08

He then opens three doors to bring out Bubba, Braun and WCW Champion The Giant, who says they will take out anyone who gets in their way, whether it be the Horsemen or the nWo.

Giant of course lost the title to Hogan and would join the nWo shortly thereafter, and Bubba would join the nWo too. Braun the Leprechaun was only there in a blink and you’ll miss it moment.

The Dungeon had started to crumble by this point, and members still aligned such as The Faces of Fear seemed to focus more on their own as a tag team.

Sullivan is in the feud with Benoit for a lot of 1996 and 1997, including bringing Jacqueline in to be his valet. But after losing the retirement match to Benoit at Bash at the Beach 1996, we can officially say the Dungeon of Doom is no more.

And not a moment too soon right?

2:13:00

Did the Dungeon of Doom help anyone but Kevin Sullivan’s career?

2:15:35

AGE in today’s wrestling

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