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The WrestleMania 8 Main Event Disaster! Papa Shango's Late Entrance

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Sports News, Sports, News, Wrestling

4.7796 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The WrestleMania 8 main event between Hulk Hogan and Sid Justice was supposed to be a legendary moment—but instead, it turned into one of the most infamous disasters in WWE history. In this video, we break down exactly what went wrong when Papa Shango missed his cue, forcing a completely improvised ending that left fans confused and changed the entire legacy of the match. From backstage timing issues to Vince McMahon’s last-second decisions, this is the real story behind one of wrestling’s most chaotic finishes.

Transcript

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0:00.0

with. We just abruptly showed up. There's no music. There's no nothing. It just here we are.

0:04.6

But now we are here we are at the main event, Holt Kogan versus Sid Justice. After this

0:09.2

matchup, Hogan's gone, Sid Justice is gone. Warriors here and so is Papa Shango. But there is so

0:15.1

much to talk about this matchup. Now, Hulk Hogan leaving. Now, they air this segment where Vince McMahon actually interviewed Hoke Kogan on the March to Met WrestleMania. It was like a special the week before getting you all excited for this. WrestleMania. And Vince sits down with, and they have all these memories of Hoke Hogan behind him against Andre and Warrior. And Vince is very sad. Is this the end of Hulk Hogan?

0:39.0

It's just the end of Hulk comedian. He's like, well, I don't know, brother, but, you know, I think it is. Even the beginning of the show, the intro is, it's a double main event. It will be Hulk Cogan's last match. And he poses, you know, over the Hoosier Dome. heading into this

0:53.3

were you told

0:54.8

by the company

0:55.9

this is Holokogan's last match

0:57.6

we have to promote and he poses, you know, over the Hoosier Dome. Heading into this, were you told by the company,

0:56.1

this is Hulk Hogan's last match?

0:57.6

We have to promote it that way.

1:00.1

Well, they didn't say this is his last match,

1:03.3

but yes, they did say we will promote it this way.

1:05.8

And, you know, to have that sense of this may be your last chance to see Hulk Hogan

1:10.7

in the ring. I mean, that makes

1:12.5

absolute sense. I get a kick out of watching that interview that, you know, it was supposed to be

1:20.0

like a 60 minutes kind of feel to it, you know, that Vince interviewing Hulk. But, you know, he's

1:25.8

asked these questions like, is this it? And I just look at like Hulk and, you know, no, it's working here. But I just feel like he's gone, you know, it's been setting me up here, like, you know, that I, that I'm going to be gone, you know, like. Probably. Yeah. Yeah. They're both playing each other in front of each. Yeah. I think, yeah, it's a work. It's a work both ways. Yeah. But it's just kind of uncomfortable, you know, because it's, you know, it's one of those, you know, the fantasy reality. Like, where are we in here? You know, between the two two there's a lot of truth going on in here

2:01.3

uh and they're getting their shots in in a sense and these little mind games but um yeah that

2:08.6

me that's why else why wouldn't you not play it like that that hey you know this could be it

2:13.7

uh how many retirement matches have we seen and And, you know, four months later,

2:17.7

are the guys back. So, you know, we can say whatever we want. This is it. Never going to

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